Word of the Day: Accept the Whole Body of Christ

Matthew 10:40 – He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. *God has developed certain inter-dependence throughout the Body of Christ. In other words, we have to rely on each other. You see no one person has all the anointing, all the revelation, all the gifts, or all the power.

Campaign Started
Churches Encouraging
The Making of Wills

A number of Oklahoma City congregations have begun a campaign to encourage members to make wills so as to protect their wealth.[Read full story]

10 Steps to Turning Your Life Around

Up is the movement and direction toward possibility--"with God nothing is impossible." Up is the movement of reaching. Up is where we're going. When you watch birds take off, they don't fly down, they fly up. They leave the ground after they've found their food. They leave the place where they have come for their nurturing and their nourishment, and then they fly up, they soar.

Moving up, you will begin to discover who you are. So make the decision right now to fly, to change your life by moving up toward God and toward moments filled with yeses and possibilities in life.

 

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Baker Is Speaker
Youth Celebration Scheduled by Church

Kenneth Baker Jr. will be the speaker during a Youth Day event planned by the Progressive Baptist Church, 2001 N. Bryant St. [Read full story]

Shopping Carts and Bibles
At East Village Food Pantry,
The Price Is One Sermon

NEW YORK--The shopping carts are lined up hours early in Tompkins Square park, not far from the dog run, where the East Village’s more genteel residents are unleashing retrievers and beagles and chatting animatedly. [Read full story]

 

Craddock To Lead Seminar On Oct. 9
Theological Use Of Storytelling?

TULSA--Rev. Fred B. Craddock will lead a seminar on the power of storytelling in theology at the First Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church, 913 S. Boulder Ave.
The seminar will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9. [Read full story]

Gospel Singer Remembered
Said to Put Stamp on Genre During a 40-Year Career

LOS ANGELES--Walter Hawkins, 61, who died last month at his Ripon, Calif., home, put a powerful stamp on contemporary gospel music during a career that spanned 40 years. 
As a singer, songwriter and producer, he helped bring the music to mainstream audiences and influenced a generation of singers.[Read full story]

Staples Is ’Not Alone:’ God, Tweedy With Her
Gospel Legend Headed to Lollapalooza With Songs Written by Wilco Frontman

NEW YORK--When 71-year-old gospel legend Mavis Staples hit’s the stage Friday at Lollapalooza, she won’t worry about how she’ll be received by the indie-rock fans in Chicago’s Grant Park.
Not only does she have the Lord and six decades of testifying and protesting in her righteous repertoire, this time, she has Jeff Tweedy.[Read full story]