We’ve got a bumper crop of great new praise and worship songs at ShareSong.org to update you on this newsletter…

 

Scott Wesley Brown, founder and director of I Care Ministries, is a veteran Christian artist whose career spans over two decades. He has recorded 21 albums and travelled to 45 countries. Scott is a featured singer at Promise Keepers and has written several songs for these events.

Scott has also worked with Compassion, YWAM, Operation Mobilisation and Campus Crusade for Christ on various mission projects abroad. He works closely with the US Centre for World Missions and teaches many music and mission seminars in addition to maintaining an active concert schedule.   Check out the material off Scott’s new album A Heart for You: A Worship Collection at ShareSong.org   

 

Maranatha! Music began as a ministry of Calvary Chapel which gives it a rich heritage of song writing.  The philosophy of Calvary Chapel Music is to continue to get the music out to bless the church at large and let God bring the rewards.  In line with this belief we now have 122 of CCM’s tracks available at ShareSong.org.

Pastor Chuck’s desire is for CC Music to create music that engages congregations—songs that can be sung and choruses that have meaning.  "For many years it has been my desire to provide worship songs from Calvary Chapels that churches could use without having to pay a licensing fee for congregational singing.  The dream is to facilitate worship for every believer and every Calvary Chapel Church, large and small, at home and abroad."

The Word in Song team is working on putting every key verse in the Bible into song.  Their hope is that these songs will be played in people’s homes so that they can memorise God’s promises and put them into action in their daily living.   “There is something wonderful about music that can take the word of God and embed it into peoples’ hearts,” says project coordinator Cedric Taylor. “Each CD contains the key verses from a book in the bible set to song in a refreshing and catchy way. The words are straight from the Bible, and the tunes are easy to remember. These CD's are a wonderful aid to memorization, meditation and personal worship.  Download 173 tracks for free!

 

Song Writers’ Forum

On 24 August a small group of songwriters got together in the "Upper Room" at Gateway Baptist Church (Brisbane, Australia) to share songs they had been writing, give each other feedback (see feedback and tips sheet), network, and encourage growth in their local song writing community (see proposal for more details).  The performances were recorded for local use and international distribution through ShareSong.org. 

Panel member Rhys McFadden said "we need to be writing songs and doing art that reflects the theology, culture and spiritual journey of our local community.  Singing forms a massive part of our corporate worship, so it’s a pity to have to import a mass-franchised musical formula which means that every church ends up looking, tasting and sounding the same."

Coordinator Marty Kendall said he hopes that this will lay the foundation for other local communities to hold these sorts of events locally to encourage a creative culture within their churches, the fruits of which can then be shared with churches around the world through ShareSong.org.

Check out the full story at http://www.sharesong.org/writer'sforum.htm

 

 

We’ve got some exciting new things in the pipeline – with some great new artists already earmarked to be featured next month and a great new voting system that is designed to help users quickly find material that suits them and provides feedback and encouragement to the writers. 

 

Enjoy checking out the great new praise and worship music at ShareSong.org!

 

Blessings

 

Marty Kendall

ShareSong.org Coordinator

 

PO Box 41, Cannon Hill 4170, Queensland, Australia.