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Jeffrey LaValley <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commendation-AJL.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5903\" alt=\"Commendation AJL\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Commendation-AJL-231x300.jpg?resize=231%2C300\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>on receiving the Roland Carter Living Legend in Church Music Award at this year&#8217;s Hampton University Ministers, Choir Directors and Organists Conference in early June.\u00a0 LaValley&#8217;s composition of Revelation 19:1 (Hallelujah, Salvation &amp; Glory) was included in the recently released Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal\u00a0 published by the Christian Reformed Church of North America.<\/p>\n<p>Hear Stephen Hurd&#8217;s interpretation of the classic here:<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/youtu.be\/CgoK1zukBBE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOSPELflava congratulates the incomparable Elder A. Jeffrey LaValley on receiving the Roland Carter Living Legend in Church Music Award at this year&#8217;s Hampton University Ministers, Choir Directors and Organists Conference in early June.\u00a0 LaValley&#8217;s composition of Revelation 19:1 (Hallelujah, Salvation &amp; Glory) was included in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[2],"tags":[1626,1627,1628,664,1629,1630,1030],"class_list":["post-5890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","tag-hampton-ministers-conference","tag-jeffrey-lavalley","tag-lift-up-your-hearts","tag-new-jerusalem-full-gospel-baptist-church","tag-revelations-191","tag-roland-carter-living-legend-award","tag-stephen-hurd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14755,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/honorary-doctorate-for-jeffrey-lavalley\/","url_meta":{"origin":5890,"position":0},"title":"Honorary Doctorate For Jeffrey LaValley","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"November 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"While Jeffrey LaValley has been the recipient of numerous accolades in his 50 years in Gospel music, he most recently added a doctoral degree in sacred music from the Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary during their annual Fall Convocation held in mid-October. 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