Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Duranice Pace

god bless you welcome today as we've come to celebrate the life of evangelist durant's pace my sister we are so excited to have you with us today and many of you from around the world we know that you've been asking and waiting to see and to hear as we celebrate this life of this great moment of god and today we've come to allow you to be a part of this great celebration you know there was a saying once by the late bishop mj pace her brother he said that the mike loves nisei and i want you to know that i have not seen one mic that she picked up that did not love her voice she could sing anything at any time and matter of fact she went beyond the mic she would sing in restaurants she would sing and she went into the stores people would just wait to hear her sing and we're so grateful for what god did through her life so today we invite you to celebrate with us and to celebrate her life on behalf of my family the anointed pace sisters and certainly her son demarcus love that did such a tremendous job in taking care of his mother oh my god we want to thank demarcus we want to thank him we want to show him some love today as we've come to celebrate her life and so i want you to come on in and join us today as we celebrate the life and legacy of my sister evangelist duranus pace [Applause] [Music] i am troubled yet not distressed freely [Music] [Applause] [Music] is of power i have a treasure none can complain persecuted [Music] destroyed i have a treasure from the lord but [Music] [Music] [Applause] free [Music] i have a dress from the lord thank you for [Music] right [Applause] me [Music] a treasure yeah me [Applause] god of abraham god of isaac and god of jacob god we just want to thank you for being great we want to thank you for being awesome thank you for your loving kindness god thank you for being our helper thank you for being our comforter thank you for being our creator all things good and perfect comes from you god before we ask you for anything god we just want to let you know that we appreciate you that we don't take you for granted we thank you for your love that is everlasting we thank you for your faithfulness we thank you god for your grace and your protection your mercy even when we are so undeserving you still love us you still keep us when we don't want to keep ourselves you love us when we don't want to love ourselves god we understand and we recognize that our success is in you that our strength is in you it's in you we live breathe move and have i been so god anything and everything we have a desire we ever dreamed god it's in you so god we come to you and we thank you we thank you for being our supplier we thank you god for being our deliverer god we need you to come into our lives step into our situations work everything out god god we your people we are serving you god with broken hearts with messed up minds god undo the heavy burden god break and destroy every yoke do what only you can do oh god and we'll give you the glory god we expecting you to meet our needs and to exceed our expectations because we know that you're able to do exceedingly above all that we're able to actually think and god we trust you and we ask god that you help us to develop a better relationship within you so the power that you have will dwell within us and it will work out of us therefore manifesting the words of our lives god we thank you jesus we give you the lord we thank you for what we know we thank you for what we don't know we thank you for what you did we thank you god for what you didn't allow to happen and we thank you for what you allowed to happen because we know it's all for our good and it's all for your glory it's all for your purpose jesus and we magnify you jesus we exalt you in this place we magnify your name god we extol you jesus we call you master we call you jesus the lover of our soul god you'll be glorified in our lives like only you can and we'll give you the glory and the honor in jesus name amen and amen [Music] hi my name is willian ziada and i'm a new york city based director and creator for the theater and television i met duranus pace 10 months ago i was on youtube youtube spiraling trying to find some music and stories to inspire me entertain me because it was just at the beginning of the pandemic i came across denise's clip of her on steve harvey she sent corinthians song and then i saw the interview with steve when she said i'm going to broadway i got a chill all over and it's only when i get a chill it's usually my gut and instincts are very strong there was a story behind that beautiful authentic unapologetic pure soul i wanted to learn some more information so that night i ordered her autobiography on kindle read it in one sitting the next morning i looked at the back of the memoir and i realized on the last page there was an email so i just said go for it will i emailed her i got an email back in like 15 minutes and i was told that duranus wanted to speak with me over facetime that first meeting turned into 40 weeks of a beautiful friendship collaboration and a healing experience in 40 weeks duranus and i co-wrote and i was set to direct and she was the star in the theatrical concert event of her life we had producers interested we had a streaming site interested and i have to say that this is not the end of that broadway show you know on our first conversation nisi called me willis i didn't correct her why would i i love the way that she said it willis she was neesy neesie willis is not giving up on your