New songs for modern missional worship, rich in Christian teaching and contextualized in modern culture. Contemporary hymns, psalms, songs of lament and praise written by members of the Louisville, KY-based Sojourn Community.

The music set list for the two morning services (9:30 and 11:15) for Louisville's Sojourn Community church, Sunday, April 6, 2008: 1. Sanctify, by Martin Smith.  I love the reference to the "four winds" of heaven, mentioned in various prophecies from the Old Testament prophets, the Gospels and Revelation: Sanctify, I want to be set apart, Right to the very heart, Prophesy to the four winds and breathe life to this very place. This song is ... Continue reading »

Tomorrow we'll bring you our regular Monday feature at sojournmusic.com -- a look at our music set list from yesterday's Sojourn worship service.  But today we celebrate the birthday of the first, current and only Worship Arts Pastor in Sojourn's eight-year existence, Mike Cosper. Mike is a huge reason (perhaps the biggest) why Sojourn has a reputation for being such an artist-friendly church and why the music ... Continue reading »

I hope to see some of you at the Band of Bloggers luncheon conference next Tuesday, April 15 in downtown Louisville.  Bloggers from all over North America -- well over 100, as it now stands -- will be coming to fellowship, hear a panel discussion on the theme "The Gospel Trust," and dialogue together.  I've been waiting for this one for some time -- if you attend, I'd love ... Continue reading »

God of life, your Spirit raised Jesus from dead. Your Spirit inspired the prophets and writers of Scripture. Your Spirit draws us to Christ and helps us to acknowledge him as Lord.  We ask that you will send your Spirit now to give us deeper insight, encouragement, faith, and hope through the proclamation of the Easter gospel. Amen. Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, c. 2004, CRC Publications. At Sojourn, we often use Jeremy Quillo's "We Are Listening," from Before ... Continue reading »

"... as we sing together we belong to one another in the song.  We agree, in effect, not to be soloists, self-absorbed meditators, or competitors, but to compromise with each other, join our voices as if joining hands, listen to each other, keep the same tempo, and thus love each other in the act of singing.  For a congregation, its corporate song makes a theological statement: 'We are the body ... Continue reading »

Jamie Barnes does it all: singer-songwriter, worship leader, Worship Arts Pastoral Assistant and also, along with wife Kelsey, one of Sojourn's community group leaders.  This past Monday evening, the Barnes community group volunteered to head up one of Sojourn's SEED projects: to staff the phones for Louisville Public Media's listener support fundraising drive (SEED is our urban renewal initiative -- check out the new SEED website to ... Continue reading »

Lorie discusses worship leading and service planning with leaders from Landmark Baptist Church in Amelia, Ohio at a Sojourn songwriting seminar. Now we present Part Two of a sojournmusic.com audio interview with Lorie King, a leader at Sojourn for most of our eight-year existence.  Lorie has 17 years experience leading worship from "shore to shore" in the United States and in churches across four continents, as well ... Continue reading »