Gospel Music News!
1. Learn more about the Moss and Clark families at the link below. Some of the most influential gospel performers have come from these two families.
| The Moss and Clark Families Detroit Free Press, MI - … minister of music for the Church of God in Christ, producing several successful albums, building youth choirs and increasing gospel music’s profile. … |
2. “She’s Just KiKi”-The talented daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard has a reputation for being humble and down to earth. Even though she has won a Stellar award, a Dove award and a Grammy nomination Kiki Sheard is not letting success go to her head.
| Modestly successful Detroit Free Press, MI - This weekend, you can catch her performing on a taped broadcast of the 22nd Stellar Awards, gospel music’s biggest event of the year. … |
3. Bible Experience Nominated for NAACP Image Award
A new audio Bible featuring some of Hollywoods biggest names was recently chosen as a nominee for Outstanding Gospel Artist Traditional or Contemporary in the 38th NAACP Image Awards
4. Don’t forget to watch BET’s Celebration of Gospel on January 28 @ 8 p.m. It will be hosted by Steve Harvey and performers include Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Tye Tribbett, Fantasia, Kelly Price, Shirley Caesar and many others.
5. Don’t forget about the Stellar Awards either. It airs in my city on January 28 and I can’t wait. Go to the link above to check air times for your city.
gospel music stellar awards karen clark-sheard kiki sheard j. moss BET Celebration of Gospel mattie moss clark the clark sisters kirk franklin fred hammond
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Notes From My Church
PLACE: Lakewood Church-Houston, Tx
Joel Osteen, Pastor
DATE: Saturday, January 13, 2007
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
THE MUSIC: The worship service was led by Cindy Ratcliffe & Steve Crawford. Da’dra was not in attendance and she was certainly missed. Among the songs sung this week were “Salvation is Hereâ€, “Mighty to Save”, “He Reigns” and “You Are Good”. The popular song “Because of Who You Are” was also performed and was a definite audience favorite. The chorus of this song is a favorite of mine. It is awesome to sing this along with so many other believers. Just in case you want to peep the lyrics……………….
Jehovah Jireh
My provider,
Jehovah Nissi
Lord you reign in victory,
Jehovah Shalom
My Prince of Peace,
And I worship you, because of who you are.
Singer extraordinaire, Aimee Beard, favored us with the beautiful Rachel Lampa song “I Am Blessed”. Thanks to Greg at FaithBasedBlog.com you can hear the talented Aimee for yourself. Go to the Video Vault at Greg’s blog and select “Blessed.” The lyrics to this song are beautiful.
As always, the worship was wonderful. The worship leaders, ensemble members, choir and band work together so well. I hope they realize what a difference they make in the lives of others, not only here in the States but all over the world.
THE MESSAGE: Scripture references: Luke 22:41-42, Luke 22:43, Matthew 26:41, Psalm 141:3
Pastor Joel spoke on how to deal with our weaknesses. He said a weakness could also be labeled as something that keeps coming back again and again. Some examples are lack of focus, bad temper, drug addictions, low self-esteem or lack of discipline. Pastor Joel explained that many times we don’t always overcome these weaknesses, we must learn to control them. He said we must first acknowledge what our weaknesses are.
A strategy that Pastor Joel provided to triumph over over weaknesses was to pray ahead of time that we not fall into temptation (Matthew 26:41). We all want to do better, but we need to strengthen our inner man through prayer. The audience was admonished not to wait until they were in the situtation to pray. He said if you pray ahead of time God will provide the strength to overcome (Luke 22:43). Praying about your weaknesses everyday will help to keep the inner man strong and built up. Many people don’t experience victory because they don’t take the time to pray for help.
We always seem to be tempted in the area of our greatest weakness. Scripture calls this a foothold. It is important that we don’t ignore our weaknesses. Learn to think power thoughts such as: I am more than a conqueror and I am a victor and not a victim. Thinking power thoughts will help us to focus on the good and not the bad.
THE ATMOSPHERE:At the conclusion of each service Pastor Joel speaks a blessing over the congregation and the choir sings a portion of “Salvation is Here”. The blessing is an awesome way to end the service and begin a brand new week. The blessing is found in Numbers 6:24-26. It was given to Moses by God for Aaron and his sons to bless the children of Israel.
The LORD bless you
and keep you;The LORD make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;The LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.
……..and that is what happened in my church this week. You can always watch live and archived services at http://www.lakewood.cc/ or http://www.joelosteen.com/.
What was it like in your church this week? The entire universe is filled with God’s love and grace. We would love to hear about your church service. Post a comment or e-mail me at dominique@1800gospel.com and tell us all about the music, the message and the atmosphere at your church.
Dominique
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Kids dancing in the aisle, religious remixes of popular songs, and the freedom to worship God bring many to Friday Night Live at Mount Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Tx.
Pastor takes modern approach to messages of love, prayerfulness
The preacher is wearing a custom-tailored suit, a stylish wide-collar shirt that’s not tucked in and a pair of flashy Izod sneakers that impress. The topic du jour is “haterism.” “How do you han-dle your haters!?” he shouts. “I’ve learned that hateration isn’t just a part of this generation, it was going on back then.”
