Renee's Rants

Hello fans!

I hope the month of May went smoothly for you…Mine was super busy with graduation and all. I graduated from high school on May 28^th so I’m officially a graduate. Thank you for voting for the Agape Fest in Texas by the way, but I don’t find results until the actual Agape Fest.

On May 15^th, I was honored to sing at Vermillion Heights Christian Church in Danville, IL. I was very blessed there and happy that I had that great opportunity. The 14^th of May was my last Show Choir concert, which was very sad to say the least. This year was full of closing doors and opening new ones.

May 24^th, I sang about a half hour at the Southside Church of Christ Revival. There weren’t many people, but again God showed me His love there. My sister got to come with me that time and we had a great time together!

This past Sunday our youth group led the services at the ‘big people’ church. We led the worship, I did the Communion Meditation (forgot about it until the night before-Thank you God for providing the words to say lol), then we performed a silent skit. It’s called Everything by LifeHouse. If you have time, check it out on YouTube. I was the main girl being tempted and I had such a moving experience with that.

My calendar is filling up this summer with me being home only three weeks out of the summer. Next week is VBX at Sherwood Christian Church in Bloomington, IN. Our Coffee House band did the music for the kids last year and we’re doing it again this year and I’m very excited to help. I am singing at our Vermillion County fair pageant and at a Vesper’s Program. The Agape Fest takes place at the end of June. That’s pretty much June for you and I’ll update you again after all these events have taken place.

That’s only one month out of this year and all of my months are pretty busy. My schedule starts to slow down after September, but my dad said we will be booking things so it won’t be as slow as the winter of 2010. I’m hoping God will open many more doors for me and will show me where I’m supposed to go since I’m not going to college in the fall. I’m just going and letting God lead me. Please pray for my guidance and strength as I trust in God alone on this musical journey.

Thank you so much for your support and prayers!

Renee Spencer

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Hey awesome fans!

This is the first time I’m saying hi to you all in the New Year! Happy late New Year by the way lol. The Christmas Eve service went very well and it was cool singing right when it turned to Christmas Day! The following Sunday after that, my dad and I sang a special at his home church in Michigan! It was great! That week I recorded three new songs for YouTube…you should check them out. We just got a really sweet new camera, so hopefully I’ll be doing new songs very soon (any suggestions?).

NOW! I have two exciting things to tell you about (which if you are on my Facebook page, then you already know)! First, I went to Terre Haute, IN and participated in a talent show. I proceeded to the next round which will be next Tuesday and if you live close enough, you should definitely come! It’s $3 for students and $5 for adults. That night, the top 5 or 6 will be chosen to be aired on channel TEN news! I will get back you when I find out if I made it in the top! Please pray for this event

SECOND, I found out last week that I was in the top 10 for the Agape Fest. The winners are all picked by public voting – that means YOU! Please help me – go to my facebook page and the link is there to vote.

God Bless you in the New Year,
Love Renee!

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Hey Everyone!

The beginning of school has been kind of crazy with school work, show choir, volleyball, fall play, and singing on weekends. Sometimes it gets overwhelming, but I need to just trust in God that He will get me through it and He has given me a wonderful support system! Thank you for all your support and prayers!

I recently did a benefit. My friend’s uncle had a stroke and his class provided a benefit for him. I was asked to sing a song or two and auction off a few of my CD’s. I was honored to sing at an event that meant so much. The next week I had a revival at West Lebanon Church of Christ from Sunday to Tuesday. I had a great time there with much encouragement. The Saturday of that week, I sang at a wedding. I sang “How You Live” by Point of Grace (There is a video of me singing this at the ICM Award Talent Show on my website or youtube page) and “Love Never Fails” by Brandon Heath. It went over very well and the wedding was beautiful.

That Sunday I sang with my boyfriend at his church in Bloomington. It went great considering that I practiced it on the way to Bloomington because the shortage of time. The following weekend, I sang at Hanging Rock Christian Assembly for their family camp for 45 minutes, having a great time even with low numbers.

