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“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.� -Luke 2:11
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And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
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And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
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And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
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And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
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And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
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But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
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And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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Dr. Ouida Harding- Dynamic, energetic, humorous, fun, sincere, a musician’s musician and definitely a leader, whether it is “Major,” or “Doctor Sis” as she is affectionately called, this is someone not to be taken lightly. Ouida’s hands first touched a musical instrument (organ) when she was six months old. Her academic introduction to music began at age four by her mother, Mrs. Kathryn R. Harding. Ouida’s eagerness to unite others through her God-given gift of music has won her National and International recognition. In fact, during an active duty tour in St. Louis, Missouri, Lieutenant Harding (1988) organized a multicultural choir known as the “Sound of 100 Voices” at the United States Army Record Center to perform during the annual celebration of Black History Month. Ouida is a native New Yorker (Harlem) where her father, Rev. Walter L. Harding served as pastor of St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church for fifty-three years. Her “on the job training” in church music ministry began at St. Luke at the age of 12, when she was assigned to assist the Minister of Music (Mrs. Harding), until she left New York in 1971. In 1975, Ouida’s military assignment permitted her to return immediately after her mother’s sudden illness, and her role in church music ministry resumed. Ouida’s aspiration to focus on church choir ministry came as a result of a challenge issued to seriously examine her role as a musician in the church. It was confirmed in 1984 when she responded to a call from Reverend Winston R. Rudolph, Sr. to come to South Florida to help a church choir redirect and redefine their purpose in church music ministry. This experience was a turning point in Ouida’s life where church choir music ministry moved from performance to purpose. “Lifelites” for Ouida include: being one of four featured artists, at an early age in concert at New York’s Carnegie Recital Hall; representing the state of New Jersey as a solo classical musician during the 1964-1965 World’s Fair; serving as Director of Music for the Progressive Baptist Convention’s “Pre-convention Musical” in 1984, and Musical Director for Cissy Houston on the CD Face To Face, for which Ms. Houston captured the 1997 Grammy for Best Traditional Album, and the Melva W. Costen Music Award, during her academic study at the ITC. Listed in the 1995-96 editions of the Distinguished Church Musicians in the United States, Ouida is also a trailblazer. Her first gospel group was organized with the intent to do more than sound good but—to also connect with and encourage people from all walks of life. The results of her efforts afforded her singing group, “The Reflections of Faith,” the very first NYC Gospel Grammy Award for the Best Non-Recording Female Group for three consecutive years. She later founded and worked with Young Artists Loving the Lord, (aka) YALL, a group of seven college
students who either resided in or moved to New York to matriculate in music to highlight their gifts and talents to help alleviate some of their educational expenses. Recently retired after more than twenty years of military service, Major Harding served as the Minister of Music for the United Missionary Baptist Association 20032005. (and now in the present administration which is due to end in 2013); Dean of Seminars and Training for the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (2005-2008), and is an instructor at the National Convention for Gospel Choirs and Choruses, Inc. Ouida graduated from City College of New York (B.F.A., 1988) and in 2003, received a Master of Arts in Church Music from the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA, to which she commuted weekly from New York. At the request of Pastor D. Keith Owens, Minister Harding returned to the Salem Baptist Church of Jersey City New Jersey to assist in the music ministry leadership; and at the request of Pastor Patricia Reeberg, she is serving with the congregation of a church in Harlem formed to serve persons who have left the church or the “unchurched,” (Rejoice Ministries, Church of Healing), and is Interim Minister of Music at the Greater Harvest Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland. Also, working on opening the Greater Harvest Baptist Church Music Ministry Academy in Spring of 2013. On December 30, 2007, Ouida was licensed by Dr. Winston R. Rudolph (who has worked with Ouida since 1984), and the congregation at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, Pompano Beach, Florida, to “preach the gospel” through the ministry of music, and to set standards for leadership in this field, June 17th, 2012, Ouida was conferred the Doctor of Worship Studies degree from the Robert Webber Institute of Worship Studies, Orange Park, Florida.
