31 July 2009
30 July 2009
29 July 2009
Volunteers at the SoulFest
Here are some of the lovely faces you may meet while you are here at the SoulFest. If you run into any these hard working volunteers, please thank them for helping to make this True Love week happen. They are here to help, so should you need anything while you are here at Gunstock please do utilize their efforts. Can't wait to see you here!
28 July 2009
SoulFest Prep
OK... so Wednesday is the big day. Here are some more shots of the preparation going into getting the SoulFest up in running in time for 4 days of True Love! Can't wait to see you here!
Welcome to SoulFest - Part 2
"What Brings You to SoulFest" by Dan Russell
SoulFest is a collaboration and a celebration to call down this explosive and transformative power through songs, workshops, and testimonies of those representing the passion of Jesus in action – inviting True Love to change us, change me. Through all the fun, the beauty of this spot on earth, the sound of the voices around us, may God provide moments when we realize that none of us are strangers, that we are all brothers and sisters, regardless of skin color, traditions, financial status. May God provide you and me with specific opportunities to mature, to grow, to get off the treadmills of routine or tradition.
Your opportunities – the ones with your name on them – may include the benevolent offerings each night, or conversations you have with a new friend, a vendor, a volunteer, those you traveled here with. Maybe your opportunities include time by yourself or, ultimately... with God. Please do not allow yourself to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to these opportunities. Step forward, follow the inkling, the calling, the kick, the directive. If you do, you may just find yourself out of the boat and walking on water. If this happens to you, don't think twice about physics, gravity.
At SoulFest this year, if you come to the Cross and trade your fear of sin for the gift of forgiveness, if you fill out the SoulFest Pledge to live the revolution Jesus started and now calls you to, if you put your arms around someone in need, if you stand up and fight against modern day slavery or local and global poverty, you will experience something profound and lasting. You will hear it in your voice as you sing along with Paul, Peter, Mac, Mark, John, Natalie, Phil, Jason and the others who have journeyed here to lead us in this healing celebration and rededication to True Love.
Let's surrender to True Love and allow God's purposes in our lives to take us beyond our understandings, comfort zones, expectations. No matter what brought you here, we want to welcome you to this 12th annual Inside Out Soul Festival, where it is our sincere hope you will discover more deeply what it means to live from the inside out as a soul-connected believer in True Love, the revolution Jesus ignited.
by fantastic mercy,
Dan Russell and the SoulFest Team
P.S. Here are just a few of the many powerful experiences we want to bring to your attention:
rWORLD WORKSHOP and SOUL UNIVERSITY: There are many exciting workshops at SoulFest this year including the rWorld series . "r" stands for Relationship. Many of us are isolated from one another, even from those who live under the same roof. We are ego driven/self-centered and constantly measuring our opportunities from this very limiting vantage point. We are created to live in relationship with one another. Please, please, get yourselves over to these, or some of the other workshops. You can read about all the workshops here in this program... This is True Love Action.
TRUE LOVE PRESENCE: Throughout our time together, the music, the singing, the worship, the teaching, the conversations, the revelations, the renewal, the healing, the fun, the action… God lives in the praises of us all. This is your festival. Thank you for making it so... This is True Love Action.
SoulFest is a collaboration and a celebration to call down this explosive and transformative power through songs, workshops, and testimonies of those representing the passion of Jesus in action – inviting True Love to change us, change me. Through all the fun, the beauty of this spot on earth, the sound of the voices around us, may God provide moments when we realize that none of us are strangers, that we are all brothers and sisters, regardless of skin color, traditions, financial status. May God provide you and me with specific opportunities to mature, to grow, to get off the treadmills of routine or tradition.
