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Thousands of Marvin Sapp’s fans from the Washington D. C. Metro area turned out for this sold out event. There was so much excitement and high anticipation looking forward to Sapp’s live recording. This was a rare opportunity to experience since this was Sapp’s first live CD recording since the passing of his wife, Dr. MaLinda Sapp and his first recording outside of his hometown Grand Rapids, MI.

The event took place at Evangel Cathedral in Upper Marlboro, MD. Aaron Lindsey once again produced this project along with Myron Butler as the music director.

Pre-order Marvin Sapp’s new album “I Win” today from amazon. His new album features the new single “My Testimony“, which is now on radio. Spread the word!

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Iran has issued what could be the final execution order for Youcef Nadarkhani, the Christian pastor who was found guilty of renouncing Islam.

Slightly more than a week after nabbing her first Grammy Award for best contemporary Christian music song for "Blessings," Story, a worship leader at Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, scored five nominations for this year's Dove Awards - Christian music's most treasured acknowledgement.

Three decades ago, a very popular saying attempted to convey the problems of misperception in communication. It went something like this: “I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Communication is a tricky thing. Sometimes we’re (as some would say) “dialed in” to what the speaker is expressing. Other times, even though the subject matter is well understood by everyone involved, responses to queries are off the requested beaten path. Why is that? I’ve been instructed that the person who asks the question guides the conversation. If that’s true, then it follows that an answer that doesn’t address what is required is the fault of the questioner. But that’s not always the case. Sometimes a question can be asked but the person who responds is focused on the part of the subject that’s important to him/her. Thus, it doesn’t matter what you ask, he/she is going to offer an opinion based on their own parameters, not yours.

So, what do we do about this? In some instances, it doesn’t matter much. The verbal volley is continuing the conversation and it will all follow a natural progression whether by rabbit trails or straight paths. That said (and appreciated), when a specific answer is necessary — not an “I need you to agree with me” answer but an “Address this, please” answer — how do we forestall the frustration when things seem to derail? How do we continue to keep an important conversation going, not dropping the ball in frustrated silence nor irritating and frustrating other participants?

Some of it, I think, comes from really good listening skills: a willingness to honor and respect others in the group by allowing them to say what’s on their minds. At the same time, we’d have to be very secure in our memory abilities because we’d want to guide the conversation back to the main subject.

What else do you think is essential? And why do you think I’m focused on this? Because my Matt and I are looking for our next rental home, and we’re finding it, ah, “interesting” hearing and acknowledging each other’s concerns and delights. Some of it is frame of reference because my wonderful husband has worked in two separate industries that had him all over the valley, thus he has a better, more informed knowledge of neighborhoods than I do. Another is our individually different perceptions of “safe.” Matt has experienced things I have not and I’ve been through things he hasn’t, so we look at neighborhoods differently. But when we get together, compare notes, listen to each other, and stop dancing around the “I don’t want to discount this if he/she wants it”, we get a much clearer idea and a more distinct focus.

In our lives right now, this is what communication is all about. In your lives, what’s going on? How are you expressing yourselves? How are you blessed by each other’s differences? How are you challenged? I’d love to hear and be privileged to pray for you.

All of Heaven’s best,
Margret

As many of you know, Whitney Houston, one of the greats blessed with a beautiful voice, has left this life. As I read the news accounts, and reflected what I know of her as well as her music, I was comforted by the knowledge that those who are the Father’s remain His…and remain in the Family, united with Him after earthly death and reunited with loved ones when they, too, go Home.

“How can you say that, Margret? Look at her life, the bad habits she had, and the way she abused the gifts so obviously granted by the Lord!”

How can I say that? Not only because that’s what the Word tells us, but also because of things Ms. Houston said throughout her life. Let’s consider them and allow our hearts to be soothed by God’s love, and mercy, and grace.

First, Jesus says of Himself and us…

I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by my own. ~John 10:14, NKJ

He also stated that none of those who’d said yes to His offer of relationship had been lost except for the one who denied him, Judas (John 17:12) and, as surely as He made that claim about those He knew when He walked the earth, just as surely He can testify the same about every one of His children throughout the ages of time.

