Coming up on October 5 is the annual TWIST (The Word in Song Together) music conference. TWIST2011 is about encouraging all Christians to celebrate, share and remember the gospel in song. So this evening is for everyone, and will be packed with awesome teaching, singing and heartfelt response to the Word of Christ.

The main speaker will be Bob Kauflin – he’s the Director of Worship Development for Sovereign Grace Ministries, US. His influence in contemporary church music across the world is characterised by a deep commitment to Biblical truth and desire to see Christians sing that truth with passion. He wrote quite a few 5:17 church song favourites: “Receive the Glory, Let Your Kingdom Come etc”, and wrote a very helpful book called “Worship Matters” (highly recommended to all our muso’s).

When is it? Wednesday, 5th October (7pm – 9:30pm)
Where will it be? Creek Road Presbyterian Church (cnr Creek and Fursden Roads, Carina)
How much will it cost? $20

To register, go here

Here’s a shameless photo of Bob, Keiyeng and I – when we were at the Worship God 09 conference at Bob’s home church (in Maryland, U.S). We had lunch with Bob and his family, and were incredibly encouraged by his love for Jesus, and his honest other-person centredness. He was a great model for me as a Christian man.

We’re in the process of adding new songs to the 5:17 church Sunday service play list. Here’s a few that stand out so far. Comment if you like them:

The Saving One by Starfield

The Power of the Cross by the Getty’s

Lead me to the Cross by Brook Fraser

We sing a lot of Sovereign Grace music at 5:17 church, because it’s biblically-sound, gospel-proclaiming, and musically-appealing.

Sovereign Grace Music’s Facebook page reached 20 000 fans on or about November 20, so they gave away 9 of their songs for free download here.

In addition, they’ve just announced that you can listen to SG music for free here.

How generous of them is that!

(And just to be clear, the reason we celebrate music being given away or made available for free is because we uphold the importance of Christians obeying the civil law where it does not mean disobedience to Christ – and that includes not stealing by illegally downloading music (or movies or anything else)).