dream to get to broadway i promise you we're gonna get there because as you always said to me willis it's already done done it's already done it's already done done [Music] lisey willis loves you now and always how many of you know that things are going to get better hallelujah how many you choose life hallelujah come on let's do it guys come on clap your hands with us like this right here come on [Music] hallelujah listen song says proverbs 18 21 the power is in your tongue say goodbye to devil say hello to life be careful of what you say cause it will surely come your way [Music] [Music] say goodbye to david [Music] i shall [Music] [Music] come on everybody opening up your mouth insane things are gonna get better hallelujah better for me better for you it's gonna be better i need you to help me [Music] if you know it's getting better right [Music] here [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] it might look crazy right now it might look like pearl boy right now but somebody just shot better is coming benny is coming i got one more witness kway i need you to help me sing it tonight [Music] you can break all the things up [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] god praise come on open your mouth and give him praise listen when duranus used to come to charleston south carolina she would say something like it did not injure me at all [Music] me [Music] [Music] i'm still here he kept me i'm still here because he loved me [Applause] hey everybody melvin williams here i just want to give a few encouraging words and say a few encouraging words to the pace sisters and the pace family about my girl durant's pace y'all know that was my singing partner original original original authentic the girl was just bad she was bad and she could sing and sing anywhere she had that beautiful personality beautiful beautiful smile she never changed never changed you catch her on any given day she might sing in a restaurant in a grocery store at the bus stop at the train station you name it right in the middle of a tape recording of a tv show she might bail out and hit amazing grace y'all so y'all y'all know what i'm talking about we're gonna miss my girl but y'all got it y'all can handle it because y'all are y'all can sing you're not singers y'all can sing so i just want to encourage y'all to keep going on stay prayed up my prayers and condolences are with the entire family and from myself and the williams brothers y'all be blessed be strong hang in there and god forever bless you and if you need me i'm just a phone call away god bless while 60 seconds is simply not enough time to express the sentiments of my heart for my dear sister my best friend duranus i will try to adhere so what's in a name duratus the d is for determined to do god's will you is for undeniably unique why because no one else could do what duranus did r is for radiant because she allowed the light of god to always shine through her hey you knew this was coming anointed she is an anointed pace sister n is for navally and friendly because she never met a stranger it's also for her nickname neesie i is for intriguing because to know her is to love her c is for captivating because of her god-given ability to grasp your attention while pointing you towards the light of god and in the direction of god he is for the endeavoring example setter that she was we will miss you duranus it has been an honor knowing you these past 30 plus years traveling this world with you in this country in foreign lands we will meet again your dear brother elda john smalls hey this is kiki wyatt and i just want to say thank you so much to durant's pace for all that you've done your wonderful gift honey that voice was amazing god is a blessing through you and to the family i pray that the lord gives you all peace and comfort and love and joy and happiness through this time and um god bless you at this time we're getting ready to receive the wonderful ministry of miss leandria johnson can we celebrate her at this time [Music] you are we give you [Music] anybody come to worship him come on if you come to do that tonight you want to lift your hand to say [Music] lord we come before you tonight lord we need you right now [Music] anybody thank my everything my everyday [Music] come on [Music] you come on keep it going come on keep it going [Music] oh yeah [Music] one more time we [Music] and there's something that they used to saying back then they didn't say this they said i'll say i'll say [Music] when your [Music] and my answer [Music] right [Music] [Music] is i've got to trust you come on [Music] is [Music] oh it's gonna get lonely sometimes again that everybody wow look at your neighbor say he's been alright to the family he's still all right i said to the family and friends he's still alright to the family and friends hang on in there he's still alright he's still [Music] he made [Music] he made a way just tap your neighbor you ain't gotta touch this tower and say he's still making a win [Music] come on you ain't got to touch him just tap him in and say he's still making away he's still making away he's still making away [Music] i know it was hard to get here but it's still making a way [Music] still making the way [Music] he's still making a way he's still making a win he's still making a way [Music] there's something to say [Music] i don't know how much time i have but i came here for the family to say he will do it [Music] for me [Music] do it for me come on we need you right now [Music] please [Music] god knows [Music] one day one day one day i heard that jesus