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New App Taking Christian Music To Another Level
Independence Day Holiday Garbage Collection
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
The app, developed by a local couple, is reach- ing listeners from around the world.
For more than 30 years, Willie Weems has been an enthusiast about Christian music.
Over the years, he has used his passion to share the Word of God through music. He has opened music shops to distribute music, and sold sheet music, tapes, CDs and albums, yes albums, out of his employment and profes- sional businesses – from being a skycap to opening a school of cosmetology to his current security business.
Fast forward. Today, Weems and his wife, Wilma have developed a Christian music app, Joy
Cometh 24hr Gospel, Inc. Having become entrenched in the work of the Lord at his church, Center For Manifes- tation, Weems had stepped away from the work he had been doing with Christian music. He had previously hosted a radio show and started a music event at his
church.
“One of the ministers in
my church (Pastor Vincent Shannon) said, ‘hey man, when are we going to do this again?’ I told him I had to talk with God about it.”
When he inquired, God gave him the name, Joy Cometh. “I told the Lord, I had no name and no money.”
Weems went on to reflect on the turbulent times he and his wife had endured. In 2013, he was diagnosed with Colon Cancer. During this time, the radio broadcast died.
WILMA AND WILLIE WEEMS ...Joy Cometh 24hr Radio app
StreamLicensing.com says Joy Cometh 24hr Radio has been heard all over the world, from Hungary to Ger- many, with Christian Rap reaching more countries.
Since its inception in Feb- ruary, the company has re- ceived 3 awards from The Stardome Digital/StreamLi- censing Team.
1.) Your app "Joy Cometh Gospel" has been nominated for the prestigious GMASA App Awards 2017 (winner to be announced next month).
2.) Your station (Joy Cometh 24hr Gospel) has been selected from our Di- rectory to be a Featured Sta- tion in your Religious genre.'
3.) Your station (Joy Cometh 24hr Gospel) has been selected from our Di- rectory to be a Featured Sta- tion in your Inspirational genre'.
In 2015, his wife, Wilma, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. But, he says the Lord told him she’d be fine. Now, he and his wife work to leave a legacy for their 4 adult chil- dren and their children.
Their 4 children are a part of the Joy Cometh staff.
The Christian app has 8 categories of music – from Christian Rap to Oldies But Goodies. From April 6th to June 6th,
City of Tampa offices will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in observance of the In- dependence Day holiday. As a result, customers scheduled for collection service or, need- ing access to the McKay Bay Transfer Station on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 will be affected.
The revised holiday collec- tion schedule is as follows:
Residential accounts: There will be no collection on Tues- day, July 4, 2017. Normal garbage service will resume on the next scheduled service day (Friday, July 7, 2017).
Recycling and yard waste
collection will resume on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.
McKay Bay Transfer Station and Scale House will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 and will re-open on Wednesday, July 5, 2017.
There will be no SWEEP service the week of July 4, 2017. Normal SWEEP sched- ule will resume on Monday, July 10, 2017.
For additional questions or concerns, please call the City of Tampa Utilities Consoli- dated Call Center at (813) 274- 8811, or visit our website at www.tampagov.net/solid- waste.
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