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On February 28, 2024, I, in part with the Bowie State Gospel Choir, attended the Gospel Music Workshop of America’s 2024 Collegiate Night  in Norfolk, VA. The experience is one I will truly never forget.The event started with a rehearsal comprising all five choirs in attendance for the night, in which we learned five songs, including the GMWA’s “anthem”, “We Are On Our Way” by James Cleveland and “Hold On” by Ricky Dillard (both of which quickly becoming two of my new favorite songs very quickly). The other choirs in attendance were the Norfolk State University Choir, Norfolk State Gospel Choir, and Ebony Impact (Old Dominion University). Coming together with the other choirs prior to the BSU choir’s performance was really special, and watching how we all worked and blended together so well was amazing. The actual event began at 7 pm, starting off with Praise and Worship by alums who were part of GMWA from a plethora of universities, including Norfolk State and Old Dominion. Following this were uplifting and beautiful selections performed by the Norfolk State University Choir, Norfolk State Gospel Choir, and Ebony Impact (Old Dominion University), ranging from classical gospel selections to hits by famed renowned gospel music artist Hezekiah Walker. The night ended on a high with the combined choirs performing “We Are On Our Way” (James Cleveland), “Hold On” (Ricky Dillard), “Jerusalem” (James Cleveland), “Jesus Lifted Me”(Robert Fryson) and “Let Everything That Has Breath” (Malcolm Williams).

Overall, the experience was amazing. The collegiate night was a really amazing opportunity to not only participate in but to witness the amazing talents of fellow young people who are both in college and love God. It felt like I was right at home watching every choir’s performance. Each group brought something different to the table, whether that was genre, pace, or message of the songs they sang, that spoke to my heart and opened my eyes in a new way. The various types of art forms discussed in class each have elements that make them stand out from the rest. Expressionism has more focus on exaggeration and hyperbole of emotions, while afrofuturism focuses more on elements of Black culture and the African diaspora. In the same way, each choir really brought varying elements that made the night really special. The concert choir performed more classical, acapella gospel that made you feel like you were at Heaven’s gate with how beautiful the harmonies of the choir blended. Ebony Impact brought a nostalgic yet praise-break-worthy performance of a Hezekiah Walker medley, including songs like Power Belongs to God and How Much We Can Bear (classics I’ve been singing since I was about 5). I felt something shift that night. I feel that the power of music was most evident in that room. On top of that, it was so refreshing to be around Christian people my age with a passion for singing. We all have our different stories, our different paths, our different reasons for ending up where we are, but Collegiate Night gave an opportunity for us all to come together for one common goal of singing for God, and making us united in a way I couldn’t have even imagined.

For more content from the 2024 Collegiate Night, please look for posts labeled "Collegiate Night"!

[omanxl1]

Deep House Mix | This Is Deep House Summer Sessions 2023 Vol. 3

 Digital Crate Digging Continues as we proceed and continue with this O-Dog Day Party! This is the  Thankful Thursday edition, showing gratitude is how we’re living so a naysayer shouldn’t even start with me!  Throwback Thursday is also recognized; we’ve been doing this!! what? out here getting breakbeat scientific! did the Lord order our steps per the GMWA? divination even revealed assignments…

[prapasara]

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The Best Funeral Songs and Memorial Songs

Traditional Funeral Songs and Funeral Music

1) Amazing Grace – Traditional

2) Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

3) His Eye is on the Sparrow – Mahalia Jackson

4) My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion

5) Precious Lord, Take My Hand – Mahalia Jackson

6) You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban

7) I’ll Fly Away – Albert E. Brumley

8) The Rose – Bette Midler

9) As – Stevie Wonder

10) Angels – Robbie Williams

11) Going Up Yonder – Walter Hawkins

12) Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers

13) Oh Happy Day – Edwin Hawkins Singers

14) Candle in the Wind – Elton John

15) Total Praise – Richard Smallwood

16) Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman

17) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Traditional

18) Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel

19) Lean on Me – Bill Withers

20) Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton

21) Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

22) Ave Maria – Franz Schubert

23) You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson

24) Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

25) I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

26) I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston

27) Victory is Mine – Dorothy Norwood

28) Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python

29) Soon and Very Soon – Andraé Crouch

30) Danny Boy – Traditional

 

31) Order My Steps – GMWA Women of Worship

32) The Prayer – Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli

33) Take Me to the King – Tamela Mann

34) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Traditional

35) I Need You to Survive – Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Choir

