Do you love choirs?
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Well tune in to see
and hear the largest
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Seventh-day Adventist
Gospel Choir in the world!
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My name is Yvonne
Lewis and you're watching
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Urban Report...
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Hello and welcome
to Urban Report...
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Today we're going to
talk to Bruce Seawood,
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Founder and Director of
"Spring Into Praise Music
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Conference" Hey Bruce...
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Hey, Yvonne, how are you doing?
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Thanks for having
me on the show today...
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Oh thanks... I'm doing great...
I'm so glad you are here
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thank you so much for
being with us on Urban Report...
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You are more than welcome...
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So Bruce, before we get
started talking about the
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Spring Into
Praise Music Conference,
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tell us a little bit
about you, who is Bruce Seawood?
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You know, I like to characterize
myself, Yvonne, as a
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Musical Missionary for the Lord,
I've lived in so many places,
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from the East Coast to the
South to the South Atlantic
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Southwest Region
where we met years ago...
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and every place that I go,
God always has a mission for me,
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I mean, that's not
my formal education...
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I have an
Engineering Degree and an MBA...
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but I feel my greater calling...
is the term I coined...
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"To Be a Musical Missionary"
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Wow, I love it... I
love it... so, I know that
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when we were in
Dallas together...
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you headed up the
Music Department there...
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so everywhere you go...
and you are an Engineer and
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an MBA... which is
amazing... you use your gifts
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for the Lord...
and God has a purpose
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and a plan for you
everywhere you go...
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Everywhere I go...
from Indianapolis where my
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humble beginning started... I
worked with many of the choirs
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there and was the Musician
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alongside of a good
friend of mine, Lamar Campbell,
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for many years at
the Capital City Church
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out to the East Coast
where I worked with Oscar Lane
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I landed in
Delaware working with Dupont
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and ended up working with
him to baptize 570 plus souls
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into the Adventist Church...
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Praise God... praise the Lord...
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so, how did you get
involved with music and
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when did you start
playing the piano and all that?
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So, my mom started me
and my siblings as well...
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taking music lessons from a
gentleman named John Oakley...
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and I just really
resounded with it and
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and loved it... and we
started this in the 3rd Grade
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and I've been going...
I guess you would say...
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40 plus years since then...
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and still going
strong for the Lord...
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Amen... in the 3rd Grade
you started playing piano...
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Do you sing too, Bruce?
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Only when I have to...
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of course, I can sing
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to teach the choir
members their parts
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and that type of
thing... and on occasion,
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I have actually been
known to do a lead part
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but my wife actually, Shirlean,
she advised me against it...
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Well, listen to your wife...
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You know what they say,
"Happy wife... happy life... "
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That's right... that's
right, so tell us a bit about
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the Spring into
Praise Conference...
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What is that about?
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Okay, so this is a conference
we started eight years ago...
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actually, when I was
living in Austin, Texas...
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to get Adventist Choirs
together and it's grown...
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we've taken it from
Texas to Indianapolis...
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to Detroit... to Atlanta in 2010
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where I might add
we did the recording,
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the DVD and CD of
which we'll talk about more,
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and this year we're
taking it to Music City USA...
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August 2 through
4... Nashville, Tennessee
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at the Riverside Chapel Church,
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and this is where we
bring Choir Directors together
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to collaborate,
ministers in music,
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we give out scholarships to our
young people that are in Academy
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and College-age as
well... so we want to foster
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investing in the
students of tomorrow...
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and we also give to a benefactor
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in the local
community as well, Yvonne...
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How wonderful... how
did this all start... Bruce?
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This started when I was
living in Austin, Texas...
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and I used to play for
the Church there in Austin
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but I had been working with
Bud Dean and Diane McNeil...
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and those folks on the
Tri-City Music Festival in Texas
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for the youth...
and it brought the youth
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from the Dallas, San Antonio,
Houston, Austin... together
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on a yearly basis... and
I said, "Hey, this is great,
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why can't we do
something large-scale for the...