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. . . a pastor, lecturer and recording artist, Pastor Sheryl Brady has traveled extensively around the globe for more than 30 years. She serves as the campus pastor of The Potter’s House of North Dallas under the leadership of Bishop T.D. Jakes. She has been a featured guest on many television networks and a guest lecturer for the God’s Leading Ladies Life Enrichment Program hosted by Mrs. Serita Jakes. Pastor Brady also serves as a featured conference speaker and has ministered at events such as the internationally acclaimed MegaFest, Woman Thou Art Loosed and ManPower Conference, where she was the first female speaker ever. Pastor Brady has appeared as a guest artist on the Grammy-nominated live recording of Bishop T. D. Jakes’ Woman, Thou Art Loosed, for which she co-wrote the title cut. She and her husband of more than thirty-five years, Bishop Joby Brady, have three daughters Lana, Tina and Nina, and five grandchildren.
EATING HEALTHY For the Holidays With the upcoming holidays and traditionally high calorie holiday cooking, this article serves to provide some healthier alternatives for these treacherous times for dieters. FOR PARTIES:: Don’t arrive hungry; have a low-fat snack before you leave. Begin by socializing, spending more time with your friends and less time eating. Start off with water and continue to drink it between other beverages; this will always give you a full feeling. Look over all available appetizer options and choose fresh vegetables and fruits, wheat crackers, plain breads, boiled shrimp, cocktail sauces, and non-alcoholic beverages (or suggest a mock champagne mix of lemon lime soda and cranberry juice). Try to avoid mayonnaise and cream-based sauces, dips, and soups. Offer to bring your own low-calorie hors d’oeuvres. Try to stick to small portion sizes and don’t go back for seconds. Stretch out less food over more time, chewing each bite thoroughly and savoring each mouthful. This leaves you more satisfied. When you start to feel satisfied, stop eating and dispose of the remaining food; now may be a great time to excuse yourself to brush your teeth, signaling the end of the meal. Plan ahead for these high-calorie events by decreasing calorie intake or increasing exercise for several days prior to a party. Even if you have not had time to calorie bank, following the same ritual after a high calorie event will help you to balance your calorie intake over several days (remember, it takes an excess of 3500 calories to increase your body fat weight by one pound, so one day of overeating can easily balance out for weight maintenance). FOR HOLIDAY MEALS AT HOME: Start off the day with a light breakfast; consider replacing the usual breakfast sausage with a home-made breakfast sausage made from ground turkey and dry bread crumbs mixed with pepper, paprika, sage, and diced onion; go easy on frozen biscuits and crescents with butter and eggs early in the day; save up those calories for the big dinner! Instead, try oatmeal, grits, toast, fresh fruit, etc., for a lighter start. For snacks before the big meal, have raw vegetables, fruit, and low-fat whole wheat crackers with yogurt dips or part-skim milk cheeses; try to avoid nuts, chips, and sweets. Low-fat options for holiday meal components are homemade cornbread stuffing made from bread crumbs, crumbled corn bread, low-sodium bullion, onion, pepper, and poultry seasoning; mix all of these ingredients in a large mixing bowl and baked in a non-stick pan at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Traditional stuffing cooked inside the turkey will absorb much of the meat drippings. Other low-fat options are to use low-sodium chicken bouillon instead of meat drippings for gravy mixes, acorn squash casserole as an alternate to sweet potato cas¬serole, home-made cranberry sauce made from fresh cranberries to lessen high sugar levels found in canned varieties, and meringue pies with graham cracker crust as an alternative to high-fat pecan pies. Choose light meat versus dark meat turkey cuts for less cholesterol and total fat; also don’t forget to remove the skin!
