Thomas Dorsey's National Convention of Gospel Choirs & Choruses Is Coming to Louisville August 6th-12th!

Thomas Dorsey's National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses is coming to Louisville, Kentucky beginning Saturday, August 6th - 12th, the Galt House Hotel, 140 North 4th Street, Louisville!  Dynamic preaching, teaching, and praise and worship all week long!

Join 104.7 FM on Monday, August 8th beginning at 6:30 pm, for the red carpet roll-out and "There's A Praise In This House" Awards Ceremony Praise & Worship Service. We will be broadcasting live on the red carpet starting at 5:30 pm. WLOU/WLLV's own General Manager, Bill Price will be one of several local honorees. Praise & Worship features Jason Clayborn & the Team, the Canton Spirituals, and Marvin Sapp!

Registration for the week for Louisville residents is $65 for adults, $30 for youth, and $15 for teens, or $20 nightly. VIP seating Monday only for $30. Purchase tickets at Better Days West in the Lyles Mall or call 502-774-1559 or visit the website at ncgccinc.com.

Keep listening to WLOU/WLLV for complete conference details. Your chance to win tickets to "There's A Praise In this House" featuring Marvin Sapp happens anytime on 104.7 FM, the new home of the Tom Joyner Morning Show!

Worship Jesus With One Accord

Let us come together as a army of one to worship The Great I AM, the true and living, the almighty God on this worship Wednesday! Let us worship him with one accord! He is worthy to be praised!  Let us lay aside our denominational differences, our big I's and little U's and worship the Lord.  Magnify the Lord with me! Let us exalt his name together!  Magnify Jesus with the fruit of your lips and a hand clap of praise!  Make a joyful noise, all ye lands!

 

God demonstrated his love for us in this while we were sinners Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).  Jesus died for us so that we might receive the precious gift of grace, salvation through faith in Him.  Not only that, He prayed to the Father that we receive glory to be one, not a multitude of individual pieces, but one body,  "I am praying not only for the disciples,  but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.  I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one - as you are in me, Father, and I am in you.  And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.  I have given them the glory you gave me so they may be one as we are one" (John 17:20-22). Read the prayer of Jesus in John 17.  It will bless you!

 

Do you believe Jesus is God?  Do you believe Jesus died and rose again for our sins?  Do you believe Jesus is coming back again?  If yes, then let us worship Jesus with one accord. To the utmost, Jesus saves!  He turned my feet around and placed them on solid ground!  To the utmost,  Jesus saves!

Jesus Saves Ministries Hosts Third Garments of Praise Consignment Sale & Clothing Give-Away

By:  Min. Angela Lee Price

Jesus Saves Ministries' hosted our third "Garments of Praise" Consignment Sale & Clothing Give-Away Saturday, July-9th -16th.   Brand name and great quality new and gently used men's, women's, infant and toddlers clothing, shoes, and household items were sold at bargain-basement prices and given away.   

Most items were sold for $1.00 to $5.00, and included brand names such as Vera Wang, Bellini, Keds, Steve Madden, Loft, Cato, Gloria Vanderbilt among others. 

Due to the abundance of infant and toddler clothing received, Jesus Saves Ministries made  donations to Family Scholar House and Bridge the Gap House for single women and displaced families with children. 

Our goal  with The Garments of Praise Consignment Sale is to substitute "garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness," and lift the hearts of the people in our community by providing quality items to people in need.  It is about not just giving, but  about targeting quality donations to known areas of great need.  Shoppers left with shopping bags filled with great bargains! This initiative is part of our "Least of These" missions project to clothe and feed the less fortunate (Matthew 25:35-40), and served as fundraiser for the ministry.  The Life Conference Suite, 2001 West Broadway, Suite 10, located directly across the hall from the WLOU/104.7/WLLV studios. 

Min. Angela Tours Newly Opened Muhammad Ali Home Museum

I paid my respects at the newly opened Muhammad Ali Home Museum on Sunday, June 5th, and toured the home.  If ever you are in Louisville, please travel to 3302 Grand Avenue in West Louisville and take the tour. It will bless you! The cost is $8.00. I met both the curator, Evan Bueketto, and Ms. Barbara, the lady responsible for the interior design. They have done an amazing job in recreating a vintage home of the 1940's through 1960's with photos of the family and personal Clay family artifacts. One the walls throughout the home is the Clay family in their own words, their history.  I was surprised to discover that someone who had done some painting at my house 10 years ago, Darrell Malone (in middle of first photo) was responsible for painting the exterior of the home pink. As they were examining the layers of paint before the restoration, they discovered the pink underneath, and restored the color. Video and cameras are not allowed inside.

