- [mother perry] people might not expres s it but there's gonna be a change in somebody's life. that's what i'm workin g for. that s omebody would just stand up in that congregation and tell god thank you. i've been saying ♪ keep yourself pray ed up. [ambient music] - [male announcer]: support for reel south is provided by:

additional funding for "stay prayed up" is provided by: and others. a complete list is available from p bs. [gentle music] - welcomto the mn event. you guylove church, is eventreally crc hy. so, anif you gs justanna wat the fun ancheck upike howyour fends areoi ng most oyour frids mit even bng there - ae] heavly fathe were gathed here a in. - [saker 2] s god. - [m] thanki you foryour my, many essi ng - [speak 2] ohyes, g thank you.- [maelord, yohave en so go to us- [speer 2] thk you lord.yes, lord. [mae] do throughhe yea . - peaker 2 yes.- [mae] u broughus this far. - [saker 2] yes. - [mae] d you ner left s. - peaker 2yes, s . - [m] and wean't aise youno ugh.- [speer 2] ye s ir. - [mae] we go tay in adventur

that's w to u get the mid of go- [speer 2] ye god. [mae] anhelp to do yr wi ll know th you areable ande know y c an. [speaker yes. - stngthen uoh g od [speaker] oh y . - ok down litt old me god.- [speer 2] ye y es. - ae] it w all thalo ve. [speaker] yes. - [m] we havinside o us forne for ath er.- [speak] yes. [mae] dohese r us holfath er we'lbe so ve, ve ry ry caref in givi yourame the ai se. in jesusame we py am en - roup] amen. ♪ i gonna wk through the reets ofhe city ♪ wherey love o has ne on bere ♪ ♪ oh ye ♪ i'm gon sit dowon the nks of t river ♪ ♪ olord ♪ ♪ and ion't be ck no mo ♪

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at the judgmen t ♪ ♪ gotta to be tried ♪ - they were very powerful singe rs. those three ladi es sister ethel elliot had the highest vo ice. the next voice down was sister lena mae pe rry and the aunt sister benn ett. she had the lowest voi ce. and there was some beautiful three part harmo ny.- theyere constent in e so that th chose tsi ng whh was thold hy s. d they wld put tir litt twist o it. and u knew, ay th is the anchet s. i can s my moth ♪ [mae] asime moveon au mae sorof drted off om us but etl and i pt singi. ♪ you know that sin have love ♪ ♪ fever stajust as u are ♪

- wh the lorsay ve [indiinct] so fire geunder yo f oot. you st can'tit sti .you gonnholleryou'reonna jum whater comesorth, yodo it. anit makese feel, l ike,just fl like itake wgs and fly. oh ♪ ♪ to gi my ow ♪ ♪ younow thataith ♪ i belong to a noy cr ewshouti, and fo stomng and cpp ingand prse the lord. a churchospel, nsy c re[wilbur ughi ng - [mae] ght.right.- just line or wo. [upbeat ano] - caanybody lk aboutwilberithout sli ng? he loveso play pno. he lovesus ic. - wier pla . he plays. ♪ou gottarust himand gi him tim♪♪

no tter howong it tes ♪ - evens a smalch ild,i saw pios in myle ep. i ink thatas a meage from od. ♪on't youorry ♪ ♪ it y not co whenou want ♪♪ butt's righon tim ♪ [mae] weidn't docome here go lord" d we? [phil] whave notdone tt one t. - ah, thatne ictory imi ne."- ye . - anthe otheone, "i n't el no wa tir ed cause m still undin'.[lau gh- that rig ht e first me i met er we wersingingwithin 2minu te of mting eac otheall toge er. d she wateachinge pa rt ♪ h hey ande go on anytime 're on atage matter ere we a e will bng pele to thal tar. she wi invitesomethinout of p ple. she's taht me how to flow he - i love im. he caning andhe fallsn li ne wi the resof the cld

