■* ; • • ♦ > ♦ **< * ♦ < * > »i» » * * ♦ W' ♦ w^r < •* P age B7 All O ut There can be no more apt description o f The W inans’ m usical g ifts. Giving their all, m ak ing it m atter, tak in g it to the limit , the First Fam ily o f Am eri can music never does anything half way. All o f which m akes the title o f the G ram m y-winning group ’ s elec trifying new Q w est Records re lease so fitting. On All Out The W inans do w hat com es naturally, fashioning a sound that reaches past borders and boundaries, ex ceeding our expectations and cre ating, in the process, a whole new standard o f excellence and sheer excitement. Irre sistib le p o p , streetw ise soul, rap, rock and even c o u n try - on All O ut, the brothers, M arvin, Carvin, M ichael and Ronald, have put the pedal to the metal on a collection o f original songs that mix their gospel m essage with some o f the freshest m usic o f their ca reer. Simply put, on All O ut, The W inans deliver. Ably assisting the brothers is an all-star line-up o f A-list o f pro ducers and artists. Aside from M arvin and C arvin, All Out boasts production by the u ltra-hot R. K e lly , G e ra ld L e v e rt, S te v e Buckingham, M ichael J. Powell and Vincent Herbert. The Album The Winans: (Left to right) Marvin, Carvin, Micheál, and Ronald also includes a contribution by the legendary Johnny Mandel on the moving “H e Said G o.” E qually im pressive are the guest vocalists who grace some key track s on All O ut. Lalah H athaw ay is featured on the cut, “ It’s N ot H eaven,” while Kenny Loggins is heard on “Love Will Never Die.” Country' great Ricky Van Shelton lends his talents to “ If He D oesn’t Come Tonight” while family member BeBe W in ans o f BeBe & CeCe fame steps in for backing vocals on the above mentioned, “He Said Go." T he ex u b e ran t new single “ P ayday,” featuring the above mentioned R. Kelley, All Out is the latest and greatest chapter in the unfolding saga o f a group who never settles for anything less than the best. Dedication, devotion, and de term ination have, in fact, been cor nerstones in The W inans' success story from the beginning. Bom and raised in Detroit, Michigan, they served their musical apprentice ships in the local church. The groups’ recording career began in 1981 with the album Introducing: The W inans, then, A Long Time Coming, and two years later by Tom orrow which garnered the first o f an amazing four Grammies for the group. Signed to Qwest Records in 1986, The W inans’ major label debut, Let M y People Go was another gospel Grammy winner, as was its follow-up. Decisions, which featured the track, “A in't No Need To W orry,” the first o f the W inans’ cross-over hits and th e ir fo u rth G ram m y -g rab b er. The brothers’ sizzling live show was captured on the 1988 concert a lb u m . T h e W in an s L ive A t Carnegie Hall, while a year later the group topped ch arts again with their version o f “Lean On M e” from the hit film o f the same name. In 1990, The W inans took a giant step forw ard with Return, an album that expanded their gospel base with dazzling forays into pop, R& B and rap. The sm ash single. “It’s Time” was part o f a package that included guest perform ances by Teddy Riley, Stevie W onder and Kenny G. A breakthrough album in ev ery sense o f the work, R eturn was followed by an extensive round o f international touring, both as a group and as part o f the historic 1992 W inans One family W orld Tour. With a concert itinerary that spanned the globe, the One Family W orld Tour brought together on stage all twelve members o f the W inans clan, including Mom and P op W in an s, B eB e & C eC e W inans, Daniel, Angie and Debbie W inans and, o f course, the broth ers best known sim ply as The Winans. It was in-between tounng stints that the group began putting to gether new material for a follow up to the smash Return. W ith a recording strategy' that included re cruiting the best producing and performing names on the scene, The Winans recorded tracks in vari ous locales throughout 1992, bring ing together an awesome inventory o f top-notch talent. The result is All O ut, an album that defines all the essential ingre dients o f The W inans' winning sound: creativity, versatility and, above all, a commitment to excel lence that never fades. Taking The Cross Out Of The Church . . - - ~ _____ abomination before God). These women were fair of face-yet, some had altered their appearance to make themselves seem and look hard. There was open kissing in public places and restaurants and clubs. There was a couple that had been married and they wanted children added to their union. For this phase of life, a man is needed. This couple