If laughter is truly the best medicine, then Dennis Swanberg’s, “America’s Minister of Encouragement,” is just what the doctor ordered. With his down-home charm and heaping helping of hospitality, the pastor-turned-comedian born in Austin, Texas, has won the hearts of audiences across the country. As a motivational speaker, teacher, preacher, author, counselor, TV personality and humorist, Dennis Swanberg knows just what it takes to make life a more pleasant road to journey down, with a laugh or two along the way. His routines regularly include hilarious sendups and his own family life, both as a child growing up in Texas and as a husband and parent today to his wife, Lauree, and two adult sons.

If laughter is truly the best medicine, then Dennis Swanberg’s, “America’s Minister of Encouragement,” is just what the doctor ordered. With his down-home charm and heaping helping of hospitality, the pastor-turned-comedian born in Austin, Texas, has won the hearts of audiences across the country. As a motivational speaker, teacher, preacher, author, counselor, TV personality and humorist, Dennis Swanberg knows just what it takes to make life a more pleasant road to journey down, with a laugh or two along the way. His routines regularly include hilarious sendups and his own family life, both as a child growing up in Texas and as a husband and parent today to his wife, Lauree, and two adult sons.

Stan Whitmire has a list of accomplishments both diverse and impressive. For the past 42 years, Stan has been an integral part of the music ministry of one of the nation’s leading churches, Mount Paran Church in Atlanta.

He brings to each performance a rich musical heritage spanning several generations and covering a variety of musical styles.

Stan Whitmire has a list of accomplishments both diverse and impressive. For the past 42 years, Stan has been an integral part of the music ministry of one of the nation’s leading churches, Mount Paran Church in Atlanta.

He brings to each performance a rich musical heritage spanning several generations and covering a variety of musical styles.

When Kim Collingsworth was three years old, she heard her father preach a message on the gift of wisdom that God gave Solomon. That night she went home and begged the Lord for a gift of her own. She never dreamed that the gift would involve music, but shortly afterwards she began to play the piano and the rest is history. When she was fourteen she met Phil and they had an instant connection. For the next thirteen years, they led music at various revivals in the spring and the fall. During those years she accompanied Phil's trumpet solos, and played accompaniment for the singing.

Since that time, in addition to accompanying the Collingsworth Family's concerts, and recording signature versions of "How Great Thou Art," "It is Well With My Soul," and the "Hallelujah Chorus," she has released several piano solo recordings with Crossroads.

When Kim Collingsworth was three years old, she heard her father preach a message on the gift of wisdom that God gave Solomon. That night she went home and begged the Lord for a gift of her own. She never dreamed that the gift would involve music, but shortly afterwards she began to play the piano and the rest is history. When she was fourteen she met Phil and they had an instant connection. For the next thirteen years, they led music at various revivals in the spring and the fall. During those years she accompanied Phil's trumpet solos, and played accompaniment for the singing.

Since that time, in addition to accompanying the Collingsworth Family's concerts, and recording signature versions of "How Great Thou Art," "It is Well With My Soul," and the "Hallelujah Chorus," she has released several piano solo recordings with Crossroads.