Paul wrote to the Roman church of only one stipulation to salvation…

…if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ~ Romans 10:9,10, New International Version

The writer to the Hebrew believers outlined the only thing that would cause a believer to lose his/her salvation…

If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment–and a mighty fierce judgment will be! …what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold to account and make us pay. ~ Heb 10:26-30, The Message

Thirty years farther down the road, the beloved apostle John wrote…

No one who [habitually] denies (disowns) the Son even has the father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also. ~ 1 John 2:23, Amplified Bible

 But what of her drug abuse challenges? Well, yes, that’s not good. It wasn’t a good way to thank God for His precious gift of life and talent, and wasn’t a good example to set for others. Yet, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard her deny Jesus. To the contrary, on quite a few occasions she told people of His love. Watch this video of her concert tour in 1993 in Copenhagen where she asked the crowd if they knew Jesus loved them, because He does..

Would someone who turned her back on Him say that? And the last song she performed before passing on was “Yes, Jesus Loves Me.” Would someone who didn’t believe do that?

Ultimately, what we have to understand and accept is that God knows the hearts of all people. He knows who are His and believe, and He knows those who pretend yet don’t care for a relationship with Him. There is no one who is perfect, no one who doesn’t sin. Likewise, there is no one who believes who is ever, ever turned away. Not me…not you. God knows who are His and we will all find out when we go Home. Rest in that assurance, dear ones, thanking God for His merciful grace and for an eternity with Him.

All of Heaven’s best to you and yours,

Margret

Last week we explored some of the experiences of Abram (later called Abraham), beginning with his holy friendship with God. Remember? It’s recorded in Genesis, the first book of Judeo-Christian Holy Scripture, specifically in Genesis 12:1, 12:6-9, 13:3-4. Here, God instructed Abram to leave everything and everyone familiar to him, keep going until he got to the land God would show him, and Abram did so.

Why is it important to explore what happened in Abram’s life? Because, as is true in so much of the Bible, what happened to him can tell us a lot about what happens to us. For example, his return to places he’d already been speaks to me of the human need to think about what has transpired and what is yet to occur.

We all start momentous times in our lives by considering the past, weighing it against what we currently see, and noting what needs to happen in order to achieve our goals. For many of us it means asking how we’re different from the people we were the last time we were “here,” how we’ve grown, what still needs attention.

It’s the same, whether the comparison is of emotional and mental growth or a change of physical location. Following the apostle Paul’s advice to the Romans, and looking at Abram’s journey as an example —

For all those words which were written long ago are meant to teach us today; that when we read in the scriptures of the endurance of men and of all the help that God gave them in those days, we may be encouraged to go on hoping in our own time. ~ Romans 15:4, J.B. Phillips New Testament

– it’s pretty obvious that Abram continued to look to the Lord, the One who originally sent him away from his family home, and asked Him, “Where do I go now?” Those of us who know the Lord and have a personal relationship with Him will want to do the same thing: thanking Him for who He is, asking Him what’s best, and consulting Him throughout the process.

Matt and I are doing that. For three years, we have lived in a small town halfway up the side of a mountain. It’s both more challenging and exceedingly more wonderful than anything we imagined when we arrived. Living in a house that requires wood to stay warm is definitely an experience, a requisite we hadn’t grasped when we moved in. After all, there was a wall heater. Turns out, that heater warms an area about six feet around it and is very expensive to run. However, if one flips that coin of experience over, there’s the sheer delight of living in a community that doesn’t care one whit how you look or how you talk: you’re accepted just as you are. In all my life, I’ve *never* experienced that. And looking out the back door to see forest? Whoo boy! Nothing, absolutely nothing, compares.

Still, our time here is done. My husband is blessed to continue the same job he had when we moved here, a very good thing, although we hoped other jobs would open up closer to our present home. Those “strong possibilities” never transpired, and the commute continues to exhaust him. Add to that all the work that goes into collecting the wood we need to burn when the weather’s cold: finding it in the forest, cutting it down, bringing it home, splitting it, stacking it to dry, then restacking the seasoned wood months later so the strong winds that either scream up the ridge from the valley or come hurtling down from higher elevations don’t knock the stacks over (yes, it’s happened). All the weekends for 4 1/2-5 months, stretching from when the forest roads open up (somewhere between April 1st and June 15th) are taken up with collecting and processing the wood we burn, so Matt has no time to relax and enjoy the beautiful, short, mountain summers. “Can’t you help him, Margret?” you wonder. When we first moved here yes, but sadly no longer, as this autoimmune disease continues to progress.

