Here’s a listing of a few of them:

Aug. 10-11 — Women of Faith: “Celebrate What Matters,” Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 and 9 a.m. Aug. 11. For more information, go to www.WomenofFaith.com.  

Aug. 10-11 — Oklahoma Youth Evangelism Conference featuring Christian recording artists Kutless, Tenth Avenue North and other artist, Mabee Center, Oral Roberts University campus, 7777 S Lewis. Admission is $17 before July 30 and $20 after July 30. For more information, call 942-3000, Ext.  or go to www.mabeecenter.com.

5:30 p.m. Aug. 25 — “Secret Keeper Girl Live!,” Mabee Center, Tulsa. For more information, go to www.mabeecenter.com.

7 p.m. Sept. 13 — “Living a Legacy” with Dave Ramsey (pictured) and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Jon Acuff, Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland. For more information, go to www.crossingsokc.org.

5 p.m. Sept. 15 — “VeggieTales Live: Sing Yourself Silly,” Mabee Center, ORU, 7777 S Lewis. For more information, go to www.mabeecenter.com.

8 p.m. Sept. 21 — The Afters (pictured) and Fireflight, Chesapeake Energy Stage, State Fair of Oklahoma. Free admission with admission to the fair. For more information, go to www.okstatefair.com.

Sept. 22 — Hillsong Live “Cornerstone Tour,” BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, July 20. Cost is $26, $32 and $38. Ticket prices increase $3 on the day of the show. For more information, go to www.PremierProductions.com. 

7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 — “A Night of Hope with Joel and Victoria Osteen,” Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno. Tickets are $15.  For more information, go to www.ticketmaster.com or www.chesapeakearena.com.

Oct. 6 — Mark Schultz and  Anita Renfroe, Mabee Center, Tulsa. For more information, go to www.mabeecenter.com.

Dec. 20 – “12 Gifts of Christmas” tour with Steven Curtis Chapman, Laura Story, Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Lisa Welchel and others, Mabee Center, Tulsa. For more information, go to www.mabeecenter.com

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor

It wasn’t our first interview, but I have always remembered it fondly, no less so than today, upon hearing the news of the tragic death of his youngest daughter, Maria. 

During our interviewing the popular contemporary Christian singer-songwriter told me he had lost his voice for three months. During that time, his faith and zest for ministry were renewed by the Lord’s Word, though he could not initially convey that renewal in the way he knew best — through song.

Chapman said with that sense of spiritual regeneration came several amazing new and life-altering realities for his family. One of those realities was that he and his wife, Mary Beth, had adopted two more daughters (Maria Sue and Stevey Joy) from China to complete their family, which already included China-born adopted daughter, Shoahannah, and their three older children.   

“God is in the process of — not just in our little corner of the world of Franklin, Tenn. — moving things, stirring things, all over the world,”  the singer said at the time.

He and his wife expressed their sense of connection to the world at large by adopting their daughters and founding Shoahannah’s Hope, a ministry aimed at reducing the financial barriers of adoption.

I can still remember the joy — a sense of wonder of God’s goodness – that radiated from Chapman, even over the telephone lines.

My sincere hope is that he and his family rely and trust on God during this difficult time.

Something tells me that they will do just that — because they always have.

Read more about little Maria on a specially created blog and find out how you can donate to Shoahannah’s Hope by visiting Chapman’s official Web site.