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AKC
Labrador Retriever Puppies
• Art
& Portraits
Celtic
Music • Custom Woodworking • Graphic & Web
design • Ministry
Nestled
in the rolling hills at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains, Covenant
Farm is the home, business and ministry headquarters for our family.
Located 15 miles from historic Appomattox, Virginia, God has blessed
us with this beautiful place, from which it is our mission to bring
glory to the Name of Jesus Christ in every endeavor we undertake. The
buttons on the left will take you to our various endeavors. Our children
were born at home and schooled at home. It has been our mission in life
to rear children that would love their neighbors, serve God, live lives
of service, honor and integrity, bringing credit to their family name
and the Name of Jesus Christ.
Check
Out What We Do!
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LOGOS TO GO TO THESE SITES
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Anno
Domini Customs is the combined craft
of several of the Murch children. It includes artwork in charcoal,
graphite, watercolor and oil by Hannah; artwork in graphite and
charcoal by Evan Murch; and graphic design and calligraphy by
Evan Murch.
The
primary focus of the site is the woodworking craft of Ben Murch.
He does Folk Art Birdhouses and Building Replicas, also marketed
on his web site, Birdhouse-Replica.com.
These are large replicas of your home or other building in stunning
detail. Take a look at some of the scale model homes Ben has created.
You will be amazed.
Ben
also does traditional woodworking such as picture frames, small
furniture pieces, and custom-designed specialty items such as
pulpits and lecturns from both soft and hardwoods. He can also
make a custom piece to your specifications.
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Covenant
Farm Puppies are
registered Labrador Retriever puppies. Our breeding lines include
both American and English Labs in all three colors, yellow, chocolate
and black. We carry among the best health guarantees you will
find anywhere. Our dogs are all pets are are not kennelled except
during breeding and heat cycles.
Lab
puppies are the perfect family pets, and have a long, enduring
reputation for intelligence, loyalty, gentleness and ease of training.
Whether you train your Lab as an excellent hunting dog, a service
dog, or just a family companion, it is perhaps the best breed
of family dog in existence.
We are also launching a breeding project called "Mastadors",
a cross between the English Mastiff and the Labrador Retriever.
The most famous dog of this cross-breed was the star of the 1950s
Disney movie, Old Yeller.
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The
Covenanters are
six of the Murch siblings that play Celtic Music together. Evan
plays lead violin/fiddle, Hannah also plays violin/fiddle, Jesse
plays lead guitar, Ben play rhythm guitar and some percussion;
Sam plays cello, and Elijah plays pennywhistle and Celtic drum.
They
play traditional Celtic music from Scotlad, Ireland and Wales,
but also compose and play original music, some of it in the traditional
Celtic mode of jigs and reels, but some in a much more Classical
form.
They
can be found on Facebook and YouTube. They perform regularly in
venues in Central Virginia, and will hopefully have a CD or DVD
out early in 2012. They are available to do performances anywhere
in driving distance Appomattox, Virginia.
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Joy Murch also has a specialty business doing pet portraits. Her
primary customer base is owners of our Lab puppies, but it has been
expanding. She has recently begun doing portraits of children as
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Full
Quiver Mission
is the ministry of the Murch Family.
The name comes from Psalm 127:3-5
Lo,
children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb
is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are
children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full
of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with
the enemies in the gate.
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20 years, our family brought our faith to the streets in evangelistic
efforts here in Virginia and around the country. Click on the button
for our ministry web site that includes hundreds of photos of our
family in action. The web site is out of date, as we are no longer
in active family ministry, but contains a long history of our ministry
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Back
row: Elijah (15), Evan (17), Aaron (28), Sam (23), Hannah (19), Mary Jo,
wife of Ben (26), holding Ben, Jr. (1) with Katie (2)
Bruce (holding grandson Moses Tyler (2)) & Bev, Josiah (13), Jesse
(21), Lauren (Murch) Tyler (24) holding her son Jeremiah (1)
 
 
For
more photographs of the beautiful Covenant Farm property,
click on the "Gallery" button
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