Thank you so much for allowing us to share the Vision God has given us with you. I am Shala Martin-Smalley. I am a Minister, a Pastor, and a Barrel Racer with a desire to make a difference in the world I live in, the industry I compete in, and the youth that carry our future. There are so many voices in the world today, our desire is to show them that there is "nothing impossible to them that believe"!

How we will reach them?

Through outreach. Angelsong is unique to our area. We are focused on barrel racing because that's what we do and what we know. There are more barrel racers in Central Oklahoma condensed than any other state in the nation. A large percentage of those barrel racers are kids, teens, and young adults. A report was released by USDA Washington, D.C March 2, 1999 and by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture that said the State of Oklahoma had over 170,000 head of horses. Equine events are a huge part of the Oklahoma culture. If you have ever seen a young girl and her horse, you know the intense connection and bond that they have. When we can help that young girl reach her goals in her passion - barrel racing - we can change her life. We can give her hope, and an assurance that her dreams are, in fact, attainable.

Currently consist of our strong and sturdy 150’X300’ pipe fence arena and 4 horse pens, but we look out and see all of it’s potential for the future!

Sherman, (commonly known as "The Shermanator") above top two left pics, is our beginner to intermediate lesson horse for kids that do not yet have their own horses to compete on. He’s taught many a kid the patterns and basics of speed events. 13 yr old APHA Gelding, The Master Key, is beginning training on speed events to be used as an intermediate lesson horse for private lessons and clinics.  11 yr old APHA Mare Partee Easy is one of Shala’s competition horses as well as a backup horse for Angelsong Ministries Rodeo Team Members and advanced students. 9 yr old AQHA Mare Parrs Easybug Gypsy, is Shala’s most competitive competition horse at this time. 3 yr old The Masters Miracle, is currently in training with Dan Megehee of of 3 Crosses Arena in Ada, OK and will eventually begin barrel training also and someday will also be used for teaching students in the future. All of these horses were donated to Angelsong Ministries, Inc. by different individuals for use in competition and the ministry. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Angelsong Ministries, Inc. was recently blessed to acquire a beautiful 2000 4 horse Sundowner Aluminum trailer that enables us to haul all 4 teaching and competition horses with us to clinics and events, as well as a living quarters equipped with bed, shower, air conditioner, refrigerator, and microwave that enables us to stay in it while we are on the road teaching clinics, producing barrel races, holding Cowboy Church Services at various barrel races & events, and competing, or camping, with Angelsong Ministries Rodeo Team.

President and Pastor Shala Martin-Smalley is a Licensed Minister at Iron Pillar Ministries, Inc. in Chandler, OK. She has been competing in Barrel Racing for over 28 years. Shala trained under Sabrina (Wilcoxson) Devers of Devers Performance Horses , Perryton, Tx, for several years, and has continued her education under Barrel Racing Legends such as 2 Time World Champion Barrel Racer and Clinician Lynn McKenzie, Lew Sterrett of the Sermon on the Mount, and recently has taught alongside Gold Buckle Barrel Horse Instructors Chrystal Hall & Misti Ray, which has laid a solid foundation for her competition, teaching, and training skills. She taught her first clinic in 1991 in Norman, Oklahoma. As a young single mom, she taught her three daughters how to ride, compete, and win at local Rodeos, Playdays, and Barrel Races and in organizations such as National Barrel Horse Association, Oklahoma State Roundup Club Association, Oklahoma Playday Association, and Norman, Chandler, and Ripley Roundup Clubs to name a few, and realized her gifting in the area of teaching the youth and helping them reach their goals. Shala served on the Board of the Central Oklahoma District of the National Barrel Horse Association for two years, and has also been producing He Paid Your Fees Ministry Based Barrel Races & Ministry Retreats since 2005 for Angelsong Ministries, Inc., and has Produced the Christian Cowboy Gathering 5D Barrel Race for Pastors Dan & Tammy Megehee of Shawnee Cowboy Ministries in 2006 & 2007, as well as the upcoming CCG October 11th, 2008. She has trained her own horses for Barrel Racing competition since 1997, and is very familiar with the industry of Barrel Racing from all aspects.

Shala holds titles and is a money winner in many organizations such as the following for almost 3 decades:

If you would like to schedule a trip to help with the facility building projects or construction in progress, please call Bruce at 405.714.5199 or email angelsong@brightok.net.

Complete painting and arena repairs by October 1st, 2008

Begin construction on the bunkhouse(s) project by July 31st, 2008 .

Produce He Paid Your Fees 5D Barrel Race & Ministry Retreat and Youth Rally at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee, OK September 19th-21st, 2008.

Complete bunkhouse(s) project & hold our first two day weekend clinic here at the facilities October 4th & 5th, 2008.

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Our Mission in simple. Our heart’s desire is to reach out to this generation of youth and empower them to become all God created them to be through mentoring and teaching programs helping them learn more about the sport of Barrel Racing, as well as being a support system to their families and friends by providing them with the help that they need to raise a confident, responsible, accountable, disciplined, productive, and victorious child in today’s world of deteriorating values and standards. We intend to change the industry of barrel racing one soul at a time, and provide families races to compete at that reinforce the strong moral values they are working to instill in their children. We are providing Ministry Retreats, Youth Rallies, and Cowboy Church Services for the families that live the Rodeo lifestyle and spend most of their time on the road competing so they can stay strong, stay focused, and stay blessed. Our Mission is to be a lifeline.

Lifeline - 1: a line (as a rope) used for saving or preserving life: as a: a line along the outer edge of the deck of a boat or ship b: a line used to keep contact with a person (as a diver or astronaut) in a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation 2: something regarded as indispensable for the maintaining or protection of life