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» Worship Values: Worship Must Be Historically Informed

[ We've been working on rewriting our mission and also creating a series of "values" about worship that will communicate our vision for what worship should be all about. While those aren't completely finalized, I think it will be helpful to share some thoughts about each value in a series of short posts. ]

What kind of worship do we want to cultivate? Fourth: Historically Informed

Our second value stressed the importance of rooting our worship in Scripture, the only infallible source of direct revelation concerning a right understanding and practice of worship. We pointed out the fact that while there are commands to include certain kinds of service elements in public worship, there is no prescribed liturgy (service order) given in the Bible. We are left to assemble the elements of worship that God has commanded in a way that will edify our particular local churches, by the leading of the Spirit and in accordance with the rest of Scripture’s general teachings. So how do we make decisions about the specific order of worship or even the style of building, architecture, dress, or music that we should use to worship God? Various... (continue reading...)

» Sermon: The Absurdity of Worship

My pastor, R.W. Glenn, preached from Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 this past Sunday. This portion of Ecclesiastes is often quoted to teach on the blessings of worship, housing such well-known quotes as "guard your steps when you go to the house of God" and "let your words be few." To understand this passage properly we must take into account the context of the book - the main character ("the preacher") is having a temper tantrum with God. Qohelet (The Hebrew name translated "preacher" and pronounced Kowheleth) is angry with God for the apparent absurdity he sees in the world and the fact that he can't reconcile this absurdity with God's revealed nature.

The sermon helps us understand why our worship can degrade into barren, short-lived, or extremely sparse interactions with God. Too often, we fall back into relating to God on the basis of fear rather than love, living in anxiety that He will push the "smite" button on His cosmic computer for no apparent reason, even when we've apparently been faithful to appease Him by our worship.

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» Recent New Songs at Redeemer

I thought it might be helpful to list some of the new songs that we've been learning at Redeemer Bible Church since January 1st, 2011. I think that it's a good general guideline to teach no more than one new song every other week, but this list has 12 songs in 12 weeks! This is due to the fact that four of the songs were new texts set to tunes that the people already knew, and one was a very widely known song (Indescribable). That's still 8 new tunes in 12 weeks, and this is due to the fact that our pastor was chomping at the bit to learn some of these songs as soon as possible.


Come People of the Risen King - Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend, ©2007 Thankyou Music
On the album "Awaken the Dawn" by Keith & Kristyn Getty
We're just learning this song which functions as a fantastic call to worship. There are not a lot of songs that speak so directly to the public gathering of God's people for praise. I think of this song as a modern day Rejoice, the Lord Is King... (continue reading...)

» Worship Values: Worship Must Be Theologically Deep

[ We've been working on rewriting our mission and also creating a series of "values" about worship that will communicate our vision for what worship should be all about. While those aren't completely finalized, I think it will be helpful to share some thoughts about each value in a series of short posts. ]

What kind of worship do we want to cultivate? Third: Theologically Deep

We have already stated that we believe Christian worship should be Christ centered and biblical. As a reminder, we defined worship as "biblical" when the Bible directs our understanding and practice of worship and also drives our worship as we seek to encounter God in response to understanding Him in Scripture. If worship flows from understanding God, then it follows that the more deeply we understand God's character and works, the more deeply we can experience Him in worship. Just as the writer of Hebrews encourages us move on beyond the "milk" of elementary principles to "solid food," which is for the mature (Hebrews 5:12-14), so we should seek to make every element of our worship, from songs to sermons, characterized by a pursuit of the knowledge... (continue reading...)

» Worship Values: Worship Must Be Biblically Faithful

[ We've been working on rewriting our mission and also creating a series of "values" about worship that will communicate our vision for what worship should be all about. While those aren't completely finalized, I think it will be helpful to share some thoughts about each value in a series of short posts. ]

What kind of worship do we want to cultivate? Second: Biblically Faithful

In our first value we pointed out that "the aim of worship is the glory of God through the glory of His Son Jesus." How do we ensure that the way in which we respond to God in worship truly honors Him? Who's to say what true worship should look like, both internally and externally? Without an objective standard for how to worship God, we would be left to the opinions of man. While it's true that God reveals Himself to us through the witness of creation and through the ministry of His Spirit directly, His revelation to us through the Bible is the only objective and sure way to know and worship Him rightly. Therefore, the Bible must not only direct our understanding and practice of... (continue reading...)