36) In the Arms of an Angel – Sarah McLachlan

37) We Fall Down – Donnie McClurkin

38) What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

39) Stand – Donnie McClurkin

40) Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

41) We Shall Overcome – Traditional

42) I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans

43) Lift Every Voice and Sing – James Weldon Johnson

44) Nearer My God to Thee – Traditional

45) I Am Not Forgotten – Israel Houghton

46) How Great Thou Art – Traditional

47) You’ll Never Walk Alone – Mahalia Jackson

48) The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

49) He Has His Hands On You – Marvin Sapp

50) Auld Lang Syne – Traditional

51) Bridge Over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin

52) Over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

53) Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens

54) A Time for Us – Nino Rota

55) Let It Be – The Beatles

56) Broken Halos – Chris Stapleton

57) Never Would Have Made It – Marvin Sapp

58) Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Julie Covington

59) Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

60) Old Rugged Cross – Traditional

61) Hold On – Yolanda Adams

62) The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand

63) You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & The Pacemakers

64) His Strength is Perfect – Cece Winans

65) He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother – The Hollies

66) We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn

67) Keep On Movin’ – Soul II Soul

68) Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley

69) Oh How He Loves You and Me – Edwin Hawkins Singers

70) God Bless America – Irving Berlin

71) Memory – Barbra Streisand

72) Be Grateful – Walter Hawkins

73) Angels Among Us – Alabama

74) Amazing Grace – Aretha Franklin

75) My Way – Frank Sinatra

76) Stand By Me – Ben E. King

77) Hold On – Mighty Clouds of Joy

78) I Smile – Kirk Franklin

79) Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley

80) The Dance – Garth Brooks

81) You Are My Friend – Patti LaBelle

82) When the Saints Go Marching In – Traditional

83) On Eagle’s Wings – Michael Joncas

84) Angel – Sarah McLachlan

85) Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve

86) Ave Maria – Andrea Bocelli

87) The Lord is My Shepherd – Traditional

88) The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles

89) There You’ll Be – Faith Hill

90) Into the West – Annie Lennox

91) Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan

92) I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan

93) You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

94) I’m Already There – Lonestar

95) When You Believe – Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

96) Fields of Gold – Sting

97) He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones

98) If I Die Young – The Band Perry

99) Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) – Billy Joel

100) Always On My Mind – Ane Brun

101) Dancing in the Sky – Beverly Ann

102) Home – Aron Wright

103) Living Legend – Club Danger

104) Be Still – The Fray

105) I Shall Believe – Sheryl Crow

106) To Build a Home – The Cinematic Orchestra, Patrick Watson

107) Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran

108) Future Days (Acoustic) – Eddie Vedder

109) Heart – Rainbow Kitten Surprise

110) See You Again – Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth

111) See You Again – Beth

112) These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs

113) Wonderwall – Zella Day

114) Lay Me Down – Sam Smith

115) I Will Always Return – Bryan Adams

116) The Story – Brandi Carlile

117) Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root

118) When We Were Young – Adele

119) Amazing Grace (Chains Are Gone) – Pentatonix

120) Do You Remember – Jack Johnson

121) In Christ Alone – Christina Grimmie

122) When I Get Where I’m Going – Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton

123) I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie

125) Proof of Your Love – King & Country

126) Home – Edith Whiskers

127) My Best Friend – Tim McGraw

128) Work Song – Hozier

129) Biscuits – Kacey Musgraves

130) Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

131) Waves – Imagine Dragons

132) I Lived – OneRepublic

133) 7 Years Old – Lukas Graham

134) Excavate – Macklemore, Saint Claire

135) Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti 

136) Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel

137) Unforgettable – Nat King Cole

138) Yet – Nathan Morris

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50 Songs to Play at a Funeral

