Every year since 2009, the Echoes have been the featured group at the 1st Saline County Singing Convention of the new year, and additionally, doing so at Rudement Social Brethren Church. So it was also on the 1st Sunday of 2013.
Don Haney also started the year as the official head of the Saline County Convention, taking over from Alma Young.
As always, the convention started with a congregational song, after which the Echoes sang a selection of numbers. Then, other talent presented in song, and even a few sign language songs, where sign language was utilized in a very flowing manner to worship Jesus Christ.
After a few more songs by the Echoes, the convention concluded with a rousing up-tempo congregational song to send everyone off with tapping feet, clapping hands, and soaring hearts.
The Saline County Convention is one of the few left these days in Southern Illinois, and may it continue to be a beacon of the Gospel in Song until Jesus returns,