So, we’re going back to the valley we left…closer to Matt’s job and warmer for me. Are we discouraged to return? No. We know it’s time. Do we feel as though we’re failures? Indeed not! We’ve learned much about ourselves, each other, and the amazing hardscrabble life people had before central heat and air became the norm.

Life happens to each of us, dear ones. It happened to Abram, it happens to us and it will happen to you. We grow, we learn, we adapt, we find out what works and what doesn’t, we discover blessings we hadn’t noticed before. And if we need to return to a place we already know? We do so grateful for what we learned and grateful for possibilities that are new yet old. Whatever this year holds for you and yours, rest assured the Lord is right there with you, helping you see what works best, and blessing your endeavors.

Until next week, when I’ll once again be writing from 45 feet above sea level rather than 4,000 feet, all of Heaven’s best to you and yours.

Margret

Thanks to our good friend Kyle at Ignite 107FM we have finally learned how to correctly pronounce former Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk’s name correctly!  You will also learn through Kyle’s interview with Ed it’s quite a ride for him recently. After 20 million plus records sold world wide he had a rough fall out with the band, but is now becoming a solo artist with a genuine heart for the poor (this guy has 10 World Vision sponsor kids… wow!)

Here’s the full unedited version which includes a lot of talk between music breaks. Let us know what you learned through their interview in the comment box below.

I found an awesome video interview with Katy Perry on rollingstone.com. Please take some time today to really hear what she is saying and you’ll know without a doubt that God is a part of her life. I was really moved when she talked about how her parents never hid anything from Katy about their lives growing up in the 60′s. I only wish my parents when they were raising me up in the Church had that same kind of courage, instead of putting on a Christian face that made everything look good on the outside.

I know a lot of you are not happy to see some of the choices Katy has and will continue to make, but please be mindful that what you see in a picture today, is not always the truth. I look forward to hearing your feedback on this interview in the comment box below it.

Today, I’m reviewing the new project from Aaron Shust called “This Is What We Believe” on Centricity Music. It came out today and is available at your favorite music shop.

The album came out of a difficult season of Aaron’s life, as his two-year-old son, Nicky, was diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a rare and extremely painful condition in which Nicky was unable to take in any nutrition. After months in the hospital and doctors’ countless attempts to find a cure for his ailment, Nicky’s tests came back normal, and a disease that should have been permanent, seemed to have disappeared. During that time, Aaron also lost his grandmother.
But through all the sickness and heartache, Aaron’s family never lost faith. This new project is about God’s healing power and the need to constantly embrace God’s promises and presence. Here is a little bit of what Aaron said about it…

Over the years. I’ve written a lot of songs speaking to my own soul the way David did in the Psalms: ‘Why are you downcast? Put your hope in God.’ But these new songs are a much bolder declaration. They come out of a difficult season, and these are declarations about who God is and who we are in Him because of His great love for us. This whole project is really about praising him simply for who he is.

This new project is a bit different from his other 3 projects as it’s more worship based and focuses on what God has done and is doing in Aaron’s life and family.

Here are some of my favorite tracks and what they mean to me.

Track #1 “This Is What We Believe” – This is an anthem to let everyone know what we believe and why.

Track #2 “My Hope Is In You” – This is my favorite song on the entire project. This line from the song…” My hope is in you Lord all day long, I won’t be shaken by drought or storm” speaks to me where I am right now as I’m waiting for what God has promised me. I can depend on Him in my weakness.

Track #6 – “Never Been A Greater Love” – This song reminds me that we are never alone and He is always with us in our time of need. His love is forever and we are never forgotten.

This is an amazing project full of songs that talk about how our God gave up His life for us and how He is with us through all our trials and triumphs that we face in our daily lives.

Track Listing:
1. This Is What We Believe
2. My Hope Is In You
3. Your Majesty
4. Risen Today
5. Sing of My Redeemer
6. Never Been A Greater Love
7. Greater is He
8. Wondrous Love
9. We Are Free
10. God So Loved The World

Thanks so much for reading. I hope when you listen to this new project from Aaron it will speak to you as it has spoken to me.Here’s more from Aaron about his latest project and I hope to hear what you think of it. Post your comments in the box below this video.

Fike have signed to Integrity Music and will be releasing their new album, The Moment We’ve Been Waiting For, on April 10th 2012. Get a free download of their song “Wait” after liking their facebook page. Read more details via Integrity below:

Integrity Music recently signed Colorado-based worship band Fike with their major label debut, The Moment We’ve Been Waiting For, slated to release April 10, 2012.

