- [Announcer] The gospel music of Alabama has influenced the entire world.

And the "Alabama Gospel Roots" television show will give you a taste of this great music every week.

So call a neighbor, call a friend and get ready to sing and dance and clap your hands.

It's time for "Alabama Gospel Roots."

(dramatic music) (energetic music) ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ A Roman cross, a rugged hill ♪ The sky was dark, the world was still ♪ ♪ The Savior took His final breath ♪ ♪ And then He closed His eyes in death ♪ ♪ A borrowed tomb was where He laid ♪ ♪ But in three days ♪ He walked out ♪ Walked out of the grave ♪ Stone was rolled away ♪ Hear the empty tomb shout ♪ He walked out ♪ The victor over death ♪ King of righteousness ♪ Oh, hallelujah, He walked out ♪ ♪ And now He reigns forevermore ♪ ♪ He is the Christ, th5 Risen Lord ♪ ♪ And darkness bows and shadows flee ♪ ♪ The 5nemy is under His feet ♪ Oh, yes, He shattered every chain ♪ ♪ That glorious day when He walked out ♪ ♪ Walked out of the grave ♪ Stone was rolled away ♪ Hear the empty tomb shout ♪ He walked out ♪ The victor over death ♪ King of righteousness ♪ Oh, hallelujah, He walked out ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ Death, where is your sting ♪ Grave, where is your victory ♪ Jesus has overcome ♪ The battle was won ♪ He walked out ♪ Walked out of the grave ♪ Stone was rolled away ♪ Hear the empty tomb shout ♪ He walked out ♪ The victor over death ♪ King of righteousness ♪ Oh, hallelujah ♪ He walked out ♪ Walked out of the grave ♪ Stone was rolled away ♪ Hear the empty tomb shout ♪ He walked out ♪ The victor over death ♪ King of righteousness ♪ Oh, hallelujah, He walked out ♪ ♪ Ooh-whoa, ooh-whoa, ooh-whoa ♪ He walked out ♪ Oh, hallelujah, He walked out ♪ - I love it, I love it.

Childersburg is where we are.

So call to day, or call a friend.

Let them know that we are back again, First Baptist Church, Childersburg.

I got praise and worship leader here.

You can't get any better other than be a pastor.

- Healer.

- Healer.

Okay.

Right here.

I said hi, (indistinct).

I've been practicing.

He'll answer.

(indistinct) Alright, well we got Chris Robersvan, how are you sir?

- Good to see you.

- Great, man.

I love the way you walked, coming on there, man.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, you got a little something, something in you there, I can feel it.

(laughing) (indistinct) I can feel it.

- That's alright.

- All right.

Hey listen, how long you been a member of the church here?

- I've been here eight years.

- That's a good time.

Well, you did you come in as place of worship?

- I did.

- Okay, so you just kind of been hanging in there and getting started.

- Yup, we have been.

We're growing and had a great revival with you.

And in October we-- - Yeah, we had a great time.

- We baptized six outta that revival.

The next Sunday after you preached on Thursday night, I believe it was.

- Pleasure.

- That next Sunday morning we baptized six.

- Man.

Hey, pastor's talking about doing something again this year in 2026.

- We are, we've actually gonna have, we're gonna do another full week in October.

Same week.

- Okay.

Do I get to come back?

- Yeah, absolutely.

- Okay.

We're gonna pray hard just in case, I'm on the borderline.

- Nah, you ain't on the borderline.

- (laughing) Well, thank you sir.

I'm a part of this congregation.

That's what I feel like.

- That's right.

- You make me feel that way.

Pastor said we might expand a little bit, but I know-- - Yeah, we talked about doing something in the spring.

- Yeah, well that's-- - On a smaller scale.

We'll do five days back in October.

- That is great.

Well listen, we are so pleased to be here and pastor, I hope you're all healed up by now.

I heard he had a little fall.

- He did.

- And I know that's the worst kind of fall, when you hit those ribs, when you know, you'd be surprised how you, you know, that effortless thing to breathe.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

That's so great.

Now are you, originally where you're from?

- I'm from Sylacauga.

- Okay.

- I was born and raised there.

I live by a mile, well about 10 miles down the road.

- Okay.

Alright.

