WorshipRises – October 25

Many of you have been following the story of WorshipRises (facebook|twitter) over the past year or so. You’ve heard about our songwriting days, the EP that was released in July and how churches all over North America are singing these songs written for the church by Canadian worship leaders.

From the very beginning, my heart in all of this is that WorshipRises should be a national movement with national impact. I didn’t want WorshipRises to become a Canadian thing that only happened in Ontario :) I know how much you westerners love stuff like that! Ha!

So.. what’s next for us?

On Monday, October 25 we will be hosting our next songwriting day, gathering together Canadian worship leaders to write songs for the church. This will be the fifth time we’ve run an event like this and this one is going to be very different than the previous four. Instead of hosting one event in one location, we are stepping out in a huge way and we will be running EIGHT events across Canada on the same day.

We have had conversations with worship leaders all over Canada who want to be part of these events but because of travel, budget, etc they haven’t been able to attend the events in Ontario. We think it’s time to make these opportunities available to more people across the country who are passionate about God, about the church and about worship.

Here are the cities where we have confirmed events -

• Ajax, ON
• Waterloo, ON
• Barrie, ON
• Stoney Creek, ON
• Chatham, ON
• Moncton, NB
• Winnipeg, MB

If you’re keeping score (and can count) you’ll notice that list only have seven cities. You are right. We are still hopeful that we’ll be able to add one more event out in western Canada.

What are some of the dates and details you need to be aware of if you are interested in participating?

Registration? When is that?

• Final event cities and venues will be announced the first week of September
• Registration will open at 9 AM Eastern on Wednesday, September 8
• Registration is free, attendees are responsible to cover transportation and meal costs for the day
• Registration is limited for each site so be sure to register early

Who can attend?

• WorshipRises songwriting days are designed for Canadian worship leaders who are passionate about the church and seeing its members engaged in God-focused, Spirit-driven worship
• Please pass this email to other worship leaders who you think may be interested in attending

We definitely have the sense that this will be a significant day for the movement of WorshipRises but also for the church in Canada. Our prayer continues to be that God would unite the church in Canada and that our entire country would be flooded with worship.

UPDATE: Registration is now open. You can get signed up here – http://october25.eventbrite.com