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Kevin Twit To Lead Sojourn Songwriting Workshop On Anne Steel’s Hymns
Join us this Sunday, 2pm at Sojourn’s Midtown Campus (930 Mary Street, Louisville, KY) for a FREE songwriting workshop led by Kevin Twit, founder of Indelible Grace and pastor in the Reformed University Fellowship. Kevin will teach on the life and hymns of Anne Steele (1717-1778), a wonderful hymn writer whom Sojourn will honor with an upcoming worship album (much like our Isaac Watts project). This event will be great for songwriters or contributors to the upcoming Anne Steele Project or those interested in hymns projects in the future. For that matter, if you are at all interested in hymns, music … Read Entire Post
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Bob Kauflin Is Coming To Sojourn: Songwriting Workshop
Bob Kauflin is one of my favorite songwriters and bloggers. His book, Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God is my top book recommendation for worship leaders. And now he’s coming to Sojourn’s 930 Art Center at the Midtown Campus to lead a workshop on songwriting and creativity. If you’re anywhere close to Louisville, join us from 3 to 5pm on Saturday, June 11 for this free event. We’re located at 930 Mary Street, Louisville, KY 40204. If you’re interested in songwriting, collaboration, writing new lyrics or working with old texts, creativity, theology and in being a … Read Entire Post
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Songwriting Instructional mp3s from WorshipMatters.com
Check out all the songwriting resources Bob Kauflin just posted on his blog, worshipmatters.com, at THIS link. We at Sojourn have been greatly influenced by Bob Kauflin and Sovereign Grace ministries. These mp3s come from songwriting seminars at past WorshipGod conferences, from the likes of Mark Altrogge, Steve & Vikki Cook and Stuart Townend. If you’re serious about developing as a songwriter, study these sessions.
Harold Best Coming To Sojourn For "Be Fruitful: A Creative Development Day"
Saturday, November 6 Sojourn’s Midtown Campus at The 930 Art Center will welcome back our friend Dr. Harold Best, author of Unceasing Worship and Music Through The Eyes Of Faith. Best will lead us in Be Fruitful, a creative development day for Christians interested in visual art, music, and creative writing. Saturday November 6 The 930 Art Center (directions here) 10am – 3:45pm $10 includes lunch Harold Best, who is also the former professor of music at Wheaton College, will lead our exploration of Christian creativity along with workshop leaders Jamie Barnes (songwriting), Kristen Miller (creative writing), and Michael Winters (visual art). SCHEDULE 10:00 – … Read Entire Post
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Learn About Sojourn's Version Of "The Christ Hymn (Colossians 1:15-20)
Sojourn recorded “The Christ Hymn” on These Things I Remember in 2005. Worship Leader Rebecca Dennison arranged the famous text (Colossians 1:15-20)and wrote the music for it with Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper. I asked Rebecca a few questions in a short interview for our Inside Sojourn podcast. Download it now from iTunes. Or, you can listen to this interview here on the Audio Acrobat player. The interview concludes with the complete album cut mp3 of “The Christ Hymn” from These Things I Remember.
Check Out This Psalm-based Songwriting Contest — Or Tell Your Songwriter Friend All About It
Greg Scheer is a good friend to the Sojourn Music ministry. He’s also the Minister of Music at Church of the Servant in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Music Associate at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. He recently sent us this notice, regarding a New Psalm Contest sponsored by Church of the Servant. Songwriters and psalmists, take note and take part: In an effort to encourage Psalm-singing, Church of the Servant invites congregational songwriters to submit a Psalm-based song to its 2010 New Psalm Contest. The winner will receive a $250 award. There is no entry fee and the contest … Read Entire Post
Free Audio & Notes: Indelible Grace Leader Talks Hymns & Songwriting At Sojourn
Recently. Indelible Grace music founder Kevin Twit talked about the modern hymn movement and songwriting during a Sojourn Music training event at our Midtown Campus here in Louisville. You can hear both parts of Kevin Twit’s lecture, either by downloading them for free at the Sojourn Church iTunes podcast, or by listening to the stream at the links below: Kevin Twit: Worship Leader Training: Choosing Hymns; Writing Songs Kevin Twit: Worship Leader Training and Q&A session audio Want to scan through some of the info in the lectures? Sojourn worship leader Kristen Smith offered her notes from both sessions, below:
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What Makes A Good Hymn?
From The Hymns Of Watts & Wesley, by Bernard Manning: “What makes a good hymn? … these hymns combine personal experience with a presentation of historic events and doctrines… the writers look back from their own experience to those experiences of the Incarnate Son of God on which their faith was built. This gives them a steadiness, a firmness, a security against mere emotionalism and sentimentality which more recent writers, trying to lay bare their souls, have found it difficult to avoid.” I couldn’t agree more with this ingredient in good worship songwriting. What are some other things that make … Read Entire Post
Want To Write A Horrible, Cheesy Worship Song? The Blazing Center Shows You How
Stephen and Mark Altrogge, as well as the other fine writers in Sovereign Grace Music, know a thing or two about writing great worship songs. But now, over at their blog “The Blazing Center” they have a few pointers for anyone who wants to light the way for mediocrity and theological confusion. Check out this tongue-in-cheek post, “How To Write An Awful Worship Song.” Excerpts: Recycle A Love Song. Write a song for your girlfriend. When she breaks up with you, convert it into a worship song. Be sure to change all uses of “girl” or “baby”.
Training For Worship Leaders and Songwriters, Featuring Kevin Twit of Indelible Grace
We’re just a couple days away from a Sojourn Music training event, featuring Indelible Grace founder Kevin Twit. Pastor Kevin will teach on hymns and church music. Songwriters, musicians, worship leaders and anyone who loves worshiping through song will benefit from this one-night seminar. The cost to attend is just $5, to cover the pizza that we’ll provide for lunch. We do need you to RSVP though, so do it today! I look forward to seeing you there, as do Sojourn Pastor Mike Cosper and other Sojourn Music leaders and musicians. RSVP here at this link today! The Facts: Sojourn Music … Read Entire Post
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Hear Worship Leader Panels From Acts 29 Boot Camp at New "Inside Sojourn" Podcast
We’re launching a brand new all-church podcast called Inside Sojourn. This podcast, available for free at iTunes and other podcast directories, will include all the kinds of features you’re used to hearing on the old Sojournmusic.com Radio podcast, plus many other interviews covering all sides of Louisville’s Sojourn Community Church. Check out Inside Sojourn at iTunes HERE Get the Podcast RSS feed HERE And for all the Sojournmusic.com Radio listeners who haven’t heard anything new on that podcast in awhile, we’ve launched Inside Sojourn with long-form audio from two sessions of the Worship Track at Ambition, the Acts 29 Network’s … Read Entire Post
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