Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 16

i I 6 Friday August 27 2004 LIVING wwwsunheraldcom Briefs Continued from B-3 WQFX urban gospel PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN PTZHUGHTHE SUN HERALD Patrick Bassy program director of WQFX radio In Biloxi WQFX-1130 AM is the little guy on the local Christian radio block and is on air from 6 am to 8 pm seven days a week with urban gospel a mixture of traditional and contemporary gospel not to be confused with inner city rap and such WQFX first went on air in 1990 and now features a wide range of gospel styles have a fulltime gospel radio station here that featured music more germane to people of said Bishop James Black an ordained minister who uses the tide for The radio station is near his non-denominational Biloxi church Faith Tabernacle of Praise on Rodenberg Avenue and he created the Walking By Faith Ministries to oversee the station WQFX began as a sister station to 96i7 a combined FM and AM station But WQFX eventually broke out on its own in the AM format It is a commercial station and most of the advertisers are churches reach out for others but have a lot of success because of high competition for the advertising he said take what we can get to keep the lights on We run WQFX on faith" BiloxKGulfjport area by providing support to Bay Vista Baptist Church outreach ministry to the local firefighters After Sept 11 Bay Vista began this ministry through the preparation and delivery of meals and gift packages containing such items as food free meals movie passes automotive maintenance and gifts Bay Vista is preparing now to again honor firefighters Sponsorships and donations are being accepted Details 388-1166 911 remembrance titled on 911 Healing Resources of our Faith Communities' held by the Interfaith Alliance of Mississippi will be Sept 11 at First Methodist Church 2301 15th St Gulfport A panel including representatives from the Bahai Buddhist Christian Eckankar Hare Krishna Jewish Muslim Sufi and Wiccan congregations will discuss how 911 affected them personally Morning refreshments will be served at 9:30 am the Interfaith Panel on 911 will be at 10 am the memorial service will be at 11 am and a vegetarian lunch and round table discussion will be at 11:30 am Details or RSVP: Milton Girhs-man 432-2671 or Rev Margaret Ennis 8645420 The Way Christian Ministries is sponsoring a free marriage seminar to be held Sept 25 at 6 pm at the Orange Grove Community Center in Gulfport Dinner will be served For reservations: 832-9007 Details: 565-3045 Monday through Friday 8 am-5 pm or 539-7073 remain a very positive force in the Black said have so much negativity from radio stations that are not uplifting and empowering We want to empower them through word and the music in a positive KAT BERGERON About 50 churches from the Gulf Coast Ministerial Alliance provide recorded or live church services that are aired daily Programing also includes prayer requests and a morning talk show that hits on current community issues such as abuse of women we want to do is Instructors will be professional speaker Teresa Moon a nationally featured seminar speaker and her staff Parents and teachers of students may attend for free Discounted early bird tuition is available through Aug 18 Details: wwwcommforchristcom or Anita Dabbs 328-2222 Habitat for Humanity Building on Faith Week is an annual event taking place this year the week of Sept 12-19 with the final celebration starting at 2 pm at the Pascagoula Civic Center Habitat encourages at least one representative from every Jackson County church to attend If planning to attend an emailed RSVP to BuildHFHJackson Countyorg is requested but not required You may also leave a message at 326-8440 Women of Wisdom will meet the second Wednesday of every month at pm at the Holiday Inn US 49 in Gulfport Guest speakers: Sept 8 Donna Garcia and special music and recording artist (opera chops) Becky Collins Oct 1 will be greet meet and getto-know session with music by recording artist Kathy Gautier Nov 10 Pow WOW with recording artist Emmett and Wanda and Pillautt December WOW at the movies Details: 832-1714 617-4064 4240098 Comes Tomorrow" concert will be held Oct 23 at 7 pm at the Saenger Theatre Back Bay Mission presents an evening of family music by Christian entertainer Ken Medema This singer musician and composer enjoys wide inter-generational appeal and performs more than 200 concerts each year Tickets are $12 for adults $8 for those under 18 and $6 for groups of 10 or more Sponsorships for the event available Details: 432-0301 Honor your firefighters in the WA0Y contemporary Christian id rwSim Ron Myers program director of WAOY radio in Gulfport that by creating WAFR in Tupelo in 1991 with the first satellite station going on air in Jackson Tenn two years later Now there are 210 AFR stations Most AFR stations like WAOY also add local touches are three phases of our programing music ministry and news of issues facing Christians whether it is taking God WAOY-917 FM went on the air in 1996 The story begins in 1987 when Don Wildmon president of the conservative Christian Tupelo-based American Family Association read that the FCC would allow noncommercial FM stations to deliver signals to local communities via satellite First he had to open the first station and he did Submit items by noon Tuesday for the following edition Briefs should include a publishable telephone number for details Photographs may be submitted and will run as space permits Send to Religion Briefs at mynewssunheraldcom or fax to (228) 896-2104 Address mail to The Sun Herald Attn: Religion Briefs P0 Box 4567 Biloxi MS 395354567 Newsroom: (228) 896-2390 talk show WAOY offers many of the popular AFR program and on the local plate are a Saturday night for Truth" aired by youngsters themselves and a Sunday afternoon Hispanic outreach out of our Pledge of Allegiance and other anti-Christian said station manager Ron Myers Myers himself is one of WAOYs radio personalities with his afternoon Your Charles and Margaret Cooper owners of WOSM WOSM: Happy beginning An odd twist of events led to the creation of WOSM-1031 FM Charles Cooper wanted a radio station and a rare thing happened in 1971 when he actually received an FCC permit for one Not long after hearing the good news he and his wife Margaret were attending service at First United Methodist in Gulfport McKay the minister then mentioned from the pulpit that what this area needed was a gospel radio said Margaret Cooper didn't know anything gospel music so we stopped by a record store and I was attracted to a Happy Goodman album because the cover looked so friendly 1 put it on the stereo and fell in love with it We began learning more and even got help from the Pass Christian gospel school" Today WOSM is based in Ocean Springs off Hwy 57 and has a 24-7 staff of seven including the Coopers who plan to stay the good Lord calls It offers music news community interviews and adds touches like birthday requests It also broadcasts Ocean Springs Greyhound football games and alternate Coastwide coverage of baseball and basketball The Cooper children grew up with the radio station in their back yard and several now work elsewhere in the media radio station has been a wonderful experience for all of us" said Margaret Cooper whose on-air personality is part of the charm prayed in the beginning Lord let the bills be and every year been able to do it Our philosophy is to promote gospel music and to provide the blessings that the music and the preaching brings to the KAT BERGERON 1 PCS UisioEr Picture Phone with BUILT-IN-CAMERA MODEL Samsung VGA 1000 FREE the Sun ITerald LABOR DAY 3004 Afnr $24989 instant savings with purchne and an activation of a now fine of service on Sprint PCS service ptan with Sprint PCS Vision and a two-year agreement ngS2(9MPCS Phone (Saraung VGA 1000) RetailClassifieds DisplayLegals nww ik frf KISS PCS Camera Phone ($24999 VALUE) ft FilES PCS Phone Activation ($3600 VALUE) fHSB Picture Mail" for Two Months 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