This is a time of increasing interest in passionate dynamic worship. Churches of all denominations are discovering the life and refreshing power of bringing heartfelt praise to God.
The songs in this release are chosen for that purpose, and produced by a team of musicians and singers with the same focus.
David Tymoszuk is the producer. David has been playing keyboard and bass guitar at church since he was 13, under the mentoring of Carl Laurens who has produced several Resource albums. He has an Advanced Diploma in Music Production and for the last five years has worked in a recording studio in South Melbourne. He leads worship at his own church, plays piano and keys and also helps out in mixing. David is married to Susan.
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In this release, his goal has been to capture the experience of live worship in order to encourage others in their worship.
The choir was drawn from all over Melbourne and beyond. There is a large and passionate core which has been involved in many recordings. They would not miss the experience for anything!
There are some excellent songs here - you can order the material direct or from your Christian bookshop.
Here are the songs:
956 All About You. Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff and Israel Houghton. Exciting, happy, God-focussed song - strong exclamation-like statements about the qualities of God. Good opener, fast. For simplicity, you can omit the bridge and instrumental section.
957 King of Majesty. Marty Sampson From Hillsong, a very popular song. Bright, fast, contagious, simple.
958 The Heavens Bow Down. Brad Evans and David Tymoszuk Fast, bright praise song. Encouragement to worship "Let the whole world sing…" Good opening song.
959 (Lord, it's) All About You. Rebecca Watkins, Esther Oakley and Roma Waterman Fast, bouncy, happy, focussing on the Lord. A great song.
960 Holy. Brenton Brown From Vineyard. A powerful worship song, totally centred on God.
961 Here I Am To Worship. Tim Hughes Extremely popular slow to medium paced song. Moving words "I'll never know how much it cost, To see my sin upon the Cross" (Start this section softly and build).
962 How Wide. Carl Laurens and Jud Field "How wide is the ocean of your mercy." Faith-building words for every circumstance. Lovely simple chorus - sweeps you along. Slow.
963 All the Heavens. Reuben Morgan Hillsong. Medium slow, hymn-like. A favourite. Inspiring words.
964 What a Saviour. Helena McNeill Slow and hymn-like, beautiful in its simplicity. Totally focussed on salvation, on what God has done.
965 I Can't Imagine. Nolene Prince Thoughtful, pensive song, expressing wonder at the magnitude of God's love expressed in the Cross. Medium/slow.
966 We All Bow Down. Lenny Leblanc. Superb words - poetic, descriptive. Lenny Leblanc is an excellent song-writer. Lovely melody. Slow.
967 I Will Bow To You. Pete Episcopo. A song of dedication - the focus on completely laying down our lives "to you alone". Slow, short, simple.
968 Jesus, I Come. Carl Laurens and Jud Field. Suited for altar calls but not restricted to that - a song of surrender. Flows well into the old "I surrender all…"
969 Blessed. Darlene Zschech and Reuben Morgan. Hillsong. Very popular song with a stirring chorus - a prayer for our country. Medium paced.
Of course, these songs are available to you on the usual: CD ($29.95) contains copyright-cleared words for projection plus Bb/Eb music. Cassette ($19.95) Music book ($16.95) with full piano plus simplified plus OHP words Split track CD ($29.95) contains copyright-cleared words for projection plus Bb/Eb music. Midi files for backing ($43.50) Words sheet ($1.95) Don't put off ordering your copy and don't forget that the best way to receive these latest songs is by auto order . Contact us for details on info@resource.com.au. You will be the first to receive and you won't miss out.
From Susan Foreman, one of the choir.
I've driven three hours from Wedderburn to get to two rehearsals and a recording, staying with family in Melbourne.
It's an exciting and stimulating experience. Nothing gets in my way of being involved, because it's what I've always dreamed of doing - being part of the creative process of producing new music that blesses God and us.
At tonight's practice, we've been asked to learn an extra new song, add harmony if we can and then sing it at the recording on Saturday! Some choir parts which I learned from the practice CD have now been changed. No worries! Nolene is at the helm, beaming, joyful, chuckling, irrepressible. She's infectious in her enthusiasm and puts my 'perfectionist' anxieties at ease. It's all about 'worshipping in Spirit' rather than classic correctness. Dennis quietly and gently urges us to give God joy, by singing our own private words of love. God touches me as I love him in worship.
I used to say that MY being there in the choir, didn't make any difference, 'just a drop in the bucket'. Then I saw my own shining face on the cover of Supp. 33 and God seemed to say, "It matters to me that you're here."