Come Celebrate Jesus rocks MoBay Convention Centre

ROSE HALL, St James — GOSPEL artiste Kevin Downswell gave an outstanding performance at the recent staging of the Come Celebrate Jesus gospel concert at the Rose Hall Convention Centre here, as hundreds of people crammed the facility for praise and worship.

The 2003 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) gospel winner, who performed for almost 40 minutes, had nearly everyone on their feet during his energetic set.

Taking the stage to rousing applause, Downswell opened with You Are Lord then moved into God Is Moving. By then the large, appreciative audience became fully engaged, dancing and waving hands, as they joined the outstanding gospel singer in his next song, If It’s Not You.

His set also included Joy, I Can Feel the Glory, before closing with the very popular You Make Me Stronger.

Earlier, the Singing Jewels opened the concert, followed by the Leharia Singers, a group of Seventh-day Adventist members, before Clive Warren, the JCDC 2006 gospel winner, took the stage.

There were also strong performances from Donette Thompson-Hall, a Jamaican living in Canada, who interacted well with the audience, as well as Grenadian Shirley Simpson, a country gospel singer.

Internationally renowned minister and gospel artiste Ron Kenoly, who is no stranger to Jamaica, also delivered a splendid set, scoring heavily with Lift Him Up, God Is Able and Anointing Fall On Me.

– Mark Cummings

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$1,300 tip in name of Jesus

College students at Indiana Wesleyan University have set the bar pretty high for tipping the pizza delivery guy.

Keith Newman, CEO of Residential Education, was leading the weekly prayer for a gathering of students on campus, when he decided to order $12.50 worth of pizza from Domino’s, reports Eater,

James Gilpin, the lucky pizza delivery man, was brought to the stage in the chapel when he arrived and given $1,268 in cash, $70 in gift cards, and hundreds of inspirational notes from the students. 

Indiana College Students Give Pizza Deliverer $1,200 Tip – http://t.co/bnb8OaLvBc pic.twitter.com/n7nvRDWhR6

— WTTE FOX 28 (@fox28columbus) October 10, 2014

Newman told the Indy Channel he was trying to illustrate the message behind doing for one what you wish you could do for everyone.

Gilpin said he was surprised by the generosity of the students, and said he has already been inspired by the student’s notes, reports the Indy Channel. He said he plans on using the money to help with Christmas for his 5-year-old and 6-year-old children. 

“It’s nice to know that there’s a lot of encouragement from Indiana Wesleyan and their students to do something like that,” Gilpin said on Good Morning America. 

“It couldn’t have come at a better time. I’m very grateful for what they’ve done for me.”

Looks like extreme tipping is in. 

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$1,300 tip in name of Jesus