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Perfecting Church Celebrates 20 years!
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Pastor Marvin L. Winans and the Perfecting church ministries (Detroit, MI) will step across the threshold of 20 years this week with their annual Holy Convocation (May 1724, 2009)! Guest speakers for this year’s conference will include: Pastor Michael Pitts (Sunday), Pastor Jackie McCullough (Tuesday), Bishop J. Delano Ellis (Wednesday), Pastor Claudette Copeland (Thursday), Pastor Donnie McClurkin, and Bishop Noel Jones (Friday). The convocation will offer daily workshops as well. For more information: perfectingchurch.org.
The Dorothy Norwood Scholarship Foundation Benefit Concert The 2009 Dorothy Norwood Scholarship Foundation Benefit Concert. This event will be held on Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:00 pm, at the New Beginning Full Gospel Baptist Church located at 923 Valley Brook Road in Decatur, GA. Performers will include Albertina Walker, Inez Andrews, Delores Washington, Dorinda Clark Cole, Kathy Taylor, Pastor William Murphy, Jean Carne and Evangelist Dorothy Norwood. The event will be hosted by Larry Tinsley of Radio Station V103. The event will also celebrate the birthday of renowned gospel recording artist, Dorothy Norwood. The Dorothy Norwood Scholarship Foundation Inc, is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2005. Since its inception, the foundation has intensely focused its efforts on providing support to students who are gifted and seek to pursue higher studies in the fine arts. Targeting minority youth in metropolitan Atlanta and its surrounding areas, it is the hope that the provision of scholarships will produce the next generation of celebrated actors, singers, and dancers.
Canton Jones lets fan name his new CD
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It’s definitely a different approach to titling a CD. From March 11th through March 20th, Arrow Records gave fans a chance to name Canton Jones' next album, with a “Whatchamacallit” contest. The winning submission was, “The Interview, The Question, The Answer,” from Isaac Blanco. The grand prize
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package for Blanco will include: a Canton Jones Anthology (complete collection of Arrow Records catalog of Canton Jones autographed CD’s), autographed CD, and a t-shirt as well as inclusion on the next album. The project is set for a Fall 2009 release.
Is “Angels and Demons” Real? by Bishop Andy C. Lewter, Jr In 2003, Movie Director and producer Ron Howard took the story authored by Dan Brown, entitled “The Da Vinci Code” and released a movie that took the public by storm with suggestions that Jesus could have been married and produced a royal line of descendants with members who remain today. With the release of Dan Brown’s most recent work, “Angels and Demons”, there is speculation as to whether or not the church community will once more be subjected to wild speculation and imagination. However, the anticipated threat from Dan Brown is minimized due to the fact that the plot and narrative of this new movie seems to concentrate on the activities of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church, which most in the historic Black Dorinda Clark Cole (r) and Church are removed from. Yolanda Adams (l) performed the official Sojourner However, the attention that is being directed to “Angels and Demons” is reason for usTruth to tribute song, "Nothing But The examine its impact and influence upon the body of Christ as we know it. One of the subTruth" actress Cicely plots of the movie has to do with the assumed conflict between faithfeaturing and science. The (c) at the Memorial Bust movie suggest that the danger being posed to the vatican isTyson the revenge of scientists unveiling on Capitol Hill. The against the church for oppressing them centuries earlier. event aired live on C-SPAN. cont. on p 8
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Former NBA player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 after a two-year battle with cancer. Tisdale died Friday morning at the age of 44 at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. Tisdale was diagnosed with bone cancer in March 2007 and had part of his right leg amputated due to the cancer in August 2008, causing him to wear a prosthetic. Living with the struggles of being an amputee first hand, Tisdale was set to launch the Wayman Tisdale Foundation as a means to help amputees cope both emotionally and financially with their new lifestyle. Tisdale played in the NBA for 12 years with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns and recently received the Legends Award from the NBA Retired Players Association. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 15.3 points for his professional career and was on the 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medal winning team. Tisdale still holds Oklahoma's career scoring and
Former NBA-er & Jazz artist Wayman Tisdale, dies at 44 rebounding records with 2,661 points and 1,048 rebounds. In 1997, Tisdale became the first Oklahoma University player in any sport to have his jersey number retired. After basketball, Tisdale became an award-winning jazz musician, with several albums making the top 10 on the Billboard charts. As a bass guitarist, he released 12 studio albums starting with Power Forward in 1995 and most recently Rebound in 2008. In 2002, he was awarded the Legacy Tribute Award by the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Most recently, Tisdale had been preparing for a series of jazz festival tour dates. He will still be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on November 12th, 2009. Before his tragic death on May 15, 2009, former NBA player and Smooth Jazz artist Wayman Tisdale created The Wayman Tisdale Foundation, which is committed to making a difference in the lives of individuals with cancer as well as amputees. "I believe the best way to help is to provide support and resources. I know we can make a difference one person, one family at a time". Tisdale is survived by his wife Regina, four children Tiffany, Danielle, Gabrielle and Wayman II and his granddaughter Bailey. Donations can be made to: The Wayman Tisdale Foundation c/o Paul Samuels Morgan Stanley 2200 S. Utica Place Suite 500 Tulsa, OK 74114. A public memorial service has been scheduled Thursday at 11 a.m. at the BOK Center in Tisdale's hometown of Tulsa.
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movie suggest that the danger being posed to the vatican is the revenge of scientists against the church for oppressing them centuries earlier. The truth of the matter is that most of the developments of science is the result of what the church initially sponsored. For us who are members of the Gospel community, it is important that we acquaint ourselves with the history of the church and not just that which is found in the pages of the Bible. While the material that makes up Church History is considered boring to most Christians, we contend that an ignorance of Church History sets one up to be misled and confused by much of what we find in the world today. While it is true that there did exist a group called the “Illuminati� and that there are several works of the Renaissance artist, Bernini, all of which is detailed in the book and movie “Angels and Demons, the conclusions of the book is a flight of
fantasy that has no real opportunity to interrupt what we historically believe. Against the backdrop of the release of Angels and Demons, we recommend our readers to consider adopting the following actions. 1. Renew your efforts to understand some of what has gone on in the wider church world over the last two thousand years. 2. Do not allow Hollywood and the media to be a substitute for your own personal study and research of topics that interest and fascinate you. 3. Understand that any activities that is based upon entertainment will not provide you with the most accurate explanation to question that you may have about your faith and spirituality.
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