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Join us for Deitrick Haddon’s A Beautiful Soul Experience Fan Appreciation Tour, Monday, April 16, 2012 @ 7 P.M. (Doors Open at 6:30 P.M.). Hosted by: WGRB 1390AM. FREE ADMISSION! Venue: Fellowship Chicago, 4543 S. Princeton Ave., Chicago, IL 60609. For more info visit www.abeautifulsoulmovie.com.

Admission is Free. Saturday, June 25th from 11AM to 3PM at the DuSable Museum of African-American History, 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL

You pour out and give of yourself, week after week. Now it’s time to receive. It’s time to laugh, grow, meet new friends and sharpen your skills as we experience three days of intense training in instrument/vocal training, audio, dance and ministry training.

Chicago , IL—Dexter Walker and Zion Movement an anointed, energetic and well disciplined aggregation of singers are determined to bring the choir back by ministering a diverse repertoire of gospel music: from traditional to contemporary works. With their over half a million YouTube views, they are indeed an asset to kingdom building.

Chicago salutes history, commitment, community, and legacy…Roberts Temple 95th Anniversary Kick-Off:  “Crossing Denominational Lines and Embracing 95 Years of Service,” May 16, 2011, 7:30PM.

Pastor Eugene Fears, Jr. Presents Redeem Voices of Victory featuring Evangelist Chrysann Moore LIVE in Concert. Saturday, April 30th, at 7:30PM, at Redeem C.O.G.I.C.

5th Jurisdiction of Illinois - West Music Department presents their 8th Annual Music Conference, April 29-30, 2011. Theme: This is Just The Beginning! - 2 Corinthians 5:17. Convening in Kankakee, IL. Special Guest: Pastor DeAndre Patterson, Pastor of Destiny Worship Center, Chicago, IL.

Edwin & Walter Hawkins Music & Arts Love Fellowship Conference Chicago Chapter presents An Evening of Praise Sat., April 16, 2011

The Common Ground Foundation founded by “Common,” Grammy winner, actor and activist held its first Gala on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Intercontinental Hotel Ballroom in Chicago. The Foundation honored “Women In Leadership.” Dr. Maya Angelou, Keke Palmer, Sherri Shepherd, and Dee Robinson Reid were award recipients. “READ MORE” for exclusive photos of this star-studded event from ChicagoGospel.com’s Wanda Ewing. (Pictured: Common and Wanda Ewing)

Something BIG!! The Experience with Mary Mary Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the International House at University of Chicago, 1414 East 59th St., Chicago, IL. Tickets $20. Doors open at 6:30 PM.  Event begins at 7:00 PM.

Pastor Henry O. Hardy and the Cosmopolitan Community Church Family invite you to their United Good Friday Service, “Remembering the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross,” Friday, April 22nd, 2011 @ 12:00 PM. Rev. Clay Evans, Chief Celebrant and Rev. Gregory Macon, Moderator. Also, join CCC for a very special: Dynamic Living Worship Service, “The Lord’s Day Celebration 2011,” Sunday, April 24th @ 10:30 AM.

Evangel World Outreach Center presents Spiritual Emphasis Week 2011 “The Year of Increase,” April 3-10, 2011.

Loleatta Holloway’s manager, Ron Richardson, reports that Holloway, a former member of The Holloway Community Singers and The Caravans died of heart failure Monday, March 21, 2011, at a suburban Chicago hospital. She was 64.

Cornerstone Christian Center’s Music Ministry presents: “Refresh!...A time of refreshing for those in the music ministry,” with Aaron Lindsey (Grammy Award winning producer, songwriter, & facilitator of Musician’s Connection). Sat., Mar. 26, 9:30AM to 3:30PM. Registration: $20. Cornerstone Christian Center, 2919 Chicago Rd., South Chicago Heights, IL 60411. Call 708.756.3358 to reserve your seat.

The Corinthian Temple Radio Choir in Spring Concert 2011, “A New Season of Refreshing.” Sun., March 27, 2011, 4:30PM, at the Corinthian Temple C.O.G.I.C., 4520 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL. Musical guests: The Voices of Greater St. John, The Turner Sisters, One 4 Christ. Adrienne R. McGowan, Minister of Music; Superintendent David Todd Whittley, Pastor.

Chicago Mass Choir 12th Annual Spring Concert “Barriers Removed…Now Let’s Praise Him!” Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7PM. Doors open at 6PM. $15 (one admission). Sweet Holy Spirit Church, 8621 S. South Chicago Avenue. Bishop Larry D. Trotter, host pastor. Chicago Mass Choir will give a donation to the American Red Cross “Haiti Relief Fund.”

Glory Cathedral Ministries Church of God in Christ celebrates the Installation of Elder Kenneth Lockhart. Installation Celebration Weekend Friday, March 25, 2011, 7:30PM.

Chicago, IL - Chicago-based film company, Dreams On Screen, will be casting extras to shoot a huge Christian club scene Saturday, March 26th, 2011 from 5PM-9PM at Will County Boxing Gym at 557 N. Scott St in Joliet, IL, for its forthcoming sophomore film, DREAMS.

The Experience with Kirk Franklin Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S.  King Drive, Chicago IL. Tickets $20. Doors open at 6:30 PM; event begins at 7:00 PM.

By: Karen Hunt-Barker (Photos courtesty of Karen Hunt-Barker, Hatten Young, and Rick Lee - All Rights Reserved)

The gospel legacy continues, as Keirra Sheard, her brother, J Drew Sheard II (JDS), and her choir, Bold Right Life (BRL) rocked the Harold Washington Cultural Center February 28, 2011. Talent runs deep in the Sheard family as Kierra provides the soaring vocals and JDS is the producer and drummer for the new CD, entitled “FREE.”

Sweet Holy Spirit presents Bishop Larry D. Trotter in his Annual Birthday Musical, Sunday, March 20, 2011, at 5:30PM. Sweet Holy Spirit Church, 8621 South Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60617. For more info call 773.721.6178. Admission Free.

Sweet Holy Spirit Music Ministry Presents “Beyond the Veil” Praise and Worship Workshop. Special guest speakers: Phillip Tarver, Bishop Larry D. Trotter and Kim Chere’.

Appreciation Musical For Bishop Paul J. Hall. Guests To Appear: Ramon Perry and Ministry & Praise; Lady LaVaraga Hubbard; and Tru Worship. Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 7PM at Christ Universal Pentecostal Church of Holiness in Christ, 10410 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL.

Deacon Sammie Sutton & The Mississippi Delta Youth Foundation presents… The 1st Friday Night Praise Party - Youth Explosion. Friday, March 4, 2011, 7PM-9PM. Featuring Rev. Dr. Samuel L. Douglas, Nu Vision, Deacon James Crawford & The Voices of Wisdom, and back by popular demand, The Hoskins Family. All seats are free…and everyone is invited!

Lady Lori Campbell & St. James Ministries C.O.G.I.C. presents “A Man Worthy of Double Honor” - Celebrating Dr. W. J. Campbell. Monday, March 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM. Featuring Micah Stampley, Lady Monique Walker, Vashawn Mitchell, Tina Watson, Jonathan McReynolds.