You doing any farming?

- I have 20 acres, but it's all wood so no.

- I feel like you have, you look like you have a lot of (indistinct) laying around you.

- Yeah, I do.

- Are you married?

- Yes.

Been married 30 years.

Have three children and four grandchildren and a fifth one on the way.

- Wow.

- All girls under the age of two.

- Oh uh, you under siege.

(both laughing) And it doesn't get any better for you, my friend.

But it's a good (indistinct) though.

- Yeah.

(indistinct) Well, Chris Walberg's right here with us, praise and worship leader at First Baptist Church, Childersburg.

Beautiful place, and I mean that from the depths of my heart.

We get a chance to go around a lot of places in the state of Alabama.

There's some wonderful places we go to, but I tell you what, First Baptist, right up there, man.

I mean, 'cause the way you handle it, 'cause you been doing sound all day long.

- Yes.

- See there, (indistinct).

That's good.

- We got it.

- Okay.

But you gonna go home and what mama gonna do for you when you get home?

(indistinct) (both laughing) - All right, all right, all right.

Ain't no cooking going on at all?

- Not tonight.

- Not tonight.

All right, okay, well listen, we want hear some more great singing from you, sir.

- Yes sir.

- And I know you gonna give it all you got.

Now you just did that big bumping tune.

Now what you got coming up for me right now?

- Gonna do "He Grew the Tree," by The Guardians.

- "He Grew the Tree."

That's an awesome subject matter there.

Okay, alright, well let me get outta the way so we can do it.

And everybody, listen.

Call the Navy, call the freeman, let it know we got some more music right here on "Alabama Gospel Roots."

(inspirational music) ♪ He molded and built ♪ A small lonely hill ♪ That he knew would be called ♪ Calvary ♪ Then he made a seed ♪ That would grow to be ♪ Thorns that would make his son bleed ♪ ♪ Then he made a green stem ♪ Gave it leaves ♪ And then gave it sunshine and rain ♪ ♪ And sheltered it with moss ♪ He grew the tree ♪ That he knew would be ♪ Used to make the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ Nothing took his life ♪ With love he gave it ♪ He was crucified ♪ On a tree that he created ♪ With great love for man ♪ God stayed with his plan ♪ He grew the tree ♪ So that we might go free ♪ With tears in his eyes ♪ God looked down through time ♪ Saw him spat upon, rejected ♪ And mourned ♪ Oh, still he grew the tree ♪ That he knew would be ♪ Used to make the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ Nothing took his life ♪ With love he gave it ♪ He was crucified ♪ On a tree he created ♪ With great love for man ♪ God stayed with his plan ♪ He grew the tree ♪ So that we might go free ♪ So I'll cherish the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ With thy trophies and (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Oh, I will cling to the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ He grew the tree ♪ So that we might go free ♪ I'm free - On "Alabama Gospel Roots," we going do some shout outs to some cities, some nursing homes, some rehab centers.

Then the golden vessel, I'm gonna be moving fast, so hold on.

Coffeeville, how are you?

Coffeeville Alabama.

(indistinct) Alabama, hello to you.

Got a lot of wonderful friends there.

Davis Ton, hello to you.

Yes, I called your name.

Excel Alabama.

We love you.

Fife Alabama and (indistinct).

You are some beautiful people.

Now let's talk to the nursing homes and the rehab centers.

Gold Living Center and (indistinct) Alabama, you're beautiful.

Parkview Healthcare Center in Huntsville, Rocket City.

Ridgewood Healthcare Center in Casper, right up 78.

And Longdale Christian Nursing Home in Killen.

Perry County Nursing Home in (indistinct), all of you beautiful, do some exercise, eat healthy and keep a positive frame of mind.

Now our golden vessel, 94-year-old Ms.

Emma Tuggle, born in Montgomery, Alabama, the fifth of 17 children.

Oh my goodness.

She was married to the late Willie Tuggle for close to 50 years.

Moved to Bessemer Alabama, where she was a member of the Sixth Avenue Beulah Church.

And guess what?

They have three children and three grandchildren.

And Ms.

Tuggle was a volunteer for Red Cross.

I'll tell you what, a beautiful life.

94 years, Mrs.