» Worship Values: Worship Must Be Gospel Centered

[ We've been working on rewriting our mission and also creating a series of "values" about worship that will communicate our vision for what worship should be all about. While those aren't completely finalized, I think it will be helpful to share some thoughts about each value in a series of short posts. ]

What kind of worship do we want to cultivate? First: Gospel Centered

I know that the term "gospel centered" or "cross centered" is definitely a current buzz-word, but I can think of no clearer way to succinctly communicate this foundational value. I use the word gospel here as a shorthand for the story of God's grace shown to undeserving sinners through the substitutionary death of His Son. The gospel is not simply a story about events, but rather it is a story about who Jesus is and what He has done. So to say that worship is "gospel centered" means that the central aim of Christian worship is to celebrate and cherish Jesus.

Another way to put this is to say that worship is in and for Jesus. It is in Jesus because His... (continue reading...)

» Why We Publish Simple Recordings

Some of you who regularly visit Reformed Praise and listen to our songs might wonder why many of our songs have such crude recordings, especially compared to other publishing companies or performing artists who write or share worship songs. I thought it would be helpful to offer an apology for why we choose to publish such simple audio tracks for our songs, especially if they sometimes disappoint your sonic pallet.

If you step back and survey all of the worship songs being published or shared today, you'll really only find two publishing models. Even though I run the risk of conjuring up stylistic associations with these terms, I'm going to use the words "contemporary" and "traditional" to describe the two publishing models.

The traditional model has been around for hundreds of years: it relies largely on written music such as piano scores, hymnals, or choral music to share and distribute songs. I have worked with Hope Publishing Company and got to interview them about their business and they assured me that this method of influencing the church and getting songs out is alive and well. Hope still publishes many, many hymnals. For... (continue reading...)

» A Sermon on the Incarnation

Tags: sermon
Posted by David L. Ward on December 21st, 2010

I had the privilege of preaching this sermon to my local church family on Sunday, December 19th, 2010. While it is not related specifically to worship or music, it does tie nicely to one of our songs, My Precious Savior Gave His All, a song about how Jesus humbled Himself for our sakes.

The Mystery of the Incarnation
Philippians 2:6-8

The Farmer and the Sparrows
One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass. Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open the barn door for the struggling birds. He turned on the lights and tossed some hay in the corner. But the sparrows, which had scattered in all directions when he emerged from the house, hid in the darkness, afraid.

The man tried various tactics to get them into the barn. He laid down a trail of Saltine cracker crumbs to direct them. He tried circling behind the birds to drive them to the barn.... (continue reading...)

» Hymn for the Thanksgiving Table

I'd like to call your attention to a hymn text that's buried in our site and encourage you to give it a try this Thanksgiving with your family. One of our family traditions is to sing this one-stanza hymn together before meals in addition to praying. If you aren't familiar with the hymn tune it may seem strange at first, but I promise that it can be learned by even very small children. At dinner tonight I had the pleasure of watching my just-turned-3 year old sing all of the words. May we, amidst the joy and pleasure of our Thanksgiving meals, be looking to our "living" bread, Jesus, for true and lasting joy and pleasure.

Heav'nly Father, Grant Your Blessing

Heav’nly Father, grant Your blessing
On the food before us spread.
All our tongues are now confessing:
By Your hand alone we’re fed.
Never let us be forgetting:
Jesus is our Living Bread.

» Worship: The Christian's Purpose, Privilege and Pleasure

Tags: sermon
Posted by David L. Ward on November 23rd, 2010

I had the privilege of preaching this sermon to my local church family on Sunday, November 14th, 2010

Have you ever kept a journal of how you spend your time? It can be a very eye-opening experience. I did a little bit of research this week into how Americans spend their time and the results were pretty surprising. According to the 2009 American Time Use Survey, the average person age 15 and over spent 8.7 hours sleeping, 1.2 hours eating, 1.8 hours doing housework, 3.5 hours at their job or other work, and 5.3 hours enjoying leisure activities. TV viewing garnered the lion's share of those 5.3 hours of leisure with the average American watching almost 3 hours a day. Nestled into the leisure category was the amount of time people spent doing religious activities or volunteering: a whopping 9 minutes each.

I was also curious about how Americans spend their money. According to the 2009 Consumer Expenditure Survey, the average household spent 34% on shelter, 13% on food, 16% on transportation, 6% on healthcare, 5% on leisure, and a whopping 1.4% of gross income giving to churches of all faiths.... (continue reading...)

