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This is the November 1, 2004 edition of Glory2Glory Christian Music E-zine!, a contemporary Christian music & modern Worship newsletter distributed to Christian and Worship music enthusiasts via the World Wide Web. If you would like a FREE subscription with the latest issue sent to your inbox each week, e-mail glory2gloryezine@....
In some good news this week, REBECCA ST. JAMES and CHRIS TOMLIN release new books; RUSS LEE forms new label; KUTLESS adds new “member”; upcoming concerts in the Southwest; new album releases; Top 10 Ways You Know That You're Stressed Out; and much more!
IN THE NEWS:
REBECCA ST. JAMES has released a new book this week. According to the Grammy-winning Aussie, She will help young women find liberty from the control of a “tyranny of beauty” that exists in today’s culture. St. James writes about nine areas that place “unrealistic demands” by our society on young women to be beautiful at any cost, which often can lead to tragic results. “SHE,” an acronym for being “Safe, Healthy, Empowered,” was inspired by a period in the 27-year-old singer’s life when St. James admits she embraced a feminist mentality of what she calls “being an independent woman facing the world alone.”
The new book also recounts the author’s own brush with Bell’s Palsy—a virus that attacks facial nerves—that caused loss of control of one side of her lips. “My looks, which I’d taken for granted and are important to the work I do, were suddenly in jeopardy,” she recounts. “Though I regained control of my facial muscles with time, I’ll never again see the way I look on the outside the same way.” The singer says she now realizes that any assets we possess can be gone in an instant. “Lasting beauty which comes from the inside can never be taken away,” she writes. St. James is currently touring in Europe but returns to New York this month for a major media blitz on the book, published by Tyndale. <><
Worship songwriter and artist CHRIS TOMLIN is releasing his first book, The Way I Was Made, on Multnomah Books in January. Tomlin will share his personal testimony and utilize the Bible to point out that every person has been uniquely created for a purposeful life. The writer of such modern Worship anthems as “Famous One” and “The Wonderful Cross,” Tomlin hopes to help readers develop a more intimate relationship with God and refocus their lives on the Lord instead on themselves. <><
Creative Trust Workshop (CTW) has released a new CD that coincides with the book release of Jesus, an in-depth look at the attributes and character of Christ written by some of today's top Christian authors. The 10-song audio project entitled Jesus: A Collection of Modern Worship Reflecting the Person and Presence of Christ will also be released along with a companion bible and journal on Thomas Nelson. The CD features such modern worship favorites as “King Of Glory” by THIRD DAY, “Shout To The Lord” recorded by DARLENE ZSCHECH, and the medley “In The Garden/There Is None Like You” made popular by WATERMARK. <><
SOUNDBYTES:
SARA GROVES has received the "Outstanding Young Alumnus Award" from Evangel University for her significant achievements in Christian music. The three-time Dove Award nominee received her BS in History and English from the Springfield, Missouri school in 1994.<><RUSS LEE has formed his own record label, Vertical Vibe Records, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The label’s first release will be Lee’s new 11-cut Christmas album, Hear Those Bells, set to hit store shelves on November 9th.<><KUTLESS frontman Jon Micah Sumrall is a new father. Caleb Daniel Sumrall was born last Wednesday (10/27/04) weighing in at seven pounds, six ounces. Baby and mother are doing fine!<><
ARTIST BIRTHDAYS:
Mon. Nov. 1st. - Michelle Tumes, Sam Katina (The Katinas)
Wed., Nov. 3rd. - Allen Asbury
Fri., Nov. 5th. - Jeff Deyo, Jay Weaver (Big Daddy Weave)
Sat., Nov. 6th. - Chris Thomas (The Elms)
UPCOMING CONCERTS IN THE SOUTHWEST:
11/03 - Ginny Owens--Trinity Baptist, Pineville, LA
11/04 - Phillips, Craig, and Dean--First Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA
11/06 - Big Daddy Weave & Geoff Moore--Parkway Baptist Church, Clinton, MS
11/06 - Chonda Pierce & Sandi Patty--First Assembly of God, Shreveport, LA
11/09 & 11/10 – “UTour” w/By the Tree—LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
11/13 – Selah--Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, TX
