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'''Sojourn Community Church''' began with a series of conversations about [[church]], community, and beauty. There was a resounding hunger for a different kind of church - something that was ancient and modern, beautiful and true. Those conversations gave birth to a church in Louisville, Kentucky’s urban core, a church that celebrated the creative beauty of our [[God]] and the creative glory of [[the Gospel]] of [[Jesus Christ]], through whom we’re redeemed and restored into His family. Sojourn is now a church with three campuses in Louisville, with 2500+ people gathering on Sundays for worship. In 2006, we launched the 930 Arts Center, a gallery, music venue, and studio space in the Germantown neighborhood. (www.the930.org) Renovations have recently begun on a new campus in Germantown, involving the renovation of St. Vincent’s cathedral, a 120-year old neo Gothic Cathedral with seating for 900 people. Over the years, Sojourn Music has recorded 7 records of original music, and has led worship at national conferences for Advance The Church, [[The Resurgence]], [[Acts 29]], The Gospel Coalition, and [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]. |
'''Sojourn Community Church''' began with a series of conversations about [[church]], community, and beauty. There was a resounding hunger for a different kind of church - something that was ancient and modern, beautiful and true. Those conversations gave birth to a church in Louisville, Kentucky’s urban core, a church that celebrated the creative beauty of our [[God]] and the creative glory of [[the Gospel]] of [[Jesus Christ]], through whom we’re redeemed and restored into His family. Sojourn is now a church with three campuses in Louisville, with 2500+ people gathering on Sundays for worship. In 2006, we launched the 930 Arts Center, a gallery, music venue, and studio space in the Germantown neighborhood. (www.the930.org) Renovations have recently begun on a new campus in Germantown, involving the renovation of St. Vincent’s cathedral, a 120-year old neo Gothic Cathedral with seating for 900 people. Over the years, Sojourn Music has recorded 7 records of original music, and has led worship at national conferences for Advance The Church, [[The Resurgence]], [[Acts 29]], The Gospel Coalition, and [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]. |
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==Discography= |
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'''The Water and the Blood''' |
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During a cold, snowy week in January of 2011, a group of Sojourners trekked up through nasty roads to Bloomington, Indiana. There, they had the privilege of working with producer Paul Mahern (who has worked with Over the Rhine, The Fray, John Mellencamp, T-Bone Burnett, and many, many more), recording an album that had been years in the making. They recorded live on an old tape machine, creating and album that is warm and intimate — a true “record” of what happened: a band making music, responding to one another, and singing together. It’s raw and rough around the edges, much like Sojourn itself is. The songs are re-imaginings and adaptations of the hymns of Isaac Watts, the “Father Of English Hymnody.” Watts was an extraordinary pastor and poet. These songs, these snapshots of the gospel, can profoundly help us to see Jesus as more beautiful and more believable. |
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'''Split EP: The War & The Mercy Seat''' |
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A double-EP of ten worship songs, including “Absent From Flesh,” “Rock Of Ages,” “Approach My Soul, The Mercy Seat” and “Whom Have I In Heaven But You” from these acclaimed singer-songwriters and humble worship leaders. |
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'''Over the Grave''' |
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In the midst of the Reformation in England, Isaac Watts recognized that people needed to see the gospel in the psalms and hymns of the church, and they needed to sing them in language and metaphors that they understood. In this, he became not only the father of the modern hymn, but the pace-setter for contextualizing the gospel for the people of God. |
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As musicians, pastors and songwriters, Sojourn's desire was to explore the hundreds of hymns that Watts wrote during his lifetime, to learn from the incredible range and depth of his lyrics, and to re-envision those songs with modern language and melodies. |
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'''Advent Songs''' |
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Original and Traditional Christmas Songs from Sojourn Artists, including Jamie Barnes, Dirt Poor Robins, Brooks Ritter, and more. |
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The emphasis here is on the already/ not-yet tension of Advent, the season of waiting and anticipation before Christmas. Advent comes to us in the darkest season of the year — a season when the nights are long, the days are cold, and we look with anticipation for the return of the warmth in the spring. The songs have both a dark sense of anticipation and glimpses of light dawning in the face of the Christ child. |
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'''Before the Throne''' |
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Sojourn’s 2007 worship album connects the worship practices of the Church gathered to the ordinary stuff of daily life, a life lived before the throne of God. This life is a rich and varied experience of adoration, confession, thanksgiving, prayer for guidance, prayers of repentance and communal sharing of God’s peace, blessing and love. |
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Comprised of one classic hymn and ten new songs for worship written by members of the Sojourn community, “Before The Throne” is the groups most ambitious and collaborative project to date. |
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'''The Things I Remember''' |
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This 11-track collection of aesthetically diverse songs of faith, pain, longing and reflection based on the Psalms features worship music by Sojourn community members Mike Cosper, Rebecca Dennison and Jeremy Quillo. |
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With stylistic influences ranging from the mountains of Appalachia to the villages of Asia to modern American rock, this record attempts to reconnect modern listeners with the language of the Psalms, reflecting the diversity of creation and exploring the tension between faith and doubt, triumph and struggle, laughter and lament. |
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'''With the Angles''' |
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Sojourn began with a series of conversations between a group of people hungry to experience God in an authentic community. The first original songs that Sojourners sang together were the raw, Bible-infused songs of worship leader Jeremy Quillo. |
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Nine of those songs, in addition to the classic “Come Thou Fount,” are featured on this, Sojourn’s first CD, with Jeremy leading a diverse, energetic band through praise, confession, questioning and fulfillment in Christ. |
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==References== |
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http://www.sojournmusic.com |
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http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/review-sojourn-the-water-and-the-blood/ |
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http://christianmusiczine.com/2011/05/19/indie-spotlight-review-sojourn-the-water-and-the-blood/ |
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http://thechristianmusicjunkie.blogspot.com/2011/07/sojourn-water-and-blood-giveaway.html |
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http://breathecast.christianpost.com/Christian.Music.Artist-Sojourn/AlbumView-1100_3634.htm |
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http://www.onevoiceworship.org/2011/08/cd-review-sojourns-the-water-and-the-blood.html |
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Revision as of 01:47, 5 August 2011
Sojourn Music consists of musicians with backgrounds in jazz, country, and pop who come together with musicians from indie and punk rock backgrounds, seeking to serve the Church with a sense of unity and beauty. Sojourn creates new songs for modern missionary worship, rich in Christian teaching and contextualized in modern culture. Contemporary hymns, psalms, songs of lament and praise written by members of the Louisville, KY-based Sojourn Community.
