Everywhere we went; to schools, to hotels, to conventions, etc. we would sing and tell our testimony: Our lives were screwed up. We couldn’t fix the problems by ourselves! We needed help. Rev. Minner said to each new member; If you really want to change and do something with your life, we’ll help you get out of where you are and help you find some direction. So I, the new member, left my family, my problems, and my old lifestyle behind, and I joined L.A.P. Now I go around telling people there is a better way of life. Because of L.A.P., I now have hope for a future, and a new direction.

My family was definitely touched by God.”

We were special, and we knew it. Rev. Minner was teaching us all he knew about entertainment. For 7 years, we were in training. This was our new direction in life. We were becoming proficient at what we did. We had earned quite a reputation here in Las Vegas. L.A.P. had performed at every elementary school, sixth grade center, junior high, and high school in the school district. We ministered in every church denomination. We were invited to minister at some L.D.S. Churches, and yes, we even ministered at a meeting of Hadassah at Temple Beth Shalom, a local Jewish Synagogue. We performed concerts in every hotel in Las Vegas. But a great reputation doesn’t pay the bills. And so we struggled during this seven year period. Rev. Minner and his department heads would have periodic meetings to discuss: How are we going to pay this month’s bills? How are we going to fix the car? Etc. Here are just 3 of the ideas they came up with: 1. Let’s have a car wash. 2. Once a year, let’s do a fund raiser with star’s like; The Judds, Lee Greenwood, etc. 3. Let’s call one of our board members and ask them for help. Here are some of our results:

It got to the point where one year, we were doing a car wash a week, on the average, just to survive. Love All People did present 1 fund raising concert a year from 1980 to 1985. But this turned out to be a game of catch up. With all our combined efforts to make each concert a success, we ended up each year not even catching up on all our past due bills for that year. And as for our board members, it was a good month if we only had to call each board member once for help. As the writer of proverbs is famous for saying: it seemed like all our efforts were nothing more than chasing after the wind.

It is written in Matthew chapter 6: I cannot serve two masters. I cannot serve both God and money. It is written in Matthew chapter 20: For the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage, and sent them out to work. 

It was at the peak of his career that Rev. Minner began to hear the call of God: “Give it all up, Prentice. I’ve got a job for you to do.” After a period of time, my friend said: “alright I’ll go.” But he still was not ready to give up show business. At first, he tried to do both; run the ministry, and keep his career going. But this resulted in Rev. Minner being in a constant state of turmoil, which led to this prayer: “ Please God, give me a sign. “ Be careful what you ask for, you may get it! After he finished praying, he told his wife Pam, and then went to perform.

Prentice always performed with a band. So therefore, he always carried his charts with him. He had all of the songs he performed arranged. Without these charts, the musicians could not play the show, for the musicians all read music. So it was the strictest rule that everyone kept their eyes on the music. That night, John Lerner had stopped to put a few quarters in the slot machines. John hit a jackpot and came out and informed everybody. Prentice and a couple of band members were on one bench and the rest of the band were on the other, with the music case between them. Prentice and the band turned to congratulate John. When they turned around, the music case containing all the music was gone and no one else was in the vicinity. The music case had vanished. Later that evening, Pam reminded Prentice of his prayer for direction: “Well, I guess you got your prayer answered pretty fast.”

In the kingdom, you will show me the way of life. In the kingdom, the holy spirit leads the humble in what is right, teaching them his way. Anyone who does the will of my father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations… Love each other, just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.

If I forgive those who sin against me, my heavenly father will forgive me. Give as freely as you have received. Go and announce to them that the kingdom of heaven is near. Don’t take any money with you. Don’t carry a travelers bag with an extra coat and sandals or even a walking stick. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality because those who work deserve to be fed. Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy man and stay in his home until you leave for the next town. When you are invited into someone’s home give it your blessing…Does this way of life really work?

In 2010, the holy spirit told me to write about that which I really loved.

Love All People. I am an eyewitness to everything I am about to write about! As it is written in the book of Psalms: “ I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. “ And it is my honor to do so. Let me start by telling you about my friend, someone I knew to be God’s servant. Rev. Minner was a world class entertainer whom God called out of show business to tell the children he loved them. The question was what kids? Rev. Minner continued to entertain audiences until he received a call from a friend that her daughter was hanging around with gang bangers, drug users, and abusers. She asked if he would go down and speak to these kids. Then the Spirit said to Rev. Minner; “Those are the kids. Go and tell them I love them.” And you know he got the message right because one day in a meeting, one of the kids said:

“You keep talking about love and loving people, why not call the group Love All People?”  And so we came to be.

Four or five of the kids Rev. Minner went to speak to started coming over for Bar- B-Ques, and different get togethers they had weekly. They came over high, drunk, or some didn’t even know why they were there. They just followed their friends! Finally, Rev. Minner said to himself: “This ain’t working! They are leaving here and going back to the same environment they came from exactly the same as before!” So Rev. Minner told these kids: “If you really want to change and do something with your life, I’ll help you get out of where you are, and help you find some direction.“ When they left, he really didn’t expect anything to come of it. But, a few days later, Rev. Minner looked out of his front window, and a truck full of 4 or 5 kids came up to the front door and said; “You said if we were serious about changing our lives, you’d help us! Well, were here.” So he moved the boys into his home, the girls moved into the motor home. They became his family. And when he was performing, he would bring them up on stage with him. He did give them a new direction and a new hope. Fed them, clothed them, taught them in his home, which later became “ The Love All People Music Academy .” He was making disciples which led to “ The Love All People Music Ministry!