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like this for
the adults as well"
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and so, that's
really... where I got the idea
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and I guess I owe them the
credit for "Spring Into Praise"
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Well, let's give them
their props... for sure,
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let's give them their props...
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so, you started
this... a few years ago...
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and it started
with a small group
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and just evolved... or...
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how small was it when you
started... and where is it now?
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We started out probably having
a mass choir of about 60 people
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and that was Austin, San
Antonio, Houston and Dallas,
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right... our friends
from the Texas area...
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it grew to probably
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a 150 folks when we
moved to Indianapolis
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we had Cincinnati there...
Louisville, Nashville, Detroit,
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Flint... so it's
grown over the years
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and we've taken it to Detroit,
and then we came to 2010
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during the
General Conference Session
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and we had about 325 singers
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in our mass choir
for the recording...
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it was quite incredible...
God really blessed...
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Amen... that's amazing...
we have some... kind of...
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behind the scenes footage that
I'd like to show our viewers
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just so that they can see
just some of the things that
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go into... pulling
something like this together...
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let's take a look...
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Before we go to the
clip, I also wanted to say
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when we did this in 2010...
we had an international presence
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as well... we had a large choir
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Owen Simons who is the
Co-founder of Dynamic Praise
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brought a large
group from Bermuda
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so we had Bermuda, we
had California and Nashville,
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Huntsville, we had
Indianapolis, Detroit,
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Flint and of course Atlanta...
so, we brought Adventists
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from all over the
world... literally together
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to do this project... and
the clip we're going to show
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my wife, Shirlean, actually
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put that together... so,
I have to give her credit
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for that as well...
sorry for getting you there...
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Oh, no, no, that's
fine, that's fine...
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let's take a
look at it... Okay...
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Choir Singing...
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Wow... all right...
clapping... that's wonderful...
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Wow! what a
sound they have too...
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Yes, it was...
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So, Bruce, let's go
back for a minute because
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I'm not clear on... how
did you get the word out
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about the Choir so that people
would know to come and join
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and all that... how
did you get the word out?
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so, the word got
out... in a couple of ways...
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One... there's
me... picking up the phone
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calling friends... and I
have to give a large shout-out
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here to Dr. Carlton P. Byrd...
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who is our Pastor at the
Berean Church at the time...
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he was such a wonderful
supporter of this Project...
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and we worked with
some great people...
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in putting this
together behind the scenes...
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Dr. Wayne Bucknor who is the
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Chair of the Music
Department at Oakwood University
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Mr. Kelvin Wooten...
they were our two Producers...
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we got Dr. G. Ian Fisher-Curley
from Berns Avenue in Detroit...
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he was our Music
Director as well...
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and they brought
together their folks as well...
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as I mentioned...
we had Owen Simons
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who brought a large
contingent from Bermuda,
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we had Dr. Alan Woodson
from the Mount Rubidoux Church
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and I have to give a
shout-out to Dad Evans for it
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because they were
finals in the House Week...
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the Sound Competition...
I'm sure you've heard of them
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but Dr. Alan Woodson
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was a great sponsor for bringing
his folks from California...
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we have other people as I
mentioned from Indianapolis
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Donna Harrison from Nashville...
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other folks were Madison Mission
that came to sing as well
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so, working with a
great group of people...
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to put this together... by no
means was it an individual act.
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Wow! wow! that's incredible
because what's happened is...
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word has spread that
this gathering is taking place
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and to me...
you're not just singing...
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this really is... evangelism...
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tell us a little bit
about what your vision is
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for the choir...
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So, I actually believe
that I'm going to hit on your
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evangelism point
with the Choir...
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there have been times when
I've been driving in my car
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and people have
actually called me from Virginia
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and other places
out of the blue...