Your opportunities – the ones with your name on them – may include the benevolent offerings each night, or conversations you have with a new friend, a vendor, a volunteer, those you traveled here with. Maybe your opportunities include time by yourself or, ultimately... with God. Please do not allow yourself to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to these opportunities. Step forward, follow the inkling, the calling, the kick, the directive. If you do, you may just find yourself out of the boat and walking on water. If this happens to you, don't think twice about physics, gravity.At SoulFest this year, if you come to the Cross and trade your fear of sin for the gift of forgiveness, if you fill out the SoulFest Pledge to live the revolution Jesus started and now calls you to, if you put your arms around someone in need, if you stand up and fight against modern day slavery or local and global poverty, you will experience something profound and lasting. You will hear it in your voice as you sing along with Paul, Peter, Mac, Mark, John, Natalie, Phil, Jason and the others who have journeyed here to lead us in this healing celebration and rededication to True Love.
Let's surrender to True Love and allow God's purposes in our lives to take us beyond our understandings, comfort zones, expectations. No matter what brought you here, we want to welcome you to this 12th annual Inside Out Soul Festival, where it is our sincere hope you will discover more deeply what it means to live from the inside out as a soul-connected believer in True Love, the revolution Jesus ignited.
by fantastic mercy,
Dan Russell and the SoulFest Team
P.S. Here are just a few of the many powerful experiences we want to bring to your attention:
rWORLD WORKSHOP and SOUL UNIVERSITY: There are many exciting workshops at SoulFest this year including the rWorld series . "r" stands for Relationship. Many of us are isolated from one another, even from those who live under the same roof. We are ego driven/self-centered and constantly measuring our opportunities from this very limiting vantage point. We are created to live in relationship with one another. Please, please, get yourselves over to these, or some of the other workshops. You can read about all the workshops here in this program... This is True Love Action.
TRUE LOVE PRESENCE: Throughout our time together, the music, the singing, the worship, the teaching, the conversations, the revelations, the renewal, the healing, the fun, the action… God lives in the praises of us all. This is your festival. Thank you for making it so... This is True Love Action.
Set Up at the SoulFest
Here are some shots of the preparation going on at the SoulFest. Can't wait to see you here!
27 July 2009
Welcome to SoulFest - Part 1
"What Brings You to SoulFest" by Dan Russell
Was it opportunity to stand on this mountainside with thousands of others, worshiping and thanking God for the mercy and grace you've experienced? Was it a chance to celebrate your love for music, for your Maker, for the beautiful setting here at the Gunstock Mountain Resort, or to have fun with family, friends and other believers? Are you hungry to experience more of God's unrelenting love for you?
Whatever your reason, we're thrilled that you are here and confident that you are on the verge of a life-changing and soul-transforming breakthrough.
You are at exactly the right place. Not because there’s some cosmic single experience designed for us all to share simultaneously – but because we are each on a sacred adventure, and our journeys have led us to this place, at this moment. We encourage you to individually and uniquely respond to what's being communicated, what's being revealed right now, here at SoulFest. What you take home from this festival will have everything to do with God’s singular love for you and God’s good intentions for your most personal hopes, sorrows, life.
This Love, TRUE LOVE, shifts our attention from ourselves to others, taking our minds off of the limitations of our schedules, our bodies, our bank accounts, and moves us along a path that is uniquely our own. Your path and mine are full of experiences that reflect kindness, generosity, meekness, gentleness, courage and wisdom, small and big reminders that God's love will prevail. This path also brings us face-to-face with injustices, poverty, hunger, cruelty, slavery, homelessness, brokenness, anything that traps another soul. True Love demands our response. I mean, no one can tell you how you should respond, but you and I both know when we must act, whether in the face of some great kindness or great hurting. This God loves unrelentingly, unconditionally, everyone, everywhere, and this same Love is aimed right at you. True Love was revealed by Jesus and is being revealed by the Holy Spirit right now as you read this. This Love is the single most powerful energy that has ever existed. It is the one hope for transforming our own life, our family, our neighborhood, our planet.
P.S. Here are just a few of the many powerful experiences we want to bring to your attention:
BENEVOLENCE OFFERING: It's been a tough year for us all. But Jesus says clearly that our souls were built for giving - our giving will return to us many times over. Please give each night towards the charities that are featured. Each are engaged in exciting True Love Actions and we’re inviting you to join in... This is True Love Action.