Fronted by husband and wife Richie and Dana Fike, the band was previously featured in Worship Leader magazine for their independently-released album Make A Sound. The magazine also featured four of Fike’s songs (“Ascend to Heaven,” “Who Is Like the Father,”  “My Savior Lord,” “Glorious You Are”) in its Song DISCovery series, which introduces new worship songs to the Church.

Richie and Dana Fike have been writing for Integrity Music for the past two years, penning songs cut by The Katinas, Amy Perry, Travis Ryan, Dara Maclean and Phillips, Craig & Dean.

Their song “Ascend to Heaven” was chosen as “Song of the Year” at the Gospel Music Association’s “Music in the Rockies” event in 2008 and was included in the 2009 Dove Award-nominated choral collection by the same title.

Fike’s Integrity label debut, The Moment We’ve Been Waiting For, features 13 tracks and was produced by Brent Milligan (Steven Curtis Chapman/Seventh Day Slumber/The Elms) and Paul Mabury (Hillsong/Brandon Heath/One Sonic Society). The project includes the radio single, “Wait,” which is available as a free download for a limited time through the band’s Facebook page,https://www.facebook.com/FikeMusic.

Louisiana natives Richie and Dana Fike have been singing and writing together since the late 90s. Following their marriage in ‘99, the couple toured the country, often appearing with friends such as Shane & Shane and Robbie Seay. But along the way, they “fell out of love with the road, and in love with the Church.”  With a desire for more “rootedness,” the couple began interning and eventually serving on staff at Grace Community Church in Tyler, Texas. Then, in 2002, they joined the staff at Vanguard Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., where they have served for the past 10 years. To follow Fike on Twitter, visit https://twitter.com/fikemusic.

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Newworldson will releasing their new album ‘Rebel Transmission’ April 17th 2012 via Platinum Pop Entertainment. You can check out the details on their website. Track listing will release soon, although ‘Learning To Be The Light’ is on the album.

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Check out details and tour dates on the We Cry Out Tour via Merge PR:

BEC Recordings’ artist Jeremy Camp will be begin his second leg of his headlining tour “We Cry Out” starting this weekend in Illinois and concluding in May in Michigan. This tour follows the highly successful 29-city run last fall and will again feature reigning GMA Artist of the Year Francesca Battistelli as well as special guest Adam Cappa.

The “We Cry Out” Tour takes its name from Camp’s acclaimed worship album, We Cry Out: The Worship Project, which generated three recent No. 1 radio hits, including “The Way,” “Jesus Saves” and “Overcome.” Concert audiences will hear Camp perform these favorites along with other chart-toppers like “I Still Believe,” “Take You Back,” “Walk By Faith” and “There Will Be A Day,”
among others.

“It was great to be able to share the worship project with audiences last fall,” shares Camp. “I’m really excited to bring the next leg of this tour to our fans and share the stage again with my extremely talented friends Francesca Battistelli and Adam Cappa. I look forward to some great nights of
music and worship together.”

The “We Cry Out Tour” will also feature a limited number of VIP tickets at select dates. The VIP package includes a Q&A with the artists, a signed tour poster, early entry into the show, and a three-song EP exclusive to VIP ticket holders. Information on all tickets is available at http://jeremycamp.com/tour.

JEREMY CAMP: Over his stellar 10 year career, Camp has established himself with these landmark accolades: over three million albums sold, Four RIAA Gold-selling studio albums including his debut album; One RIAA Multi-Platinum long-form video; 25 No. 1 Radio Hits across all formats; GRAMMY® nominated project for his album Speaking Louder Than Before; Billboard’s No. 3 Christian Artist of the Decade including five songs in the Top 50 Billboard Christian Songs of the Decade; Four ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards; ASCAP Song of the Year award; Five Dove awards including two-time Male Vocalist of the Year. Jeremy is a Compassion International artist.

FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI:  Fervent Records’ Francesca Battistelli is the Dove Award reigning “Artist Of The Year” and “Female Vocalist Of The Year.” These accolades come on the heels of the successful release of Battistelli’s sophomore album Hundred More Years, which debuted at No. 1 on the Christian Album Chart and No. 16 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart. Hundred More Years released to rave reviews and is the follow-up to her debut My Paper Heart, which delivered the smash No. 1 single “Free To Be Me” and hit singles “It’s Your Life,” “I’m Letting Go” and “Beautiful, Beautiful.” With over 430,000 albums sold to date, Battistelli has become the best-selling new artist in the genre in the past eight years. To date Battistelli has earned a GRAMMY® nomination (“Best Gospel Song Performance”), five Dove Awards and 15 Dove Award nominations. For additional information on Francesca Battistelli, please visit http://www.FrancescaMusic.com.

