November 29, 2011 by
Sarah Lewis
Categories: Resources
This whole week, you can get up to 30% off our books, music, and audio, while supplies last. (Yep, that means our song downloads are $0.70 each.) Plus, U.S. orders over $25.00 get free shipping.
Here are a few noteworthy sales:
Music
Books
These and plenty of other discounts are at www.SovereignGraceStore.com.
November 14, 2011 by
Sarah Lewis
Categories: Music
Our newest album officially releases tomorrow, but you can get it for only $5 today at Bandcamp. (You can also stream it for free.)
It’s called The Gathering, and it was recorded live at our worship conference in August. The 15 songs on the album follow the progression of a worship service, walking through the gospel and our response to it: adoration, confession, proclamation of forgiveness through Christ, knowing God through his Word, communion, and mission to the world.
The Gathering will be on iTunes and Amazon tomorrow, but the $5 price is today only.
November 3, 2011 by
Sarah Lewis
Categories: Audio messages | Conferences
Our WorshipGod conference in August focused on the theme “The Gathering”—discovering what it means to build our meetings around the gospel.
Here are all 30 of the English seminars recorded at the conference, listed alphabetically by title. (We don’t have the four Spanish seminars available yet, but we hope to in the future.)
And if you didn’t get a chance to listen to the general sessions yet, you can find them here:
Note: To download any of the seminars below, right-click and select “Save Link As” or “Save Target As.”
| Before and After: The Evolution of a Song |
| Mark Altrogge and Steve & Vikki Cook |
| Download |
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Behind Closed Doors: Connecting Your Public and Private Worship |
| Joseph Stigora |
| Download |
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The Benefits and Limits of Creativity |
| Bob Kauflin |
| Download |
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Bringing Order out of Chaos: Ideas for Organizing a Growing Team |
| Ken Boer |
| Download |
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Building and Caring for a Tech Team, part 1 |
| Dave Wilcox |
| Download |
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Building and Caring for a Tech Team, part 2 |
| Dave Wilcox |
| Download |
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Chord Voicings and Concepts for Guitar |
| Patrick Anderson |
| Download |
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A Faith for All Seasons |
| Julie Kauflin |
| Download |
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Getting the Most out of Your Synthesizer |
| Roger Hooper |
| Download |
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Guitar Conversations: Tone, Gear, and Playing Together |
| Patrick Anderson, Mike Cosper, and Paul Hoover |
| Download |
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Know, and Worship |
| Matt Mason |
| Download |
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Leading Children to Worship Christ |
| Jared Kennedy |
| Download |
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Lowering Stage Volume |
| Doug Gould |
| Download |
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Making Room for the Spirit’s Leading |
| Pat Sczebel |
| Download |
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Microphone Primer |
| Doug Gould |
| Download |
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Piano in Contemporary Worship, part 1 |
| Bob Kauflin |
| Download |
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Piano in Contemporary Worship, part 2 |
| Bob Kauflin |
| Download |
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Piano in Contemporary Worship, part 3 |
| Bob Kauflin |
| Download |
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Practicing and Planning Creativity |
| Mark Altrogge and Steve & Vikki Cook |
| Download |
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Praying through Scripture |
| Donald Whitney |
| Download |
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Putting Songs Together |
| Bob Kauflin |
| Download |
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Redefining Burnout: Knowing When It’s Time for a Break |
| Jon Payne |
| Download |
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Simplify Your Spiritual Life |
| Donald Whitney |
| Download |
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Strengthening the Drum/Bass Connection, part 1 |
| Ryan Foglesong and David Zimmer |
| Download |
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Strengthening the Drum/Bass Connection, part 2 |
| Ryan Foglesong and David Zimmer |
| Download |
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Theology, Doxology, and Sociology |
| Shai Linne |
| Download |
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Thinking Surgically When Leading Liturgically |
| Jamie Brown |
| Download |
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What Makes These Songs Great? |
| Steve & Vikki Cook |
| Download |
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Worshiping a Big God in a Small Church |
| Pat Sczebel |
| Download |
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Worshiping God When Your World Is Shaking |
| Craig Cabaniss |
| Download |
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September 22, 2011 by
Sarah Lewis
Categories: Conferences
Looking to plant a church or join a church plant in New England? You may be interested in the Plant New England conference near Boston, October 10–11. The theme is “gospel-driven men planting gospel-driven churches” and it’s open to everyone—men and women, pastors and church members. If you’re interested in planting churches in the least-churched area of the nation, you’re invited.