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 7

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

Colossians 3:16 instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
Singing is a COMMAND
There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
» The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


The culmination of singing must be God’s glory
"singing ... to God"

The last phrase of our verse is of foundational importance. We are instructed to teach and admonish one another by singing together to God. Does this mean that all of our songs must be addressed to God in the second person, taking this instructional to literally influence the grammar of our song lyrics? If that were the case, the Psalms themselves would not measure up. The person of the Psalms is varied: sometimes the... (continue reading...)

» Indelible Grace Documentary

Our friends and fellow hymn tune updaters, Indelible Grace Music, are making a documentary about their movement and music, and Reformed Praise is proud to support their project. You can pre-order the DVD, which includes video footage or their recent hymn-sing at the Ryman theater and interviews with songwriters, by supporting the project. It will make a wonderful Christmas gift. Here's their informational video:

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 6

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

Colossians 3:16 instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
Singing is a COMMAND
There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
» The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


The core of singing is the heart attitude behind it
"singing with thankfulness in your hearts"

Now that we're at lesson six of seven, let's take a step back and remind ourselves of what God cares most about when it comes to our songs and congregational singing. It is all too easy for us to operate on the assumption that God is more pleased with us when we choose "good" songs, demonstrating our thoughtfulness and grasp of the theology of worship, and execute them with creativity and musicianship. ... (continue reading...)

» Guitar Chords for Though I Was Born an Orphan

This Sunday is being celebrated as "Orphan Sunday" by many churches, following the lead of the Christian Alliance for Orphans who started calling on churches to recognize such a day in 2009. We wrote a modern hymn called Though I Was Born an Orphan to address the theme of adoption and the mandate to care for orphans and to give the church a congregational song about this important topic. To help musicians learn and perform this song with their local churches, we have added a guitar chord chart (for use with a capo) to make playing along with (or instead of) a piano easier. Just head on over to the song's official post and look for the chord chart on the right-hand side of the page.

May God strengthen our love and propel us to greater care for orphans this Sunday, and year-round.

» Suggestions for Reformation Sunday

This coming Sunday, October 31st, is celebrated as "Reformation Sunday" by many protestant churches. This is a day when we take time to acknowledge and give gratitude to God for the sacrifices made and doctrine defended during the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe. If you've never publicly acknowledged the Reformation during a worship service, let me make two suggestions. The first one is simple: use hymns from Martin Luther. His famous hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God has been called the battle hymn of the reformation and includes several of the biblical principles that Luther fought to return to the church. Another popular hymn text from Martin Luther is From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee. I set an alternate English translation into a more traditional sounding tune in the song By Grace Alone. Indelible Grace also has a contemporary tune for this hymn.

The second suggestion is to use the service liturgy to rehearse the biblical principles that the reformers taught and defended. I can't remember where I got this idea and some of the liturgy text, but it may have been from my friend Ron... (continue reading...)

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 5

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

Colossians 3:16 instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
Singing is a COMMAND
» There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


There are a variety of categories of congregational songs
"...with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs..."

We've already seen that we should sing biblically saturated and gospel informed songs when gathered as a congregation and that everyone is commanded to participate in singing. Do we have any insight into what kinds of songs we are to sing? Should they be short, simple songs, long Psalm paraphrases, four part hymns, choir anthems, or solo presentations? While this passage and the New Testament don't go into as much detail... (continue reading...)

» New Sheet Music for O Weary Saint

O Weary Saint is a hymn text that Eric Schumacher and I wrote a couple of years ago on songwriting retreat. After writing it for the tune "Love Unknown" by John Ireland, we found that it was still under copyright. The John Ireland Trust graciously allowed us to use it, and the song has been a blessing to me, Eric, and many others as well. To prepare for our upcoming release concert I created a score that follows the arrangement that appears on our latest album, Merciful to Me. The three page score contains piano, cello, and flute and could be adapted for use with other instruments as well (at the concert we won't have a cellist so I've transposed the cello part for violin). You can grab the score on the right-hand side of the song page for O Weary Saint. I created a separate post about this because such a small change to the song would likely fall below the radar of most readers, and if you have any use for a full piano score that sounds like the recording this should be helpful.

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 4

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

Colossians 3:16 instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
» Singing is a COMMAND
There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


Singing Is a Command
"singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God"

Notice that Paul doesn't simply instruct leaders to sing to the people, nor does he only instruct those who have exceptional musical gifting to sing; he instructs all believers to sing. Since singing is a community activity, the entire community should participate. When a group of people who are united in the celebration of some shared ideology or pleasure, they often sing about it. Consider how many nations, including America, sing a national anthem at... (continue reading...)