ADAM CAPPA: A vocalist, guitarist, performer, young songwriter and communicator through and through, Adam Cappa – a 25-year-old young man who has just finished his third album along with mentor and labelmate Jeremy Camp – is ready to share his story. It all started when Adam, reared Catholic with no knowledge of Christian music, got involved with Young Life after accepting Christ as a sophomore in high school. Fast-forward a few years and two independent records, Cappa has now teamed up with BEC Recordings to release his label debut The Rescue on March 13. For more information, please visithttp://www.facebook.com/Adamcappa.

WE CRY OUT TOUR (dates subject to change without notice)

2/24 Naperville, IL

2/25 Valparaiso, IN

2/26 Carbondale, IL

3/15 Hiawassee, GA

3/23 Boca Raton, FL

3/29 Omaha, NE

4/19 Memphis, TN

4/21 Tifton, GA

4/22 Boaz, AL

4/24 Ashland, KY

4/26 Portland, ME

4/27 Seekonk, MA

4/28 Orrington, ME

4/29 Marlton, NJ

5/3 Quincy, IL

5/4 St. Louis, MO

5/5 Ft. Wayne, IN

5/6 Grand Rapids, MI

E Women Dates

3/2 Tulsa, Ok

3/16 Greenville, SC

3/30 Cape Girardeau

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After months of speculation and the album being pushed back, 12 Stones is set to release “Beneath The Scars” on May 22nd 2012! Check out Loudwire to see the album cover!

Beneath the Scars Track Listing:

01. Infected
02. Bulletproof
03. For The Night
04. Worlds Collide
05. That Changes Everything
06. The One Thing
07. Blind
08. I’m With You
09. Bury Me
10. Psycho
11. Only Human
12. Someone Like You
13. Shine On Me
14. Pretty Poison

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Look at the following note by The Devil Wears Prada regarding the departure of keyboardist James Baney:

With great deliberation and difficulty, we have decided to part ways with our keyboardist James Baney. James will always be family to TDWP, being one of the most well-intentioned people we know. Our prayers to James in beginning a new chapter with his wife back home, and our endless gratitude to TDWP fans for understanding. We’ll see you at a show soon.
-The Devil Wears Prada

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Look below to see some of the nominations for the 2012 Dove Awards and click here for the rest!

Male Vocalist of the Year

Chris August

Chris Tomlin

Jason Crabb

Kirk Franklin

Steven Curtis Chapman

Female Vocalist of the Year:

Francesca Battistelli

Kari Jobe

Laura Story

Mandisa

Natalie Grant

Group of the Year:

Casting Crowns

David Crowder*Band

Gaither Vocal Band

NEEDTOBREATHE

The Isaacs

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Michael Tait’s new music video at the helm of Newsboys, song which is already a huge hit among christian radios from the states and world wide.

 Continue reading + Watch the video below: 

As for the theme of this song: God is very much real as well as alive weather we acknowledge that or not. Science didn’t create itself, neither did humans create themselves. We aren’t our own idea, because if we were, we would consider ourselves perfect. There’s no one perfect but God. I encourage you to play the music video below.

Artist: Rend Collective Experiment
Album: Homemade Worship By Handmade People
Release Date: January 10th, 2012
Style: Folk / Rock / Inspirational / Worship
Label/Publisher:  Independent / Survivor, Kingsway Records
Location: Bangor, Ireland

About:

The buzz that greeted Rend Collective Experiment’s debut release, Organic Family Hymnal, included a viral “iPhone worship” video, UK tours with Francis Chan and Shane Claibourne, and a US tour with Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio. Now the next audio assault from Northern Ireland’s Rend Collective Experiment is about to launch.