On September 12th, the president and founder of HMG came and sang at our church. HMG is the company that has promoted my CD, released songs to radio, and they have been very helpful. I also sang “How You Live” by Point of Grace. That Tuesday, my dad and I traveled all the way to Rock Lake Christian Camp in Michigan. This is the camp where my dad grew up and it is still my Grandparents camp. They had me do a 45-minute concert for their seniors retreat. I got to spend time with my cousins and family that came. Wednesday evening is when we traveled back home. It was a well-spent, short trip.
On September 9th, I sang at Crossroads Christian Church in Danville, IL. I sang a couple songs in the morning and had a 30-minute concert in the evening for their Gospel Sing. It was a great experience because I felt the most comfortable and my dad said it was probably the best I’ve spoken yet. A lot of people encouraged me and I had successful sales, considering there were other artists selling their merchandise.

I’ve had many great experiences in the end of September and beginning of October. I went to the Church of Living Waters, making it the smallest church crowd I’ve sung for. I also sang the National Anthem with a friend at the Hillclimb festival.
October 10 started a great week for me! I started out by singing at Hickman Heights Christian Church in the morning and afternoon. After the lunch they provided, I sang a 30-45 minute concert. My family came and it was another great experience.

Then came our trip to Nashville, TN for the ICM Convention. It was such a blast! I participated in the talent show, two showcases, some workshops, and presented an award on Thursday evening. One of the ladies from Point of Grace was one of the judges for the talent show and I actually sang one of their songs! AH! How nerve-wracking it was! I didn’t win the talent show, but I do hold a very awesome title. Thursday night, I received the Youth In Music Award for 2010! (If you haven’t yet, get to my website and see). We made so many connections and met many great people there! We also had a fantastic time hanging out and talking about the future!

The Sunday after Fall Break, I sang at Stateline Christian Church for the morning service. This was the first church I had my trophy with me to show people!

Phew….told ya, pretty busy, but I’ve enjoyed every experience God has given me and I can’t wait to see what’s next! I just hope and pray that I can make a difference in people’s lives.

Thanks your support and caring!

Love,
Renee Spencer

Hey Everyone!

Summer vacation is officially over for me. School is actually pretty easy and fun though since it’s my last year! I take two hours out of the day during school to learn guitar and piano and then I go home around 1:30. So I have a pretty easy breezy year ahead of me. This doesn’t mean I won’t be busy because I will still have volleyball, show choir, and singing to manage.

Oh yeah! Fourteen of you were just added to the list yesterday so if you would like to read any other tidbts about me you can at www.reneespencermusic.com. I really hope all of you are reading these because it just lets everyone know what I’ve been up to and I’m asking if you’d pray for my ministry. Thanks for all your support too!

So most of you know I tried out for American Idol. Well it didn’t work out again, but something happened in the same week. My mom and sister went with me, but only one person could stand in line with me. My mom and I waited for 12 hours until I auditioned! It was insane! The judge said that we were supposed to be competing with the past winning idols and that we needed a little more “salt and pepper” to our songs. I don’t know if it was quite worth it or not. Anyways, it was good bonding time with sis and mom. When I got back, there was an email from Jesse McCartney’s mom!!! I guess my dad talked to her also on the phone. She sent some of my songs to a recording label and asked if anyone would want to write with me. She said if any of them called to tell them I needed to get my manager on the phone. She is agreeing to be my manager, but we haven’t signed papers yet. Ginger McCartney is verbally my manager!! Shhhhh

The next weekend my family and I went up to Michigan for Christmas in July. It was a lot of fun to hang out with family. On Sunday, I got to sing four songs at Bailey Christian Church. At this church I sold the most CD’s in one place: 27! It was very exciting!