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saying how they are being
blessed by "Under His Wings"
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and other songs on the
CD... so what you're hitting at
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this is an evangelistic project
it's being used in Crusades
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in Atlanta...
Dr. Byrd has used it
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in Crusades as... most
recently this Spring...
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at the Oakwood
University Church we baptized
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over a 100 and
some people there...
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so, it is an evangelistic
tool and I totally believe that
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when we get to
Heaven... there'll be people
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that walk up to us and say,
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"I am here... I found
out about this great message
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through your
music... thank you so much
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for putting that together...
" so, that is what I believe
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is going to happen... I
believe that's taking place
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we know people are listening
to this music in China,
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in the
Netherlands... in London...
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around the world, Yvonne...
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Oh, Bruce that's
wonderful... you know,
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everything that we can
use whether it's media,
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music, print, everything
that we can use to share this
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beautiful gospel of
Jesus Christ we have to do...
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we have to use
everything at our disposal
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and what you're
telling me is this Choir...
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is a way to reach
people with the gospel...
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music just touches
people in a place that
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words just can't...
words alone just can't...
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music is a way to reach them...
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Sometimes, it is the
sermon that's not preached...
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Yes, yes, that is very
true, so, walk us through
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a typical day at
the Conference itself...
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Let me see if I understand
this, the Conference culminates
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in the concert, is that correct?
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Yes, and this year,
is really the first year
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that we're talking
it to the next level...
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we have individual
educational sessions...
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we have sessions
during the day...
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that will cover Voice,
that will cover Choir Decorum,
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that will cover the basics
of understanding music theory
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getting back to that...
we have Jason Ferdinand...
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coming in from
the Aeolians Choir
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to help us understand
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how do you really
sing those spirituals
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how do you really
use that... that voice
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as the true
instrument that it should be...
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so we've got some
great presenters...
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Dr. Russell C
coming in... to talk about
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the marriage of the ministry
between praise and worship
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and the spoken word...
so, we'll go through those
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seminars... and then
we'll have our concert
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and we'll have our
culmination on Sabbath
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with the Preacher's word
and the concert that evening...
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My! my! so, you've put
together this Conference
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that is kind of a philosophical
and theoretical underpinning
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for the whole concept
of Springing into Praise...
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is that correct?
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Yeah, we originally
started out with that thing
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because we had the Conference
in the Spring of the year...
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but what I want
people to realize is that
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in each of
us... we've got energy
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just as a spring has
energy... you pull that spring
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and then that
spring can do work...
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so, we need to use
that energy that's within us
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to spring into
praise... be it through
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whatever ministry the
Lord has put on your heart
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so, use the energy
the Lord has given you...
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let it be shut
up in your bones...
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and then go out
and do the ministry
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that God has called you to do...
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Amen... do you have any
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stories for us
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about how someone's
life has been changed
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as a result of
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the last Conference
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or any of the
Conferences that you've done?
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I do know that
there have been people
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that have come to Berean
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and have come to me personally
just to testify about how
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different songs on the
CD... have touched their hearts
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and I've even got co-workers
that have gone through
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several experiences and
told me how they are listening
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to some of the songs in
the presence of the Lord...
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and they're
listening to it every morning
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as they get up so
they can be closer
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in the presence of the Lord,
so it is... reaching people
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and as I see it... it
is that evangelism tool...
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Yes, yes... Pastor
Byrd... what else has he...
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what other role
does he play in this
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because I see that he
plays a prominent role
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in pulling this together...
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what kind of
support has he given?
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So, Pastor Byrd
was very instrumental
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when we did the
recording... as I mentioned
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his influence
along with allowing us
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to tie into Dr.
Bucknor and other people...
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but also... getting the venue...
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we recorded this at Morehouse...
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and he worked with us to
do... helped with the funding
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for Morehouse and he
just underpinned it...
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in many, many ways...
Pastor Byrd is a blessing...
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He's a wonderful man
for our Church isn't he?
