"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD,
"and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
(Isaiah 43:10)
Keep justice and do righteouness
Isaiah 56:1a
INSPIRED
Gospel Music's Top Worship Leaders Join Bryant Scott and Bishop Scott on the My Worship Experience Project
The Father and Son team of Bryant Scott and Bishop Leonard Scott, the moving forces behind Tyscot Records, have made God the center of Tyscot for over 30 years. Now through their very own worship project, My Worship Experience, this awesome duo is letting the world know that God is their source. With Bryant and Bishop Scott, serving as producer and writer, My Worship Experience is the ultimate collaborative effort on many levels. Some of the gospel industry’s anointed and powerful artists and worship leaders also lent their talents to this project.
In addition to the current radio single, “I Need You Now” featuring Damita, Phillip Bryant and Lil Mo as its first offering, My Worship Experience is also filled with authentic praise and worship songs and exhortations. Every selection was led by different, dynamic psalmists including Deitrick Haddon, Lucinda Moore, Damita, Jonathan Dunn, Joann Rosario-Condrey, Pastor A. Thomas Hill, and more.
Those who attended the recording would agree that the Lord was exalted and reverenced. Deitrick Haddon led the powerful song “U Alone Are God” and as Joann Rosario-Condrey flowed in the heavenlies on “I Need You” and “Give Your Life to Christ”. Praises went forth when Pastor A. Thomas Hill led the uplifting praise song “Oh That Man”, also as Jonathan Dunn proclaimed the name of Jesus on “Hosanna” and as Lucinda Moore sang on the heart stirring song “The Joy of the Lord”.
Each psalmist flowed with the Holy Spirit and allowed God to be the focus. Not only were the people blessed on the night of the recording, but each featured artist had his or her own personal worship experience with God. Here is what they had to say about My Worship Experience:
"My Worship Experience was a night where God’s presence was tangible! As I sang on that night, I was constantly brought to tears as we worshiped together."
-Joann Rosario Condrey
“My worship experience was life changing and it felt like we were in heaven.”-Lucinda Moore
“It was a great experience to minister with artists of different styles and musical gifts.
To also see everyone carry the anointing and capture what the Lord wanted to release through every song was simply amazing. I was honored to be chosen to execute the innovation of Bryant and Bishop Scott and to sit under that type of anointing and the years they have put in was a great opportunity.”-Jonathan Dunn
“It was a wonderfully amazing, awe inspiring worship experience.”-Ernest and Ericka Jackson
“Working on this project with Dr. Scott was an honor as well as a necessary reality check. We are ONLY relevant when our actions reflect our purpose. Lose our agendas and embrace the mission, Authentic Worship...”-Phillip Bryant
“It was a humbling experience for me to be on the same platform with other anointed psalmists. Everything was awesome and excellent! I had to be patient and it was humbling because the songs were geared towards praise and worship which allowed us to fall on our face and go before the throne. It helped me to understand praise and worship more than ever through song and I loved it.”-Ronnie Hoard
According to Bryant Scott, the featured artists’ collaborative efforts produced a sound of worship felt and heard throughout the entire project: “Everybody was anointed to do what they did, the worship leaders were invisible, it wasn’t about who was leading, it was about the experience,” said Scott.
Bishop Scott added that, another unique aspect of this project is that everyone was on one accord from the featured artists to the set musicians. “The artists on the project are anointed praise leaders & knowledgeable on entering into the presence of God and carrying others along with them-all of the songs are vertical, sung to God and are about Him.”
Set to be released September 14, 2010, My Worship Experience is a 2-disc collection,
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Michelle Williams Teams Up With TERI to Boost Autism Awareness
Event supported TERI’s new 20-acre university-like campus for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities
Over the weekend the Training, Education & Research Institute (TERI) teamed up with Grammy® award-winning recording artist Michelle Williams, of the top-selling R&B group Destiny’s Child, for their Summer Soiree, in an effort to raise continuous awareness of autism. Founded in 1980, TERI is a private, non-profit 501(C)(3) corporation dedicated to providing lifespan services and programs to support individuals with ASD and other developmental and learning disabilities.
The private event featured a live auction and a special rendition of “A
mazing Grace” featuring Michelle Williams accompanied by ten-year-old autistic student Jaegar Heathman (See photo right).
“We’re were thrilled to have Michelle Williams join us and share her incredible talents with our special donors,” said Cheryl Kilmer, founder and CEO of TERI.” “Showcasing a multi-award winning recording artist and actress such as Michelle is a great representation of what we aspire for our arts and music programs on the new campus.” In addition to the entertainment and live auction, guests were privy to a special announcement from United States Presidential Master Chef Talli V. Counsel— consulting Presidential Master Chef for two previous administrations and now the Barack Obama administration—regarding TERI’s fourth annual Cuvee delle Vite private fundraiser on Saturday, November 6, 2010.
