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‘I owe it all to God’

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Candon Stevens sings at the Shaping Clay Jubilee in her hometown of Manchester, Ky., Oct. 2, 2026.

Manchester’s Candon Stevens is overwhelmed by response to debut album

By John Herndon, KentuckySings.com

MANCHESTER, Ky. – When Candon Stevens belts out “This God of Mine,” she delivers with a voice bigger than the mountains around her Manchester home.

She just believes her God is even bigger. And she’s seeing that – again – as her debut album, Praisin’ Him, has been drawing rave reviews and her first two singles have been charting on multiple gospel music charts nationwide.

The response has been so overwhelming that Stevens, a small-town pastor’s wife, can’t hold back the tears as she tells about Praisin’ Him being considered for a Grammy Award in the Best Roots Gospel Album category.

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Shaping Clay Jubilee brings monumental event to eastern Kentucky mountains

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The Old Time Preachers Quartet, shown in a recent concert at Sand Spring Baptist Church in Lawrenceburg, will be singing at Shaping Clay Jubilee on Saturday, Oct. 5.

By John Herndon, KentuckySings.com

A little tug at Donnie Stevens’ heart has grown into a monumental weekend in the mountains of eastern Kentucky.

The inaugural Shaping Clay Jubilee gets underway at 5 p.m. on Friday evening, Oct. 4, with Heaven’s Mountain Band, The Shepherds and the host group, the Stevens Family Tradition. At noon the following day, Steve Gulley opens, followed by the Old Time Preachers Quartet, Jeff and Sheri Easter, The Hoppers and The Isaacs.

Wow. Make that WOW!

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