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In some Good News this week, MERCYME, NEWSBOYS, KUTLESS; artist birthdays; upcoming concerts and album releases; and much more!
IN THE NEWS:
The “Imagine Tour” featuring MERCYME, AMY GRANT, and BEBO NORMAN will stop in 25 cities from January 30th. through March 8th. next year. The concerts will be promoted on both Christian and mainstream radio stations because of MercyMe’s crossover gold single, “I Can Only Imagine,” and Amy Grant’s successful CCM and mainstream career. Tour dates include Nashville, South Haven, Mississippi, and tentatively in Monroe, Louisiana in January; Jacksonville, Shreveport, and Dallas in February; and Montgomery, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Norfolk, Virginia in March.
According to MercyMe frontman Bart Millard, “My vision for this tour is to see lives completely changed. When we were talking with Amy about the tour, she smiled and told me this was why she longed to be a part of this tour as well. We’re so excited that she and Bebo will be out on the road with us – it’s going to be a great time.”
MercyMe’s “Almost There” project has been certified Platinum (over 1 million in sales,) while Amy Grant has sold more than 24 million albums in her 25-year long career and was recently inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. Also singer/songwriter Bebo Norman has garnered eight Dove Award nominations for 2003. <><
NEWSBOYS, REBECCA ST. JAMES, and JEREMY CAMP will tour together this spring. The “Adoration Tour” will kick off in Norfolk, Virginia on February 12th. and visit 34 cities through April 4th. including Detroit, Denver, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Atlanta, and Minneapolis. Tickets will go on sale for ALL shows on December 20th. in a “National On Sale Day” marketing campaign. For more info, visit www.newsboys.com or www.rsjames.com. <><
Youth speaker Ryan Dobson will join KUTLESS, THOUSAND FOOT CRUTCH, and FM STATIC this spring on the “X2004 Sea of Faces Tour.” Ryan is the son of author and radio commentator Dr. James Dobson who is founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization that produces an internationally syndicated radio program heard on over 6,000 radio stations in almost 120 countries.
According to the younger Dobson, he and Kutless want to partner with youth leaders to help change the lives of their youth. “The Kutless guys are awesome to be out there with--they are funny and a whole lot of fun to be around, but more importantly I see how much that God has anointed them and given them favor to take the platform that they are taking with the modern day culture!”, says Ryan. For tour dates, visit www.kutless.com or www.toothandnail.com. <><
CHRISTIAN MUSIC ARTIST BIRTHDAYS:
Mon., Dec. 15th. - Kristin Swinford (ZOEgirl) & Jason Upton
Tues., Dec. 16th. - Todd Bragg (Caedmon's Call), Jeremy Thiessen (downhere), Dave Muckel (Reality Check)
Thurs., Dec. 18th. - James “JJ” Jenkins (East West)
Sun., Dec. 21st. - Natalie Grant
UPCOMING ARK-LA-MISS CONCERTS:
12/21 - Dennis Swanberg--The Pentecostals of the Twin Cities, West Monroe, LA
12/29 - By The Tree--Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
12/30 – Newsboys--DeSoto Civic Center, Southaven, MS
1/11/04 - Audio Adrenaline & NewSong--Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS
1/15/04 - Everyday Sunday--Bowmar Baptist, Vicksburg, MS
1/26/04 - Louisiana Baptist Conference w/Charles Billingsley--First Baptist Church, Lafayette, LA
2/12/04 – MercyMe, Amy Grant, & Bebo Norman--CenturyTel Center, Shreveport, LA
2/27 & 2/28/04 - Women of Faith Conference w/Natalie Grant--CenturyTel Center, Shreveport, LA
2/28/04 - Gaither Homecoming Tour--Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS
3/20/04 – Selah--McClendon Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA
3/31/04 - FFH w/Big Daddy Weave--LA College, Pineville, LA (6:30 PM)
4/2/04 - Chris Tomlin--Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS
4/10/04 – Kutless, Thousand Foot Krutch, Ryan Dobson--Six Flags - New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
4/8/04 – Salvador--Pentecostal Campground Tabernacle, Tioga, LA
4/9/04 – Newsboys--Six Flags - New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (6:00 PM)
4/24/04 - Big Daddy Weave--Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS
4/30 & 05/01/04—Women's Conference w/ Tammy Trent--First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
5/15/04 – Bleach--Downtown Festival Plaza, Shreveport, LA
6/19/04 - Rebecca St. James & Casting Crowns--Timberwood Amphitheater (Magic Springs), Hot Springs, AR
7/17/04 – Selah--Southside Baptist Church, Stuttgart, AR
8/28/04 - Audio Adrenaline--First Bossier Church, Bossier City, LA (7:00 PM)
UPCOMING CHRISTIAN MUSIC & GOSPEL RELEASES:
12/16 - Maranatha! Worship Band--Our Sunday Best [Orange] (Maranatha!)