11/18 – Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns, & Chris Tomlin--Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS
11/18 - David Crowder Band, Something Like Silas, & Shawn McDonald-- Florida Blvd. Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, LA
11/19 - Charles Billingsley, First Baptist, Bossier City, LA
11/21-11/23 - Among Thorns--Alexandria, LA (venue TBA)
12/2 – Amy Grant--Riverside Centroplex, Baton Rouge, LA
12/9 - Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns, & Chris Tomlin--CenturyTel Center, Shreveport, LA
12/18 - “O Holy Night...A Christmas Celebration Tour” w/NewSong, FFH, & Palisade--Ouachita Parish High School, Monroe, LA
12/22 - Jim Brickman & Kristy Starling--The Strand Theatre, Shreveport, LA
01/02/05 - Ron Kenoly--Christian Worship Center, Alexandria, LA
01/06/05 - Ginny Owens--Woodland Hills Baptist, Jackson, MS
01/09/05 - Angelina McKeithen--First Assembly of God, Bastrop, LA
02/03/05 – Selah--First Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA
02/10/05 – downhere--Louisiana Baptist Convention, Alexandria, LA
02/22/05 – Skillet & Seventh Day Slumber--Planet Rock, Pearl, MS
03/02/05 – Kutless & BarlowGirl--Planet Rock, Pearl, MS
03/11/05 - Natalie Grant--First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
03/11 – 03/13/05 - Point of Grace--First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA (318-752-6147)
03/12/05 - Natalie Grant--First Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA
03/18 - 03/20/05 – Watermark--First Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA
04/01/05 - Chonda Pierce, Sandi Patty, & Sheila Walsh--“Women Of Faith” Conference, CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, LA
04/29/05 - Wayne Watson--First Baptist Church, Minden, LA
NEW CCM, GOSPEL, & VIDEO RELEASES:
11/2/04—
Daniel's Window--Strangely Looking Forward (Cross-Driven Records)
Grits--Dichotomy B (Gotee Records)
Newsboys--Devotion (Sparrow Records)
Stacie Orrico--Live in Japan [DVD] (ForeFront Records)
Relient K--mmhmm (Gotee Records)
Switchfoot--1997-2000 [3 CD Set] (Sparrow Records)
Various--Praise and Worship Top 40 (Dana Point Music)
Various--WoW Hits 2005 [DVD] (Sparrow Records)
11/9/04—
Andy Chrisman-ONE (Shelter Records)
DeWayne Harvey & Unrestrained Praise--Tell It [CD/DVD](Aleho International)
George Huff--Christmas [EP] (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Israel & New Breed--Live From Another Level [DVD] (Integrity Gospel)
Kildare--Celtic Worship: Awaken The Dawn (Coventry Music)
Mark Lowry--Remotely Controlled (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Mark Lowry--The Last Word and Mouth in Motion [DVDs] (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Chonda Pierce--On Her Soapbox (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Chonda Pierce--Four-Eyed Blonde and Having A Girls Nite Out [DVDs] (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Salvador--So Natural (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Sandi Patty & The Speers--More Than The Music...Life Story (INO Records)
Candi Staton--Christmas In My Heart; Here's A Blessing; and Proverbs 31 Woman [3 CDs] (Beracah Records/Lightyear)
Randy Travis--Passing Through (Word/Curb/Warner Bros.)
Various--Gotta Have Gospel! Vol. II (Gospo Centric/B-Rite Music/Integrity Gospel)
Various--Lullabies For Little Worshippers (Maranatha! Music)
Various--Megachurch Gospel (Integrity Gospel)
VeggieTales--Bob & Larry's How To Draw! and The Complete Silly Song Collection [DVDs] (Big Idea)
Derek Webb--I See Things Upside Down (INO Records)
BeBe Winans--Dream (Integrity Gospel)
Chuck’s Chuckles:
Top 10 Ways You Know That You're Stressed Out…
10. Relatives that have been dead for years come visit you and suggest that you should get some rest.
9. You can see individual air molecules vibrating.
8. You begin to explore the possibility of setting up an I.V. drip of coffee.
7. You ask the drive-thru attendant at McDonald’s if you can get your order to go.
6. Your heart is beating in “7/8” time.
5. Woody Allen asks you to read for a part in his new film.
4. You can skip without a rope.
3. You think people are speaking to you in binary code.
2. Rolaids become your sole source of nutrition.
1. You begin to talk to yourself, you disagree about the subject, get into a nasty argument with yourself, lose, and refuse to speak to yourself for the rest of the night.
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