All funds raised at the Summer Soiree support the building of TERI’s center for Research & Life Planning, the first state-of-the-art center to study life quality for individuals with autism and their families. The campus will feature a Life Planning Center, specifically for families, to include a therapeutic equestrian center, fitness and wellness center, culinary school, and host of arts and educational curriculum for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Also check out Good Morning San Diego featuring TERI's CEO & Founder, Cheryl Kilmer & former Destiny's Child Michelle Williams at http://www.kusi.com/news/goodmorning/Michelle-Williams-101717758.html SYNOPSIS A man of the cloth has lost his faith and is in a midlife crisis when he goes back to his hometown and finds hope where he least expects it. James Moore (Golden Globe® nominee Corbin Bernsen) is a former pastor who returns home to learn that a family new to the area died in a mysterious fire. What’s more, his old friend from childhood is implicated in the murder. Convinced of his friend’s innocence, Moore sets out to uncover the truth and rediscovers his own lost faith. RUST is an uplifting drama with important life themes about faith, family, loyalty, the past—and understanding the ties that bind a community together. . . . . That being in love isn’t adequate to build a successful marriage
For more information about TERI, please visit their web site at www.teriinc.org.
About Autism
Autism is a complex brain disorder that inhibits a person's ability to communicate and develop social relationships, and is often accompanied by extreme behavioral challenges. Autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed in one in 150 children in the United States, affecting four times as many boys as girls. The diagnosis of autism has increased tenfold in the last decade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have called autism a national public health crisis whose cause and cure remain unknown.
AT THE MOVIES
RUST
Corbin Bernsen Stars In the Faith-Filled Mystery Debuting on DVD October 5th
Canadian Town Produces Faith-Filled Mystery
The real population of the small Canadian town of Kipling makes its feature film debut in RUST, an uplifting story coming to DVD Oct. 5 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Affirm/Provident Films. The town’s residents united to actually produce and finance—in some cases, to join the cast of—this story of faith and redemption written, directed, and starring two-time Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award nominee Corbin Bernsen (TV’s “LA Law” and “Psych”). In the story, as Bernsen’s character unravels a mysterious tragedy and wrongful accusations, he rediscovers his own ties to God. The RUST DVD is loaded with bonus content, including deleted scenes, a filmmaker commentary track, and the behind-the-scenes featurette “The Making of RUST.”
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Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married
No. 1 NYT Bestselling Pastor/Author Gary Chapman’s Newest Book Helps Starting Marriages Last – Starting On Sept. 1
The honeymoon is so over. “In love” is in remission; sex falls short of cloud nine; and toilets don’t clean themselves. “Surely,” say couples married long enough now to register shock and awe, “surely, this marriage isn’t God’s best for me.”
No, but it can be. So says renowned marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman in Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married, the pre- and post-nuptial travel guide from the author of the wildly bestselling The 5 Love Languages. For couples in trouble and for couples wishing to avoid it, Things I Wish I’d Known, hitting shelves, Sept. 1, delivers real answers on the journey through early marriage.
“Who we marry shapes, defines, and aims our lives more surely than almost anything else,” Dr. Chapman says. “Yet nearly 4 million people a year—2 million marriages—continue to tie the knot with few or no steps to make sure it holds.”
U.S. marriage stats echo Chapman’s worries. In the last four decades, divorce has soared fivefold. Today’s breakup rate all but matches the marriage rate. Scary? Far-reaching? First-time couples face a 40 percent chance of serving papers instead of each other.
In Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married, a renowned counselor mixes professional insights and personal confessions from 35 years as pastor, family counselor, and perpetual student-husband. Dr. Chapman’s own early foibles segue into ideas gleaned from hundreds of couples, thousands of counseling hours, and marital challenges common to (and overlooked by) almost all newlyweds. Practical, personal, spot-on, Things I Wish I’d Known, new couples already are saying, is the one book easy to read and essential to apply.
Certainly experience rings out in each chapter title: I Wish I’d Known
. . . . That romantic love has two stages
. . . . That toilets are not self-cleaning
. . . . That mutual sexual fulfillment is not automatic
. . . . That we need to have a plan for handling our money.
Chapter by readable chapter, Dr. Chapman gives a fellow journeyer’s tips on how to steer life’s most important human relationship, braids his personal study, feedback and long-term lessons from The 5 Love Languages—and offers thoughtful questions and exercises. Bottom line: an all-purpose tool-kit for men and women engaged or about to be, for married couples, and for singles wanting to start to prepare wisely.
“A relationship is a road you pave, not a highway you merge onto on autopilot,” Chapman cautions. His book’s maps and tools, compiled from people further down the road, amount to an early-marriage GPS.
Pastor, author, speaker . . . Dr. Gary Chapman has written more than 30 books. His number-one New York Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages, has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married is published by Northfield Publishing Inc. of Chicago.
