Mark Schultz, Point of Grace making stop here on 30-city gig

Platinum-selling and Dove award-winning artists Mark Schultz and Point of Grace, hitting the road together for the first time ever on a 30-city "Come Alive" fall tour, will perform in Sheboygan at the Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12.

Featuring fan favorites spanning each artist's career, Mark Schultz also will also playing new songs from his fifth studio album, "Come Alive," and Point of Grace will play songs from its current album "How You Live."

Tickets are $50, $28 and $18 and are available at the Weill Center box office and Ticketmaster. For phone orders, call (920) 208-3243. To order online, go to www.wpff.com or www.weillcenter.com.

One of Christian music's most acclaimed singer/songwriters, Schultz's first new studio album in nearly three years, "Come Alive," is also his most personal recording to date, inviting listeners to "come alive" through these songs born in stories of hope, loss, joy and redemption. Pulling from real life experiences, the songs on "Come Alive" were inspired by families dealing with cancer, special needs and through Schultz's coast-to-coast bicycle ride that raised more than $250,000 to benefit the James Fund, which provides assistance for widows and orphans. The album also features collaborations with such hit making songwriters as Bart Millard and Barry Graul of Mercy Me, Matthew West, Joy Williams and Herms.

Lauded at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Christian Adult Contemporary Songwriters list and with nine No. 1 radio hits, Schultz's career highlights include being the centerpiece of the Army campaign "Letters From War," named Christian Music Today's Male Vocalist in 2003 and featured on the national TV programs, "48 Hours," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," CNN and more. His 2005 release, "Mark Schultz Live…A Night of Stories & Songs," went platinum and garnered Schultz his first Dove Award.

For more information on Mark Schultz, visit www.markschultzmusic.com.

Point of Grace's success that began in the gospel market has recently seen its audience expand to the country music arena with the hit song, "How You Live (Turn Up the Music)." With airplay on country stations across the nation, the ballad is the centerpiece of Point of Grace's "How You Live" Deluxe Edition, an expanded version of its Dove Award-winning "How You Live" project.

In addition to the new deluxe edition, Point Of Grace has been in the studio working with producer Brown Bannister on an upcoming Christmas project that will combine songs from their two previous holiday collections, 1999's "A Christmas Story" and 2005's "Winter Wonderland," along with a new version of the classic "Tennessee Christmas."

Point of Grace has sold more than eight million albums, won 10 Dove Awards and received two Grammy nods. It's earned two platinum and five gold albums and has scored more than two dozen No. 1 hits at Christian radio. Point Of Grace has also garnered major national media exposure, including "The View" with Barbara Walters, "Entertainment Tonight," "Access Hollywood," Time Magazine, CNN, Ladies' Home Journal, Billboard, VH-1, "CBS This Morning" and "ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," among others.

For more information on Point o Grace, visit www.pointofgrace.net.