Musicianary - Daniel Lovett

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I have witnessed first hand the healing effect that music has in nursing home facilities. Singing familiar songs together does wonders for the morale of any facility. Especially when these songs also serve a spiritual need.

I like to think of myself as a "musicianary" to those at nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout Northeast Wisconsin. I have been so blessed for the past couple of years to have this opportunity to share music, love, and encouragement with the elderly.

At the begining of 2009 my wife and I released a Hymns project. It is a peaceful acoustic collection of classic hymns. To listen to some of these hymns or purchase this album, please click on the picture below and enjoy:

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Nursing Home Ministry:

I am a musicianary (that’s musician and missionary) to those in nursing homes. I use music to share the good news of Jesus that others might come to know him. I have been performing spiritual concerts for the elderly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout Northeast Wisconsin since November of 2006. My goal has been and still is to be a blessing and an encouragement to the faith of those who no longer can get to church. I bring a bit of church to them through the familiar hymns and spirituals and sharing of God’s word.

I believe in this ministry! So much so that I have been donating my time, money, and resources into this. The Lord put it on my heart to start passing out Large Print Gospels of John in the nursing homes. The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. Many who have received them were very grateful and at some places they are going to begin doing a bible study out of this Gospel! How exciting!

Thank you to all who have given toward this ministry for making this possible! For 85 cents you can put a Large Print Gospel of John into the hands of a grateful someone who will read it grow closer to Jesus. This would change their lives forever! (It would change yours too).

I always want to be able to provide these Large Print Gospels of John at every ministry concert that I do to everyone who would want them, but as I told my wife, at the rate I have been handing them out (about a hundred a week), we need to raise some funds! Will you help us?

I just need some more of my brothers and sisters in Christ to catch the vision for what the Lord is doing through this ministry and lend a helping hand.

Here are a few things you could do:

Pray for us! Here is a link to our PRAYER LETTER which expresses the heart and needs of this ministry.

Donate to our ministry:

Another win-win way to financially support our ministry is to Download our Albums, we raise funds for our ministry and you get some music to enjoy. They are only $6.00 per album to download. (A bit more for the upcoming release).

Since its release, I have been sending out the "Reflect Hymn" CD to various Nursing home facilities throughout Northeast Wisconsin and recently I received back this report about how the Reflect Hymn project is being used:

“Daniel,

Having a chance encounter with an old friend who works the night shift at our local nursing facility, I wanted to share with you her comments about your music.

She told me that a copy of your music on CD; Reflect Hymns, appeared at their nurses station, and that they had been playing and enjoying the music.  However, she said the greatest benefit seemed to come when your music was played exclusively in the rooms of those patients who were experiencing their last days.  She told how the staff all remarked that such a great sense of peace seemed to envelop the room and the people in attendance, that they have a policy of always playing this music for such times as this as it provides such comfort.

I thought you might want to know this, since I know you send out these CD's as a sample of your work when booking concerts at various Nursing Homes.  Even though this facility has never had you there in person, your music is being used and valued, which I just 'happened' to find out a few weeks ago during my 'chance encounter'.

Blessings,

Cindie”

I was so moved when I received this report. What an awesome blessing! I would love to see every nursing home throughout Northeast Wisconsin to receive a Reflect Hymn album for their use for the above mentioned purpose, or to use for a church service or bible study, or even just for music therapy. If this is something that you would also like to see happen please consider donating toward this ministry.

Thank you for listening,

Daniel Lovett

I have a strong sense of urgency in my ministry to them for two reasons; first, I don’t know how much longer I can work because Jesus could return at any moment. And second, because those I am serving are, to be honest, near death. Nearly every story on my nursing home ministry blog is about people who have already passed away in the three years I have been doing this.

p.s. I also wanted to let you know about Rich Engle from Shepherds Care Community Outreach who is serving the elderly and their families in the Appleton area. I meet with Rich from time to time to talk about ministry things. You can learn more about Shepherds Care Community Outreach @ his website: ShepherdsCareCommunityOutreach.org