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Recently, I have been in the process of rearranging my home-office. I got rid of an older 1990’s rear projection television as well as a rather large entertainment center that included bookcase towers that held a good number of books, a portion of my bottle collection (somehow, over the years, I’ve collected beverage bottles from my travels… some of which are rather unique, and none have been opened), and a few other displayed odds and ends. Of course the circa 1990’s television fit snugly in the middle of the entertainment center and a circa 1980’s audio equipment was housed on lower shelves in one of the bookcase towers. Both, the television and the entertainment center looked good, but the last three years, I’ve tolerated an unusual problem with the television. Having had it repaired, twice, every Fall and Winter, when the heat had to be on in the house, the television would make a horrible screeching sound after it had been turned on for a few minutes, then the picture would scramble. A few firm taps on the top of it would tend to reset everything, but who wants to keep getting up to go bang on a television, just because it’s Fall? There’s no button on my remote control for that. The entertainment center was only standing (literally) because once moisture forced the duct tape (originally used to hold two overlapping top pieces together) to give way, I replaced the tape with a vice in order to keep the top, center portion in place that connected the two bookcase towers together. Although the vice was in the back, it could still be seen, hanging down from the top, in the open space above the television. Hey, it worked, but it didn’t look too good. Of course, the aforementioned has to do with only one aspect of my rearranging project. I have, more or less, prided myself on not being a hoarder. I have boasted that I’m not a pack rat. However, limited space and the passing of time had put me in a position where certain items of furniture had taken on roles that they weren’t intended to have…. I know that they weren’t made for storage. I know chairs are made for sitting. I know a desk is made for working (writing, reading, etc.)… I had two desks—one for working and the other for putting stuff on. So, one of them had to go, among other things. In the process of this rearranging project, as would be expected, I came across papers, documents, files, letters, and pictures that I hadn’t seen in some time. It’s not that I didn’t know that I had them, because I typically tend to be one of those “a place for everything; and everything in its place” kindof people, but I was forced to think about an aspect of our lives that has radically changed, right in front of us. One of the reasons we (I) hold on to certain things is the sense and intent that we are preserving history, in some way. When it comes to letters, notes, pictures, certificates, diplomas, etc., we feel that we have amassed a certain kind of invaluable
treasure. Listen to, or read, the unfortunate accounts of those who’ve lost everything, for example, either through water damage or fire, as a recent result of hurricane, Sandy. Inevitably, they regret the loss of family photos and personal letters. Yes, they are grateful for their lives, but beyond that, hardly do they lament about appliances, furniture, clothes, etc. Why? Because they are things that can be replaced. However, those small, little boxes of memories, tucked away under the bed, or on a closet shelf, or in a little drawstring sack placed in a drawer, house the contents of much of our existence. And, our desire is that they be preserved for our own future, periodic walks down memory lane or to share with visiting family and friends during special and seasonal times of the year like this one, or believe that those who follow behind us will have an appreciation for them as glimpses into their ancestral past. Although, we tend to put such items away, I contend that we aren’t so much hiding them, as we are protecting them. Granted, diaries and journals may be exceptions, but even they will, one day, be forced open. My recent rearrangement project allowed me to come across family pics, letters from my late mother, drawing and notes from my (our) sons’ childhoods, letters from my father, notes and outlines I’ve written for lectures, sermons, and manuscripts, and so on. And, to my point, they are accessible. Are you aware that technology is slowly forcing almost all of our “written” memorabilia behind passcodes? And arguably; therefore, locked away forever. Sure, codes can be broken and backdoors can be found, but for those of us average
Joe’s ad Jane’s, although boxes of photos and handwritten letters may have accumulated a little dust and/or yellowed, we can put our hands on them. What will our sons and daughters have to hold (on to)? Tablets? Smartphones? Laptops? Personally, I’ll take a letter, any day, as opposed to an email. I’d rather possess a paper photo, any day, than a digital one. I’d rather know where such items are in my home than know that they’re stored in “a cloud.” Some things aren’t so much old fashioned or antiquated, it’s just that the reason they’ve been around is they make sense. If anyone is guilty of gadgetry and trying to maintain, at least, an awareness of technology and computerization, it’s me. However, until we eliminate human memory loss, we must seek to keep our special captured moments out of technological vaults, in order that they can be handled and passed down, from one generation to the next. I can’t see us passing down flash drives or thumb drives; not yet, although it’s probably coming. ‘Til then, let’s continue to preserve our memories in those shoe boxes, manila folders, and our minds. C’mon, we don’t even remember phone numbers, anymore. If we have to log on and enter a passcode on some mechanical device, in order to enjoy that which makes us feel warm, cozy, smile, and even cry, then this computer age will have succeeded in dehumanizing a wonderful way and form that has held history together for centuries. So, whatever pictures, letters, and notes you have, enjoy them while you can. I know that emails can be printed, along with texts and tweets, etc., but it’s a world of difference.