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Yes, yes... on a personal
note, several years ago,
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my son, had a ruptured appendix
and my son lives in Atlanta,
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Hmmm... hmmm... and...
I didn't know Pastor Byrd
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but I flew to Atlanta...
from Dallas to check on my son
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and I called and
asked Pastor Carlton Byrd
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who didn't know me from Adam,
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would he come
and pray with my son
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because my son
was very, very ill...
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and he came over
there, prayed with my son,
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my son really was
at death's door...
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prayed for and with
my son and praise God
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that my son was raised up and...
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so, I have a
special place in my heart
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for Pastor Carlton Byrd...
because he didn't know me...
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Yes, yes... and I do as well...
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Yes, amen... amen... so,
let's talk a little bit more
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about what's
coming up next week...
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I mean... I know
that this Program...
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is going to tape next week...
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but it's also going
to tape in the future...
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but we know that this Conference
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is a yearly Conference
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so, we have this
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particular event coming up
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in August but then... every year
"Spring Into Praise" takes place
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so, this Program
will be relevant to people
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who will want to join
in... and be a part of it...
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not just this year but
in the years to come...
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tell us, if you would,
about the Concert itself...
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and what we can
expect... those that come...
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give us the dates
again for this year 2012...
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and then... tell us
what they can expect...
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Okay, the Conference
is August 2 through 4
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at the Riverside Chapel
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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hosted by Pastor
Furman Fordham II
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and we will be
meeting there on Thursday
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starting our workshops...
the workshops will go all day
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Thursday and Friday we will have
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mass choir rehearsals Thursday
evening and Friday evening,
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and Saturday, Sabbath afternoon,
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then we have John Boston II
who will be our Keynote Speaker
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on Sabbath morning...
he is an Assistant Pastor
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at the Berean
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:17:33.95\00:17:35.86
in Atlanta... so, we
look forward to having
00:17:35.90\00:17:37.78
Dr. Boston...
now... that evening...
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get ready... get
ready... get ready...
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there's going to be
some Church in the house...
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in the evening,
Yvonne... All right...
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we're going to
have our mass choir
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which the Churches in Atlanta
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are going to be at the
anchor for us... this year...
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but we've got my
group, Psalms 3, coming from
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Huntsville, Alabama,
if you've never seen them
00:17:56.73\00:18:00.05
they will just take
you closer to Heaven...
00:18:00.08\00:18:03.37
then we're going to do
some of the songs off the CD
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we get requests for
a Lamar Campbell song
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it was actually
playing on seven radio stations
00:18:09.97\00:18:13.54
around the
Country... "I Command my Soul"
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then the title
track... with Grace Dorsey-Landy
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"Under His Wings"
written by Stephen Manders
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a recent graduate
of Oakwood University,
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and we'll be doing
that song as well...
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and then... we also have
a special guest this year
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we tried to take it up a notch,
we've got Stellar-Award winning
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Grammy-Award
winning... Lady Tramaine Hawkins
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is going to be
in the house with us
00:18:44.52\00:18:45.58
and she's going to be
doing some of her largest
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hits that have blessed
people all over the world...
00:18:48.68\00:18:51.54
to culminate the
concert this year, Yvonne...
00:18:51.57\00:18:54.18
Wow! sounds like you have
some amazing events lined up
00:18:54.22\00:18:59.58
with this...
let's take a look at...
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we have some footage of the
concert... the last concert...
00:19:01.81\00:19:05.45
that you did... Okay...
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let's just take a
look at some aspects of
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what our viewers could be
in store for... if they come...
00:19:10.28\00:19:14.25
All right...
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My Brothers and Sisters get
ready, get ready, get ready,
00:19:15.68\00:19:18.46
because it's time to
Spring Into Praise...
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It's my honor to
introduce to the world...
00:19:21.13\00:19:23.43
my friends from
St. Louis, Missouri...
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Detroit and Flint, Michigan...
