National Gospel Music Month Proclaimed
WASHINGTON, June 18 /Christian Newswire/ — The Gospel Music Channel television network has joined with Senator Blanche L. Lincoln (D-Ark.), Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), and The Recording Academy® to launch the “Gospel Music Heritage Month” initiative. The legislation in the House of Representatives (H.Con. Res. 370) and the Senate (S. Res. 595) designates September 2008 as “Gospel Music Heritage Month,” honoring gospel music for its valuable long-standing contributions to American culture. The initiative was created by the Gospel Music Channel, the country’s first and only 24/7 television network devoted to all forms of Gospel/Christian music. The initiative was publicly unveiled at The Recording Academy’s GRAMMY®s on the Hill event at the U.S. Capitol on June 18.
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God’s Glamorous Girls Women’s Conference
The “God’s Glamorous Girls” Women’s Conference comes to the Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC June 18-20. The theme is “Strength and honor are her clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come,” found in Proverbs 31:25. Hosted by Dr. Dee Dee Freeman, guest speakers include Carol Rowe, Cheryl Price Christine Caine, Dr. Stacia Pierce and Cynthia Brazelton. There will be “teen speakers” as well as a pastors and pastors’ wives luncheon on Friday, June 20.
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