Landskapes is the long awaited album from Grace, an alternative worship community in London. It captures the electronic sounds of Grace and journeys through ambient to electronica to DnB, dubstep and back to ambient. It flows well from track to track with Dubb's spoken word on two tracks creating a great contrast to the mainly instrumental feel. It follows in a line of classic alternative worship albums that have come out of the Grace community over the years - Grace, Labyrinth Meditations, Eucharist, and Spirit of the New. But it is a turn in a new direction with mainly instrumental tracks, spoken samples and one song - a DnB remix of Agents of Future. Rather than the usual Baker/Birch creation it's Grace DJ and producer Matt Stevenson's debut. In many ways it's is truer to the DJ'd soundscape you are likely to encounter at Grace in the worship or in the café. We think you're going to love it...
There are lots of other resources on Proost related to lent. On the installations front don't miss last month's new release Creations Stations which contains the tools you need to set up an interactive installation/worship experience on the theme of creation. It consists of a station on each day of creation. There is a narrated soundtrack/set of meditations that is not included. This is available in the audio section as Creation Stations Meditations. The idea is that these tracks are put onto mp3 players or CD players for particpants to listen to as they do the experience. An alternative is to print the text of the meditations for people to read. This kit includes a leader's guide, 7 poster files as backdrop for each of the stations, a children's guide, an interactive flash quiz, a movie and instruction cards. This was originally published in a kit format in the US in partnership with Group Publishing under the title Worshipping the Creator but the rights have now returned to proost. By making it a download we are able to reduce the price hugely.
If you are not used to setting up installation experiences they can make for a very special event either for an extended worship event or as an installation that runs over a week or weekend or summer festival that people can drop in to. Lent or Holy Week have been times that we have often run these kinds of installations.
. The Labyrinth seems to fit well into lent. One of our most popular ever resources is Si Smith's wonderful 40 which is available as a movie and a book. 40 days is a set of cards to print off and put in your wallet. Jenny Baker's Contemplative Prayer EP gives you some prayer meditations. Listings is a lovely book of reflections and poems. If you want something for valentine's day have a look at Vampire Love movie from Andi Mac.
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The idea is that these tracks are put onto mp3 players or CD players for particpants to listen to as they do the experience. An alternative is to print the text of the meditations for people to read. This kit includes a leader's guide, 7 poster files as backdrop for each of the stations, a children's guide, an interactive flash quiz, a movie and instruction cards. This was originally published in a kit format in the US in partnership with Group Publishing under the title Worshipping the Creator but the rights have now returned to proost. By making it a download we are able to reduce the price hugely.