Jobless for nearly a year, Michael Rivers was about to walk out of his house a few weeks ago to catch the bus for another daylong employment hunt when a radio announcement stopped him.
With Ludacris at her side, single mom Joya Montgomery, 26, proudly displays keys to her car Sunday.
“This is Ludacris, and I’m giving away 20 free cars. …”
The famous rapper was pulling an Oprah in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.
The rapper announced that if listeners were able to pay the taxes, registration, tags and insurance, they should go to his nonprofit Ludacris Foundation Web site and write 300 words about why they deserved new wheels.
“And make it good,” Luda warned.
Four thousand people took him up on his challenge, and in a few days, more than 2,000 essays poured into the Nissan South dealership in Morrow, Georgia, that had teamed with the rapper on the used-car giveaway.
Beyonce was honored by the Miami Children’s Hospital at the 2008 Diamond Ball And Private Concert.
Beyonce thrilled patients at a cancer ward in Singapore. The R&B superstar visited the National University Hospital and sang an acoustic version of her hit Halo. Beyonce said: “We came here to do a little performance and I brought some members of my band.” Beyonce’s hospital visit was followed by a trip to the track with the children as Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One, and Christina Ong, patron of Singapore’s Children’s Cancer Foundation, invited the kids to the paddock. A spokesman from the Children’s Cancer Foundation said the children had “the best day of their lives.” The ward invited a few previous patients and a lot of current patients and their family to see her. She even signed a few autographs and went to talk to a few of the patients in the ward.
A You Tuber who filmed the video below says “There were a lot of people singing along and screaming, it was so funny! The doctors and nurses I think were the most excited. There were a few people who even stood on the counters. LOL.”
American Gospel artist Kirk Franklin tweeted as he was caught up in riots in Kampala, Uganda! Fri, Sep 10, 2009
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KIRK FRANKLIN, an American gospel singer and author, was yesterday caught up in the Kampala city riot on his way from the Vice-President, Gilbert Bukenya’s home in Kakiri, Wakiso district.
The riot, which started at around mid-day with civilians battling security operatives, arose from rumours that Buganda Kingdom premier Eng. John Baptist Walusimbi had been arrested on his way to Kayunga.
Franklin had just paid Bukenya a courtesy call, ahead of his show at Nakivubo Stadium today. His team from the US has about 100 people.
Witnesses said by the time Franklin got to Nansana, a city suburb, the road to Kampala had been cut off with logs and the rioters were pelting motorists with stones.
With him were an American pastor, John Petton, and several other Ugandan pastors.
The fleet was forced to seek refuge at Nansana Police Station. By press time, the group was still at the station under tight security.
Hillsong Conference Europe 2009
7th – 10th October Excel, London, United Kingdom
The Hillsong Conference is a gathering of “the generations”
Men, women and youth, whose passion is to make known and famous the God of their Salvation, and effectively communicate His Gospel to a searching, lost and dying humanity.
The days ahead belong to all of us, and as we faithfully gather again for the 2009 Hillsong Conference experience, God will add to us again through the strength and anointing of some of the world’s most innovative and successful leaders.
As many will testify, the Hillsong Conference platform exists to multiply, strengthen and champion what God is doing in your own individual life. Psalm Ninety exhorts us to number our days. Philippians One encourages that He who began a good work in us, is well able to complete it. Let’s respond and allow God to equip us again and again with hearts of wisdom and Godly tenacity, to accomplish all He has purposed across this planet called Earth.
New horizons and new opportunities demand fresh approach. We as a team have already strategised 2009 and are shaping a new, innovative and anointed conference that will, by God’s Grace serve you, your family, your community and nation better.
We love and believe in you. To God alone be the glory.
For Naturally 7, the turning point came in the fall of 2007. From quiet success in Europe they have been propelled onto the world stage, performing before more than a million people.
We came across an amazing interview on www.bellaonline.com. He did an interview with Candace Walker, BellaOnline’s Gospel Editor. She wrote…
Letting go is something that Woods knows all too well as he had to do exactly that in order to overcome what could have been a death sentence. Woods was diagnosed with the HIV virus years ago and by “letting go” and turning towards God he states he received a miracle and is now HIV free.
I caught up with this very personable and warm young man recently to talk about everything…his new project, the battle and victory over the HIV virus and the rumors about his lifestyle and just how he contracted the virus.
