- Precious Memories
- Family Bible
- It’s Not For Me to Understand
- What Ever Happened to Peace On Earth
- I’ll Fly Away
- Amazing Grace
Willie and sister Bobbie attended the Abbott Methodist Church on July 2, 2006, and performed along with Mickey Raphael, Bea Speers, Leon Russell, and Donald Reed. The church in Abbott is the church were Bobbie and Willie attended as children, with their grandparents. In 2006 Willie and Bobbie purchased the building, when they learn that it was being sold, and may be moved.  Willie said, “Sister Bobbie and I have been going to this church since we were born.â€
The service was taped, and the Church has been selling dvds of the show as a fundraiser for scholarships for local students.
Friends, family, church members and residents of Abbott were all invited to the service that day. For those of us who weren’t in the church, we got to watch the service on large screen tvs, and hear the music broadcast over speakers. It was a warm, Texas day, and we sat under tents. After the service, Willie signed autographs and shook hands with everyone. Then, Willie had arranged for a organic feast for everyone to eat, and we all ate on tables under the white tents. It was such a beautiful day. It was one of my most special times hearing Willie play, and I wasn’t even in the church. He made us all members of the Methodist Church that day, and made us a part of the Department of Peace.Â
Stephen Girsh told me that there are only a few copies of the dvd left, maybe a dozen. It’s such a beautiful dvd, I’d like to say send in your money for a copy, but I just don’t know how many they have left. I guess you could send your money, and if they have one, they’ll send you one. And if they don’t, you still get to donate $12.00 to their scholarship fund.  Send a check or money order for $12.00 payable to Abbott Methodist Church, to:
Abbott Methodist Church
P.O. Box 105
Abbott, Tx 76621
all proceeds going to Scholarship Fund for local students.
 
I was happy that I got to meet Stephen Girsh at the Waco, Texas show on 3/13/08. Willie sent over 100 tickets to church members and residents of Abbott, so they could attend the Waco concert. After the show, Willie invited them onto his bus, where he visited with them and gave them all a signed photograph. (I don’t everyone went on the bus, though; several had left before they got word to go backstage. My best guess, anyway.)
[btw, I don’t know what that is on my head, and I don’t know why I am making that face, and I don’t know why I didn’t brush my hair that day. :)]