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Sunday Morning Worship – Trinity Church – Spring Hill, TN – 08/15/10

Songwriting School

I was the guest songwriter at a Summer Music Camp hosted by Kate Butler. It was so fun talking with kids who are interested in music and songwriting at such a young age. The class worked together and wrote their own song that they would be performing for the parents at the end of the camp. I ended up doing Jesus Song, Let Go, Space, Real Life, and an acapella song I wrote a few years back called “Promise Land.” The kids helped me out by clapping and stomping the soulful beat. They had also been studying music genres that day, and the class decided to classify me as “Chic Pop.” So, I now join the ranks of a long list of chics with guitars 🙂 It was a great fun.

FarmFest 2010

Close your eyes and imagine with me now…a beautiful though swelteringly hot afternoon in late June on an amazingly peaceful farm in middle TN. The US just scored a goal with a penalty kick against Ghana in the World Cup as we pull up behind the stage at FarmFest 2010. Though we were excited to be there, it was difficult to pull ourselves from our air-conditioned van where our children were resting peacefully – even though Matt screamed when the US scored their goal. But we are so glad we braved the heat. The afternoon was full of good music. What fun it was to share the stage with Bria Blessing and many others at FarmFest 2010. Bria was accompanied by Kyle Aaron on mandolin and guitar which added a very cool element to her music. Bria’s voice was amazing as she wove the beautiful melodies that make her uniquely Bria (and that I am admittedly jealous of :). Levi and I even had our “first dance” together as Bria played and sang for us. It was lovely…and hopefully we will get some video of them up here for you to see soon!

Matt and I did an acoustic set with Jeff Boggs (Chaplain of the Maury County Jail) sitting in on drums. We never had a rehearsal, but he did a great job…we were very glad to have him. We opened with Stay Who You Are, followed by Let Go, Fingertips, Wake Up and Dream and “ended” with Real Life. They asked us to do one more so I threw a curve and did Jesus Song – Matt and I hadn’t practiced it in months – and Jeff stayed on the kit, nailing the stop at the end and everything. Way to go, bro!!! 🙂

It was fun for all…even for our kiddos who got to go play games at the Kids Fair Barn and took pony rides. I am sure FarmFest will be talked about for years to come.

Here’s a video of Wake Up and Dream.

Worship at Southview – Southview Community Church – Spring Hill, TN – 07/25/10

WOW Conference – Southview Community Church – Spring Hill, TN – 07/24/10

Southview

It has been so encouraging to be welcomed each month at Southview. Besides getting to worship with some fine people, we had a great time of lifting each other up in prayer before the service. We opened the service with Let God Arise (Tomlin), Glory to God (Fee), and Everlasting God. And then Matt and I did our song, Rain Down, with the band (you can listen to the CD version of Rain Down by clicking the widget to your right). Mark Rampulla joined with Clint Thomas (SlowBurn) to bring a teaching on the Supernatural, Holy Spirit. Then we closed with From the Inside Out (Hillsong United) and Revelation Song (Jennie Riddle). It was awesome to get to be a part. As an added bonus, our nieces Danielle and Rachel were visiting that morning. It was great seeing those girlies!

UPrizing – Rock of Cape – Cape Girardeau, Missouri – 07/10/10

FarmFest 2010 – Armsdale Farm – Columbia, TN – 06/26/10

Songwriting School – 06/15/10

Worship at Southview Community – Southview Community Church – Spring Hill, TN – 06/13/10