was passing by and guess what i said lay your hands [Music] and this every day i need is every hour is [Music] right better days [Music] [Music] i promise you a little better days i promise you once [Music] agree with me and believe it sharing this world i'll never leave you i'll never forsake you i will be there with you always meditation validation [Music] it's only a season [Music] [Applause] [Music] say [Music] [Music] cause everything will be all right [Music] [Music] [Music] yes so brother marcus [Applause] evans faces one and only son in whom she was well pleased to the love family and the entire pace family this is a bittersweet moment for me bitter because evangelist durant ran its pace will truly be missed we will miss her anointed singing her dynamic preaching but sweet to know that she's in the presence of the lord paul wrote in second corinthians 5 and 8 we are confident i say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the lord evangelist pace exuded holiness wherever she went she was loving lovely and kind she was loved by the masses she had a charge to keep and a god to glorify she fulfilled her calling and we look at life on this side the forecast seems gloomy on the other side that's not a cloudy day no more pain no more sickness no more sadness or sorrow on the other side no pandemic no mass paul said again in first corinthians 15 and 19 if in this life only we have hope in christ we are of all men most miserable she lived her life to live again so i praise our god for the life and legacy of evangelist durant space known around the world often imitated never duplicated so family weeping may well endure for a night but get ready get ready get ready for joy comes in the morning hey this is faith evans and i want to send my sincerest condolences and prayers to the pace family my partner corey taylor and i were looking forward to working on a project with the pace family before colby hit and i know for a fact i was looking forward to many times seeing duranus walk through that door singing a song and i just want to send you guys just some words of comfort in your loss um it's never easy i've been through losing a loved one and um you know she's obviously in a better place you guys know god and we know that he makes no mistakes i just want to say that if there's anything we can do that i can do um you know please feel free to reach out i love you i've been a long time fan and i still look forward to doing something with the family i'm actually actually in the process of trying to license one of your records to re-record for um my special needs foundation but um many prayers to you and um god bless you in this in this heavy hearted time i know it's difficult but um just know that there are people out there who love you and adore you guys and um like i said please let me know if there's anything i could do love you hello family hey family we're so sorry that we can't be with you of course we're sorry for the loss we love y'all we don't miss our sister for sure cause i can i just hear her singing it i'll always be if you sing it one more time look we'll always be family yes she could make a song out of anything yes she just drive up to the drive-through i have a three piece of chicken she can make a song who goes on steve harvey and makes a song out of the interview we love it we're going to miss her we love y'all we praying y'all strength and be blessed y'all we hate we couldn't be there we love y'all love you god bless bless you hello i'm bishop paul lesmork and you know i could not let this time go by without thanking god for the rem space special young lady i remember her and her sisters coming oh when they were very very young coming to greater saint stephen singing for us in the early days of their singing and she has been a blessing so i just wanted to tell this family you know i love you keep holding on god will see you through we will see her again greetings to everyone my name is corey taylor i am a talent manager and a content producer miss doren's pace was definitely anointed appointed and hired by god to be a gospel cheerleader she just encouraged so many people including myself i met her years ago through latrice pace myself and my partner faith evans we were developing a show around the pace family and i got a chance to talk to her one-on-one and i can say she was such a joy to talk to and to work with during that time i remember her calling me i had suffered a mild stroke and she said man i speak to mr corey i say this is he and immediately she began to pray then after praying she began to prophesy to me after prophesying she began to sing to me in a matter of minutes now what she didn't know was i was driving and the next thing i knew i was just crying i was saying yes lord thank you jesus had my hands up in the air you know and i didn't know all of that was about to take place but when you got somebody who was anointed like that and i needed that i was such in a low place at that time of my life and i thank god for her to the pace family i love you i love you if i can do anything please let me know she was a gospel jewel and one of the best singers to ever grace the might my prayers are continually with you all god bless we thank you father hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord thank you father for your presence thank you for your presence thank you for strength thank you for peace [Music] [Music] because the lord is my shepherd i have everything i need he lets me rest in the [Music] and he helps me to do what i understand the most that's why i'm safe