Thriving musicians...

Last night I attended an awesome concert at Colin and Janet's church Bayside (and my church for the next year too, I guess!). The concert was part of the Thriving Musician Summit conference being held at the church, and featured some of the speakers at the conference. The concert kicked off with two of the worship leaders/song writers from Hillsongs in Australia. As we sing a lot of the Hillsongs songs in church back home, it was great to hear them from "the source" as it were, and that was a great opening to the concert, getting everyone into a worshipful frame of mind (although the sound quality was not great for this part of the concert).

That segment was followed by someone I hadn't even heard of previously: Phil Wickham. Well he was amazing! He started off a little loud (some heavy rock), but then moved into some more mellow songs, but all of his songs were marked some beautifully poetic lyrics (without being cheesy), and he has an incredible vocal range and style. I'm going to be looking out for his CDs.

Last, but not least, was Lincoln Brewster, the worship leader at Bayside, who was launching his new CD, This is the Day. He was battling with a dry, scratchy throat, but put on a great, energetic performance, and sang some of his old favourites as well as some songs from the new CD.

All in all a great evening of amazing worship.

More photos on the web.