{"id":919,"date":"2009-10-02T13:54:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T13:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/10\/melinda-doolittle-natalie-gran.html"},"modified":"2009-10-02T13:54:27","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T13:54:27","slug":"melinda-doolittle-natalie-gran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/10\/melinda-doolittle-natalie-gran.html","title":{"rendered":"Melinda Doolittle, Natalie Grant join The Katinas for benefit concert to aid Samoa tsunami victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TheKatinas.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/TheKatinas.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"174\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Natalie Grant and American Idol&#8217;s Melinda Doolittle are just two of the artists joining The Katinas for a benefit concert to help the tsunami ravaged islands of Samoa and American Samoa.<br \/>\nThe Katinas, who were born and raised on American Samoa, said in a letter to family and friends:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our Dad, 4 sisters, brother and 2 nephews that live there are okay. However, some of our friends and  close family members are still missing. We have confirmed news that on of our cousins from the village of Leone (our Mother&#8217;s birthplace and place where our Dad pastors) died yesterday in the aftermath of the tsunami.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The brothers had already been planning their third mission trip to the island in November, and now have also organized a benefit concert to assist with immediate and long term needs on the island.<br \/>\nThe concert will take place:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWednesday, October 7th<br \/>\nFellowship Bible Church<br \/>\n1210 Franklin Road<br \/>\nBrentwood, Tennessee&#8211;just outside of Nashville<br \/>\nThe concert starts at 7 PM and other artists are expected to be added to the line up.<br \/>\nNationally known radio personalities Doug &amp; Kim, from Salem Broadcasting&#8217;s popular &#8220;Doug &amp; Kim in the Morning,&#8221; will emcee the event.<br \/>\nIf you can&#8217;t attend the concert but would like to help, you can donate through The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katinamissions.org\/ways-to-give\/\" target=\"_blank\">Katina&#8217;s missions fund.<\/a><br \/>\nFor more information about <a href=\"http:\/\/thekatinas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Katinas and to keep updated on the benefit concert details, visit The Katina&#8217;s website.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>RELATED POST:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/10\/sam-katina-talks-about-a-lifes.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Katina talks about a lifestyle of worship<\/a><br \/>\n<i><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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