that's why i'm safe that's why i'm safe [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] and it helps me to do [Music] oh [Music] when the stars of life [Music] when the storms of life [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] i'm sorry [Music] [Music] please [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh yes she [Music] no more is [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] anybody know you're magnify you even in the midst of trouble in the midst of travel we still magnify you in the midst of pain in the midst of heartache we still magnify you [Music] you are still good you are still possible you are still gracious so we magnify you so we magnify the devil still is a loser we occupy you he will never ever win we magnify [Music] [Applause] hi i'm pastor chad lawson cooper and i'm alicia robinson cooper and we're the owners of the chad cooper company on broadway and we are so very saddened to hear of the loss of our dear sister and friend evangelist duranus pace our relationship spans for over two decades alicia and i both went to famu and straight out of famu i started pastoring and alicia shortly joined me and then evangelist pace came along i believe that same year and preached the revival for us and when she came to town everybody wanted to know who was this woman that just cast up into tallahassee because tallahassee has a lot of great singers and musicians well and just tore the city up and uh we just from that day that that time uh we bonded and we became family i think that uh evangelist pace was a very pontifferous equation person um an erudite of the gospel enough ministry but most of all what stands out is her contagious personality and ability to love unconditionally her smile was one of the things that i'd love to see her do and personally i know my family we cannot believe that she is gone it just does not seem real to us um the the funny moments she was very much a comedian as well uh one of her signature lines when she would come preach for us years ago would be papa page told me not to preach tonight i'm going i'm going to teach tonight huh and uh she would preach anyway tear the house up yeah and then over the years um we uh started touring with the national productions national plays and we had the fortuitous pleasure of having her star in one of our plays family mess as the mother and she set the standard yes she did and everybody loved her i mean the crowds would just go crazy um i mean she was just there there'll never be another event nobody like duran is space nobody and uh i like to say uh to the family to marcus we'll always be grateful and we'll always be thankful for evangelist durant's pace we love you and um i just want to say i'm going to miss your red velvet cake i just wish i would have gotten that recipe my daughter when we first found out about your loss she was like oh gosh we're not going to have that red velvet cake anymore my children loved you they just really looked up to you you were our sister you know i called you sis and um i can remember i would tease you backstage i'll say sis you know i can tell when that anointing get ready to get on you you go to shaking and doing like this when you go to doing like that moving around honey it's over church is over um that anointing over your life was just such a blessing to so many people you blessed me when i went through depression from um going through infertility and you just spoke into my life so many times and encouraged me and um to the pace family thank you for sharing your sister with us i mean she has been a blessing to so many people and um we're gonna miss her and we're committed to keeping your name out there sis even though we don't tour with plays anymore we produce movies i will always mention you as much as possible when we're filming and if i could get durant's pace name mentioned we're gonna do that because we love you you have a legacy yes may you live forever your legacy love you sis i wanna tell the world about my friend duran's face my life was definitely changed on upon meeting her i met her in rochester new york when i lived and worked at strong memorial hospital and mother pace her mom came to rochester to see about her hospital and i became friends also with mother pace and as upon moving to atlanta years after that durant and i grew stronger in the lord as friends and i thank god for the friendship she was a sanctified virtuous mom and i thank god for her my life will always always feel an impact from her life being in my life and i thank god she became the godmother my little guy had tables and she mentored him and his life grew in the from the form of her being in his life so i'm gonna miss her i love her i will still in the resurrection at the end hallelujah come on bless the lord in here well back in the early 90s late 80s my brother had just finished the message about running and the race of jesus and seeing what the end was going to be and before he could finish that message durant stood up and said pastor i got a song and you know when she says she has a song the rest of the little page sisters line up and the song went something like this she came out of the choir stand and said [Music] [Music] i'm [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] run don't look back [Music] hey [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] when you feel like giving up [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] right yes this particular song i had just gotten into the pay sisters group and nissi knew i was insecure about singing with the