My Praise Cup Runneth Over!

This past weekend the youth group at my church was having a rummage sale. They are planning a youth retreat and trying to raise money to fund it. My family and I stopped by to see if there was anything interesting to buy. We found all kinds of good stuff at really great prices. I purchased several good Christian books. My son bought a Halls football helmet and he loves it! However, the best thing that I found in the sale was 2-coffee cups. I am a huge coffee drinker and always have my eye out for good cups. They have to be just the right size and thickness and be comfortable in my hand. It helps a lot if I like the looks of them too. So, anyways, like I said, I found 2 great coffee cups. The best part is that they have my favorite radio station's logo and add on the side of them!

Apparently the cups originally came from the Senior Conference that was held at Black Oak Heights Baptist Church this past year. Their logo is on one side and the Praise 96.3 and Senior Home Assistance is on the other. I am delighted to be sitting here right now posting this entry and sipping coffee out of my new favorite cup!

Praise 96.3 was started by legendary gospel music promoter and preacher, Rev. J. Bazzel Mull. Of course I grew up listening to the Mull's Singing Convention and attending their famous concerts here in Knoxville. You can read my tribute post to preacher Mull at this link. The death of preacher Mull was a very sad day for me. To find out more about Praise 96.3 WJBZ, just visit their website. If you want to hear the very best in Southern Gospel music, tune in to Mike in the Morning on FM 96.3 every weekday from 6:00 to 10:00. It will make your morning, especially at 9:00 when Mike plays the Golden Gospel Hour. You can guarantee I'll be sipping my morning coffee every day while tuned in.

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Tim Lovelace, a Golden Oldie?

Just a little bit of Knoxville related Southern Gospel trivia.

Yesterday in the Catoosa County News, there was an article about Southern Gospel singer, writer, and comedian, Tim Lovelace. Yeah, the same Tim from the musical/comic, husband and wife team of "Tim & Mary Alice Lovelace."

The article mentions that Tim wrote the Southern Gospel song, "Old Convention Song." Well, for those of you that listen to Mike Clark on Praise 96.3 WJBZ on weekday mornings, you will quickly recognize that this is the theme song to his "Golden Gospel Hour," which airs from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. I'm a quartet kind of guy, so this is my very favorite feature that airs.

From the article: "Among his favorite compositions is “My Favorite Place,” co-written with Rodney Griffin and recorded for Greater Vision while another is “Old Convention Song.”
He shared that it is used as a theme for the oldies show on J. Bazzel Mull’s Knoxville radio station.
“It is funny it is their theme,” he said. “I sat there listening to the Speer Family and the Blackwoods and I thought to myself. I know I am becoming an old writer when a song I’ve written is the theme for the oldies show.” "

This was a really neat article. I would love to see more of these types of posts in our local newspapers.

To read the entire article, click HERE.

For more information about Tim Lovelace, click HERE.

For more information about Praise 96.3 WJBZ, click HERE.

For J. Bazzel Mull's biography, click HERE.

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