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THE BIO/HISTORY OF ZION\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S MELODY ZION\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S MELODY OF COLUMBUS OHIO IS A FOUR MEMBER MINISTRY THAT SHARES THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH SONG. THIS MINISTRY WAS A VISION SENT BY GOD TO WILLIAM (BUTCH) MONROE IN APRIL OF 1998. WILLIAM INFORMED HIS WIFE LOIS OF WHAT GOD HAD REVEALED TO HIM REGARDING A SINGING MINISTRY. THE TWO OF THEM WERE MEMBERS OF THE LYRIC SUPREMES AT THE TIME, BUT STILL PURSUED THEIR OWN MINISTRY AS A DUET. THEY SANG TOGETHER FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS, THEN THE LORD TOLD BUTCH TO FORM A GROUP WITH MORE MEMBERS. BUTCH HAD SANG AND PLAYED WITH OTHER GROUPS OF THE CITY SUCH AS THE FIVE STARS, AND THE CAPITALAIRES. HE LATER WENT ON THE ROAD WITH THE FANTASTIC VIOLINAIRES, OF DETROIT MICHIGAN, SLIM AND THE SUPREME ANGELS OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN, AND THE GOSPEL CLOUDS OF JOY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. BUTCH RAN INTO AN OLD FRIEND THAT FORMERLY SANG WITH THE GOSPEL HELPERS; THAT WAS MISSIONARY BRENDA HODGE. HE ASKED BRENDA IF SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SINGING IN THE GROUP AND SHE GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO DO SO. HE ALSO TALKED WITH HIS DEAR FRIEND LAMAR (JUNIOR) CRAFT WHOM HE SANG WITH IN THE CAPITOLAIRES, AND THE COLUMBUS GOSPEL CLOUDS. LAMAR ALSO AGREED TO SING WITH THE GROUP. THE BIRTH OF ZION\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S MELODY (AS A FULL GROUP) WAS FORMED IN FEBRURARY OF 2001. THE COMING OUT SERVICE WAS HELD ON THE 4TH SUNDAY OF MARCH 2001. IN FEBRUARY OF 2001 THE GROUP RELEASED THEIR FIRST CD ENTITLED \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"HE WILL DELIVER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" IN MARCH OF 2003 THEIR SECOND CD WHICH WAS A FOUR-SONG PROMOTIONAL ALBUM PRODUCED BY ZION\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S MELODY WAS RELEASED ENTITLED \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"WHAT IF IT WERE TODAY\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2006 THEIR THIRD CD ENTITLED \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"GOD HAS A BLESSING FOR YOU\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" WAS RELEASED. THAT HAS BEEN ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO. LAMAR HAS MOVED ON SINCE, AND WE HAVE HAD THREE NEW MEMBERS SINCE: MELISSA JACOBS 2003-2004, DELOIS TAYLOR 2004-2007, LAMAR CRAFT RETURNED FROM 2007-2009 MELISSA JACOBS RETURNED FROM 2009-JUNE 2010. THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE GROUP IS TANYA BROOKS WHO CAME IN JULY 2010 TO THE PRESENT. THE LORD HAS BROUGHT US THROUGH MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, BUT WE ARE STILL HOLDING ON AND LIFTING UP THE NAME OF JESUS.[indent][/indent][code][/code][code][/code][link=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"URL\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"][/link]