ren. buwhen we nd it, we gottae sort o widepen, younow? - [pl] oh yeah. - when wwind i- [phi y eah. - i proachedister rry at o point a ut let's ma a recortogeth . wod you beilling t make record th me?i love h she resnd ed. - ye. - hat'd bein e". ♪ to ♪ - as s as that buwe hear e same t ng.- [maeyou don'have say [instin ct you down ere♪ reareal jes is real ♪ - y it ain. ♪ rl ♪- anla kent one north colin a' solutelyoundatiol goel singers. shs just aowerho e. st a phemenal si er. ♪ whoa s ♪ ♪ave me t victory♪ anla has kwn siste perrfor mostf her life.and hepresenceand

hepersonality arjust esstial tobringinghat thirpa rt. ♪ thais why iove him ♪ ♪ he'so real me ♪ i lo this. this is eat.these en't anyf the tus i ote downand i lo it. i ju totallynto it hil laug ng] once we cided itwas a ve rec d, we tked aboua lot ofhi ngs. what didou s aywhat d you mea - we tked ab t honong the oer branctt es. obvisly we tked out plac in ro s she'been in r li fe anwe wouldo back t w ell, wherdoes theame thebranchtes come rom?[dramatipi ano] - lo branchdiscips of chrt. iteally mas me fee goodhen i co upin this ivew ay 'causehis is m stompi ground.

we had a wonderful family. we had singing, pare nts, singing family. ♪ my lord ♪ ♪ were you ther e ♪ my sisr and myrother a i we me our owmu sic,in theard, bacup in corner mewh er i would ve a shoox and my sistehad the ot t ubwe laugh, we frocked. we had aood timebut knew wh we had do. at se points we hado fill u barn of bacco thsame d . d it was certain aythat tacco hado go on at stk, put ion that ri ng. and ohcould i it? tremble ♪ ♪ tmble ♪ tmble we thoht it wa hardbut it w n't. itas just rt of life. ♪hen they♪my

gramother a my auremembs here a longranch ch ch. ey was eerly senrs th taught so much three ttle kidknew wh three-pt harm y,becauswe heardt so m h. we kw that wwere gon haveo sing achurch. they cald us the the nnett the.[upbeamusic] pops upgoes dowthere to the fnt of thch urch and would srt sin ng and theyould be st apping tir hands ansome sinng alongith usand i ard my gndma s . "teait all tpieces". ♪ misery ♪ ♪ oh have you eve r ♪ ♪ a man like you is aiser y ♪ a mis y ♪ ♪h have y eve r ♪ a m like yois a mis y ♪ - [len] is t

tyour sior? [mae] senior ass picture. [lena] okay. [mae] i ved school. i reallyoved to to school. anthat is na mae bnett valedictian clasof 1957. [m laughin - le mae bentt vadictor n.- [len y es.- we rehrsed indaddy'corn pat d we sta singingthis ltle song that my anddad h taught us. mething like ♪ ware roll g ♪ we are lling no ♪littleitty chi ren. ♪ we arrolling thisnfriendlworl d ♪ we e rollin♪ ♪ we arrollin ♪ whene got rey to t in dad's car wenew exacy wherewe wersupposedo sit to make at harmony.

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session.♪ somay i'm gng toee my lo ♪ walk arnd the hve n ♪ spreathe news ♪ ♪ putn my shi goldenhoes ♪hen my sior lls me h e ♪ ♪ welyou'd beer get rdy ♪ ♪ everyay ♪ ♪ telthe thgs wi always ay ♪ ♪ heavegate s open wi for m ♪ ♪ wn my savr calls hom e ♪ mmm mmm ♪ - that's good on - ye, that'she great ong th was sunby e walkeriste rsof ralgh, nortcaroli . there w a rightromo te somethi down inhis ar ey woulde been phed the top long ti a go.some pple get eaks d some pple do t. [pple laugng]

