The Katinas Christmas Party Snapshots
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This is a photo of the whole gang. We are so blessed with awesome wives and amazing kids.
Each family had to decorate their own “Daddy Christmas tree. These are the results. However, the wives and kids couldn’t decide on a winner. Being the competitive guys that we are, we’d like to know who think the best “Daddy Tree” is. (From Left to Right- Jesse, John, James, Cousin Charley, Joe, and Sam). Let us know by leaving a comment.
This is always the kids favorite part of the night… opening gifts.
Freedom Run
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Singing @ the Tree Lighting ceremony in Fort Eustis
FREEDOM! Freedom from what? I’m glad you asked. Freedom from doubt, hate, anxiety, worry, uncertainty, greed, self-righteousness, racism, a religious spirit, pride, low self-worth, a man pleasing spirit, addiction and fear just to name a few. You have a choice to be free from all of the above if you would just accept the truth. John 14:6, Jesus tells us that He is the truth! When we accept him, we know the truth. When we know the truth, we’ll be free! (John 8:32)
Concert @ The Play House in Fort Lee, VA
For the past couple of weeks we’ve been on our annual Family Christmas tour. It’s been a blast to see so many of you all the way from California to Pennsylvania. The past couple of days have been exceptionally exciting. We’ve had the opportunity to do concerts on two military bases. Ft. Eustis and Ft. Lee in the great state of Virginia. What a sight to see men and women in uniform singing and worshipping Jesus! People from various backgrounds, trainees to Generals coming together to lift Him up! It was an awesome experience to lead some of our nation’s true heroes in worship. But by far, our greatest joy was seeing many of them respond to Christ by accepting him as their personal Lord and Savior.
Christmas Concert @ Calvary Chapel, Philly
As you celebrate Christ’s birth, receive His freedom by receiving Him. If you’ve already done this, live your life in a way that would help others receive theirs. Don’t let this be just another Christmas. Receive the gift and then give it. Freedom! Freely you’ve received it. Freely you should give it.
Please let us know if you received this gift. Tell us when and how you found it. Share your story with us. It will encourage those who might still be searching.
-Joe
First Live Stream Show
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We wanted to thank everybody for logging on and checking out our show last night! It’s our first go at this, but hopefully the first of many. It was good to chat with people from so many different places, even Hawaii, Aloha!
We’d like to know where everyone is from? We’re really wanting to build a close knit community. So let us know in the comments.
Until then, take care and Merry Christmas! Oh yeah, we are originally from American Samoa.
Peace!
The Modesto Bee
CommentThe Katinas, an award-winning contemporary Christian pop-rock group, are five brothers whose vocals are smooth like jazz, with instrumentals that pump your endorphins.
They’ll bring their unique mix for two concerts Monday to Monte Vista Chapel in Turlock. Quimi, a Modestan who had her first CD produced by the group, will share the stage. The evening will include a lineup of Christmas tunes and songs from The Katinas’ recently released CD, “Still.”
The brothers — Sam, 42; Joe, who turned 39 Thursday; twins James and John, 36; and Jesse, 34 — were born in Southern California when their Marine father was stationed at Camp Pendleton. They moved to American Samoa, their parents’ home country, after their father’s military service was complete.
Together with their older brother, Dave, they began a worship band. Dave was called to pastor a church in Hawaii, while the five others eventually signed with a record label and moved to Nashville. They live with their wives and 16 children, with an 17th on the way, within 10 to 15 minutes of one another.
On Thanksgiving and Christmas, the family gathering includes the brothers, their wives and children, and some cousins and their families — “quite a wild madhouse,” one said.
Christmas Tour Kicks Off In San Jose
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Here with Quimi, Sammy(Quimi’s sister), and our friend and guitar player, Paul David before the opening night of “A Family Christmas with The Katinas” Tour.
We just wrapped up the first night of our Christmas Tour in San Jose, CA. We are very excited to be joined by our good friend and an amazing artist, Quimi. We’d love to hear your thoughts if you were able to make it out to the show tonight. Please check out the “Tour” page and hopefully we’ll be able to see some of you on the road. Until then, keep loving Jesus!
