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On October 12, Amy Grant,Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns,MercyMe, Natalie Grant, KirkFranklin, Point of Grace, FiskJubilee Singers and The BoothBrothers will headline a “Concert ofthe Decade”benefit for the GospelMusic Association.

A $1000 per ticket fundraiserconcert for the Gospel MusicAssociation for those attending theevent at the Loveless Café & Barnin Nashville.

However, there will be no chargefor the world-wide live stream,although fans will need to reserve aticket atwww.ConcertoftheDecade.com. ;Although attending the concert

online is free, tax-deductibledonations to the GMA Foundation,a 501(c)3 corporation (Fed ID 62-0783972) will be encouraged duringthe broadcast. The artists involvedas well as the websites have alldonated their time and expenses tosupport the GMA Foundation.

"This will be a concert that willappeal to Christian music fansacross the globe," says EddieDeGarmo, President, EMI CMGPublishing and member of the GMAExecutive Committee. "I can'tremember another occasion whenso many marquee artists appearedon the same stage together."

Godbeat.com, HearItFirst.comand 316Networks.com, in supportof the Gospel Music Association(GMA), have agreed to offer a liveweb broadcast of the October 12concert event. The collaborationbetween these two websites and316Networks.com, a video platformprovider, will create the largestChristian concert ever streamedexclusively online, according to thewebsite executives.

Kirk Franklin—One of ManyHeadliners atGMAConcert

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MARVIN SAPP To RecordFifth CDLive In GrandRapids October 16

Event will be Streamed LIVE atwww.verityrecords.comMarvin Sapp is set to record the follow-upto his runaway hit Thirsty, and fans aroundthe world are invited to the concert as it isstreamed live over the web atwww.verityrecords.com. Fans are invitedto take part in the recording through a livestream, which will begin with an exclusivepre-show at 6:30 p.m. EST.

Pastor DonnieMcClurkin Launches NEWlabel—CAMDONRecordsTonight at the Allen AMECathedral,at 6:30 pm, Pastor DonnieMcClurkin will add another file to hisportfolio with the launch of his newrecording company, CAMDON(MAC spelled backwards, DON--short for Donnie).

Tonights recording will feature a20-year reunion of the New YorkRestoration Choir--the entity withwhich Pastor Donnie launched hisnational recording career.

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The President said, "nobody inAmerica should be fired because they'regay, despite doing a great job andmeeting their responsibilities. It's not fair,it's not right. We're going to put a stop toit. And it's for this reason if any of mynominees are attacked not for what theybelieve but for who they are, I will notwaver in my support because I will notwaver in my commitment to endingdiscrimination in all its forms.

"Do not doubt [thats] the direction weare headed and the destination we willreach," President Obama said. "We havemade progress, and we will make more."

President Obama tells gays..“I’m Here with You...”

"I'm here with a simple message: I'm here with you in thatfight," President Obama told roughly 3,000 attendees of a gay-rights $250-a-seat black-tie fundraising dinner this pastSaturday at the Washington Convention Center. "For even as weface extraordinary challenges as a nation, we cannot and we willnot put aside issues of basic equality."

Although the comments were positiveand favorable, many in the crowdcriticized the President saying that theydhoped that he would follow through on hispromise to end the ban on gays andlesbians serving openly in the military.

Some admitted that they werefrustrated that Obama hadn't done morefor them already, especially on the "don'task, don't tell" ban. Ending the ban wasone of his campaign promises last year.

"I have hopes Obama will do it, for thepeople who want to serve," said NellBarnes, one of hundreds of same-sexmarriage advocates who marched acrossthe Golden Gate Bridge Sunday morning.Like others, she showed some impatiencethat Obama hadn't acted already.

"It's interesting to me that a man whocomes from an oppressed race doesn'tjust do it, with a swipe of a pen," saidBarnes, 43, of Fresno.

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Dr. Lance Watson,Senior Pastor at St. PaulsBaptist Church (Richmond,VA) will present “Fire onFridays.”

The list of guest speakersincludes top pastors fromacross the country,including:

November 6 - Dr. Frederick Haynes

November 13 - Pastor R.A. Vernon

November 20 - Bishop Rudolph

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November 27 - Bishop Kenneth Ulmer

December 4 - Pastor Sheryl Brady

December 11- Bishop Noel Jones

December 18 - Pastor E. Dewey Smith

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