Preview:

Track Listing:

1. Praise Like Fireworks
2. You Are My Vision
3. The Cost
4. Second Chance
5. True Intimacy
6. Build Your Kingdom Here
7. Desert Soul
8. Christ Has Set Me Free
9. Keep Me Near
10. Alabaster
11. Shining Star

“Homemade Worship By Handmade People” Album Preview:

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Artist: Rachel Chan
Album: Go
Release Date: January 10th, 2012
Style: Indie /  Pop
Label: in:ciite
Location: Simi Valley, CA

About:

Bubbling with groove and overflowing with beautifully crafted lyrics and tongue & cheek moments, Rachel Chan delivers a record for summer days of reflection on God and life through the innocence of a teenager. The sixteen-year-old daughter of author, speaker Francis Chan, Rachel demonstrates her own depth and maturity through her writings such as “As Close” and “You Must Love Me”… and her playful, yet honest, tune “Prove It” with a guest “rap” from her own Dad, Francis Chan. With ten new songs fit for radio Disney, will have young people falling in love with their Savior and finding where they stand on many issues such as dating and self image.

Check out the single below and write your opinion:

Track Listing:

 1. As Close
2. Prove It
3. Even Here
4. Show Me More
5. You Must Love Me
6. Still Singing
7. Lame
8. Ready and Waiting
9. You and Your Love
10. Resting in You

Listen to the single titled “Prove It”:

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Artist: David Crowder Band
Album: Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
Release Date: January 10th,2012
Style: Praise & Worship / Pop / Contemporary
Label: SixSteps Records / Sparrow Records
Location: Waco, TX

 About:

David Crowder*Band delivers their final album Give Us Rest or (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys]), an epic, triumphant collection of songs that poetically illustrates that in death something new is reborn. The album showcases the band’s unique music style and touches on worship, pop, rock, bluegrass and electronic genres. Features the first single “Let Me Feel You Shine”. The band is currently headlining their final tour – the “7” tour – with 25 shows already sold out. The band will play their final show at the Passion 2012 Conference in January 2012.

Continue Reading + Album Sample below:

About David Crowder*Band:
Named among the “most thoughtful, progressive and exciting acts in contemporary Christian music” by The New York Times, the popular yet unconventional David Crowder*Band released their last GRAMMY ® nominated album Church Music in 2009 which debuted at No. 1 on the Christian retail chart scanning over 35,000 units. This gave David Crowder*Band their largest street week to date ranking in at No. 11 on the Billboard Top 200. David Crowder*Band’s latest music video for “SMS (Shine)” nabbed coverage on NBC’s The Today Show, Fox & Friends, USA Today, Billboard and Paste Magazine online as well as a GMA Dove Award win for “Short Form Video of the Year.” The video was also recognized at the LA Film Festival in 2011. Along with the group’s 9 GMA Dove Awards and 22 nominations, the band was the first Christian artist to be named MSN.com’s Artist of the Year in 2006. The band is also part of the Passion Movement, participating in university student gatherings in the US and around the world. The group’s leader David Crowder is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).

Track Listing Disc #1:
01. Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine
02. Oh Great God, Give Us Rest
03. Lux Aeternam Shine
04. Come Find Me
05. God Have Mercy (Kyrie Eleison
06. Why Me?
07. Fall On Your Knees
08. A Burial
09. Let Me Feel You Shine
10. Reprise #1
11. Blessedness Of Everlasting Light
12. The Sound Of Light
13. Interlude
14. Sequence 1
15. Sequence 2
16. Sequence 3
17. Sequence 4
18. Sequence 5
19. Sequence 6
20. Sequence 7

Their latest music video titled “SMS [Shine]“:

Track Listing Disc #2:
01. Reprise #2
02. Oh My God
03. I Am A Seed
04. After All (Holy)
05. The Great Amen
06. There Is A Sound
07. Oh, Great Love Of God
08. Our Communion
09. Sometimes
10. A Return
11. Oh, My God I’m Coming Home
12. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / ‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
13. Jesus, Lead Me To Your Healing Waters
14. Because He Lives

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Artist: Vineyard UK Worship
Album: Christmas from the Vineyard
Release Date: October 11th, 2011
Style: Worship / Rock / Holiday
Label: Vineyard UK Records / Kingsway
Location: United Kingdom

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 Christmas From The Vineyard brings both modern worship and English folk sounds to timeless classics. The result is a project that captures the heart of worship for the Christmas season. Brenton Brown’s classic “Humble King” works as a magnificent Christmas song, alongside traditional favorites such as “Silent Night” and “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”. The old English Christmas hymns “In The Bleak Midwinter” and “See Amid The Winter’s Snow” are charming renditions to warm your fireside family times. And both “The First Nowell” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” are highly charged interpretations of two traditional favorites.

