Roy comes to SSQ after being on staff at Liberty Heights Church in West Chester, Ohio. While there Roy was the Rhythm Section Leader and was involved in numerous musicals and dramas, as well as the weekly worship services.

Having been an avid Southern Gospel Music fan all of his life, Roy recalls always loving quartet music in particular.  Namely, the Cathedral Quartet.  While most people had taken piano lessons for years, Roy started playing the piano when he was 16 years old.  What a gift!!!! Roy has just been playing for a very short time.

Having been a part of a regional quartet "Lighthouse" along with fellow SSQ member Doug Anderson, he gained valuable music experience before coming off of the road to go on staff at his church and  to spend more time with his family.

While on the road Roy is the group comedian keeping everyone laughing and having a good time. While at home, Roy enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife Jamie, and two kids Mallory and Braydon.

Roy, Doug, David was all in the group Lighthouse. Ernie become friend with them when they shared tour dates.

LIBERTY HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH
Ohio church believes in ‘a big God for big dreams'
By KAREN L. WILLOUGHBY Baptist Press Published September 8, 2004

WEST CHESTER, Ohio (BP)--Liberty Heights Baptist Church in West Chester, Ohio,
New Senior  Pastor is  Dr Rick Garner

Having baptized more than 1,000 people in the last eight years as one of the fastest-growing Southern Baptist churches in the Midwest, Liberty Heights is in the process of expanding its reach by relocating to a 94-acre site north of Cincinnati with a half-mile frontage on Interstate 75, one of the busiest highways in the United States.

Liberty Heights was stop No. 19 on SBC President Bobby Welch's national bus tour to generate a sense of urgency for evangelism among Southern Baptists. The tour is a kickoff for "The Everyone Can Kingdom Challenge for Evangelism" campaign which has the goal of "Witness, Win and Baptize ... ONE MILLION!" in one year.

"We believe strongly in three purposes: worship, evangelism and discipleship," Fields said. "We try to keep it simple. And we're working on a process-driven mentality that takes people where they are and then challenges them to move closer to God. We make it a high priority to engage people in dynamic worship with relevant Bible preaching and then move them toward a commitment to deeper Bible study and service to others."

God can do great things in a church when the pastor and people join hands and work together, the pastor said.

"Liberty Heights is a great example of what can happen when a church says 'the lost are worth the cost,' that doesn't look at obstacles but looks for opportunities," Fields said. "I am so proud of our people because they've been willing to believe a big God for big dreams, and think big. They have embraced the idea that the message never changes but methods do."

Liberty Heights called Fields, then only 30 years old, as pastor in 1996. In addition to deciding to relocate for greater visibility, the church has changed its name to embrace a regional vision. In December, they will move into a new 108,000 square-foot building alongside the interstate, where experts have told church leaders that within a year of the move, more than 1 million people in the region will know where Liberty Heights is located.

Development in the area around the new church site is projected to more than quadruple in the next 20 years, Fields said. Most of the residential construction will be single-family homes for families with teens and pre-teens -- an age group that is a particular strength of Liberty Height's local ministry.

"We love students, and we love families, and we've made a major commitment to reaching them," Fields said. "God has allowed us to lead our state in youth baptisms every year since I've been here. If 85 percent of people who come to Christ do so by the age of 18, we decided to target students above everyone else.

"Most churches want teenagers to come, but they expect them to look like adults, act like adults, think like adults and enjoy the same music as adults. But we've reached out to students on their terms by creating the right kind of environment where they'll feel at home and welcome," the pastor said. "About five years ago we really took off. We leased a store-front building down the street, hired the right staff, recruited some of our best lay leaders and energized our church toward reaching young people."

Today, Liberty Heights’ student ministry, named ELEVATE, offers three services a week to as many as 500 students. At the new facility, ELEVATE will enlarge to 20,000 square feet. A staff of six supports the youth program.

"We have more staff for students than we had for the entire church when I came here in 1996," Fields said.

In addition to local ministries, Liberty Heights has committed to "help plant a new church every year in Ohio until Jesus comes," the pastor said. And in the last year, he added, Liberty Heights has added a global dimension to its missions consciousness.

"God arrested my attention after we sent 104 students and adult leaders to Argentina last year," Fields said. "We saw 1,000 people come to Christ and it just lit our fire for global outreach."

This spring, Liberty Heights hosted a five-day Global Missions Celebration that included interaction between church members and 30 missionaries. On top of regular giving to the Cooperative Program and the relocation campaign, members promised to give $200,000 toward local, national and international missions.

"The key is we made missions personal," Fields said. "This emphasis has generated more excitement than anything we've ever done."

Liberty Heights wants to be a flagship church for Southern Baptists outside the Bible belt, the pastor said.

"We want to be an encouragement to other churches," Fields said. "In these last nine years, we've added close to 1,500 new members, mostly through believer's baptism. We have the chance to go where few churches have gone before in Ohio.

"A lot of great things have happened but we're just getting started," the pastor continued. "We're sailing in uncharted waters, trying to become trailblazers and pacesetters. We're trying to break down barriers and manmade limitations. The best is yet to come for Liberty Heights Church."
http://www.libertyheights.org/

Thomas Webb

Webb, Thomas From: DaytonDailyNews.com WEBB, Thomas L. age 63 of Dayton, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 21, 2007. He was born December 22, 1943 in Dayton, OH, the son of Foster E. Webb & Joy E. (Ankney) Jones. He is preceded in death by his father & step-mother, Jessie Webb. Survivors include his mother; children, Jenny (Don) Lewis of Huber Heights and Roy (Jamie) Webb of Liberty Twp.; grandchildren, Josh & Justin Lewis and Mallory & Braydon Webb; lifelong friend, Faye Webb; sisters, Julie Jewett, Debbie McCallister, Barbara Thompson, & Sue Caplinger; brothers, Charles Webb, Mark Jones, & Rob Webb; and many aunts, uncles, nieces & nephews. Tommy retired from Montgomery County Engineers as a mechanic. He was an active member of the Dayton Area Deaf Club and he enjoyed traveling in his R.V. His wonderful sense of humor, warm smile, and loving spirit will be greatly missed by all those who loved and knew him. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory, 4104 Needmore Rd., Dayton, OH. Burial will follow at New Carlisle Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6-8 PM. If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Miami Valley Hospital Foundation, 30 Wyoming St., Dayton, OH 45409 in care of cancer research. To send a special message to the family, please visit www.NewcomerFamily.com Funeral Homes Published in the Dayton Daily News on 8/23/2007.

Visitation: Friday, August 24, 2007 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory - North Chapel
4104 Needmore Road
Dayton, OH 

Service: Saturday, August 25, 2007 10:00 AM
Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory - North Chapel
4104 Needmore Road
Dayton, OH 

Interment: New Carlisle Cemetery
New Carlisle, Ohio