On her forthcoming CD Blessed, Broken & Given (Tyscot Records), gospel vocalist Lucinda Moore uses the pain of her past to craft fifteen songs to not only please ears, but to also heal souls. The first single “Blessed, Broken & Given” is building momentum at various radio formats. “This is my testimony of what God did for me,” Moore says of the inspiring ballad. “He’s blessed me with a voice but He had to break some things in me in order for me to be given to the nation.“

In the past, Moore battled childhood abuse; depression over her father’s death, and a sixteen-year marriage to someone she says “never loved me.” However, Moore ’s faith was a comfort in the hard times. As she was preparing for the live recording of the new project at Atlanta ’s Elizabeth Baptist Church , she was dealing with a rough patch. “I was going through a divorce,” she says. “Emotionally I was a wreck.” She dug into her faith and wrote the CD’s dramatic title song to encourage others. “I’m doing it to help other people come out of what they are coming out of,” she explains. “You don’t have to be unhappy and sit in abuse… This is the happiest time of my adult life.”

Moore is spreading this message of hope to others who have been scarred. A portion of CD sales profits will benefit a North Carolina women’s organization called Impact that aides abused women in getting back on their feet. Moore is also seeking to help others through her first “Blessed, Broken & Given” conference that will feature guest speakers Bishop Noel Jones, Bishop Tudor Bismark and psalmist Judy Jacobs. The conference takes place April 22-24, 2010 at the Wake Chapel church located at 3805 Tarheel Road , Raleigh , NC 27604 . 

Services begin at 7 p.m. each night except Saturday when service begins at 12 p.m. Register online at www.lucindamoore.com or call

(203) 887-1660 for more information. Visit www.tyscot.com for more information about the CD and the live recording DVD that will be sold separately.