12/23 - Paul Baloche--Offering of Worship (CD, DVD/VHS) (Hosanna! Music/Integrity Music)
12/23 - Songs 4 Worship--Songs 4 Worship - Platinum (Integrity Music/Time Life Music)
12/23 - Songs 4 Worship--Songs 4 Worship - The UK Collection (Integrity Music/Time Life Music)
12/23 – Various--The Art of Praise (Integrity Gospel)
12/26 - Kids In The Way--Safe From The Losing Fight (Flicker Records)
12/26 – Various--Here I Am To Worship Kids (Worship Together)
12/26 – Various--Worship: In Christ Alone (ForeFront Records)
12/26 - Matthew West--Happy (Sparrow Records/Universal South)
12/26 – Zao--Legendary (Solid State Records)
1/6/04 - Maranatha!--That's Why We Praise Him: Songs of Celebration (Maranatha!)
1/13/04 – Tonéx--Out The Box (Verity Records)
1/27/04 - Bill & Gloria Gaither, T.D. Jakes, and Friends--Build A Bridge (CD & DVD) (Gaither Music Group)
1/27/04 - Bill & Gloria Gaither, T.D. Jakes, and Friends--We Will Stand (CD & DVD) (Gaither Music Group)
CHUCK’S CHUCKLES:
(This is the Cajun version of Clement C. Moore’s yuletide classic poem, “Twas the Night Before Christmas”)
Wuz de night befo' Chrisma, wit de moon big lak jumbo,
Us Cajuns was stirrin' a big pot o' gumbo.
Socks we sho got, but we don' got no shoes.
De cillern all cover good down on de flo',
Wit moss onderneat, so dey don' get so soe.
Mama at de chimney is roastin' de ham,
An boilin' de couboulliion, and bakin' de yam.
Wen out on de bayou, dey go such a clatter,
Man, it soun' lak Gros Boudreaux don fall off a ladder.
Ah run lak a rabbit to get to de do',
Trip on de dog and fall on de flo'.
As ah look out de do' in de light of de moon,
Ah tink, “Man, you crazy, or you goin' be soon!”
Cuz dere on de bayou, wen ah stretch mah neck stiff,
Ah see eight alligator, and dey pullin' a skiff.
Dem gator wuz swift, down de bayou dey came,
As' de driver he holla and call dem by name:
"Haw, Comeaux!, Haw Boudreaux!, Fontenont and Alcide!”
“Gee Phydeaux!, Gee Thibodeaux!, Alphonse and Pladide!”
To the top of de poch, to de top of de wall,
Crawl up dere, Alligator, and be so' you don' fall!"
Lak dat up de poch de alligator dey climb
With a skiff full of playtings and Sait Nicklas behin'.
Den on top ob de chimney ah hear a big "BAM!"
When Sait Nicklas he fall "sit-first" on de yam.
"Sacre Bleu," he say, "Ah bet my pants got a hole
Where ah set dem down on dem big red-hot coal!"
He wuz dress all in muskrat, from him head to him foot,
An' his clos' is all cover wit ashes and soot.
A sack full of playtings he t'row on his back,
He look lak a criminal, an' dat's fo' a fack!
His eye how dey chine, his dimple how merry!
His cheeck lak rad roses, his nose lak a cherry.
He have white hair on his chin, and a big fat belly
Dat shake wen he laff, lak de strawberry jelly.
A wink ob his eye an' a shake ob his han',
Ah gayrontee, ah lak dis fat man!
He don' do no talkin', an got rat to work,
Put playtings in socks and den turn wit a jerk.
He put bot' his han' on top ob his head,
He look at de chimney, and den he done said:
"Wif all dat dere fire, and dem red hot yam,
Ah don' go back up dat way again!"
So he run out de do' and clime on de roof,
He jump in his skiff, and he crack his big whip.
Man, dem alligator, dey MOVE, and dey do not slip!
An ah hear him holla as down de bayou he go,
"Merry Chrisma! Merry Chrisma!" till ah see him no mo'!
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