Vol. 1, Issue 8 August 2019 KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE MONTHLY WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SHELBY COUNTY, TN LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Yvonne D. Nelson, Ph.D. There were lots of things happening in Memphis in July. We had our usual birthday celebrations and religious events, and a host of special dedications and programs to choose from to report on. August means back to school time for many of us adults and of course our young adults too. September will bring about even more events and we cannot wait to learn about all of them! We are still looking forward to expanding NEWSCENE into the Orange Mound community of Memphis and heading east to begin an edition in Haywood County! What exciting times lie ahead! Please remember to subscribe to our online publication. Subscribe on our home landing page at iLoveShelbyCounty.com, and don’t forget to verify your email address for your subscription to become active. Subscribing online gives you a free, online announcements when our monthly edition is published and a paid subscription ensures a hardcopy is delivered to your home monthly . I would like to also remind my reading audience that NEWSCENE has reasonable advertising rates and we are always seeking vendors to advertise their products and services throughout our publication. This newsmagazine is for you and about you and the positive things that are taking place in your neighborhood. NEWSCENE subscriptions are available for $72/year, $36/bi-annually, and $7/month. You can email us at NEWSCENEShelbyCo@gmail, call us at 901-300-0250, subscribe and/or pay online (or by check made payable to) DI’MANS, Inc. We can be contacted at DI’MANS, Inc. dba I Love Shelby County, P.O. Box 9146, Memphis, TN 38190-0146. Thank you, Yvonne Pastor Ron Hampton (standing) uses a broken vase to demonstrate a broken vessel in life during the Right Directions Christian Ministries 10th Annual Broken Vessels Conference held July 19th at 3680 Rhodes Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111. Story and Pictures by Dr. Yvonne D. Nelson Family and friends joined host Pastor Ron Hampton and the Right Direction Christian Ministries (RDCM) members for the church’s 10th Annual “Broken Vessels Conference” from 7 to 10 pm on Friday, July 19, 2019. Themed “The Importance of Not Losing Our Faith,” the conference featured special guests Bishop Antonio Lawson and the True Believers Holiness Outreach Ministries, a “Faith Forum,” and initially provided time for a question and answer session for those in attendance. Hampton called the Conference to order with a call to worship and the RDCM Praisers performed before Minister LaPorsha Stephens provided the scripture and prayer. “I don’t know about you, but I’m so glad that I know a man named Jesus,” said Stephens. “Hallelujah somebody. There is nobody like Him. God is good because He keeps on making a way. I don’t know about you, but I’m glad He knows my name.” Deacon Adrian Young followed Stephens with the welcome. “The scripture that this is based upon is Jeremiah Chapter 18 Verses one through six,” began Young. “In which Jeremiah was given a parable of going to the potter’s house and seeing the potter make a vessel. The vessel, when he completed it, it wasn’t the way he wanted it. Instead of throwing the vessel away, he broke it and used the pieces to make Right Directions 10th Annual Broken Vessels Conference
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