As a pre-requiste for the meeting on Thursday 18th March, 8pm at the Vassall Centre, we would ask you to please download and read the following document and also listen to the message below (outline available below).

Grace Church Worship Team Requirements & Responsibilities

The Call of the Christian Musician (Bob Kauflin) —  Audio |  Notes

The “Stuart Townend ‘Creation Sings’ Tour” is coming to Bristol with a concert at Kensington Baptist Church on Friday 26th March at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £15.

Stuart Townend is one of the UK’s leading songwriters. (His best-known songs include In Christ Alone, How deep the Father’s love, The Power of the Cross and Beautiful Saviour). Mark Edwards is a special guest. (Mark is one of the most sought-after keyboard players and arrangers in the world of Christian music. His most recent album is ‘Hymn to Grace’).

Tickets are going fast, but due to the kindness or Andy and the folks at Kensington Baptist Church, they reserved 50 tickets for us at Grace Church. So if you are interested please send email to info@gracechurchbristol.org ASAP. They are willing to hold the tickets for us for 2 weeks, before releasing them for general sale.

Following along the theme of Sovereign Grace resources from the Psalms…

WorshipGod 2008 – the worship conference hosted by Sovereign Grace and Bob Kauflin just took place at the end of July.

And, as usual, the audio of the conference is FREELY available for you to download and benefit richly from.

You can also visit the website for WorshipGod 08 to get more info and book recommendations to help you mine the gold that is the Psalms.

For centuries the book of Psalms has informed, directed, and inspired the worship of God’s people. Without minimizing the struggles of living in a fallen world, this book exudes a confident trust in the God who is good and rules over all.

These twelve songs have emerged from those ancient poems and prayers. Our aim is to offer fresh interpretations of individual psalms, especially in light of the crucified and risen Savior to whom they point.

This is the latest album produced and released by Sovereign Grace Music.

Listen to tracks, get downloads (including a free song!) and sheet/chord music by visiting the website.

Available soon at a church book table near you(!) or (if you can’t wait that long!) you can download it for next to nothing at the Sovereign Grace Store.

For interested music buffs, Stephen Altrogge – one of the songwriters on this latest album, has a post over at his blog – The Blazing Center – that describes his process of song writing, and the evolution of his songs from demo’s to album tracks.

AND…

You can watch a video about the production of the album:

LU: Looked Upon
The new album from the NA (New Attitude) Band

The Na Band, led by Devon Kauflin, leads worship at New Attitude, an annual conference for singles and young couples. Their purpose is to set “humble orthodoxy” to music. The content of their songs reflects an unswerving commitment to and passion for the truth that matters most: the gospel of Jesus Christ. During the year, they serve God’s kingdom through their local church, Covenant Life Church (Gaithersburg, MD), and regularly lead worship there.

This is the latest album produced by Sovereign Grace Music. Listen to tracks, get downloads and sheet/chord music by visiting the website.

Available soon at a church book table near you or download it for next to nothing at the Sovereign Grace Store.

Bob is an incredibly gifted worship leader, teacher and pastor who serves as the Worship Development Director for Sovereign Grace. He blogs here at Worship Matters, which is a rich resource for all who love to worship God, not just those involved in playing/singing on Sunday mornings.

Now YOU can benefit from Bob’s exceptional wisdom, insight and gift, as it has been put into print! Bob’s book, by the same title: Worship Matters is now available.

I’m working my way through it currently and SO enjoying and benefitting from it! I highly recommended it to all, not just those in the band! We should have some available soon.

To go along with the publication of this book, Bob has produced a series of short videos on worship. Here’s the first of the four that we will post on the blog…

The Leader…