Did You Miss These Shows?

Did you think we forgot about you? Where have we been? We've been at shows of course.

The TTM team came back from summer vacation ready to go with a great line up to end the summer with. We kicked off the last half of the summer with the TTM Presents The Freely Give tour featuring Manafest, DJ Dru Mitchell, and local band Planning Yesterday. Wow! DJ Dru Mitchell started off the night with a mix of great music to get the crowd pumped up. Some of us on the TTM team had to chuckle at the irony when he threw a little “Burning Down the House” by Talking Heads into the mix since our home church had suffered a fire about 11 years ago. Local band, Planning Yesterday kept the show going with an energetic rock set. Front man, Cory, along with the rest of the band really knows how to engage the crowd and keep them fired up. The show continued with Manafest who completely brought the house down with tunes from his latest cd, No Plan B. That was definitely a night of awesome music!

The Worship Lounge summer schedule picked up again with some new bands and new guest host, Michelle. The Church Chix started off the end of summer WL line up with a bang! The passion that this all-female worship band has for bringing people to a place of worship comes through in all of their music. From classical to rock'n'roll, the Chix all come from different musical backgrounds, but they weave these influences into some powerful original compositions and traditional worship songs. These ladies are local, so be sure to check them out around town.

The Saving Motion came to the Worship Lounge stage the following week...and can we just say AWESOME! This band, based out of Claremore, OK (yes that's the birthplace of Will Rogers in case you were wondering), is currently on their first tour. They started out as a worship team for their college group, and quickly turned into a touring band. TSM did a lot of worship tunes while at WL, but listening to their EP is definitely where it's at. Their EP is really a sample of the different types of music they can do. Keep your eye out for The Saving Motion the next time they make their way down to North Texas.

The Worship Lounge welcomed X1stance, an industrial rock duo from right here in the DFW area. The music of X1stance is a powerful mix of traditional Hebrew praises and state of the art electronic music. Mark and Jacob are on a mission of bringing a wide range of emotion and praise to a genre of music that is not generally known for being uplifting. By incorporating traditional Hebrew worship elements and electronic music, they are really in a league of their own. Check them out on Myspace for more information on their music, their mission, and listen to a few of their mixes while you're there.

Last week the local all-lady trio, Sistaworth, came and lead a powerful night at Worship Lounge. WOW! The fusion of their musical styles and their love of worship made for a night of beautiful and passionate worship.

The summer isn't over yet, though. The line up continues tonight with worship band All Out Band. Worship Lounge is Thursday nights at 7pm at the First United Methodist Church of Bedford. Admission is Free.

So as you can see, it's been a busy and exciting time for the Ten Talents Ministry. And there is so much more to come! You don't want to miss it!

Blessings!