Tuggle, you are beautiful and we dedicate the "Alabama Gospel Roots" show to you.

(gentle piano music) On "Alabama Gospel Roots," thanks all of you for watching every Saturday night on Alabama Public Television.

You've been calling neighbors and you've been calling friends and we don't want you to stop that now.

I've got with me a young man that has been just, I told him homegrown and world known.

Cameron Sankey.

How are you?

- Doing well, how are you?

- Doing well.

It's so good to have you on "Alabama Gospel Roots."

We've been waiting on you.

You're finally here.

- Yes.

- All right.

And we are excited about your music.

Man, you come from a musical family.

We'll take a moment, it would certainly not be right to not mention here at the First Baptist Church in Childersburg about the one and only (indistinct) of the South, and what relationship Miss Katie Sankey is to you.

- That's my grandmother.

- (laughing) I tell you, and you grew up around music all your life, right?

- All my life.

- What year did you, at what point did you realize your grandmother was famous?

- It was later on.

It was grandmother all the time.

- Cornbread and black eyed pies and best chicken and all that kind of stuff.

- All of that.

- That what meant something to you, right?

- Banana pudding.

- Ah, could she lay the banana pudding?

- She did.

- Alright.

Well, we were so happy as (indistinct) our ministry to be able to honor her during the Steel City Jazz Festival.

And that was such a blessing.

She got on me too, because I put that, "Katie, be on there."

She said, "No, no, no, no, I can't be."

(indistinct) theatrics.

- You're right.

- Yeah, so we got the strength.

And finally, but listen, now you have traveled all around the world.

We can't get it all in.

But some of the people that you played for, would you share that with us?

- Oh, I've played for-- - And do, some of 'em you still do.

- Gospel artist Michael (indistinct).

I've had the privilege of being on stage with Elon Adams and Israel and (indistinct), the list goes on.

It's a long list.

- Yeah.

And me?

- And you.

- (laughing) Hey, opening up the service and we'll be coming.

- Yes sir.

Absolutely.

- Hey, can I bring it down and bring it up?

- You sure can.

(both laughing) You sure can.

- Alright.

The first song you did, what was the title of that song?

- It's Richard Smallwood is one of my favorite artists.

The name of the song is "Trust You."

- We certainly want to pay tribute to the late Richard Smallwood as well.

- Yes.

- Yeah, he inspired all around the world and universe, and I'm sure he inspired you too, right?

- Oh, absolutely.

- Okay.

Well Cameron, now you are from Birmingham, right?

- Yes.

- Okay.

And you decided to stay home in Birmingham?

- Yes.

- Okay.

And is that a good place for you, up here?

- Oh yeah.

That's home.

- Alright, now shout out to your wife or to your children.

We're gonna get get-- - To all five of my kids.

- Woo!

- Start with my wife Courtney, and then Justin, Jason, Isaiah, Isabella and Olivia.

- Okay, one more time.

Real fast.

The kids.

- Justin, Jason, Isaiah, Isabella and Olivia.

- Hey, great.

Well right here at First Baptist Church Childersburg, I want you to welcome once again this young man.

Everybody knows him everywhere.

Brother Cameron Sankey, well played.

(gentle piano music) (gentle piano music) (energetic music) ♪ (indistinct) teacher when I'm searching and confused ♪ ♪ He'd always set me straight with a little bit of truth ♪ ♪ Yes, Jesus is my healer ♪ When my body starts to grow ♪ Broke sickness in my spirit ♪ Or fever in my bones ♪ Here is what I know about his awesome vicious love ♪ ♪ Anything I need and he is more than enough ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus because I know what he can do ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus ♪ I ain't one to pick and choose ♪ ♪ He's more than able, always faithful to this heart of mine ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus all the time ♪ ♪ He never left me torn ♪ Left me begging on my knees ♪ I know my God is moving ♪ Even before I came (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Here is what I know about his awesome vicious love ♪ ♪ Anything I need and he is more than enough ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus 'cause I know what he can do ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus ♪ I ain't one to pick and choose ♪ ♪ He's more than able, always faithful to this heart of mine ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus all the time ♪ ♪ Revealer, he's my heartache healer ♪ ♪ He's my soul sustainer, he's my lord and savior ♪ ♪ He's a true revealer, he's my heartache healer ♪ ♪ He's my soul sustainer, he's my lord and savior ♪ ♪ He's more than able, always faithful to this heart of mine ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus all the time ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus because I know what he can do ♪ ♪ I need all need of Jesus ♪ I ain't one to pick and choose ♪ ♪ He's more than able, always faithful to this heart of mine ♪ ♪ I need all need of Jesus all the time ♪ ♪ I need all of Jesus all the time ♪ ♪ And we need all of Jesus all the time ♪ Oh, what a great Saturday night.

