We can’t all be like Tyler Perry. Paying off more than $43,000 in layaway purchases at TWO metro-Atlanta Wal-Mart locations…But I’m reasonably sure you have 1, 2, 3, and on up of 20 dollar bills that you can spare! (Whatever you can spare would be appreciated I’m sure though even if it’s less than $20.) Y’all know people are still out there shopping for their loved ones and many may just be a liiitttle short. Gospel powerhouse Tasha Cobbs Leonard and her hubby Kenny Leonard are inviting you to stand in the gap and keep a little extra on you in case you notice one of our fellow shoppers (because I will be shopping on today) in that predicament. Or you can just randomly bless someone as the Holy Spirit prompts you! Take part in the #20DollarBillChallenge!
And because Christmas music playing in the mall gets me in the mood to shop, here’s a hit from my hubby’s hometown of Gary, Indiana!
Happy May! Mother’s Day is just two weekends away, but there is still time to plan how you will honor your mother! If your mother is a gospel music aficionado, she can meet gospel star Kierra Sheard and her mother, gospel legend Karen Clark Sheard who are hosting a “Mommy & Me Mother’s Day Dinner” in Atlanta on May 19. “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks and gospel star Tasha Cobbs are special guests.
The goal of the “Mommy & Me Dinner” is to appreciate mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and other significant women in the lives of millennials and generations prior. This dinner will provide an environment and opportunity for mutual appreciation, amusement, laughter, emotional healing, and long-lasting healthy relationships among attendees and their beloved. A red carpet will be on hand for mothers and daughters to have a celebrity- like experience! As a part of the $75 Diamond Package, attendees receive: a red carpet photo with Karen and Kierra, preferred seating, dinner and keepsake hard-card invitation. The $65 Gold Package includes a walk on the red carpet and dinner. The dinner, which starts at 6 p.m., will be hosted at Terminus 330, 330 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313.
There are very few things I love more than a good wedding! Although I’m not a personal friend of vocal powerhouse and Grammy Award winner Tasha Cobbs who is known for her stirring songs such as “Put a Praise on It” and my favorite “Jesus Saves,” I shared in her wedding bliss via her Facebook and Instagram pages and other social media pages of family and friends. Tasha, who hails from Jesup, Georgia (also the hometown of one of my Delta line sisters) married Franklinton, North Carolina native Kenneth Leonard, Jr., who is the musical director for his now wife, Anthony Hamilton and Tamia Hill.
The private wedding, which took place on Friday at 7 p.m., was officiated by Bishop Designee Bryan J. Pierce Sr. The ceremony included a Prelude in which Isaac Carree sang “Still in Love,” the Processional in which Kierra Sheard sang “Bless the Broken Road” and Recessional in which Kierra also sang “Make Me Better.”
Some of the guests at the Cobbs-Leonard wedding were Bishop William H. Murphy III and Pastor Danielle Murphy, Bishop Designee Bryan J. Pearce Sr. and Lady Debra Pierce, Bishop I.V. Hillard and Pastor Bridget Hilliard, Pastor Preashea Hilliard, Dr. Ireshea Hilliard and Bishop Paul and Pastor Debra Morton, who were seated at Head Table B. Attorney Phaedra Parks from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Gospel Singer James Fortune attended the nuptials as well. Entrees served at the reception were honey pecan fried chicken and braised short ribs with sides creamy corn souffle, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed spinach with pearl onion…(I promise you every time I look at pictures of the food from my wedding reception, I get hungry…yes, I’m just greedy like that! LOL)
