Michael W. Smith To Lead Worship Service At OCC In Winona Lake
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
WINONA LAKE – Contemporary Christian artist Michael W. Smith will lead a worship service in Winona Lake to help New Life Christian Church & World Outreach celebrate its 30 years of ministry. Smith, along with guests Higher Ground and New Life, will provide the worship music Oct. 20 at the Orthopaedic Capital Center, 610 Wooster Road, Winona Lake, for the service, which starts at 10 a.m. Doors open at 9 a.m. The event is free for New Life members, and $5 for friends, family, Grace College students and the public. A limited number of general admission tickets can be purchased beginning Tuesday at the three Penguin Point locations in Warsaw. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to Heartline Pregnancy Center. “We are celebrating 30 years of the faithfulness of Jesus to New Life Christian Church here in Warsaw,” said John Lowe, New Life Christian Church & World Outreach pastor. “Lives have been transformed, marriages rescued, the poor have been fed and the gospel has gone from Warsaw to the World.” Smith is a contemporary Christian musician who has charted primarily in the contemporary Christian and occasionally in the mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when “Place in this World” hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped earn him American Music Award’s New Artist of the Year. According to the website www.michaelwsmith.com/bio.html, Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, and has earned 40 Dove Awards. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 13 million albums and recorded 29 No. 1 Hit songs, 14 gold albums and five platinum albums.
