>> Cathy: I AM SO RELIEVED TO PRESENT A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE REALLY HEAVY NEWS OF THIS WHOLE MONTH WITH SOME LIVE GOSPEL MUSIC.

THE SOUND OF GOSPEL CELEBRATES AND HONORS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A CONCERT THIS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1ST AT THE O'SHAUGHNESSY IN ST.

PAUL.

THE NON-PROFIT SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH HAS BEEN RODUCING THIS COLLECTION OF GOSPEL PERFORMANCES SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

THE REVEREND WILLIAM PIERCE IS WITH US WITH SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH.

YOU HAVE BEEN PRODUCING THIS THING NOW FOR A WHILE.

IS THIS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?

HOW HAS IT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS I SHOULD SAY?

>> IT'S CHANGED EVERY YEAR.

IT EVOLVES.

WE WROTE THE SHOW IN 2014, PRODUCED IT THE FIRST TIME IN 2018 AT THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION.

AND THEN IN 2020, WE HAD TO SCALE IT BACK BECAUSE IT WAS SO BIG.

SO LARGE.

SO WE SCALED IT BACK IN 2020 RIGHT BEFORE COVID.

AND SO WE HAD TO TAKE A BREAK AFTER THAT AND WE CAME BACK IN 2023, '24, '25, AND NOW 2026, BUT EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE ADD A NEW ELEMENT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE GOSPEL MUSIC EVOLVES.

>> EXACTLY.

>> SO WE WANT TO SHOW THAT EVOLUTION WITH EVERY YEAR WE PUT THE SHOW ON.

>> Cathy: FOR FOLKS WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH DOES, GIVE US A LITTLE THUMBNAIL.

>> SECOND CHANCE OUTREACH, TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO BRIDGE THAT HEALTH CARE AND FINANCIAL GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHICHEVER WAY WE AN DO THAT, BUT ART IS A WAY OF DOING THAT, AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD FEELING SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND BE INVOLVED FOR CHANGE, EVERY ASPECT.

>> IF I WANT TICKETS WHERE DO I GO?

>> O'SHAUGHNESSY OR SOUNDSOFGOSPEL.ORG.

>> JAVEETA STEELE, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, SHE IS HERE.

>> I LOVE YOU TOO.

>> OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE DOING THIS AT A TIME F GREAT UPHEAVAL AND PAIN AND TRAUMA IN THIS CITY.

>> CORRECT.

>> Cathy: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF A BALM MIGHT GOSPEL MUSIC BE DURING THIS TIME?

>> IT IS AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IT WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, EVERY REVOLUTION THERE HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE, AND GOSPEL MUSIC SEEMS TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE WE CAN TURN INWARD AND MOVE UPWARD.

I'M SO HONORED TO BE DIRECTING THIS SHOW WITH THIS AMAZING CAST, TEN VOCALISTS AND MUSICIANS AND WE WILL CELEBRATE EVERYBODY FROM ROSETTA THORPE TO SAM COOKE.

SO COME OUT ON OUT AND ENJOY SOME GOOD -- IF YOU NEED YOUR SOUL HEALED WHICH I BELIEVE EVERYBODY DOES.

>> Cathy: OH, YES.

>> COME OUT AND GET REJUVENATED FOR THE FIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

>> YOU MENTIONED SAM COOK.

I LOVE SAM COOK.

ARE YOU GOING TO SING A SONG BY HIM?

>> YES, Mr.

ARMANDO RICHARDSON WILL BE LEADING "HEM OF HIS GARMENT."

>> Cathy: ENJOY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

♪♪ >> SINGING: WELL, THERE WAS A WOMAN DURING BIBLE DAYS SHE HAD BEEN ICK, SICK SO VERY LONG SHE HAD HEARD ABOUT JESUS AS PASSING BY SO SHE JOINED THE GATHERING THRONG AND WHILE SHE WAS PUSHING HER WAY THROUGH SOMEONE ASKED HER, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

♪♪ SHE SAID IF I COULD JUST TOUCH HIS HEM I KNOW I'LL BE MADE WHOLE ♪♪ AND SHE CRIED ... OH, LORD, OH, LORD OH, LORD SHE SAID IF I COULD JUST TOUCH HIS HEM I KNOW I'LL BE MADE WHOLE LISTEN WELL, SHE SPENT HER IF MONEY HERE AND THERE UNTIL SHE HAD NO, NO MORE TO SPARE THE DOCTORS DID ALL THAT THEY COULD BUT THEIR MEDICINE WOULD DO NO GOOD BUT WHEN SHE TOUCHED HIM SAVIOR DID NOT SEE STILL HE TURNED AROUND HE SAID, SOMEONE TOUCHED ME SHE WAS, IT WAS I I JUST WANT TO TOUCH YOUR HEM I KNOW I WILL BE MADE WHOLE WHOA-OH-OH-OH, WHOLE OH, LORD OH, LORD OH, LORD SHE CRIED, OH, LORD SHE SAID IF I COULD JUST TOUCH YOUR HEM I KNOW I'LL BE MADE WHOLE ♪♪