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caroli rit down t r oad. pbeat goel singi] wilberame to py fothis chuh. when he t them lg fiers on tt pi ani saidelsa, th's the man". ♪ pray th i pray ♪ prayed all night long ♪ - we'd be invited to so many minist ries all ov north col ina. saturd nights,sunday mni ngs, suay evenis, we re gone ery weekend. - avel, trel trel, travel.♪ juscouldn'test a day ♪ my soul ♪ [speakerjohnson unty d surrouing co ty is definely knowfor rong gosl ro ot [upbt gospelinging] a gospelhoir annersary is a cebrationf anothe year that youave beenteadfa

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abily toive the ople a nistry tt they w ant, a mistry thathey n d d a miniry thatthey gna hunge for. [whirring trfic] - cumbers d tradition. let meee, let see. [waterrickling we leaed a lotf this en we we at home and daddgrew hisucumbe . and wiur tell sometim "ster perry" whene say itike thati kn somethi about cki ng. you nt me toell r how to ut whato put tother.- she ll tell exacy what to do anit will me out

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s, so i could walk around and talk to each one of th em. - you see all kinds of people th ere. alwalks of ife. some of 'ehave dru, but they wou be therbut. [jnny laugng] [sizzlin oil]- she uld hale a coregationf hureds of op le. all of us hury at t same time. all of ugoing in the llowshipall the samti me. you knewhat moth perrhad put r love and her professional touch to it. if you didn't come back for the preachi ng you sure came back f the f d. [laugh g] [oilubbl in- she d her faly she meals geth er seral timea we ek u know, d they a all g wn and maied and ve theirown lis and caers. buthey dintogetherseveranights a eek. il bubblg] - thr daddy arte d and if ty weren'here peciallyy this time,

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are tru and thaful forwhat ware abouto rec ve for e nourisents ofour boes for cist sa . amen. - roup] en. - wasn't o long w it? - [len it wasn too l g. didn'have to t thofferingrays o . ae laughing] - [la] y ea - gina hasorked an her.she cod almostave ranthe restrant for me. y'l prettyell knewwhat youupposed do. - knew i h to cln the stove and didn't wh many d hes. - someme i wenback ere to wh dish justo get t the front. [lgh ing] - [m] regi . nobody bin the tchen buma ma. - anstill cat go ithere w.- can't in ther now. - edric] d't put nothing the s k. n't washhe dis s, - cat do not ng. - edric] c't ev walk inhe re. eople lahing] - wh all of ose ds was y ng i taug them toove ever ody, beuse i kn that inhis li thers lot ofhings you gottconfro .you goto have ough f th d you goto be ab to puenough tst in d, thatou can hdle whatcomes upgainst you.

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od. love you ll. - [saker] good. - [mae] hoyou doinhandso ? - [saker] evybody loves mser ry.- [mae] od to se you. - d's dreawoman.you calook andount on her. chch is hemiddle name. [people attering - [speak] good mning.- [speer 2] good morni . - at a migy god weer ve. - wh a might god.- [preher] we've comento thisou segather in his me. - th's rig . - may as ll go and giveim the p ise. hallelujah. [peoplclappi ] my mama ways tol me"keep urself pyed up and that what i . - [speak] anyonelse? the sameod th's in thchur ch the samgod that out ere withe on tho sta ge mighty, mity good.♪ i pyed up ♪ lord

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. - peaker] en. - [gup] am . - [saker] amen and i prais him. - i haveope. want y'a to get at too. - [speer] ye a lot oftuff is ing onwe livg in a heless ti me.can cawe be real? can talk to me - peaker] s, y es real peoe to da thishing haso becomepersonalo y'all. - [speer] that right.that'sig ht. i can enurage u. - yes. - and can offeyour hop and i n tell y about j us. t you goa get th righin your n he ar and the h e. - at's right. at's right. - e, i wanyou to he ho pe il i wanyou to he ho pe but i doi really do.i want y to have ope. but you tta get in. - peaker] ah. - ah, ye . can't wt, untilhe batt is overhe sho . we got tshout

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