And we appreciate each of you joining us every Saturday night for the best in great gospel singing and ministry, all of that.

You heard your testimonies and you'll hear some more right here on "Alabama Gospel Roots."

Call a neighbor, call a friend always.

You know how you tell them when you see me in the street that you're talking on the phone while you watching the show.

I appreciate it.

And again, thank you for those dinners.

Mike Hausen gets a little bit upset about that.

But he gotta be where we be.

That's right.

I mean when you buying the dinner, he gotta be around.

We can't take no takeouts, no (indistinct).

Hey River of Praise, how are you?

- We're doing well, and you?

- Great.

Man, you're looking good.

What could I say?

- Oh well, we try.

- Great.

Well, the only thing, I'm a little disappointed?

You didn't get him pink boots.

(singer laughing) What's going on?

Get that mic up there.

Let's talk about it.

- I tried to tell him.

- Do we need to take a little collection or something?

- Maybe so.

- You gotta get some pink boots.

Now the next time you come over here wearing pink boots on, then we going to take you off and not let you have your boots on at all.

Then you have pink feet.

What about that?

- That's it.

- All right.

- I see.

- Alright.

Y'all from where?

Tell us where you're from again.

- We're from Bibb County, Alabama.

- Bibb County.

Now you have a kind of funny name where the place where you're from.

Where was that?

- Well, I'm from River Bend, Alabama.

- River Bend, okay.

- And I'm from (indistinct).

- (indistinct), we're getting there.

- Woodstock.

- Woodstock.

Alright.

Okay.

Now and you, last time it was your first time here.

Did I remember that correct?

Or you have been here before?

- I've been here before.

- Okay, I don't know where I got that like that.

But anyway, y'all been singing a lot since you started?

- We have.

We've been busy and blessed.

- Okay.

- The Lord has given us places to go, to see.

- You showed up.

- Man, we've had some good times.

- Oh my goodness.

Tell me some of the places you did right quick.

- Well, a couple of places now, they asked about you every time.

- They did?

- They do.

- What'd they say about me?

- Well, we go to a couple of nursing homes, you know, retirement homes.

- Right.

- And one of 'em is... - Morning Point.

- Morning Point.

- Morning Point.

- Morning Point.

- I got (indistinct) down in Morning Point.

- That's (indistinct).

- Yeah, yeah!

- Yeah.

We go there.

- I got friends over there.

- We go there once a month and we have the biggest time with-- - Please let me know when you're going again.

- Oh, this coming (indistinct)?

- They're coming Tuesday, I might, I'm gonna be-- - Plantation man (indistinct).

- Okay, that's a good one too.

- Yes.

- And we have the best time.

- As a matter of fact, I have a friend, a plantation manager.

- Really?

- Yes.

Mr.

Roscoe Robinson, who is one of the five landlords of Alabama and Mississippi.

- Really?

- Yes.

And he's there.

He's 97.

- Aww.

- He's still young.

- Yes he is.

So I gotta go down and see him, matter of fact, I cut his hair.

- Is that-- - I'm a barber too.

I'll cut yours but I'm not good at it.

(laughing) - Well, I don't have much hair.

- Well, I can't mess it up.

Alright, listen, we thank you so much for the work that you do with singing this great southern gospel music.

And we want to encourage you and I love what you're doing, going out to the nursing homes.

- Thank you.

- Great.

And you're doing it well.

Now have y'all worn this outfit out there yet?

I just want-- - (indistinct), but not.

- I'm telling you, I really love that.

I mean, y'all, whose idea was that?

- You have to dress up, you have to dress up, look at you.

- Well listen, I got a friend out here, man, Dennis Williams.

Woo!

