Gospel music, you may have heard by now is tak Hke it took a long time for folks to get acquainted to the contemporary goapai ■ound, before the format regnMgMd and added an undeniable dance beat Some folks are saying that songs like “In The Morning Time” and “rail , Down (Spirit of Love) "Just ain’t gospel. Others are saying that the artists ought to make up their minds. If they’re going to sing gospel, sing gospel or ' if they are going to stag R*B, then do But please don’t mix the two. weu, recently I had a telephone conversation with noted gospel singer Shirley Caesar and I asked her opinion of the new sound that gospel has pro duced. While Mrs. Caesar made dear that she pre ferred the traditional sounds of gospel, she also added, “I feel Hat what ever vehicle the Lord uses to spread His word, I say . ‘Amen’ to it. With this new sound in gospel music, a lot of people who never pick ig> • gospel album are gettfeg some exposure to the Word.” I agree with Shirley. I can remember all too often how I’d listen to soogf I didn’t like and would be rather surprised that I had I_ heard that particular song so much that I was actual ly singing it. Just think The same thing could happen to a person who listens to this new gospel sound. Although he or shfc* doesn’t particularly due in to goapd^ they may hear the record oo the radio orin that they' find thirties singing it And (fetal the Lord promise that His Word would not go out without fruit? AT THE MOVIES If you want to hear what the critics are saying about Richard Pryor’s latest movie, before you shell out the bucks to go see it, then tunein to “AtThe Movies,” Sunday, May 11 at 11:45 p.m. Gene Siskd and Robert Ebert will review “Jo Jo Dancer - Your Life Is Calling,” “Blue City” and “Short Circuit.” "At The Movies” airs on Chan nd3. CBS SPECIAL tovtng^father ^*glfied T»ay i3. at 8 p.m. ^ OUTREACH Host Abby Flanders will L- M s&Afifi&i: Past, present and future of Seventh Street Churches and their merger with First United Presbyterian Church will be the focus of '* 4. . y- ^" /-v the half-hoar program, f \ -v BLACK CHAMPIONS “Who Will Wear Hie Oown,” the drat of a aorta of programs honoring the black athletes airs Wed nesday, May 14 at 9 p.m; on Channel 42 and at 10 p.m. on Channel ». Hds pro gram will look at the early participation in sports fay black athletes. PASSION AND MEMORY Hie documentary, “Passion and Memory” will look at the historical portrayal of blacks in film through an examination of the lives of five, well known black acton and actresses. Deft* miss this. “Passion And Memory” airs in Channel 42 at 10 p-m., Wednesday, May 14. JOE PISCOPO SPECIAL TOs is sure to be an hour of laughs, Joe Piscopo of “Saturday Night Live” will be spotlighted in Ms first special on Tuesday, May Morehead <5 Medical Center Licensed OB-GYN Specialist worried About Being Pregnant ? We Care. • Free Pregnancy Testing l>,Uy Silk Flower Arrangements < LITTLE 377-1832 _909 Central Avenue Photo Joaraatlat Service ■. ; - ~JHfr• f. /4® Civic mi Social Faaetlaaa Wcddln* Photography WoMiag lavltatieaa by MytaH