sisters so we signed the record label record label record contract with faith records and she said nae nae this song for you i was like i'm getting ready to have a lead with the pen sisters all right then pay sisters number two y'all ready every day every day [Music] we need you to protect us [Music] oh [Music] is hey everyday [Music] i know [Music] is [Music] is lord we need you [Music] lord we need you help me [Music] lord we need you lord we need you lord we [Music] oh [Music] we [Music] every night [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we [Music] i'm getting ready to go [Music] we [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] for several years i got to serve dr durana space ministries from project manager to manager to creative director i even wrote her some songs and i can truly say from working with duranus i got to i got to see how god really loved and favored me because he entrusted me with his finest creation the beauty of what i got to hold it was bright it was rare it was unmatched i think a lot of people got to hear the voice but i got to feel the heart the heart that wanted to saturate god's love wherever she went um i think that we all got to experience the modern day mahelia jackson hey everyone this is doug williams and i just want to say to the pace family that you have our sincere condolences we love you guys we're praying for you keep your heads up god is still in control please know that and i just want to say about my dear friend uh pastor duranas pace she was one of the most anointed talented unique voices of our time there will never be another like her this woman loved to sing she would come and adore singing and she could sing y'all she can only just sing she could sing durana's pace is going to be missed we love her so much we really appreciate the gift that she's left with us and even though she's not with us anymore um physically but spiritually she's still here and her voice will always be heard and appreciated we love you guys hang in there god has still got your back bless you [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] family and friends [Music] oh [Music] here we go [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] is yes [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] [Music] whatever [Music] you do [Music] for me [Music] however turn out to be in control [Music] whatever for me [Music] however [Music] [Music] just that long that you're in control lord i know [Music] however [Music] however [Music] in control me [Music] they only come to make them strong [Music] hey [Music] can't be compared [Music] you [Music] together [Music] foreign i'm telling you it'll work together [Music] it it's gonna work together you might be hurting right now but i know it's gonna work out it's gonna work out for them who love the lord [Music] yeah yeah yeah [Music] it's gonna work together [Music] me yes it will yes it will god knows it will high how long and slow you're in [Music] you're in [Music] oh it will work it will work it will work it matters not what you're feeling right now all things it's working together oh can't you see god bringing it together it's working again for the good of them for the good of [Music] them [Music] [Applause] [Music] to be like jesus [Music] to [Music] jesus is ever humble and holy [Music] be [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] i [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] to oh like me hi this is beverly crawford and i want to send my condolences to the pace family durant's pace was my dear friend and my dear sister i love her and i will miss her so there would never be another durandis face oh my girl my friend rest in peace god bless the radness pace what can i say friend that's closer than my sister and a brother her father was my friend and her mother called herself my other mother she was a great singer a great composer and song writer she was a great preacher and more than that she was a great profit properties the randomness pace i really enjoy a company and i enjoy her prophesied as a matter of fact she spoke to me and said that i want to bishop and when it didn't work out that right the thing that really got me was she said i don't understand because i know what god said to me and the thing is not that it didn't happen but it was it didn't happen yet because it happened just like she said i am really gonna miss her i have known her sisters less than 10 years old years years and years i've known your family i've known awareness and again i'm really gonna miss her god bless the family and god bless the life and times of the men of space god bless you to the family of durant space mrs durant's face i'm bobby jones i want to offer my condolences to the family and let you know how important duranus was for me she traveled the world with me in italy in spain and then we had an opportunity to have her on our show which was called bobby jones gospel on bet and praises came to her i loved her and the whole choir did as well so god's blessings to all of you and i'm bobby jefferson ambassador steve mckenzie what do i say about durantis and pace in 60 seconds thank you sis for allowing me to drive you for ministry thank you allowed me to be your booking manager for a period of time most of all thank you for your friendship you are genuine friend because that's all you've ever asked for in return hey i wore my red because that's our favorite color i'm going to miss the conversations that we've had about ministry about life most of all about your heartbeat demarcus i'm going to miss your