- Hey, I seen him.

- We saw him.

- We gonna get him on one of them shows.

- I got extremely jealous.

- Ah.

Alright, well listen.

Okay, so we got all the names?

We got all of these, give us your game.

- Sherry Booth.

- Sherry Booth.

- Melinda Jones.

- Melinda Jones.

- And I'm Kevin Boyd.

- And you're Kevin Boyd.

Right here on "Alabama Gospel Roots."

(bright music) ♪ Down here my burden's heavy ♪ And the road is rough and long ♪ ♪ Sometimes my feet get weary and so sore ♪ ♪ But a brighter day is coming ♪ Soon I'll step on heaven's shore ♪ ♪ And I won't have to worry anymore ♪ ♪ No, I won't have to worry ♪ When I reach the other shore ♪ All my troubles will be over ♪ And I'll rest forevermore ♪ My eyes will be on Jesus ♪ And my heart will be aglow ♪ And I won't have to worry anymore ♪ (bright music continues) ♪ Someday when life is over ♪ And I've said my last goodbyes ♪ ♪ I'll see my Savior standing at the door ♪ ♪ Then I'll hear Him say you're welcome ♪ ♪ All your cares are left behind ♪ ♪ And I won't have to worry anymore ♪ ♪ No, I won't have to worry ♪ When I reach the other shore ♪ All my troubles will be over ♪ And I'll rest forevermore ♪ My eyes will be on Jesus ♪ And my heart will be aglow ♪ And I won't have to worry anymore ♪ ♪ My eyes will be on Jesus ♪ And my heart will be aglow ♪ And I won't have to worry anymore ♪ ♪ Anymore On "Alabama Gospel Roots," you know we search across the state to find great ministries.

And we found another one, pastor Tommy Easterwood of Tuscaloosa.

It's somewhere in that area, you're a humble baptist church.

How are you, sir?

- I'm doing fine, thank you.

- Great.

And you brought a guest along with you, and this is your beautiful daughter.

Get that mic up for me a little bit.

- Thank you.

- Your name?

- Amy Collins.

- You gonna give her a minute?

- Yes sir.

- Okay.

Amy Collins, and you a nurse practitioner, right?

- That's correct, yes sir.

- And the reason we have Amy, we'll tell you shortly, but Pastor, you've been at Ruhama Baptist Church how long?

- 23 years.

- 23 years, and you've been in ministry how long?

- 36 years.

- 36 years.

Now you from the Tuscaloosa area?

- I am.

- What part of Tuscaloosa you from?

- Holte, Alabama.

- Holte, Alabama.

I remember Holte Island, did you-- - Holte Island.

- Did you go to Holte Island School?

- I played for Hillcrest, but I went to Holte.

- Oh, you played a little football.

What position you play?

- I played middle lineback.

- Uh-oh, that's why your head-- - And fullback.

(both laughing) - Ooh!

Fullback, man.

Hey, I almost wanted to call him to see if you... (Tommy laughing) Get down.

We got a testimony that we want to hear about and we don't have a long time, but we definitely want to hear because something very special happened for you.

I know you got great ministry at Ruhama Baptist Church but something happened to you how long ago.

And tell me about the church.

- I was in the hospital being checked for blood clots, I had 'em, and the nurse come in and said, "Mr.

Easterwood, do you know "that you have cirrhosis of the liver?"

And I says, "Ma'am, you, you need to go out "and read the door because I, I don't, my name's Easterwood.

"I don't have cirrhosis."

"Yes, you do, and it's stage four."

So I seen the doctor (indistinct) there in town and I immediately went to UAB and I had, before I went up there, I had several occasions where the very varices in my neck would burst, and what was happening, my liver had so many toxins in it that it was backing up and had 18 varices at different times bust.

Hadn't been for Amy there, one night I would have not made it, and my wife.

But so the end, after that, I went to Birmingham, (indistinct) back up again.

I was on a vent, had as many blood clots, a hundred, over a hundred blood clots in my stomach.

- My goodness.

- Yeah.

Where it had bursted and didn't know it then.

And so I went on the vent and some of my preacher friends come by and they put healed and I claimed that healing.

- Yes sir.

- And the minute they told me I had it and I, so I go over to Birmingham, Dr.