Rock

1.    Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton

2.    Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

3.    Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – Led Zeppelin

4.    Scream – Chris Cornell

5.    My City of Ruins – Bruce Springsteen

6.    November Rain – Guns N’ Roses

7.    Hallelujah – Bon Jovi

8.    Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin

9.    I’ll Back You Up – Dave Matthews Band

10.  Man of the Hour – Pearl Jam

Alternative Rock

1.    Surround You – Echosmith

2.    The Trapeze Swinger – Iron & Wine

3.    Heartbeats – Jose Gonzalez

4.    Blood – The Middle East

5.    The Funeral – Band of Horses

6.    Awake My Soul – Mumford & Sons

7.    While We Were Dreaming – Pink Mountaintops

8.    Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow

9.    The Night We Met – Lord Huron

10.  Twenty Years – Augustana

Pop

1.    Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran

2.    Breathe Me – Sia

3.    Fix You – Coldplay

4.    See You Again –Charlie Puth

5.    Somewhere Over The Rainbow -  Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (and other artists)

6.    I’ll Be Missing You – P. Diddy & Faith Evans

7.    Angel – Sarah McLachlan

8.    Angles – Robbie Williams

9.    Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

10.  Gone, Gone, Gone – Phillip Phillips

Classics

1.    Take Me Home – John Denver

2.    Yesterday – The Beatles

3.    My Way – Frank Sinatra

4.    You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & The Pacemakers

5.    Turn Turn Turn – The Byrds

6.    Always On My Mind – Elvis

7.    Amazing Grace – Celtic Women

8.    In My Life – The Beatles

9.    Imagine – John Lennon

10.  Heaven Can Wait – Meatloaf

Country

1.    If I Die Young – The Band Perry

2.    Go Rest High On That Mountain – Vince Gill

3.    Angels Among Us – Alabama

4.    If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away – Justin Moore

5.    I Drive Your Truck – Lee Brice

6.    Drink a Beer – Luke Bryan

7.    Who You’d Be Today – Kenny Chesney

8.    One Hell of an Amen – Brantley Gilbert

9.    If You’re Reading This – Tim McGraw

10.  See You Again – Carrie Underwood

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📖🤍📖 Amen 📖🤍📖

God bless you 💜✝️💜

[nateology-mtl]

#gospel #gmwa #obedience

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[lboogie1906]

Kimberly Jean Burrell (August 26, 1972) is a gospel singer, songwriter, and pastor from Houston.

Born in Houston, she was one of four children born to Julius Burrell Jr., a pastor, and Helen Ruth Graham, an evangelist singer in The Church of God in Christ. As a youth, she began performing with Reverend James Cleveland’s GMWA Youth Mass.

Her performances continued with the Trinity Temple Full Gospel Mass Choir of Dallas and The Inspirational Sounds Mass Choir of Houston. She was a featured singer on the reprise of “Jesus Paid It All” on Ricky Dillard & New G’s album Worked It Out. Her first independent album, Try Me Again, was released on the Texas-based boutique label Pearl Records in 1995. This led to her being signed to Tommy Boy Gospel and releasing another album, Everlasting Life. The album peaked at #10 on the Billboard Gospel Charts. She recorded Live In Concert at the annual COGIC Holy Convocation. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Album. She signed a recording contract with Elektra Records. Under this contract, she recorded only a guest appearance on the all-star gospel track “Higher Ground”, which first appeared as a bonus track, Miss E... So Addictive and was featured on Karen Clark Sheard’s 2nd Chance album. She continues to perform live and collaborate with other artists. She established and hosts the annual Ephesians 4 conference, a workshop for performing artists.

She was a guest performer on “3-Way Phone Call”. She appeared in “Mathematics of Love”. She released her first studio album in 11 years, No Ways Tired. The album features covers of classic gospel songs like “My Faith Looks Up To Thee,” “What A Friend We Have In Jesus,” “O Lamb Of God” and “I Surrender All”. She sang “I See a Victory” with Pharrell Williams for the soundtrack to Hidden Figures. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[bearcuryama]

Is Disney Channel doing ok ?

《 Prom Pact 》

Eh... are we sure this is a Dcom ? In what planet is r-14 a rating for mentioning sex ON DISNEY.

Idk why i got so hung up on that, ive seen other recent projects with this gen of Disney stars having crude language and i was fine. There's just smth so weird about it being branded as a Disney movie. I kinda felt ashamed, u know. Like how are u going to put this movie and teenbeach in the same category...

As for my enjoyment overall, this was such a Rollercoaster: 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 4

So over all... 4.5/10 ?

It's not a good movie, but it's not disney channels' worse either. It's just... not Disney like. It's more like netflix for teens.

I think my favorite thing was that they really portrayed the friendship well. It was purely platonic and left no room for me to even see romantic potential. And that's hard to do when Milo is the one playing the bestie. Anyone would fall for his charm.

