Hurst Chapel's Youth Explosion Today, Saturday

Published: Friday, December 19, 2014 at 1:06 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 19, 2014 at 1:06 a.m.

WINTER HAVEN | You can have a red Mohawk and still love God.

That's one of the messages Katina Campbell said Hurst Chapel AME is trying to get across at its Youth Explosion event today and Saturday.

"We want to show our youth that you don't have to change who you are or what you look like to love God," said Campbell, event coordinator.

The event starts at 7 p.m. today with minister and singer Alexis Spight. The 21-year-old was runner-up on Black Entertainment Television's fifth season of "Sunday Best" a national gospel singing competition. She's the one sporting the red Mohawk and red eyebrows to match.

Evangelist and gospel singer Jekalyn Carr is Saturday's special guest. The 17-year-old is a Stellar-Award winner and her song "Greater Is Coming" debuted third on Billboard's gospel music chart. EBONY magazine lists her alongside Oprah and Beyonc on its Power 100 list for 2014.

"We're trying to motivate our young people by showing them these young women who are in their age group, have a good spiritual foundation and are using their special talents to live their lives as people of God," Pastor Ronnie L. Clark said.

The idea for an event catered to young people came from a strategic planning meeting, Campbell said, which included church heads and the youth group. The youth group is made up of about 150 young people from 6 weeks old to 18 years old.

The church has hosted gospel concerts before, but feedback from the youth told Campbell that they had a tough time relating because the artists were not from their generation or genre of music.

"We decided to showcase Alexis and Jekalyn because they're both dynamic in that they'll preach the word of God in their blue jeans," Campbell said.

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