chosen artificial insemination and a beautiful baby boy was bom. I said, “How ironic!” The other women, of the two, said that she would then have her child using semen from the same donor so that the children w ould have like features and the same father I, personally, was perplexed by the entire scenario; because, if you are put-out with being a woman, why would you want to have a child? My elders would say, “Sugah, you want to have your cake and eat it too. The best of both w orlds.” One woman said that hav ing a child was fulfilling the primary func tions of a woman’s body. Well? So is having a husband. Two women can by Mattie Ann Callier-Spears In the world, man has standards that he has set for himself; and in these standards, man has, deliber ately, forgotten to include God. All that one has to do is to listen to the news on television and radio and read the newspapers and maga zines. There—you w ill hear and see that m an's standards, for life, have changed drastically. Such as: chil dren divorcing their parents, separa tion of church and state, fraud, sex and violence among the brethren, homosexuality, drug laws, legally helping a person to commit suicide, sex in the schools among the teachers and students-and more. One day I watched this docu mentary that found an entire city that was i nhabited by homosexual women. They owned and/or headed many key companies and/or businesses. They were doctors, the teachers, the city board members, the lawyers, the store keepers, your next door neighbor and pastor. They had their own church that performed marriages between the same sex (even though this is an . l . J XT '.!_____ a_______ not produce a child. Neither can two men. The same God that wiped-out Sodom and Gomorrah is the same God that rules and super-rules—to day There was a purpose to God’s creation of Adam and Eve so that propagation could take place. He did not create Sam and Steve or Anna and Eva—because his words. “Be fruitful and multiply...”, would have all been a horrible joke. That’s like telling a fish to go and hatch an elephant or telling a mouse to give birth to a grizzly bear. Everything has its order and its place. The interviewer asked a woman, who seemed to be the wife of the couple, had she thought on how this unusual marriage may impact her child. Her response was, “I hope that he will love us as we will love him. And that he will not be ashamed of us.” Then the question was asked, "What will you tell him when he asks about his father? And how do you think your different lifestyle will af fect him when he enters school and his peers begin to ask questions?" She 1_____ lowered I her head and her eyes before responding; and then, the women looked at each other as if they were searching for a common response. The female, who had the baby and had had a big baby show er which was attended by other women of the same mind, said, “We will tell him that we are his parents. We will give him much love, and-w e can only hope and pray that he will be proud of us as parents.” I thought to myself, as I sat watch ing this program. "These people can't really think that God approves of this? They just can't!” This reminded me of a true story from a pastor-friend He said that a couple came to his office for counsel ing. The man was married and he and his fami ly went to this pastor' s church They came to the pastor because they loved each other so much that they felt that God should bless them in their sinful acts They even said that they hold hands and pray before hav ing sex. Well! The pastor dismissed Continued on page 8 L IG H T H O U S E F U N E R A L D -I C T O R S CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 8138 N. Hudson, Portland, OR 97203 Elder Moore, Pastor CHURCH 3 9 0 8 NE OF C H R IS T V E N U E M A L L O R Y Evangelist Gregory Fobbs SUNDAY SCHEDULE Bible Study 9:30 am M orning W orship 10:45 am Men's Training Leadership Women's Bible Class 5:00 pm Evening W orship 6:00 pm Attended nursery for all services Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study 7:00 pm 288-1092 Restoring New Testament Christianity JBL ^ttaul jHitssionarg ^Baptist (Cburrh 8101 N. Fiske Avenue • Portland Oregon 97203 Church Phone: 289-0147 Study Phone: 289-1 911 Sunday Service 1 0 :4 5 Family Owned and Operated Since 1954 Serving the City of Portlandfor over 37 y r t i n your hour o f need Vann & Vann are there to serve, 503/281-2836 . 5211 N. Williams Portland, OR 97217 The Church With Determination Determined To Stand. Hold On To God's Hand And Win All The Souls We Possibly Can ‘‘Come Unto Me All Ye That Labor And Are Heavy Laden, And I Will Give You Rest. 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