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All About You!
Hymn Of The Week BY CARLTON BURGESS
Yes, God Is Real
MARTIN & MORRIS GOSPELODIUMS
Birthday Celebrants
Happy March birthday to all those celebrating this month.
Lavyonne Culbreath 3/15, Ernestine Best 3/18, Nettie Jones 3/19, Jeanette Bradley 3/20, Alice Temple 3/20, Dorothy West 3/23, Erma Philon 3/25 and Wanda DeBose 3/28.
Special birthday shout out to Ms. Sallie Holmes, long time Progress Village resident, who celebrated 93 years of life on 3/10.
Happy belated birthday to Katie McNish.
Sick And Shut-Ins
Lifting up our fellow Vil- lagers and friends in prayer: Mary Hobley, Mercy Johnson, Johnnie Mae Garner, Keith Ennis, Marion Washington, Lydia McNeal, Nathaniel Scott, Ernestine Turner, Stanley Turner, Ernest Kitchen, Irene Keaton (Brandon Rehab) , Odessa and Charles Roberts, and Bertha Kemp.
Expressions Of Sympathy
Please pray for Tayanna Richardson and family during this time of bereave- ment in the passing of Mr. Henry L. Marr, Jr.
“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
Happy Anniversary
Alfred and Yvonne Sheppard are celebrating 29 years of marriage.
Clothes And More
Every 3rd Saturday of the month clothes and more are given FREE by First Baptist Church of Progress Village. Location: Bowers/Simmons Park (little park) under the Pavilion located on 86th St. between FBCOPV and St. James A. M. E. Church.
Attention!!!
Looking for Senior Citi- zens (65 and older) that for- merly lived in Central Park Village (CPV). Please join us
on the third Saturday of each month. We need your input on plans for a CPV reunion.
The next meeting is on Saturday, March 18, 2017, 2 p. m. at the Open Café, 3222 N. 34th St., Tampa. For more information contact: Doris DeVard 813-406-1206, Charles Thornton 813- 888-9754, Clayton Ander- son 813-239-4056 or Maurice Tucker 813-541- 7371.
My Brothers 2 Keep Ministry
To have free greeting cards and Bibles mailed to Florida inmates, send re- quest to: My Brothers 2 Keep Ministry, P. O. Box 89174, Tampa, FL 33689.
Progress Village Civic Council Community Meeting
Come out and share your thoughts and concerns at our next community meeting Monday, March 20th, 7 p. m. at the Emanuel P. Johnson Gymnasium, 5855 S. 78th St. Topic: Mosaic Gypsum Stack Air Monitoring Study Update.
Save The Date
Spring Concert, Saturday, April8that6p.m.,atSt. James A. M. E. Church spon- sored by the Progress Village Civic Council.
FYI
Call and share your excit- ing news (Birthdays, An- niversaries, Special Events, Reunions, etc.) for Progress Village and surrounding areas to Linda Washing- ton, (813) 741-3604.
Kenneth Morris was playing piano with his profes- sional jazz band in Chicago in the early 30’s when he be- came ill. While on the mend there, he met Sallie Martin at the historic First Church of Deliverance, where she di- rected the choir. Who knew that this introduction would lead to the founding of the highly successful Black music publishing company known as Martin & Morris.
It was through this com- pany he would compose and publish the ground breaking gospel hymn, Yes, God Is Real in 1944:
There are some things I may not know
There are some places I can't go
But I'm sure
Of this one thing
That God is real For I can feel Him deep within
Though written over sev- enty years ago, the lyrics re- main relevant and can be heard in churches around the world. It has been recorded by many iconic singers like Mahalia Jackson, Sandi Patti, and Al Green.
Martin and Morris soon became the leading gospel music publishing company in history and operated from the 1940’s through the 1990’s.
Join Carlton Burgess and other hymn enthusiasts for the 5th Hymn Lovers Con- ference at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Tampa Bay on April 20th-22nd. For more information, call 813-313- 0489.
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