» Giveaway Contest Results

Earlier in September we started a giveaway contest. To enter you simply had to spread the word about our new album via a variety of social media outlets. We're grateful for the many people who took us up on our offer and entered, and for anyone else who spread the word without actually entering the contest. We're glad to announce the 5 winners, chosen at random. Each has been contacted via email:

1st - Jason Delgado
2nd - Nick Smith
3rd - Deon Bell VanNostrand
4th - Aaron Wilson
5th - Kimberly Davidson

Even though the contest is over, we'd still really appreciate your help in spreading the word about this album. If you believe in what we're doing, or just like the music, please spread the word!

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 3

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

Colossians 3:16 instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
» Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
Singing is a COMMAND
There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


Singing Is a Community Activity
"...with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another..."

Though the aim of Christian worship, singing included, is the glory of God, He is not merely glorified directly as He hears and enjoys our praise. God has also designed singing for our benefit as we sing to one another. Another way of putting it is that singing has horizontal as well as vertical aspects. Have you ever noticed that some of our worship songs address the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit directly, while... (continue reading...)

» Merciful to Me Now Shipping

Just a short post to broadcast the great news - the physical CDs are now shipping! Thanks for your patience as the manufacturing process takes quite a while. It was worth the wait as the digipaks came out great - the graphics and layout look stunning. Kent Swecker of A New Machine did a fantastic job and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him for any print, web, or music design projects. I've attached a copy of the web-quality PDF of the packaging for you to check out - it should appear as a PDF icon in the right-hand column.

Even if you already have the digital version, consider purchasing a copy or two as gifts. Use and enjoy our album to the glory of God!

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 2

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

Colossians 3:16 instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
» God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
Singing is a COMMAND
There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


God’s Word Should Be the Content of our Singing
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs”

Singing is one way to allow God's Word to richly dwell within us. While there are non-musical ways to allow God's Word to richly dwell within us such as memorization and meditation, singing is a uniquely powerful mechanism that helps us engage our hearts as we memorize and meditate on lyrics. God's Word can richly... (continue reading...)

» What the Bible Has to Say About Singing, Part 1

Today I'm introducing a series of seven short articles outlining what the Bible has to say about singing. This series will not attempt to be a comprehensive list of everything the Bible has to say about singing, but will draw out some implications and applications about congregational singing using Colossians 3:16 as a framework.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 (NASB)

This passage instructs us about congregational singing in at least 7 ways.

» The CAUSE and COROLLARY of our singing is God’s Word
God’s Word should be the CONTENT of our singing
Singing is a COMMUNITY activity
Singing is a COMMAND
There are a variety of CATEGORIES of congregational songs
The CORE of singing is the heart attitude behind it
The CULMINATION of singing must be God’s glory


For today's article, Part 1, we will look at #1 above.

The Cause and Corollary of our singing is God's Word
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you"

A. The CAUSE... (continue reading...)

» Two Myths About Worship Leading

Our very own Jeff Bourque has posted a couple of helpful articles for worship leaders over at congregationalsongs.com

Myths about Leading: My Heart Is Not Right

Jeff diagnoses several of the spiritual and emotional states leaders find themselves in as they prepare to lead worship.

Myths about Leading: It’s All Up to Me

Jeff discusses a common response when it appears that people just "aren't getting it" - to be anxious, fearful, or manipulative and try to influence people by the way we lead, not the Savior we're leading them to

» Giveaway Contest

To celebrate the release of our first album, we're going to give a bunch of them away! There will be 10 winners chosen, and while all will receive a digital copy of Merciful to Me, the top five winners will receive:


1st prize: 5 CDs
2nd prize: 4 CDs
3rd prize: 3 CDs
4th prize: 2 CDs
5th prize: 1 CD


How to Enter
Contestants can receive up to four entries for promoting the new album by:
(Verification requirements in parentheses)

Posting a link on Facebook (send us a link to your facebook profile)
Posting a link on Twitter (send us a link to your twitter page)
Posting a link on a blog (send us a link to the blog)
Sending an email to your worship leader or pastor (send us the name of your church and worship leader)


The link to our album page is: http://www.reformedpraise.org/store/albums/merciful-to-me/
You can link to or embed the album artwork here: http://www.reformedpraise.org/wp-content/themes/reformedpraise/images/mercifultome-cover.jpg


Results/Deadline
Contact us with your links by September 30th, 2010. On October 1st, 2010, the winners will be chosen at random. The results will be added to this post and... (continue reading...)