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Christmas From The Vineyard is something very different from the standard Christmas fare, but is an album that will inspire and engage you in worship this Christmas, honoring Christ our King!

Track Listing:

1. The First Noel (feat. Kate Bond)
2. O Come All Ye Faithful / Stand In Awe (Medley) [feat. Kate Bond]
3. In the Bleak Midwinter (feat. Vicky Morris)
4. Humble King (feat. Kate Bond)
5. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (feat. Soose Courtney)
6. O Little Town of Bethlehem (feat. Soose Courtney)
7. See Amid the Winter’s Snow (feat. Soose Courtney)
8. In Dulci Jubilo (feat. Vicky Morris)
9. Gaudete (feat. Kate Bond)
10. Silent Night (feat. Kate Bond)

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Artist: Seventh Day Slumber
Album: The Anthem Of Angels
Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Style: Praise & Worship / Rock
Label: Bec / Tooth and Nail Records
Location: Spring Hill, TN

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Seventh Day Slumber is bringing forward another masterpiece. Still in the contemporary worship genre, “The Anthem Of Angels” points even more to the root alternative soft rock style which represented the band when they first started back in 2006.

The band is currently engaged with their energy and efforts on the “Small Town America Tour” which takes place this Fall (started today 13′th). More information about the tour can be found at their facebook page. If they reach near you, make sure you get to their show! They have some beautiful worship songs. Make sure to bring a friend also. Tour dates  at the bottom of the article.

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Seventh Day Slumber is set to release their latest album The Anthem Of Angels. This album is sure to bring the rock and the worship in a way that only Seventh Day Slumber can do.

The song “Love Came Down” is a song that was written about trusting God even in the middle of overwhelming circumstances. Sometimes life can be so difficult. I’ve struggled in my own life with feeling like I couldn’t hear the voice of God clearly, especially in the middle of stressful situations. The best way to describe this song is to imagine that you are on an airplane that is descending. You will go from seeing everything clear as you look out of the window to seeing nothing but clouds. It can be really scary not knowing what is in front of you. Now add turbulence to the situation and a pilot talking over a microphone that you can barley hear because of the loud noises of turbulence and things bouncing around. As the turbulence gets worse stress begins to enter in the equation and the pilots voice becomes more and more faint. It’s at this point that you have a choice to make. The choices are, you can live those next few moments in fear until you land safely on the ground, or you can trust that the pilot knows exactly what he is doing and is more than qualified to land your plane. I guess what I am trying to say is this. You may not be able to hear God as clearly as you would like to at times but you should take confidence in the fact that Your God always lands the plane!

“Never Too Far Gone” is one of those songs that doesn’t pull any punches. The lyrics are straight forward and honest. The song was written from the point of view of a friend who is watching his buddy crash and burn. He is telling him that life doesn’t have to be this way. He is saying to his buddy “You aren’t to far Gone for God to fix your situation”. Not only is he telling his buddy that he doesn’t have to go out like this, he is also saying I WON”T LET YOU GO OUT LIKE THIS! This is a song about a true friend who believes in a God that still meets people where they are.This song is an ANTHEM for all the true friends out there!

Track Listing:

1. Wasted Life
2. Love Came Down
3. One Mistake
4. Addicted To My Pain
5. Never Too Far Gone
6. Pieces
7. Crash
8. Back Where I Began
9. Knows My Name
10. My Life
11. How He Loves

“Small Town America Tour” dates:

2011-11-13 / Weiser High School / Weiser, ID / Doors open at 6:00 PM
2011-11-15 / Crook County High School / Prineville, OR / Doors open at 6:30 PM
2011-11-18 / International Cent… / Victorville, CA / Doors open at 7:00 PM
2011-11-21 / New Life City Chur… / Safford, AZ  / Doors open at 7:00 PM
2011-12-18 / TIfton United Meth… / Tifton, GA / Doors open at 5:30 PM
2011-12-31 / Lakeside Christian… / Pittsfield, MA / Doors open at 1:00 PM
2012-01-27 / Arlington Conventi… / Arlington, TX / Doors open at 9:00 PM

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The CMA & BMI Present the CMA Songwriter Series in the U.K. and Ireland takes place February 22-25, 2012.

BMI songwriters participating include BMI Icon and Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson, former CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Clint Black, and host Bob DiPiero.

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