telephone calls leaving me singing voicemail messages sometime i wouldn't even answer the phone so that i could have you to leave me a message i'm going to miss you you are a true friend thank you pace family for sharing niecy with so many of us again i'm going to miss you mission duranus love you with my heart god bless make some noise [Music] [Music] okay [Music] i don't see you clapping let everything let's go i see you sitting there come on come on peace uh let's go [Music] the turnaround free time raise it up everybody [Music] [Music] now take [Music] feel let's good one more time [Music] okay [Applause] if anything if you know anything about pastor durant's place look at your neighbor tell him she loved to have church huh y'all didn't say it like you really mean to tell somebody that she loved to have church so we're gonna go and get this old song and i want y'all to sing it with us again if you don't mind touch today but say i don't come on daniel let's go and get it let's go take me to church would you receive pastor tawana jackson as she comes at this time [Music] oh i came to jesus jesus nobody whatsoever i am i i'm here [Music] oh oh oh oh come on tap your hands [Music] come on your hands for a few [Music] seconds [Music] [Music] listen higher calling i know y'all just got back there but people run back up here just a few of y'all run back up here real quick real quick real quick i need you to run up here real quick i'm going to be obedient to what the candidate has asked i need y'all to run up here real quick real quick real quick mama phillips lilly asked for this leslie she asked for it and i'm just going to do just a little bit of it is that all right listen hi calling i need y'all to act like we're in rehearsal i can't hear you i need you to act like we're in a rehearsal i need you to take the breaks off check everything and put it on the floor are you ready i said are you ready listen i need everybody for two seconds and two seconds only we're moving [Music] everybody come on come on [Music] daniel the song just simply said open your mouth and shout the ass lord open your mouth and shout it ass lord open your mouth and shout it out yes lord yes lord yes [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah today we are here to honor the beautiful life the great life of my aunt duranus pace she was a love to everyone she had compassion she had love she did nice things for you she was everything i when i heard the news it was heartbreaking but we must be thankful that she's with someone grateful somewhat better and someone that can do anything she needs she's living somewhere in gold she has everything she needs she has she doesn't have to worry about pain she doesn't have to worry about anything in her body being wrong she has everything she need with the lord jesus and his savior and need and needs she doesn't need them because she already has them yeah yeah [Music] hey [Music] get ready to bless you god's getting ready to bless god's getting ready to bless you guys get ready to bless get ready to bless you promise get i know you've been waiting waiting for a long time [Music] cause get ready [Music] [Music] ready [Music] like [Music] ready [Music] get ready to play [Music] [Music] get ready to play [Music] guys get ready get ready to bless you one more time i know you've been waiting waiting for a long time [Music] get ready to [Music] and then after that she'll say follow me follow me ready to bless you and i'll say [Music] girls you're ready [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] well what can i say i tell you it has been a tremendous celebration today as we've celebrated the life of evangelist granted space our sister come on y'all this social love for everyone that participated every artist everyone that sung today what glory and what anointing that we felt today we are certainly excited we want you to know that we love and appreciate each and every one of you that have joined us and i we just thank you for your prayers your texts your love everything that you sent our way we thank you for being a part and today before we go you know one thing that i know that she would not want us to do and that is the clothes without giving somebody that's watching us an opportunity to be saved and if you're not safe if you don't know jesus as lord and savior i want you right where you are stop whatever you're doing and in the spirit of my sister i want to invite you to jesus and invite you to accept jesus into your life wherever you are just bow your heads and repeat these words after me and say lord jesus i thank you right now others my age are already dead and gone but i thank you that you've given me another chance and i ask you right now to forgive me of all my sins wash me in your blood let the blood of jesus be applied to my life right now save me lord i'm sorry deliver me deliver my soul deliver my mind and right now i receive you as lord and savior right now now as we go i want you to just lift your hands and my god what a great honor what a great thing to leave on this time of celebration knowing that somebody accepted jesus as lord and savior today come on let's thank god for those that have accepted the lord we love each and every one of you keep praying for us on behalf again of my family the anointed pesticides the pace family demarcus love and jessica we want to say we love you we appreciate you and god bless you and our best days ahead of us and not behind so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] you

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