Me with Ms. Gee, Dawne Gee mother who conducted our tour of the home, and Sherryll Summers, whose father William E. Summers III, owned WLOU and was the first black to own a radio station in the state of Kentucky.

Bill Price Healthy Lifestyle Club Kick-Off Does the Body Good

The lady in the gray "went in" during the Hoola-Hoop Challenge at the kick-off event for the Bill Price Healthy Lifestyle Club, Saturday, May 14th at the Catholic Enrichment Center in Louisville. She worked that heavier-than-normal, work-out hoola-hoop with style, and got low with it, too! Go on with your bad self! The guys....not so much! LOL!!! They couldn't seem to keep it on their waist!

Bill's new initiative promotes healthy diet, fitness and exercise, behavior changes for all ages for an abundant life (John 10:10). The kick-off event, broadcast live on 104.7 FM, included blood pressure and glucose screenings, free fruits and vegetables, healthcare vendors and professionals with information, and give-aways.  Click the Facebook.com/Praize1047 email link and forward your contact information to take a 90-day challenge and/or join the club, or call 502-776-1240. Upcoming events planned, including Summerfest 2016. ‪#‎bphealthylifestyle‬

A Move of the Holy Spirit

I love it when God opens the eyes of my understanding to see what was there all along!  Oh, to see as God sees!  Oh, to have a revelation, and be able to share it with others!  It makes my heart happy, and my toes tingle!  That is why regular Bible study is so important.   People who go to church  for worship alone don't grow as they could or should.  Your Bible should have underlined words, highlighted sentences, and dog-eared pages.  There should be dried tear-stained passages where the word of God has gripped your heart.  There should be circles, marks, and squiggle lines in the margins where you have mediated and pondered the meaning of the text and its significance in your life. We thank God for His Word, His Son, and the Holy Spirit. We are praying for the manifest presence of God in our lives, a move of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the people of God to study the word of God, serve God, and witness to a dying world!  Jesus saves!

Bill Price Healthy Lifestyle Club Kick-Off This Saturday

ATTENTION! Heroes Wanted! The Bill Price Healthy Lifestyle Club Kick-Off is THIS Saturday, May 14th, 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM, the Catholic Enrichment Center, 3146 W. Broadway in Louisville. You don't want to miss it! BOOM!! Healthcare professionals and advocates will be on hand to help you get on the road to better health! POW!! Receive free fruit and veggies, meal plans, blood pressure and glucose screenings! BAM!! Sign Up to take the 90-Day Challenge. Sign up your church for the church challenge! ZAP!! SuperBill will share his vision, upcoming events, as he remotes live on 104.7 FM!! Spread the news! Bring a friend and join the team! See you this Saturday, May 14th at the Bill Price Healthy Lifestyle Club Kick-off!!

Mother to Son: Life Still Ain't No Crystal Stair

By:  Angela Lee Price
Proverbs 1: 7-9 (KJV)
(V7) “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
(V8) My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
(V9) For they shall an ornament of grace unto thy head and chains about thy
neck.”

The poem, Mother to Son by Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes is a classic and popular letter of counsel and encouragement. In it, a mother passionately admonishes her son to stay life’s challenging course as life for her “ain’t been no crystal stair.” Today, life still is no “crystal stair.” How we wisely handle life’s tacks, splinters, bare places - “places with no carpet on the floor,” is what the book of Proverbs is all about.

Proverbs 1:7 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge and fools despise wisdom and instruction.” The Original African Heritage Study Bible explains this passage stating, “To the African/Edenic Hebrew the fear (respect) of God is the first step in worshiping the God of Israel,” and “When African people consider God to be omniscient, they are at the same time conferring upon Him the highest possible position of honor and respect, for wisdom commands great respect in African societies.”

In Hughes’ poem, the mother tells her son, “Don’t you set down on the steps ‘cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now - for I’se still goin’, honey, I’se still climbin’, and life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Does the son respect the Lord and welcome his mother’s wisdom, or does he disrespect the Lord and reject her counsel? We have no way of knowing, for the poet does not provide answers to those questions. The Lord does, however, provide answers in the Bible to all questions. He makes it clear through Solomon in Proverbs Chapter 1 that following the godly instruction and teaching of father and mother will yield positive results, “an ornament of grace unto thy head and chains about thy neck. (v9)”

Mother To Son, by Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor – bare.
But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on,
and reachin’ landin’s, and turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you sit down on the steps ‘cause you find it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now –
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me
ain’t been no crystal stair.