Sojourn Church
Sojourn Community Church began with a series of conversations about church, community, and beauty. There was a resounding hunger for a different kind of church - something that was ancient and modern, beautiful and true. Those conversations gave birth to a church in Louisville, Kentucky’s urban core, a church that celebrated the creative beauty of our God and the creative glory of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through whom we’re redeemed and restored into His family. Sojourn is now a church with three campuses in Louisville, with 2500+ people gathering on Sundays for worship. In 2006, we launched the 930 Arts Center, a gallery, music venue, and studio space in the Germantown neighborhood. (www.the930.org) Renovations have recently begun on a new campus in Germantown, involving the renovation of St. Vincent’s cathedral, a 120-year old neo Gothic Cathedral with seating for 900 people. Over the years, Sojourn Music has recorded 7 records of original music, and has led worship at national conferences for Advance The Church, The Resurgence, Acts 29, The Gospel Coalition, and Campus Crusade for Christ.
=Discography
The Water and the Blood During a cold, snowy week in January of 2011, a group of Sojourners trekked up through nasty roads to Bloomington, Indiana. There, they had the privilege of working with producer Paul Mahern (who has worked with Over the Rhine, The Fray, John Mellencamp, T-Bone Burnett, and many, many more), recording an album that had been years in the making. They recorded live on an old tape machine, creating and album that is warm and intimate — a true “record” of what happened: a band making music, responding to one another, and singing together. It’s raw and rough around the edges, much like Sojourn itself is. The songs are re-imaginings and adaptations of the hymns of Isaac Watts, the “Father Of English Hymnody.” Watts was an extraordinary pastor and poet. These songs, these snapshots of the gospel, can profoundly help us to see Jesus as more beautiful and more believable.
Split EP: The War & The Mercy Seat
A double-EP of ten worship songs, including “Absent From Flesh,” “Rock Of Ages,” “Approach My Soul, The Mercy Seat” and “Whom Have I In Heaven But You” from these acclaimed singer-songwriters and humble worship leaders.
Over the Grave
In the midst of the Reformation in England, Isaac Watts recognized that people needed to see the gospel in the psalms and hymns of the church, and they needed to sing them in language and metaphors that they understood. In this, he became not only the father of the modern hymn, but the pace-setter for contextualizing the gospel for the people of God.
As musicians, pastors and songwriters, Sojourn's desire was to explore the hundreds of hymns that Watts wrote during his lifetime, to learn from the incredible range and depth of his lyrics, and to re-envision those songs with modern language and melodies.
Advent Songs
Original and Traditional Christmas Songs from Sojourn Artists, including Jamie Barnes, Dirt Poor Robins, Brooks Ritter, and more.
The emphasis here is on the already/ not-yet tension of Advent, the season of waiting and anticipation before Christmas. Advent comes to us in the darkest season of the year — a season when the nights are long, the days are cold, and we look with anticipation for the return of the warmth in the spring. The songs have both a dark sense of anticipation and glimpses of light dawning in the face of the Christ child.
Before the Throne
Sojourn’s 2007 worship album connects the worship practices of the Church gathered to the ordinary stuff of daily life, a life lived before the throne of God. This life is a rich and varied experience of adoration, confession, thanksgiving, prayer for guidance, prayers of repentance and communal sharing of God’s peace, blessing and love.
Comprised of one classic hymn and ten new songs for worship written by members of the Sojourn community, “Before The Throne” is the groups most ambitious and collaborative project to date.
The Things I Remember
This 11-track collection of aesthetically diverse songs of faith, pain, longing and reflection based on the Psalms features worship music by Sojourn community members Mike Cosper, Rebecca Dennison and Jeremy Quillo.
With stylistic influences ranging from the mountains of Appalachia to the villages of Asia to modern American rock, this record attempts to reconnect modern listeners with the language of the Psalms, reflecting the diversity of creation and exploring the tension between faith and doubt, triumph and struggle, laughter and lament.
With the Angles
Sojourn began with a series of conversations between a group of people hungry to experience God in an authentic community. The first original songs that Sojourners sang together were the raw, Bible-infused songs of worship leader Jeremy Quillo.
Nine of those songs, in addition to the classic “Come Thou Fount,” are featured on this, Sojourn’s first CD, with Jeremy leading a diverse, energetic band through praise, confession, questioning and fulfillment in Christ.
References
http://www.sojournmusic.com http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/review-sojourn-the-water-and-the-blood/ http://christianmusiczine.com/2011/05/19/indie-spotlight-review-sojourn-the-water-and-the-blood/ http://thechristianmusicjunkie.blogspot.com/2011/07/sojourn-water-and-blood-giveaway.html http://breathecast.christianpost.com/Christian.Music.Artist-Sojourn/AlbumView-1100_3634.htm http://www.onevoiceworship.org/2011/08/cd-review-sojourns-the-water-and-the-blood.html