But the romance still felt really superficial, it never really felt deep to the point where halfway in, i still wasnt sure if they intended us to ship the besties together. Cuse thats the trope u know. So i guess they made a good decision subverting clichés but not that good of an execustion.

I did love the proposal at the end. It was well set up. But meh... those types of movies aren't really for me.

I won't rewatch or even remember it.

Also, the start was so unbearable that i had to watch in 2x speed. It's so... performative. I know we love quirky Mcs but like... dial down a little. I could have related with her sooooo much more if she was a little more chill about it. Cuse, she has so many fair points, and that's exactly how i thoight in high school. I skipped my prom too, so it was nice to see her ask her bestie out to prom to value the experience he wanted to have. As she connects with her love interest, she does become more chill and relatable, so i didn't hate her in the end. But at the start, i couldn't stand her.

OMG i loved the scene where the love intrest taught her a little basketball, it was well done.

Overall, i was confused cuse it wasnt what i was expecting, i got anoyed cuse it really felt like 2019 disney channel where all the caracthers are performative, and then i gmwas pleasently suprised cuse the romance wasnt that bad, they did a good job subverting expectation for that "prom" trope. But meh, Disney can do better with romance and we've seen them do it well.

But fr

What is disney channel up to these days ? Did they fire all the 2016 writers ?

[rembertko]

Sunday, June 25, 2023 Playlist: 

Good Sunday Morning to you! It’s Gospel Music Time with K.O. Rembert! Y’all be blessed!

Order My Steps - GMWA Women of Worship

Praise Is What I Do - William Murphy

Silver and Gold Kirk Franklin and The Family

It Was A Great Thing - The Barnes Family

Sunday Morning Medley - Smokie Norful ft. Myron Butler & The 12th District AME Choir

Go wherever you go to buy your music & support these Gospel artist from the past and present!

Follow K.O. Rembert:  https://linktr.ee/rembertko

[adamology1]

NEW SINGLE |

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I’m inviting all of you in the #DFW area to join the #FortWorth #GMWA #CAD in concert, this afternoon. We’ll be at Greater Community MBC and they have rolled out the red carpet for all their guests this afternoon. (at Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church Arlington, TX) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcLoscUOaCD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Early Flight ✈️ . . #airport #flight #houston #texas #atl #atlanta #gmwa #alliance #hiphop #rap #puntin (at George Bush Intercontinental Airport)

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[lboogie1906]

Rev. Luther Barnes (born March 10, 1954) is a record producer, director, songwriter, composer, and lead singer of Luther Barnes and the Sunset Jubilaires and the Red Budd Gospel Choir.

He is an ordained minister & native son of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is the second son of Faircloth Barnes, who wrote the famous “Rough Side of the Mountain.”

As an executive producer of gospel music, he has released over twenty-eight CDs. He has performed with gospel recording artists such as Shirley Caesar, Deborah Barnes, Kirk Franklin, Harvey Watkins and The Canton Spirituals, Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s, Dorothy Norwood, John P. Kee, and the Mighty Clouds of Joy. He recorded with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir on their release “I’m Amazed” Live. He sang the national anthem for the Carolina Mudcats baseball game.

Ηe is the Senior Pastor & Founder of the Restoration Worship Center. He is a graduate of the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools System and a retired teacher. A graduate of St. Augustine’s College, he obtained a BA in Music Education. He was honored as a Distinguished Graduate.

He is the son of the late Rev. FC Barnes. He is married to Pamela Anglin Barnes. He has one daughter and a grandson.

He has received the Vision Award, and the Stellar and GMWA Excellence Award. He was nominated for his performance on the Barnes Family, A Live Reunion, for The Truth Magazine Award, for Best Traditional Male Vocalist, GMWA 2003 Excellence Award for Best Traditional Male Vocalist, a Grammy Award Nomination, for a Stellar Award, and Gospel Heritage Award. He was inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Detroit, Michigan, the Mississippi Gospel Award, and a Stellar Award nomination for Somehow, Someway, GMA Dove Award, Distinguished award from St Augustine College, Key to the City of Brunswick, Georgia. Key to the City of Chesapeake, Virginia at the Virginia Classic of Chesapeake, Spring Gospel Showcase. He served as a performer, judge, and participant at the Virginia Annual Showcase. He has hosted The Annual North Carolina Fall Gospel Classic. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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GMWA National Mass Choir-The Decision