Muhammad Shariva, my doctor up there, outstanding doctor.

And he said, "Tommy, it is time to get with the tips team" and have a procedure done to put a shunt in my liver and where the liver could operate properly.

And they did that twice.

And so then I kept on trusting in God.

It got down to, I had my TIPS team tell me I had four months to live.

- Okay.

- If I didn't have (indistinct).

- Right.

Lemme jump over to her.

- Okay.

- Now during all of this time, you knowing the medical process, tell me your thought process that you were telling the family, 'cause I'm sure they were asking, "Amy, what is this?"

Get the mic a little bit for me.

- Well, when he started having the bleeding esophageal varices, those are blood muscles in the esophagus and they can bulge and burst and that can be a death risk from the high level of bleeding.

So once we realized the gravity of his liver situation and stage four being one of the later end stages, we understood that we would be looking at a liver transplant if the tips procedure would reroute blood flow and ease that burden on the esophagus.

So we turned to the head physician and we began to pray and believe and trust.

And He surrounded us with a great medical team, a great faith and prayer team in our local pastors and friends and ministers.

And we just gave it to the Lord.

- Yeah.

I'm gonna ask this question since we've got the healing.

Is there a percentage of, what can I say?

Not making it.

What was the percentages of that stage four?

- Not knowing exactly those numbers with reference, but it is, you know, unless you get a transplant, we're looking at less than probably 50 to 25%.

- So did you get a transplant?

- No, I did not.

- He did not.

- He did not need a transplant.

- He did, at stage four.

- Which is not commonly reversible.

The things that happened with his liver, the scarring beginning to reverse, all the things there.

The improvement on the liver scans.

That's really not heard of, unless the good Lord (indistinct).

- Well we're not gonna, we're gonna let you wrap it up but I want you to look out there.

This man right here, Pastor Westerly?

- Easterly.

- Easterly, I'll put you in the West, Easterly.

(indistinct) (Tommy laughing) You are a living testimony of what can happen when you have faith.

- Lemme tell you this-- - Go right ahead.

- On the SMELD scores, my doctor already told me one of six coming through the bleeding, one person outta six.

And I was that one person and he told me that my SMELD score, the first one was a seven, I mean a 12.

And I was gonna look at a transplant.

15, you gotta have a transplant.

- Yes.

- So I just kept on praying.

I said, "Heal in Jesus' name."

- You kept saying heal.

- Heal, yes sir.

- You kept saying that.

- Yes, sir.

- Well, let me hear one more time, how you said it.

- I said, "I'm healed in Jesus' name, amen."

- Yeah.

- So when I went to the doctor, two more tests.

One was a seven, one was another seven, and a six at the end.

Anyway, God's completion of 777.

That's the number.

And so the last time my wife and I were there, I knew I'd been touched.

- You knew it.

- Yeah.

- No doubt.

- No doubt.

And I told, I told Katie, I said, "I'm not gonna have to have that transplant."

And the doctor come in.

He said, "We've got a miracle here."

- Wow.

- And he's a Muslim.

- Yeah.

- And I said, "Yes sir, my God can do that."

- Yes.

- And so he told me, he said, "Tommy," as Annie said, "your (indistinct) come back, no more fatty liver."

And he said, "It's all reversed, "you have no more fatty liver."

And he says all this (indistinct) stuff is coming back together.

He said, "You'll never have to have that transplant."

- Right.

Well look, since you stand on, I don't know if you know how to dance at all.

- I've had times.

- Well, let's get your sleeves up, come on.

(Tommy laughing) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Can we do that for you?

Can we do that for you?

(indistinct) Yeah all right, can you do it a little bit?

Since you big football, you gonna have some great ones.

Ah, that's it.

Well listen, we've gotta go.

But thank you so much for being with us.

- Thank God.

- And we thank you for what you've done to the people out there who have heard this testimony.

Because you know that scripture says, "And they overcame by the blood of the lamb "and the words of their testimony."

We gotta go.

Thank you so much Pastor Easterly and sister Emmie.

- Amy.

- Amy.

- (indistinct) this cirrhosis of the liver-- - Yes, sir.

- And I've got four or five people right now and then millions of people out there walking around with fatty livers that's turning into cirrhosis.