Indianapolis, Indiana...
00:19:25.73\00:19:28.74
Riverside, California...
Nashville, Tennessee...
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Huntsville,
Alabama... Atlanta, Georgia...
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the Country of Bermuda...
00:19:33.94\00:19:35.13
"The Spring Into
Praise Mass Choir"
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come on let's
give them some love...
00:19:37.78\00:19:40.20
We're going to clap our
hands, stand on your feet,
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do what you want to
do... give God the praise
00:19:46.57\00:19:49.41
like you want to
give Him some praise...
00:19:49.44\00:19:50.79
because you know...
God's been good to you...
00:19:50.83\00:19:52.70
We serve an awesome God,
Oh, He's able... He's able...
00:19:52.74\00:20:01.31
we serve an awesome God...
00:20:01.35\00:20:05.78
He's able... He's able...
00:20:05.81\00:20:10.17
Let me say it again...
We serve an Awesome God...
00:20:10.21\00:20:19.94
Trust in the Lord...
with all your heart...
00:20:19.97\00:20:25.93
Don't depend on
your own understanding...
00:20:31.80\00:20:48.81
I Command my Soul... O
bless your holy name...
00:20:48.85\00:20:55.58
Come on let's
give God the glory...
00:20:55.62\00:21:24.19
In the Presence...
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A place where I can find a
rest the presence of the Lord...
00:21:25.96\00:21:32.55
hallelujah... a place
where I can find thee...
00:21:32.59\00:21:40.18
a place to call... my home...
00:21:40.21\00:21:46.90
where I can lay
before God's throne...
00:21:46.93\00:21:51.91
leaving my care behind...
00:21:51.95\00:22:01.29
Two Steps... Come
on there's a Holy Ghost
00:22:01.33\00:22:02.36
party in here tonight...
are you trying about Jesus...
00:22:02.39\00:22:05.35
Each step by
faith... the rest of my way...
00:22:05.38\00:22:26.29
Trust and Obey...
there's no other way...
00:22:26.32\00:22:46.51
to be happy in Jesus...
but to trust and obey...
00:22:46.55\00:22:56.43
Trust and Obey reprise...
00:22:56.47\00:23:25.74
Under His Wings... I
shall be in thy arms forever,
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Wow! Under His Wings...
that is where we want to be...
00:24:24.04\00:24:29.93
how beautiful was that... Yes...
00:24:29.97\00:24:32.47
and I could just sense how
that could just transport you
00:24:32.50\00:24:36.39
into Heavenly places...
00:24:36.43\00:24:37.82
It does... it does...
everywhere we sing that song,
00:24:37.86\00:24:41.68
it has a unique experience,
because it's really an old hymn
00:24:41.72\00:24:47.82
of the Church... re-arranged...
00:24:47.86\00:24:49.82
so, it touches
people... Yes... yes...
00:24:49.86\00:24:52.82
that's where we need
to be, under His wings...
00:24:52.86\00:24:55.52
be protected and held there...
00:24:55.55\00:24:58.19
so, Bruce, give us one more time
the dates of this year's event
00:24:58.23\00:25:02.82
the dates and the location
so that our viewers can...
00:25:02.86\00:25:06.52
those that are in
that area can come...
00:25:06.55\00:25:09.18
Yes, and we want
everybody to come too...
00:25:09.22\00:25:11.78
it's August 2 through
4... Nashville, Tennessee...
00:25:11.81\00:25:16.07
Riverside Chapel
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:25:16.11\00:25:20.05
August 2 through 4...
00:25:20.08\00:25:21.43
Riverside Chapel
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:25:21.47\00:25:24.29
we look forward to
meeting you there...
00:25:24.33\00:25:26.67
Is there any cost for coming?
00:25:26.71\00:25:30.13
No, there is a cost only for...
00:25:30.16\00:25:33.51
if you're going to
the classes, Yvonne,
00:25:33.55\00:25:35.60
but to come and be
part of the fellowship...