On August 7th, I sang the National Anthem and America the Beautiful at a Tea Party in Fowler Park. There weren’t a lot of people there, but I was prepared for anything. Then my boyfriend and I traveled to Cicero, IN. We both sang with their worship band in the morning and I also sang three specials with the band. We then went to a picnic with a lot of people from their church. That night we both sang songs at a campground for their church. It was loads of fun even though the numbers were low. My spirit was lifted by God and it was the most comfortable I was with both talking and singing.

Two weekends ago was our second tour date in Florida! The first night was in Lakeland and the second night was Sebring. I sang three songs with two guitars and my boyfriend and dad sang backup (the vids are posted already). It was such a blast!! I sang American Honey with two of my songs. I loved learning and singing that song. It was such a great experience and nice vacation right before school started.

I hope all of your summers are going great or went great! If you have anything you’d like to ask, question, or comment you can email me back: renee@reneespencermusic.com. You can email also just to say hello. I would like to hear from you!

Have a great rest of summer,

Renee Spencer

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Hey everyone!

I hope you all are having a great summer break. I know I am! I’ve had a lot going on, as most of you know, but some of you just joined my fanlist. So if you ‘new’ fans want to check out my older blogs, you can check them out on my website: www.reneespencermusic.com

So two weeks ago, I went to Michigan to visit my cousins (and fave Uncle). We all went to CIY (Christ In Youth), which was located in Holland, MI at Hope College. We had such a blast and learned so much that week. I participated in their talent show. There were about twenty people who competed, and some were pretty good. I won and got to sing in front of about 2,000 people at one of the evening worship sessions. It was such a great experience and it was fun too!

This past week was the North American Christian Convention in Indy. It was a long week, but we made many great contacts and handed out lots of press kits. One of the contacts we made was with the director of a teen girls mentoring program called, Get Real Inc. We booked a date in February 2011 to lead worship at one of their events. Even though we sat all day long, for three days at a booth in the exhibit hall, my family and I had a fun time talking and hanging out with eachother. One of my dad’s friends, from his college days, worked it out for me to sing a song on the exhibit hall music stage, which I appreciated! I also met some of you ‘new’ fans there at the convention and it was awesome talking with you all!

This weekend I’ll be traveling to Nashville, TN to tryout for American Idol. I didn’t really want to tell a lot of people, but I guess I’ll let you guys in on the secret since you are here supporting me. I tried out last year and didn’t make it, but I just wanted to try again this year to give it another chance. I figure it’s best to try than not at all.

Thanks for the continued support and I hope you get a chance to listen to a radio interview I had an opportunity to do in June with a DJ from WXML. There’s a link to it on my Facebook page or in the music player on my website. Also, remember to check out my calendar on my website so you know where I’ll be next!

Thank you for listening or reading ha ha!

God Bless,
Renee Spencer

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And 2) Don’t reply to this email, I won’t get it! email me at renee@reneespencermusic.com because I would love to hear from you.

Hey Fans!!

Here’s a new update!!

Two weekends ago was my first tour date in Muncie! It was awesome and soooo much fun!! Thank you if you came and if you didn’t the next date will probably be in August. I have so much going on this summer still to keep me busy! This weekend is full of practicing for Celebrate Good Times on June 6th and for this Sunday. On Sunday, I am helping lead worship for Rockville Christian Church and later that evening I will be performing with my coffee house band (Project 1). It should be lots of fun!

This last Saturday was noteable evening for show choir! It was a great turn out and a great show! You can watch my performance on youtube or here on my website.

Next weekend I sing at my cousin’s church and also to get to see the amazing Phantom of the Opera on broadway!! It is In Michigan though, but still, it will be amazing! My last song that was released a couple weeks ago has been getting very good reviews and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for me for the “Take Me Deeper” radio release. Also checkout my website for new pics from the tour and just to see what’s coming up!! Thanks for being my fan again and I’ll be back for more updates!!

Love and Happiness,
Renee