Founding member Heather Payne leaves Point Of Grace

FOUNDING member of best selling girl group Point Of Grace, Heather Payne has announced she will be leaving the group after 17 years. The remaining members Shelley Breen, Leigh Cappillino and Denise Jones say they will not replace Payne and will continue their ministry as a trio. Said Payne in a statement, "A little over a year ago I sat down with the girls and told them that I was pregnant again (with Ava). I knew at the time it would make travelling a little harder than it already was. I told the girls that I would give it my all to keep up the pace. Well, I have given it my all and in the process I have realized that I can't do it all. As much as I have tried to be super-wife, super-mommy and super-singer, my efforts came up empty. I now know that I haven't been excellent at any of it. The girls have sacrificed and I have sacrificed, but mostly my family has sacrificed, and to continue like this is not God's will."

Point Of Grace are currently in the studio working on three new songs for an expanded version of their latest project, 'How You Live' (Word/Curb). The expanded version, which will be Point Of Grace's first recording as a trio, will be released in September.