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Full church campus use of the presentation software and access to over 10,000 pieces of worship media. ($600 prize)

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All About Worship is a resource dedicated to equipping, encouraging and inspiring worship leaders and teams.

Proclaim is the new cloud-based church presentation software that allows team members to access and present from any computer, mac or PC. With Proclaim a creative team can send Bible passages, contact cards, calendar events, and even PayPal donation requests to iPads, iPhones, and Android devices in the congregation. Proclaim is free to download and make a sample presentation. Get more information at the Proclaim website.

A Graceway Total Media subscription gives you unlimited access to over 10,000 well designed worship media stills and video backgrounds. With 100 new designs and over 20 new motions added each month, your team will have the killer backgrounds they need to make your church presentations look great. Even more, all Graceway Media comes preloaded in Proclaim for easy access. Subscribe to Graceway Media from within the free Proclaim application.

“For the Weary Souls”, This Hope Prevails – Album Review

This Hope Prevails just released their first EP, For the Weary Souls. This unique blend of ambient techno and indie seems almost reminiscent of Gungor with a bit more electronics involved. Though this is a local recording done in Alberta, Canada, the production quality is not lacking at all. This free 5 song EP is definitely something you will want to download.

The album begins with “Our Refuge” –  this song grabbed me right off the bat. The electronica balances nicely with the ambient guitar, to set a nice atmosphere of worship. I love the chorus of the song which goes, “Jesus You are, You are Hope, for the weary souls, Your eyes are fixed on those, on those who fear You, Lord. You’re our refuge.” It just grabbed me as a song that would really exhort and encourage both the churched and unchurched. It is definitely a song I would consider for a Sunday worship service.

“Always” is a much heavier praise song. The electronic influence shines through here. The lyrics are great but often get lost in the volume of the electronica and instrumentation which is a bit of a detriment, but if the vocals were mixed better it would be a fantastic song. I love the ending of the song where they strip away all the instrumentation down to only an acoustic guitar and voices and play the classic hymn “Take My Life and Let it Be”. It is a stark contrast from the rest of the song yet really helps add to the overall theme and feel of the song.

“You Have My Affection” is the final of the five songs and is probably the heaviest song of the EP. I love the cry of the chorus – “Oh Lord, You are faithful Creator, You take hold of my life in Your hands and before You. I stand with my affection, You have my affection; You have my hearts cry.” It is a strong song and a great end to this EP.

I would say the overarching theme of this album is the salvation power of Christ, which is always a welcome theme. I enjoyed this album and think it is a good start for This Hope Prevails. I think they will have a good platform to build off of for future albums. It’s a solid 3 star album if you like electronica.

Grab it for free at: thishopeprevails.com

Review by Mathew Reames

Free (for now) Church Presentation Software in the Cloud: Proclaim

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Our friends over at Logos Bible Software recently released Proclaim, a church presentation software, that can help simplify Sunday morning. Now pastors, worship leaders, and production staff can build the entire service presentation online throughout the week.

And for now, it’s completely free through January. Plus, see below how to get continued free use of Proclaim through February with a simple Facebook post. Details below.

Why Proclaim?

• Proclaim is super simple. It’s the centralized solution to all your presentation needs. Proclaim lets you arrange lyrics, outlines, and images from anywhere, anytime. When you’re ready to present, just click “On Air.”
• Proclaim is collaborative. Proclaim lets you and your service team add to and edit your presentation throughout the week from any computer. Pastors can upload outlines, images, and Scriptures at any time, and the band can easily see what songs are slotted for upcoming weeks.
• Proclaim is smart. It preps itself. No need to copy and paste lyrics anymore—Proclaim interfaces with your CCLI SongSelect account and your Graceway Media membership. Proclaim also connects to Logos Bible Software, allowing pastors to send sermon notes directly to their presentations with a simple click.

See What Others Are Saying

“CCLI is proud to partner with Proclaim. Now that your SongSelect account is connected in the Proclaim church presentation software, preparing service slides and presenting them on‒screen is simple. Search the SongSelect database, and with Proclaim, lyrics are automatically formatted correctly across your slides. SongSelect’s connection with Proclaim is one of several exciting improvements we are working on to keep SongSelect as a valuable worship product.” —Howard Rachinski, CCLI President/CEO

It’s the new, simple way to put presentations together. Just register an account, download the app, and discover how effortless presentations can—and should—be.

Getting Proclaim for free through the month of February is simple:

1. Post a photo of your church using Proclaim to our Facebook page this month.
2. Tag Proclaim in the caption and tag your worship team members in the photo.
3. You’re done. It’s free.

And just like that, you and your team can keep your On Air license for free until February 29—that’s all of January and four more Sunday mornings in February with no jump drives, no last‒minute stress, and no madness. Visit the Proclaim Facebook Page for more details.

Know + Hope Collective CD Review & Free Chord Charts

When I heard that Audio Adrenaline members, Mark Stuart and Will McGinniss had collaborated with members of their church to produce a worship album I got excited. Audio A was one of the bands that will always stand out from my childhood. The new collaboration “Know Hope Collective” is a wonderful mix of reworked Audio A songs and new worship. One of the great keys of this is that it is a collaboration, and no one musician is the star.

While I would agree that every song on the album is great and worth buying, there were three that stood out to me as being over and above; “Attention”, “Jealous God”, and “Good Life.” The song attention is a great song about learning to listen to God. The key line in the song is, “Speak, You have our attention.” I love the track because it reminds me that we ought to spend more time listening to God then we do talking to him, and that by listening to him, he will guide our steps.

I first heard “Jealous God” when I saw the Know Hope collective in 2009. I was instantly moved by the Love of God. The piano driven song speaks directly of the passionate pursuit of a loving God. From the very first lyrics, you can experience that active pursuit. The song begins by saying, “Now I know that You would stop at nothing, To pull me close and steal my heart away.” From first hearing it live, it made the jump to one of my favourite songs, and I am glad a recording is finally available.

While both of the previous songs are excellent in both a personal and community setting, the other song I found to be a stand out track, “Good Life” is more of a personal song. In fact it is almost the opposite them to “Jealous God” This is the song of a broken man who has realized that he is nothing on his own, that his hopes and dreams aren’t worth anything, but that experiencing the father’s embrace is worth everything and more. It is a reworked version of a song from the Audio A album “Underdog”

Overall, I was very pleased with this album. It is going to be one I will personally be listening to for a while. Most of the songs on this album are great for a worship community to do together in Sunday morning worship.

-Review by Mathew Reames

Head over to our Free Chord Charts page for 7 free chord charts from this album!

Here’s Mark Stuart discussing his personal testimony about the song “Jealous God”