The Encounter [October 24]

Date: This Sunday, October 24th
Time: 7-10pm
Location: Hope Christian Church (6251 Ammendale Rd, Beltsville, MD)
Admission: FREE!

If you're in the DC area, please be sure to check out The Encounter. It's an amazing event hosted by Brandon Camphor and One Way on the 4th Sunday of the month to unite young adult believers, worship God and promote righteous living. At each gathering a topic is highlighted through discussion and various performances.

Transitioning from last month's topic of "Intimacy & Relationships", BC and One Way are introducing this month's topic of "Relationships: Do You Know Him?"

Special Guests include:

-Brittney Wright
-Danton Whitley
-Brandon Camphor & 1Way
and More...

You don't wanna miss it!!

The Levitical Consortium in concert: A Tribute to Walter Hawkins

The Music Ministry of the Sharon Baptist Church
in association with Darnita Hassell Ministries Present

“A Special Gift; The Music of Walter Hawkins”
An evening to honor one of history’s greatest composers and to benefit
...The Walter Hawkins Memorial Foundation

With a Special guest appearance on behalf of his late Brother and The Walter Hawkins Memorial Foundation, by the Father of African - American Contemporary Gospel,
"Edwin Hawkins"

Monday October 18, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
The Sharon Baptist Church
3955 Conshohocken Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131
215-473-3000
www.sharonbc.org
Bishop Keith W. Reed, Senior Pastor

For those who missed Jaeson Ma & the 1040 Screening

Hey guys. UPenn's Jaeson Ma screening went exceptionally well on thursday. Below is a student's personal blog recap about the night. In addition, you will find the video of both the musical introduction by Jaeson Ma, the sermon that followed the 1040 Movie along with the prayer and performances by three Christian rap artists.

1040 Movie Screening BLOG TESTIMONIAL

Blessed be His name. Just got rocked at Jaeson Ma's "1040" screening. Was truly an inspirational evening. I felt what was more significant was the fact that I was absolutely exhausted. Yet I sucked it up, and went to this event, knowing it would last several hours. I'm not gunna lie, but I was seriously tempted into skipping the event to catch up on some sleep. But the moment I stepped foot into the auditorium, I knew I made the right choice. This is just a testament to the true power of God. He takes us at such a fragile moment in our lives--when we're at the breaking point, when we're tired and weak, when we feel as if we have nothing significant to offer--and radically moves in us, speaks in us, and motivates us to answer our true calling. After the event ended, I just felt so refreshed, rejuvenated, and excited about what God's about to do in my life. I think two things really struck me tonight: China and Government/Law.
As of lately (I don't know why) I've been feeling that my heart was being drawn towards China and the Chinese people. Tonight just confirmed what my heart felt. I now truly feel that there is a REAL PURPOSE in my education. I don't want to just go through the motions anymore. At times I felt that the things I learned in school wouldn't really serve a significant purpose in the future. Boy was I wrong. Jaeson's message really stirred in me some crazy emotions...something that I just can't express in words--there's such peace in my heart that what I'm investing in my education right now WILL pay off in the end. Everything has a purpose. Everything is for a greater purpose.
Tonight was a great night, spent with great people, speaking about great things.

FOR VIDEOS OF THIS EVENT see below

[GUEST BLOG] For Your Glory, I Will do Anything

Check the following guest blog from Nifesmi Olojde

On my way to work this morning, I was listening to a song called “For Your Glory” [click HERE]. 

The lyrics are:

Verse

Lord if I Find favor in your sight

Lord please hear my hearts cry

Desperately waiting to be where you are

I’ll Cross the hottest dessert

I’ll Travel near or far

Chorus:

For your glory

I will do anything

Just to see you

To behold you as my king

Verse 2:

I want to be where you are

I got to be where you are

As I listened to these lyrics, I couldn’t help but think about my own life and whether I was truly living for God’s glory. You might ask, what exactly is God’s glory? What is this glory that is worth laying everything down for? What is this glory that is worth more than anything that this world could ever offer? The word glory signifies honor, renown, and that which renders honorable, or demands honor, or reverence adoration, and worship.

Jaeson Ma + 1040 Movie Streaming

Beijing Blocks Travelers To Christian Conference

In light of what God is doing in China and the anticipation of tonight's 1040 Movie screening, it is so interesting to find the following report by NPR today [article here: Beijing/Christians]. Please read below:

Beijing Blocks Travelers To Christian Conference

A massive global evangelical gathering known as the Lausanne Congress will begin Oct. 16 in Cape Town, South Africa. But it looks likely to take place without the participation of more than 230 Chinese delegates.

So far, at least 11 people planning to attend have been forbidden to leave China, and many others have come under pressure. Many fear Beijing is moving to exert control over underground Christians.

 

Church elder Abraham Liu Guan
was turned back at Beijing airport customs
and blocked from attending a global
evangelical gathering in Cape Town,
South Africa.



Christianity in China is flourishing, with tens of millions of Christians openly worshiping. Many gather in private assemblies, or house churches, rather than in the official government church, known as the Three-Self Patriotic Movement. The authorities have largely turned a blind eye in the past.

But when a grouping of house churches decided to send some 200 delegates to attend the Lausanne Congress, the government stepped in.

Abraham Liu Guan is a church elder who tried to leave Sunday for the meeting with six others. Authorities warned him not to meet NPR, but in a phone interview he explained what happened at Beijing airport customs. "The border defense people said they'd received a notice from the State Administration for Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security. It said our participation in this meeting threatened state security, and they should not let us pass customs," Guan said.

Son of a Gun [R-Swift]

Son of a Gun by Rapzilla

My good brother Joshua Toala is back, producing the above R-Swift track, recently released. Check it out & share your thoughts.