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The Stewarts are a southern gospel group based in Lincoln, Maine, who have been playing together in their local assembly, the Full Gospel Tabernacle, since 1993 and recording since 2000.

On March 19th, 2005, The Stewarts recorded their 4th CD entitled The Stewarts Live.  This project was a live recording done at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Lincoln, Maine.  This CD contains 15 tracks with 4 original songs by group members. 

On October 19th, 2002 The Stewarts recorded their 3rd CD entitled I'm Gonna Praise Him.  This project was also a live recording done at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Lincoln, Maine.  The CD contains 16 tracks with 8 original songs.    

In May of 2001 The Stewarts released their second CD, It's About Time.  This follow-up project has 12 songs, seven of which have been written by group members. 

In April of 2000 they released their debut southern gospel music CD, The Best Thing I Ever Had. Seven of the ten songs on the CD are original material.

"Sometimes, we go through a valley and there appears no end in sight. Surrounded by turmoil and difficult situations, we feel like there is no point in going on. It was a time such as this that God gave me the words to our title song The Best Thing I Ever Had," expresses songwriter, Tony Stewart. The group's hope and desire is that these songs uplift, encourage, and minister to the listener's spirit. "It is a blessing to share the songs that we feel God has laid upon our hearts."

Besides the lyrical aspects of the songs, the musical arrangements are also the handiwork of group members. The group practiced and worked together to move their arrangements beyond simple chord patterns, creating musical compositions that carve an original style. It was important to the group that the sound of the CD reflects the live sound of the band, both musically and vocally.

These original songs, from all CDs,  are the personal trials, desires, and testimonies of group members.

Since the release of the CDs, the Stewarts have been playing concerts around the state of Maine and Canada, making appearances in Robbinston, Eastport, Waldoboro, Fairfield, Newport, Woodland, Pittsfield, Orrington, South Orland, Carmel, Madison, Danforth, Calais, Winterport, Bangor, Lee, Lincoln, Chester, Centerville, NB, and St. John, NB. 

The Stewarts have also been featured on Bangor's Christian radio station, WHCF 88.5, as part of their programming that spotlights local artists and Worship 95.3 out of Augusta.  Three newspapers, the Bangor Daily News, the Lincoln News, and the Katahdin Times, have published articles written by Carline Smart about the Stewarts.  The Stewarts have also appeared in the Calais  Observer.  

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Tony Stewart
is the group's manager, lead singer, and songwriter. Besides being one of the church's drummers, Tony is the assistant pastor at Full Gospel Tabernacle, teaches Sunday School, and leads the praise and worship portion of service. He is an avid southern gospel music enthusiast. His wife Pennie is the "Boss" of the group and keeps things together. She is also actively involved at church as the Sunday school secretary and treasurer and heads up the arts and craft portion of Camp Can Do.  Tony and Pennie's talented son, Anthony, is also actively involved with  church, playing electric guitar both for services and for the group's concerts and cd's.



Andrea (Stewart) Jarvis
is the group's keyboardist, songwriter, vocalist, and composes and arranges most of the group's music. Andrea is the full-time keyboardist at Full Gospel Tabernacle and a Sunday school teacher. Andrea, like Tony, grew up listening to southern gospel music and is a big fan of groups like the Hemphills, the Hinsons, and the Gaithers. Andrea started piano lessons at age six and has had a long-time dream of playing in a gospel group. Andrea's husband, Michael Jarvis, Jr., plays the drums for the band and the church.



 




Like her sister, Anita Stewart McCafferty, also plays the piano and has been doing so since the age of seven. In addition to playing the acoustic piano, Anita also sings with the group and plays accordion. She is involved in the church as a Sunday school teacher and secretary. Her husband, Mark McCafferty, plays guitar both for the group and in church and is a song writer. He, too, is involved as a Sunday school teacher.

The only group members who are not related are friends of the family, Jeremy Dill, the group's bass player and his wife, Jose Dill, who adds vocals for The Stewarts on special songs. Jeremy and Jose, like the rest of the group, have grown up in the church and have given their musical talent to the work of the Lord. Jeremy is both a songwriter and a singer as well.

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Brother and Sister Stewart have pastored the Full Gospel Tabernacle for the past 37 years.  In addition to anointed preaching, praying, and singing, the couple have also helped institute many community evangelizing events, such as Camp Can Do, Sunday Morning breakfasts, and the Annual Fall, Spring, and Homecoming concerts.  They have passed on their love for the work of God and Southern gospel music to their children, Tony, Anita, and Andrea.


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Church services

Day

Time

Type

Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday school for all ages
Sunday 11:00 AM Morning Worship
Sunday 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting
Sunday 7:00 PM Evening Service
Wednesday 7:00 PM Weekly Bible Study
August 7-11,
2006
9 AM-Noon Camp Can Do
 

Church is located at 14-16 Fleming St. Lincoln, Maine 04457 and pastored by Rev. Jack Stewart, who can be reached at
(207) 794-6394 or revjackstewart@verizon.net.

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