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the weekend of May 10th & 11th, 2008: |
Our Featured Artists on this program were the Bates Family from
Winchester, Virginia, including brothers Tim, his wife, LaDonna,
and Tim's brother, Tony, seen in the photo at right when they
visited our studios for their interview. If you ever get a chance to
visit with these folks, please do. I've described them as a "miracle family,"
because each of them (as you heard on the program) has a story of a miracle
healing that they've personally experienced. To see and hear Tony playing
the piano (although he was born with malformed fingers), to hear Tim singing
(although doctors said he could never do that after a gunshot accident) and
to hear LaDonna talk about her healthy child (which doctors urged her to
abort) bears testimony of God at work in their lives. More information about
them can be found online at
www.thebatesfamilyministries.com.
(Photo credit: Jason Heil.)
The Bates Family's CD featured on this program, "This Place,"
is available from our mailorder service, Springside. You can order easily
from our webstore by
clicking
on this link to go directly to this item. (Orders over $40 in the USA
qualify for free shipping.)
This program was our annual "Salute to Moms," coming as it does on
or about the time of the Mother's Day observance in both the USA and Canada.
It was great to hear from several moms on the program (who are also artists)
with their thoughts on mothering, thoughts about their children and fond
remembrances of childhood. Some versions of this program included a song
Squire Parsons wrote to honor his mother, Maysel McCune Parsons. The
chorus says what all of us with godly mothers could say:
Mother, thank you for praying
Thank you for staying
Down on your knees
Till God heard your pleas.
Thank you for caring
Thank you for sharing
All my burdens, my failures
And my victories.
And the second verse is a prayer:
I ask the Lord to bless you and keep you
All of the days that you have down here
And when you go to heaven
Where crowns will be given
God will bless you for every tear.
(Words & music by Squire Parsons,
Jr., ©2002 Safe Passage Music, BMI. Used by permission.)
On the Headline Update I mentioned the Gospel Music Trust Fund,
an organiation which has, over the years, provided essential assistance to
many Gospel music artists who have suffered catastrophic medical expenses.
More information about how you can help, or information about applying for
assistance (if qualified), can be found online at
www.gospelmusictrustfund.org.
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