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This section is dedicated to the Gethsemane Quartet. The
Gethsemane
has blessed the hearts of countless folks throughout the years. On the
following pages we have a biography of Floyd and Penny Andrews, as well as a
discography of some of the cassettes and CDs that are available. In addition,
there is information about how
you can
purchase
some of this great music for
your own personal collection. Just use the links at the bottom of
the pages to
scroll through this special section about these special folks.
The
Gethsemane
Quartet
"It's been a great life! For more than half a century now, God had knit
our lives together in a ministry, not of our choosing, but of His choosing.
We started singing together in 1949. This was about three years before we
were married in 1952. We were destined to be together it seems, for when I was
just a little girl, I knew I was going to sing for the Lord. So, when I prayed,
I prayed that God would send me someone when I was old enough to marry that
would love to sing so that I could sing for the Lord the rest of my life. God
heard those prayers and brought us together when we were 17 years old. We've
been married now going on 48 years, and just like the song says, 'It gets
sweeter as the days go by'.
We have been privileged to sing in many of the largest churches of our day,
and some of the smallest. Actually size makes no difference. Our aim and our
purpose was to be a blessing and an encouragement to God's people wherever He
sent us.
We have been blessed to sing for some of God's choicest servants such as Bro.
Lester Roloff, now deceased, but when he was alive he was a giant for the Lord.
We sang for Dr. Jerry Falwell at
Thomas
Road
Baptist
Church
,
Lynchburg
,
VA.
; Dr. Jack Hudson,
Northside
Baptist
Church
,
Charlotte
,
NC
; Dr. Harold Sightler,
Tabernacle
Baptist
Church
,
Greenville
,
SC
; Dr. B.R.Lakin, Evangelist; and so many others it would take the rest of the
page just to list them.
 We
managed the Gethsemane Quartet for 44 years. During that time we were privileged
to have people who sang with us down through the years who were God-fearing
people. Most of them still serve the Lord in some kind of music ministry even
today. They are still a very important part of our lives.
Our son. Mark, sang with us from the age of 11 until 5 years ago after he
graduated from
Bob
Jones
University
. That was one of the greatest blessings of all, to be able to have our family
all involved in our ministry.
Now it is just the two of us. We retired from the quartet at the end of 1993,
and really didn't plan to do any more traveling. But God had other plans, and we
are so thankful that He did. We are having the time of our lives now. It's
almost like we are getting to know each other all over again, and at the same
time knowing that we are still serving our Lord and Savior with our time and
talents.
We are looking forward to many more years of service, Lord willing. All God
wants is a willing heart. He is ready and willing to use us if we will just make
ourselves available to Him.
If we had our lives to live over...well, we wouldn't change many things. We
would just try to do it better for the glory of God."
A mini-biography of Floyd and Penny Andrews,
written before Brother Floyd's home-going in August of 2004. It is our privilege
and honor to feature a group that has been a blessing for many years, The
Gethsemane Quartet from
Greensboro
,
NC
.
The Gethsemane Quartet
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