» Merciful to Me Now Available on iTunes

Wow - that was fast! Our new album, Merciful to Me, is now available in the iTunes music store. If you've already listened to the album, please add a rating or review, otherwise feel free to pick up a digital copy from iTunes or from our own store. It will be another couple of weeks before we have the physical CDs in hand.



The album is also now available at the Amazon.com Music Store

» Seven Biblical Values for Public Worship

I thought it might be helpful to share seven values for public worship that have been articulated for my local church, Redeemer Bible Church, where I serve as Director of Worship Ministries. These values have arisen from my understanding of what the Bible teaches us about the priorities and role of public worship.


Worship is preeminently about God. In an age where man's needs and opinions are often elevated as primary in worship, we strive to make sure that the knowledge of God and heartfelt response to God are primary.

God is the only one worthy of praise. (Revelation 4:11, 22:9)
The reason we worship is to bring God pleasure. (Romans 12:1; Revelation 5:11-13)

Worship is Christ-centered. We desire that Jesus Christ and His work on the cross be at the center of our services.

Our worship is made acceptable to the Father through Jesus' continuing work as our Mediator. (Hebrews 10:19-22)
Our worship should join the eternal heavenly chorus by remembering Jesus' death and resurrection. (Revelation 5:11-13)

Worship is Scripture-centered. God's Word is the only sure means to know and enjoy Him, thus... (continue reading...)

» Merciful to Me

Merciful to Me by Reformed Praise, Released September 2010

Merciful to Me by Reformed PraisePurchase at Bandcamp
Tracks1. Merciful to Me - A guitar-driven ballad featuring ac. guitar, piano (very light), kit on brushes, some percussion, soprano sax, and fretless bass
2. There Is No Greater Portrait - A piano and orchestra driven arrangement by Bob Parsons
3. Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken - A guitar-driven ballad with kit on brushes, piano, fiddle
4. O Jesus - Energetic pop arrangement with a drum loop and tasty electric guitars
5. O God the Holy Spirit - Another piano and orchestra driven arrangement by Bob Parsons
6. So I Will Come - A guitar driven ballad featuring Shannon Harris on vocals with acoustic bass, piano, and a string trio
7. Jesus, Lover of My Soul - A Dave Matthews inspired setting with layered acoustic guitars and saxes
8. The River - A driving rock arrangement led by acoustic guitar, then handed off to an electric guitar
9. Glory Is Certain - A pseudo-Celtic flavor: live guitar, djembe, acoustic bass, and vocals with added mandolin and Irish whistle
10. There Is No Sin that I Have Done - A very... (continue reading...)

» Album Update and Final Public Donation Request

We've been pretty busy over the last few months (which is one reason we haven't not been posting much) with the summer album project. For those who haven't received updates on our supporter list, here's a brief overview of how the project is coming along.

April and May were spent doing lots of arranging and initial contact with dozens of musicians that we ended up recording with on this project. I had the privilege of working with some world-class musicians and arrangers, and of spending time with Steve Cook to get to know his engineering and production process and to work on fine-tuning some arrangements. We headed into the studio in early June with Jake Armerding to record a couple of songs live – Begone, Unbelief (bluegrass) and Glory Is Certain (celtic). I also brought my jazz quartet into the studio and recorded a live arrangement of Majestic Sweetness. In mid June I got the "hard rock" group together to record The River. July was spent laying down lots of individual parts for the remaining songs, including the orchestral songs There Is No Greater Portrait and O God the Holy Spirit, which... (continue reading...)

» Donate to Our New Album

Friends,

Earlier today I wrote an update about a new album that we're going to be working on this summer. If you read that post you'll get a glimpse of the scope of what we're hoping to accomplish musically and it's pretty ambitious. The Lord has allowed us to work with a producer and recording engineer who runs one of the top studios in town, and has given us a huge collection of musicians who are willing to help, some who aren't in a position to participate w/o compensation. We're estimating the cost of the album to be $12k. That number might shock some of you, but for the scope of the project, the facilities and equipment involved, and the musicians and arrangers, it's not astronomical.

I'm writing this follow-up to the project description to ask for your help in a very concrete way. If you believe in what we're doing or have enjoyed our first CD, would you prayerfully consider donating to our project before the CD is released? (target is this fall) We are a very small group of independent songwriters and all of the funds for Reformed Praise... (continue reading...)