{"id":19267,"date":"2023-10-19T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/?p=19267"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:00:01","slug":"chicago-youth-leader-cherry-fondren-revisits-choir-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/chicago-youth-leader-cherry-fondren-revisits-choir-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Youth Leader Cherry Fondren Revisits Choir Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In a world besieged by senseless gun violence in the inner city, the perils of wars being fought in Ukraine and Israel, an ongoing migrant crisis, and persistent COVID resurgences coupled with homelessness and food insecurities facing our youth and the elderly, God&#8217;s people can find hope and reassurance in the promise of God&#8217;s restoration found in 2 Chronicles 7:14,\u00a0 Chicago based youth leader and music minister Cherry Fondren gathered her family together to deliver a word of encouragement via <b>God Said He Would Heal The Land,<\/b>\u00a0a new adaptation of the song recorded by the late Reverend Clay Evans and the Fellowship Baptist Church Choir with a timely message made relevant by the issues people are facing today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;To say that we are living in perilous and even more unpredictable times is an understatement&#8221;, Fondren states.\u00a0 &#8220;Scripture is being fulfilled in front of our very eyes every day, but we don&#8217;t live as those without hope. Although we live in times of desperation, God called us and equipped us with the Bible as our guide to seek Him, and He promised to heal our land.\u00a0 I felt compelled to revisit this song, and I called on my sons, who are very involved in the music industry, and a few others to help me deliver this message. The Lord smiled on us with great favor, and this endeavor is now a reality.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An educator, mentor, youth influencer, and music minister by profession, Ms. Cherry, as she is affectionately known, continues her lifelong passion for making a difference in the lives of underprivileged and at-risk youth as the executive director of Ascended\u00a0Life Outreach for Teens (ALOT), a non for profit organization she organized in Chicago almost two decades ago.\u00a0 &#8220;Working with young people gave me a real insight into the situations they encounter.\u00a0 We have to invest in the future of our young people&#8221;, McMorris says.\u00a0 &#8220;I am here today because someone thought enough of me to give me a chance, to challenge my creativity, and point me in the right direction.\u00a0 Our youth are exposed to so much these days with the drug culture and the prevalence of violence in the streets and in our homes.\u00a0 They need a safe space that encourages learning and inspires their creativity.\u00a0 The youth and arts programs of days before are long gone.\u00a0 We need a serious intervention, and we need to stop waiting around for someone else to do it when God calls us to do it.\u00a0 The proceeds from the sale of this song will go to support our outreach programs as well as our mission work internationally.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Heal The Land is available on all digital outlets and streaming platforms on October 20th.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world besieged by senseless gun violence in the inner city, the perils of wars being fought in Ukraine and Israel, an ongoing migrant crisis, and persistent COVID resurgences coupled with homelessness and food insecurities facing our youth and the elderly, God&#8217;s people can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,3821],"tags":[6242,6243,6239,41,91,6241,269,6240,5404],"class_list":["post-19267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-releases","category-featured","tag-alot","tag-ascended-life-outreach-for-teens","tag-cherry-mcmorris","tag-chicago","tag-fellowship-baptist-church","tag-god-saif-he-would-heal-the-land","tag-joshuas-troop","tag-loudella-evans-reid","tag-rev-clay-evans-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Heal-The-Land-Cover-e1697736079833.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11340,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/get-ready-for-new-music-from-curtis-fondren\/","url_meta":{"origin":19267,"position":0},"title":"Get Ready For New Music From Curtis Fondren","author":"John Burton Jr.","date":"September 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Curtis Fondren is widely known for his mastery of the drums.\u00a0 In over three decades, the Chicago native has played for the Chicago Gospel hitmakers including Reverend Clay Evans and the Fellowship Baptist Church Choir, Dr. Charles G. 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