Finish the Race In Giving!

The Kentucky Derby Festival is in full swing here in Louisville, Kentucky, culminating on Saturday, May 7th in the crème de la crème of horse races, the 142nd "Run for the Roses," the fastest two minutes in sports. Horse racing enthusiasts, celebrities, and guests from all over the world will be opening their wallets and checkbooks for all sorts of reasons, from philanthropy to the frivolous. You can bet on that.  You can tell what a person loves or values by taking a good look at their checkbook. Hopefully, more checks will be written to underwrite West Louisville ministries supporting the least of these.   As the saying goes, where your heart is, your treasure is also. 

In 2 Corinthians 8, the apostle Paul took a look at the  contribution statements of the Corinthian church, and he was none too happy.   Paul admonished the churches to show proof of their love by finishing what they started in their giving the previous year (v10a).  He put the Corinthian churches on notice, comparing their giving with that of the Macedonian churches, "They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor.  But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity" (v2). 

The Corinthians had gotten off to a great start the previous year and they led all the other churches.  Apparently, something happened over the months, and though their gifts excelled in other areas of ministry, their financial gifts had fallen behind (v7).  Paul stated, "Since you excel in so many ways--in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us--I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving." Paul reminded the church that the previous year they were the first to want to give, and the first church to begin giving (v10b).  He wanted them to get back in the race and finish the race in giving.

Here are two important statements from chapters 8 & 9 that can help us finish the race in our giving:   We should remember to...

1. Give in proportion to what you have.  In fact, Paul says this twice in verses 11 and 12.  Then in verse 12, he adds "give in proportion to what you have, not what you don't have."  This is such a liberating statement.  Don't let anyone make you feel guilty if you can't give $500, $1,000, $10,000 or some gigantic amount you don't have.
2.  Give eagerly.  He says, "Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly (v12a)."   Acceptable gifts are contributions given in the right spirit. We should not fall into the trap of "giving to get," out of peer pressure.  We should give because God has so graciously and generously given to us.  We should give hilariously, joyfully - not out of mere duty or guilt (2 Corinthians 9:7-15).  

At the race track the focus and priority is on winning and receiving. Everyone thinks they have the winning horse. However, many will walk away without the money they came with and without the winning ticket. It is just the opposite in the Kingdom of God where the focus in on giving.  As Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).

If you have made a financial promise, or commitment, to your church, a ministry or charity, keep it. Our inner city communities are desperately in need of your thoughtful financial donations, and there are some great institutions trying to meet the need. We are blessed to be a blessing.  Be a good steward of your resources, your time, talent, and treasures.  Keep the faith, and finish what you have started.  Finish the race in giving!  Jesus saves!

Erica Campbell Adds National Syndicated Radio Morning Show Host to Her Repertoire

Reach Media Launches Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell on 

May 10, 2016 airing weekdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET

(DALLAS, TX…April 25, 2016) – Multi-award winning gospel artist and reality TV star Erica Campbell brings her voice, inspiration, charisma and style to a new morning drive radio show syndicated by Reach Media Inc. in collaboration with Radio One.  The new 4 hour show, Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell sets a new bar for morning inspirational radio. Erica’s fresh take on radio brings a diverse mix of gospel and inspirational music, star-studded interviews and practical principles to help listeners do what her mantra proclaims: Faith Walking. Love Talking. Joy Living.   Erica, whose influence extends beyond the church to urban culture will have exciting new features to energize listeners to Get Up! The show will be syndicated nationally beginning May 10th from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET.

With nearly two decades in the music industry, Erica Campbell has repeatedly topped Billboard charts and won every music award possible as a member of the dynamic duo, Mary Mary and as a solo artist. A devoted wife and mother of three, Erica shares her life with the world on her televised reality show, Mary Mary. No stranger to the public-eye, the social media maven has over 2 million followers she personally engages daily with inspiration and pure fun. Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell is the next natural progression of her career to extend her audience and share the life, music and inspiration that makes her - ERICA. 

David Kantor, Chief Executive Officer of Reach Media and Radio One’s Radio Group states, “Erica has mastered her craft in music and she’s winning in reality TV and even social media. I’m glad Reach Media and Radio One can provide her access to syndicated radio - another media to dominate and share her inspirational voice.” 

Erica Campbell says, “I’m grateful to Reach Media, Radio One, Dan Otero of Globe Star Media and Warryn Campbell, CEO of My Block Records, for believing in me and my ability to inspire America to Get Up!