The conference is organized by The Gospel Coalition, in partnership with 9Marks, the NETS Institute for Church Planting, and Sovereign Grace Ministries. Mark Dever and Wes Pastor will give main-session messages. Mark Prater, Sovereign Grace Ministries’ regional leader for the northeast U.S., will teach a breakout session and participate in a panel discussion.
Registration is $75. You can find more info and register at www.plantnewengland.com. (A word to the thrifty: conference hotel discounts end on September 26.)
Here’s the audio of Craig Cabaniss’s message from the final general session of our WorshipGod conference, which concluded on Saturday. Craig is senior pastor of Grace Church (Dallas, TX).
“Gathering to Commission” (1 Peter 2:9)
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(RSS readers, you may need to click through to the post to stream the audio.)
Here’s the audio of Bob Kauflin’s message from the fourth general session of our WorshipGod conference. Bob is director of worship development for Sovereign Grace Ministries and serves as a worship leader at Covenant Life Church.
“Gathering to Edify” (1 Corinthians 14:1-33, Ephesians 4:15-16)
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Here’s the audio of Thabiti Anyabwile’s message from the third general session of our WorshipGod conference. Thabiti Anyabwile is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.
“Gathering to Hear” (1 Timothy 4:11-16)
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Here’s the audio of Bryan Chapell’s message from the second general session of our WorshipGod conference. Dr. Chapell is president and professor of practical theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
“Gathering to Rehearse (the Gospel)” (Isaiah 6:1-8)
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Our WorshipGod conference started on Wednesday night and continues through tomorrow. This year’s conference is on the theme “The Gathering”—discovering what it means to build our meetings around the gospel.
Here’s Ray Ortlund’s message from the first general session.
“Gathering to Behold” (2 Corinthians 3:18)
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We recently got some exciting news from our church in Ethiopia, Covenant Life Church Addis Ababa. Senior pastor Mo Adugna spearheaded an effort to hold preaching and evangelistic meetings in the Millennium Hall, a large auditorium in Addis Ababa. Mo and his church set the date for April 13, advertised the meeting, worked with area churches, arranged worship, drama, and preaching. But even they were surprised when 22,000 people showed up.
There were so many people that the police eventually had to turn people away. Wondy Getahun, another pastor at Covenant Life Church Addis Ababa, wrote to us,
Our main aim was to preach the gospel and also to impact the city with the Word of God. And the Lord did it. There were many unbelievers who came, and we believe they were touched; they said they could come again. We also felt the impact on our Sunday meeting: we had to rent more chairs that day, and on the Sunday following our meeting at the Millennium Hall, 24 new people wanted to learn about the gospel and gave their lives to Christ….The Lord has opened an unbelievable door.
We got a lot of encouragement from evangelical churches….We were very happy because we believe that what matters most is the local church. All of this work goes hand in hand with the local church….
Please pray for Mo, because he is shouldering a very heavy burden, but we know that it’s for the glory of Jesus.
In May, they held another Wednesday meeting that drew 16,000 people. Please pray that the Lord continues to draw people to himself through the gospel, and to build ever-increasing unity among the churches of Addis Ababa.
Mo and Wondy both attended our Pastors College before moving back home to Ethiopia in 2003 to plant Covenant Life Church Addis Ababa. For more on the church and their vision for Ethiopia, check out this video we produced in 2008 as part of our annual Mission Presentation.