{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Williamsburg Gospel Barn celebrates 3rd Anniversary &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wkHfVmTkg0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/williamsburg-gospel-barn-celebrates-3rd-anniversary\/\">Williamsburg Gospel Barn celebrates 3rd Anniversary<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/williamsburg-gospel-barn-celebrates-3rd-anniversary\/embed\/#?secret=wkHfVmTkg0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Williamsburg Gospel Barn celebrates 3rd Anniversary&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"wkHfVmTkg0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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For 14 years, Troy Cupp of the famous \u201cThe Cupps\u201d music ministry held musical events in Jellico, or at least tried to when he didn\u2019t run into problems. When it rained, he often had to cancel events because his ministry couldn\u2019t find a place to hold them, or the potential venues they could get were too expensive and they couldn\u2019t afford them. Then in 2010, he was in a serious accident. \u201cLaying on my death bed in the hospital, I thought about our ministry and if I died, it died with us. I thought I don\u2019t like that and what about all these other groups, whose ministries have disappeared after their death,\u201d Cupp said. \u201cWhat inspired us is I didn\u2019t want our ministry to perish with us. When we grow old, I want our descendants to know who we were, and everybody else\u2019s descendants to know who they were.\u201d Out of these two experiences came the \u201cThe Williamsburg Gospel Barn.\u201d \u201cWe wanted to make a way for people to hear gospel music at no price. It is always free. We wanted to make a way for people to hear gospel music no matter how big or small the family was and they didn\u2019t have to buy tickets,\u201d Cupp said. Three years ago, Cupp Ministries opened The Williamsburg Gospel Barn, which is located at 90 Happy Hollow Road. There is no preaching at The Gospel Barn, and there are no alter calls. \u201cWe are not a church. We are not associated with a church. The Williamsburg Gospel Barn is owned and operated by the Singing Cupp Ministries,\u201d Cupp noted. This results in having people from various religious denominations or no religious denomination attending events. \u201cIt is not a church, but we have been able to reach a lot of people. There are a lot of churches, who have received people from The Gospel Barn, who have never been in church before,\u201d he said. On Oct. 21, The Williamsburg Gospel Barn celebrated its three-year anniversary, and held the first inductions into its \u201cWall of Honor.\u201d &nbsp; \u201cI thought to myself, \u2018I want to do something that will bring back the memories of the ministries that have vanished.\u2019 So we started this year what is the Wall of Honor. We are starting with Whitley County and the surrounding area. We are getting all those, who have made a big impact in gospel music. We are putting them on the wall.\u201d The first ever inductees included the Arlie Petree Family, The Cooper Sisters, and Lois Jane (Neal) Wallace. \u201cThe Cooper Sisters were really a big thing here in the 1950\u2019s and 1960\u2019s. They were able to reunite at The Gospel Barn and sing for a couple of years before Ella Jane Moses passed away about two weeks ago,\u201d Cupp said. \u201cThe Arlie Petree Family has made a big impact in gospel music nationwide.\u201d Lois Jane was a hugely popular artist in the region back in the 1970s and 1980s. \u201cEach year our sponsors will choose three more people to go on that wall,\u201d Cupp said. Cupp said he is also starting an archive on the past artists that he can find. \u201cPeople send things in to me,\u201d he noted. \u201cI get a lot of pictures, but I am still trying to locate any history on any gospel singers in this area so I can bring those back and start an archive on those because gospel music has made the biggest impact on this nation. It has helped to shape this nation, and without it, we don\u2019t know where we would be today.\u201d The Williamsburg Gospel Barn has singings every Saturday night, except two per year. One of those exceptions is Old Fashioned Trading Days, and the other is homecoming weekend at New Life Tabernacle. For more information about The Cupps, log onto their website at www.thecupps.org. For more information about The Williamsburg Gospel Barn, log onto www.gospelbarn.org."}