{"id":3836,"date":"2012-12-05T12:38:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2012-12-05T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:38:28","slug":"mable-john-helps-the-needy-during-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/mable-john-helps-the-needy-during-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Mable John Helps The Needy During the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fame found Mable John as she toured with Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald in the 50s and recorded for Motown and Stax in the 60s. In 1966, she recorded the million seller Your Good Thing Is About To End<\/em>.\u00a0 In the 70s,\u00a0 she began a decade long association with Ray Charles as leader of the Raelettes. \u00a0\u00a0 John walked away from the limelight and came to know the Lord, devoting her life to the ministry in 1978.\u00a0 She focused her energies toward outreach and assisting the less fortunate.\u00a0 Through her efforts she has fed 150 people a day and her annual Christmas party provides basic needs to the homeless.<\/p>\n

At age 82, John shows no sign of slowing down.\u00a0 The need is even greater now than before.\u00a0 To that end, John will host her Annual Christmas Party for the Homeless on December 14th at the Marina Christian Center Building in Westchester, CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fame found Mable John as she toured with Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald in the 50s and recorded for Motown and Stax in the 60s. In 1966, she recorded the million seller Your Good Thing Is About To End.\u00a0 In the 70s,\u00a0 she began a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1096,1097,763,1098],"class_list":["post-3836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mable-john","tag-minister","tag-motown","tag-stax"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9994,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/eight-dove-award-nominations-for-motown-gospel\/","url_meta":{"origin":3836,"position":0},"title":"Eight Dove Award Nominations For Motown Gospel","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"August 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Motown Gospel was well represented during the nominees announcement for the for the 47th Annual Dove Awards.\u00a0 Tasha Cobbs received four nominations for her One Place Live CD, including Gospel Artist of the Year and Urban Worship Album of the Year.\u00a0 She also picked up nominations for Traditional Gospel Recorded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artist News and Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Artist News and Updates","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/category\/artists\/artist-news-and-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.jpg?fit=1200%2C505&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.jpg?fit=1200%2C505&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.jpg?fit=1200%2C505&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.jpg?fit=1200%2C505&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.jpg?fit=1200%2C505&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11118,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/lexi-joins-the-motown-gospel-family\/","url_meta":{"origin":3836,"position":1},"title":"Lexi Joins The Motown Gospel Family","author":"John Burton Jr.","date":"July 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Motown Gospel announced the signing of singer\/actress\/comedian and media personality Lexi to their roster.\u00a0 Lexi will begin work immediately on her next Gospel album after a five year hiatus. \u201cFor as long as I can remember, there have been a few things that have remained at the center of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artist News and Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Artist News and Updates","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/category\/artists\/artist-news-and-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lexi-by-Earl-Gibson-e1499879675988.jpg?fit=600%2C826&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lexi-by-Earl-Gibson-e1499879675988.jpg?fit=600%2C826&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Lexi-by-Earl-Gibson-e1499879675988.jpg?fit=600%2C826&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19024,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/john-p-kee-pays-tribute-to-rance-allen\/","url_meta":{"origin":3836,"position":2},"title":"John P Kee Pays Tribute To Rance Allen","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"January 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Gospel music legend John P. 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