So get yourself in there and get checked and thank God in Heaven.

- Okay, I'll come to your church because I know you going, I'm gonna have to bring a lunch.

I understand that.

(laughing) - Yeah.

- Alright.

On "Alabama Gospel Roots," you heard it right here.

Ruhama Baptist Church, Pastor Easterly and his lovely daughter.

We'll be back.

We're going to dedicate the entire show to all of you who've got your faith stirred on tonight.

- Amen.

- Thank you.

- God bless you.

- God bless you.

(gentle music) ♪ Sing the one wondrous love of Jesus ♪ ♪ Sing His mercy and His grace ♪ In the mansions, bright and blessed ♪ ♪ He'll prepare for us a place ♪ So honor to the Christ before us ♪ ♪ Soon His beauty will be born ♪ Soon the pearly gates will open ♪ ♪ And we shall tread the streets of gold ♪ ♪ When we all get to Heaven ♪ What a day of rejoicing that will be ♪ ♪ When we all see Jesus ♪ We will sing and shout the victory ♪ ♪ When we all get to Heaven ♪ What a day of rejoicing that will be ♪ ♪ When we all see Jesus ♪ We will sing and shout the victory ♪ ♪ When we all get to Heaven ♪ What a day of rejoicing that will be ♪ ♪ When we all see Jesus ♪ We will sing and shout the victory ♪ On "Alabama Gospel Roots" it's a great night and I hope that you have enjoyed everything, including this beautiful lady here, one of our wranglers.

(both laughing) She never leaves, she never leaves.

Miss DeDee Frazier.

Hello girl.

- Hello, hello, hello.

- Girl, look like things are going well for you.

- Thank God, thank God.

(voices overlapping) (both laughing) Let's switch it up a little bit.

- Let's switch it up a little bit.

You know people know you by your hairstyle.

- I know, I know.

- Well, listen everybody, if you would love to be on Alabama gospel roots, we would love to have you.

You can be stand right here on the stage like we are in First Baptist Church Childersburg.

And if you have a golden vessel, we'd love to have that as well.

So come on, come on.

We wanna get some new people on.

We'd love to have the ones, we enjoy them like DeDee every week.

But we want you on too.

Well listen, we gotta get ready to get away from you.

But everybody listen.

The world needs you.

The world needs you to say something very special, to smile and to embrace as you come and go.

So do it, do it, do it.

You are now deputized to do that.

And I know you're going to do an excellent job.

Okay, we're gonna be back next Saturday night, 8:00.

But right now we've gotta say this as only you can say it now, you know where we're going.

We're all sisters and brothers.

♪ We're all sisters and brothers ♪ There's only one color.

♪ And there's only one color And that is?

♪ And that is Get this note from Stephen Preston, the color of love.

♪ The color of love Be well, everybody.

DeDee Frazier, take us home.

(warm music) ♪ Because Lord the lord is my shepherd ♪ ♪ I have everything I need ♪ He lets me rest in the meadow grass ♪ ♪ And leads me beside the quiet streams ♪ ♪ He restores my failing health ♪ ♪ And he helps me do what honors him the most ♪ ♪ And what's why I'm safe ♪ And that's why I'm safe ♪ And that's why I'm safe ♪ Saved in His arms ♪ Because the Lord is my Shepherd ♪ ♪ I have absolutely that I need ♪ ♪ He lets me rest in the meadow grass ♪ ♪ And He leads me beside the quiet streams ♪ ♪ He restores my failing health ♪ ♪ And helps me do what honors Him the most ♪ ♪ And that's why I'm safe ♪ That's why I'm safe ♪ And that's why I'm safe ♪ Saved in His arms ♪ He loves us all ♪ Mmmm, when the storm of life ♪ is raging and the billows ♪ They roll ♪ I'm glad ♪ He shall hide me ♪ I'm glad He shall hide me ♪ I'm so glad He shall hide me ♪ When the storms of life are raging ♪ ♪ I have a hiding place and He shall hide me ♪ ♪ Safe in His arms ♪ That's what He promised me ♪ That I'm safe in the master's arms ♪ ♪ We've got a hiding place where we can go ♪ ♪ And we're safe in (logo crackling)