Gospel Recording Artist CeCe Winans Endorses Abingdon Press’s Vacation Bible School On the Move

Nashville, February 3—Recording artist CeCe Winans has endorsed Abingdon Press’s 2009 Vacation Bible School offering, On the Move: God’s Grace from Place to Place. “On the Move teaches heritage from the past, while making the present a fun learning experience," Winans says about this heritage-based, intergenerational, multicultural VBS program that combines Bible lessons and the past to build up the community as persons reconciled to one another and Jesus Christ.

CeCe Winans is a singer, songwriter, CEO, philanthropist, actress, talk show host, speaker, and author who has received ten Grammy awards, twenty-one Grammy award nominations, twenty Dove awards and numerous Stellar awards. Her Always Sisters/Forever Brothers conferences focus on young people. “My ministry is global and my longevity in the gospel music industry coupled with my love for the youth of this country has manifested itself through my work," she says. “If the older generation doesn’t reach our younger generation and reach them quickly, we will lose them.”

On the Move brings generations together through song, dance, crafts, and story. Participants learn how to progress in life while never forgetting the past. Five Bible stories are featured, each accompanied by the recounting of an historic heritage journey:

• Moving with God Towards Justice (Judges 4:4-10)
Bible: Deborah and Barak lead the Israelites out of oppression.
Heritage: In Maryland, African diplomats experience discrimination; Gloria Richardson protests.
• Moving with God Towards Greatness (Genesis 39:1-2; 41:14-21)
Bible: Joseph enters slavery, goes to jail, but becomes prime minister of Egypt.
Heritage: Literacy schools begin in Charleston, South Carolina, where many Africans entered slavery.
• Moving with Jesus Towards Blessing (Luke 9:12-17; Matthew 14:21)
Bible: Jesus blesses the food, and 5000 in groups of fifty are fed.
Heritage: In Mississippi, all civil rights groups cooperate and deal with hunger and poverty.
• Moving with God Towards Truth (1 Kings 10:1-10, 13)
Bible: The Queen of Sheba seeks new knowledge and truth.
Heritage: At the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, civil rights workers gain new skills.
• Moving with Jesus Towards Reconciliation (Acts 15:36-41; 2 Timothy 4:9-11)
Bible: In traveling, Paul argues about John Mark. They later reconcile.
Heritage: Starting in Virginia (1947), the Journey of Reconciliation tests new laws.

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