What Topeka church did Jaci Velasquez sing at on Easter?
Just as the responsibility of wedding planning falls to the mother of the bride, much of the planning for the upcoming Southern Baptist Ministers’ Wives luncheon is in the hands of Tampa’s Ginny Whitten. As president of the organization, she and her fellow officers are in the final stages of preparing for 1,500 guests June 21 at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville. Ginny Whitten, wife of Idlewild Baptist Church pastor Ken Whitten, planned her daughter Tara’s wedding four years ago, and she finds herself in a similar whirlwind of details in preparation for the ministers’ wives’ luncheon. “I wake up every morning and think ‘What do I have to do today’?” she told Florida Baptist Witness. “It is challenging and a lot of work.” While the annual luncheon, held during the Southern Baptist Convention each June, has grown from 200-400 only 15 years ago to 1,500 this year, funds budgeted for the event remain the same—zero. Just as in wedding preparations, keeping the event’s cost to a minimum is
Wanamaker Woods Church of the Nazarene had a very special celebration today. Nationally-acclaimed Christian singer Jaci Velasquez gave a concert there this evening. The singer was in town solely to celebrate Easter with the Topeka community. She flew in last night and will fly back home to Memphis, Tennessee tomorrow morning. As one of the most successful and beloved Christian contemporary artists, Jaci Velasquez has performed for audiences worldwide. But tonight, her audience consisted solely of Topeka residents. “The people here have been fantastic. I feel great, honored they invited me here,” Velasquez said. The five-time Grammy nominee was invited by the church to bring something special to their annual Easter service. “We wanted to pull something special together this year that would bless our people and be open to the community, not just the church, and we decided to have a concert in the evening,” said Robert Brooks, the music minister at the Wanamaker Woods Church. Earlier this
Wanamaker Woods Church of the Nazarene had a very special celebration today. Nationally-acclaimed Christian singer Jaci Velasquez gave a concert there this evening. The singer was in town solely to celebrate Easter with the Topeka community. She flew in last night and will fly back home to Memphis, Tennessee tomorrow morning. As one of the most successful and beloved Christian contemporary artists, Jaci Velasquez has performed for audiences worldwide. But tonight, her audience consisted solely of Topeka residents. Sources: http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/42887272.
