Gladys Knight

Our stake was fortunate enough to be invited to see Gladys Knight and her choir-Saints Unified Voices.  The concert was held at the West Omaha Stake.  It was a packed house and you had to get (free) tickets in advance if you wanted to attend.

It was an amazing concert.  I had never heard anything like it in a Mormon church before.  When I was a teenager, I attended a Pentecostal church on a weeknight with a friend once.  The music portion reminded me of that church meeting.  There was a keyboard and a bass guitar accompanying the singers.  Most of the singers were white, but if you closed your eyes, it almost sounded like an African American choir (I wasn't the only one that thought that, even her husband thinks so.)  I had never heard "I am Child of God" sang so interestingly.   I didn't know what to expect but I guess I had it in my mind that it would be Mormon Tabernacle Choir"ish".  It was nothing like the Tab.  Eric is thinking he may want to convert to Baptist or Pentecostal because he thought the music made the meeting much more entertaining.  Not really, but he does wish our ward choir sang a little more like Sister Knight's Choir.

Gladys Knight's husband shared his testimony and then she got up to share hers as well.  She spent over 30 minutes bearing her testimony of the Restored Gospel.  It was amazing!  She touched so many people.  The missionaries were handed a lot of referral cards from the investigators attending the concert.  loved it and I admire Gladys Knight for all her missionary work she is doing.