{"id":5791,"date":"2015-09-25T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2015-09-25T15:17:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:17:01","slug":"ruf-sponsors-poets-in-autumn-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2015\/09\/25\/ruf-sponsors-poets-in-autumn-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"RUF sponsors \u2018Poets in Autumn\u2019 tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Eldria Coleman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jordan Darensbourg
\n<\/strong>MC Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

A fun-filled night was had by many who attended the \u201cPoets in Autumn Tour\u201d at Redeemer Church on Northside Drive in Jackson, Miss. hosted by the Reformed University Fellowship (RUF).<\/p>\n

The event featured four popular poets, including married couple Preston Perry and Jackie Hill-Perry as well as Ezekiel and Janette\u2026IKZ.\u00a0 The event was a perfect profession of the Christian faith and taught those in attendance the importance of faith through their poetry and music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do Christian Rap and God guides me to express myself in an artistic way,\u201d said P. Lo Jetson, a gospel rapper whose performance of his single, \u201cLight of the World\u201d rocked the sellout crowd to open the show.<\/p>\n

Jetson had a deal in the secular music world, but stated that a certain supernatural power intervened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got the call to ministry in 2009,\u201d said Jetson, \u201cI was doing secular music for Universal (Records) and upon finalizing it, God saved me and I declined that offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the night, the poets depicted several scenarios that involve the Christian faith, ranging from an interpretation of Satan by Ezekiel in which the poet rejoices in the fact that this is a broken world, then gets upset that God is accepting of all no matter what mistakes people make, to a duet by the Perry\u2019s that depict the struggles of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis.\u00a0 There were some great performances, but that wasn\u2019t the main point of the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe performances were great,\u201d said Charence Higgins, a senior psychology and theatre double major from Madison, Miss., who serves as the 76th Miss Jackson State University. \u201cWhat I liked the most was that it wasn\u2019t a performance, but rather a ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the many interpretations that these poets made, some also gave testimonies, or real-life stories of how they were able to overcome mistakes, and were able to accept the call to ministry.<\/p>\n

MADDRAMA opened up the show with a performance that depicted the journey that Jesus went through in the gospel.\u00a0 In it, the members speak on his journey from life to his crucifixion on the cross<\/p>\n

Right before the performance, Mark G. Henderson, MADDRAMA director and Professor of Speech, asked, \u201cHow can I speak on how they should live their life without talking about the Giver of Life?\u201d<\/p>\n

RUF is a campus ministry on the campus of Jackson State University, and their weekly large group bible study takes place every Thursday in the New Student Center Theatre.\u00a0 Food and fellowship starts at 7:30, and the praise and worship start at 8:30.\u00a0 For more information, contact Pastor Elbert McGowan at 601-662-8505 or text JSURUF to 41411.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jordan Darensbourg MC Contributor A fun-filled night was had by many who attended the \u201cPoets in Autumn Tour\u201d at Redeemer Church on Northside Drive in Jackson, Miss. hosted by the Reformed University Fellowship (RUF). The event featured four popular poets, including married couple Preston Perry and Jackie Hill-Perry as well as Ezekiel and Janette\u2026IKZ.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-events"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}