00:25:35.63\00:25:37.90
on Sabbath or Friday evening,
at the Consecration Service...
00:25:37.94\00:25:42.19
there's no charge
for that at all...
00:25:42.22\00:25:43.78
we just ask that you
come with an open heart
00:25:43.81\00:25:46.26
and bring a freewill offering...
00:25:46.30\00:25:47.78
Thank you... do you
have a closing thought
00:25:47.82\00:25:52.31
for our viewers, Bruce,
as far as them participating
00:25:52.35\00:25:56.98
in this Conference
and all... if you do..
00:25:57.01\00:25:58.76
share that with
us as we close...
00:25:58.79\00:26:00.69
I just would like to
tell all the folks that
00:26:00.73\00:26:04.13
this is something
that is dear to my heart
00:26:04.17\00:26:07.51
that I really would
like for people to understand
00:26:07.54\00:26:12.12
what we're trying to
do... is to make our musicians
00:26:12.15\00:26:16.69
in our Churches more skillful...
00:26:16.73\00:26:18.15
I've been to some
Churches where the musicians
00:26:18.19\00:26:20.61
are not as skillful as we
would like for them to be...
00:26:20.65\00:26:23.39
and the Bible
talks about our musicians
00:26:23.43\00:26:25.90
through the tribe of Levi...
00:26:25.94\00:26:27.63
should be skilled
at what they do...
00:26:27.67\00:26:29.70
so this is a way...
that we want to give back
00:26:29.74\00:26:32.43
to our Churches...
through all of our Conferences
00:26:32.46\00:26:35.29
that help our
musicians, our choir members...
00:26:35.33\00:26:38.08
our Praise and Worship
Leaders to be more skillful
00:26:38.12\00:26:41.35
at what they do...
and to serve locally
00:26:41.38\00:26:43.85
that we might
have a global message
00:26:43.89\00:26:46.32
to go out... and save souls...
00:26:46.36\00:26:47.91
Thank you so much,
Bruce, thank you so much
00:26:47.94\00:26:50.68
for being with us
today on Urban Report...
00:26:50.71\00:26:53.53
may God bless
you as you continue
00:26:53.57\00:26:55.62
to evangelize the world
for Him... through music...
00:26:55.65\00:26:59.01
Thank you for having
me, may God bless you
00:26:59.04\00:27:01.56
and your
ministry... Thank you...
00:27:01.60\00:27:03.18
Music is so healing... it
reaches a place in the spirit
00:27:03.22\00:27:08.65
that mere words
just can't penetrate...
00:27:08.69\00:27:10.85
one of the ways to renew
your relationship with God...
00:27:10.88\00:27:14.48
is to listen to music that
draws you into His presence
00:27:14.52\00:27:18.09
every day...
00:27:18.13\00:27:19.94
several times a day...
00:27:19.98\00:27:21.66
you should be listening to music
00:27:21.69\00:27:23.85
that actually can
re-kindle that flame
00:27:23.88\00:27:26.68
that flame... that
passion that you had for God
00:27:26.72\00:27:29.95
you can use music to renew that
00:27:29.98\00:27:31.88
each person's
renewing music is different...
00:27:31.92\00:27:35.15
find what transports you
into the Heavenly courts...
00:27:35.18\00:27:38.44
and then meditatively play it...
00:27:38.48\00:27:42.09
well, we've come to
the close of another
00:27:42.13\00:27:43.89
Urban Report Program...
00:27:43.92\00:27:45.31
we hope that you're
blessed by these Programs...
00:27:45.34\00:27:48.87
we hope that it will
reach you in that place
00:27:48.90\00:27:52.40
of need for you...
tune in next time...
00:27:52.44\00:27:55.54
we really want
you here, you know,
00:27:55.58\00:27:58.26
it just wouldn't be
the same without you...
00:27:58.29\00:28:01.76