WALK4WATER: Show solidarity for those millions of God’s children who walk miles for water, often risking their lives, on Saturday’s first annual Walk4Water. Proceeds will go to building a deep water well in the SoulFest sister village, Lukodi, in Uganda, and at the feet of Jesus you can count on meeting someone to whom you gave a cup of clean water. Don’t wait – this is your opportunity... This is True Love Action.
Was it opportunity to stand on this mountainside with thousands of others, worshiping and thanking God for the mercy and grace you've experienced? Was it a chance to celebrate your love for music, for your Maker, for the beautiful setting here at the Gunstock Mountain Resort, or to have fun with family, friends and other believers? Are you hungry to experience more of God's unrelenting love for you?
Whatever your reason, we're thrilled that you are here and confident that you are on the verge of a life-changing and soul-transforming breakthrough.You are at exactly the right place. Not because there’s some cosmic single experience designed for us all to share simultaneously – but because we are each on a sacred adventure, and our journeys have led us to this place, at this moment. We encourage you to individually and uniquely respond to what's being communicated, what's being revealed right now, here at SoulFest. What you take home from this festival will have everything to do with God’s singular love for you and God’s good intentions for your most personal hopes, sorrows, life.
This Love, TRUE LOVE, shifts our attention from ourselves to others, taking our minds off of the limitations of our schedules, our bodies, our bank accounts, and moves us along a path that is uniquely our own. Your path and mine are full of experiences that reflect kindness, generosity, meekness, gentleness, courage and wisdom, small and big reminders that God's love will prevail. This path also brings us face-to-face with injustices, poverty, hunger, cruelty, slavery, homelessness, brokenness, anything that traps another soul. True Love demands our response. I mean, no one can tell you how you should respond, but you and I both know when we must act, whether in the face of some great kindness or great hurting. This God loves unrelentingly, unconditionally, everyone, everywhere, and this same Love is aimed right at you. True Love was revealed by Jesus and is being revealed by the Holy Spirit right now as you read this. This Love is the single most powerful energy that has ever existed. It is the one hope for transforming our own life, our family, our neighborhood, our planet.
P.S. Here are just a few of the many powerful experiences we want to bring to your attention:
BENEVOLENCE OFFERING: It's been a tough year for us all. But Jesus says clearly that our souls were built for giving - our giving will return to us many times over. Please give each night towards the charities that are featured. Each are engaged in exciting True Love Actions and we’re inviting you to join in... This is True Love Action.
WALK4WATER: Show solidarity for those millions of God’s children who walk miles for water, often risking their lives, on Saturday’s first annual Walk4Water. Proceeds will go to building a deep water well in the SoulFest sister village, Lukodi, in Uganda, and at the feet of Jesus you can count on meeting someone to whom you gave a cup of clean water. Don’t wait – this is your opportunity... This is True Love Action.
24 July 2009
Home Stretch
We are getting down to the home stretch to the beginning of SoulFest '09! It all begins next Wednesday, July 29th. There is a great article on NewHampshire.com featuring the SoulFest's founder, Dan Russell speaking about the true focus of this year's festival.
"There are talented artists who help bring people in but there's a lot more than music here," Russell said. "We're going to talk about the crisis we all share, and how we tend to delude ourselves. It's a clash of Wall Street and a pop-culture way of living against the view that the abundant life is not going to come from chasing possessions, but rather through a healthy relationship with one another that produces a more exciting life."
Read the whole article here.
The best way to order tickets is to call the SoulFest Office at 978-346-4577.
"There are talented artists who help bring people in but there's a lot more than music here," Russell said. "We're going to talk about the crisis we all share, and how we tend to delude ourselves. It's a clash of Wall Street and a pop-culture way of living against the view that the abundant life is not going to come from chasing possessions, but rather through a healthy relationship with one another that produces a more exciting life."
Read the whole article here.
The best way to order tickets is to call the SoulFest Office at 978-346-4577.
23 July 2009
The rWorld - Soul University - August 1st
The rWorld is about moving from our iWorld, where the “i” is currently central to all that we say, do and profess, and into a world where the “r”, for relationships, replaces the “i”.! All of a sudden, in this world, we begin to experience the fullness of a life in God.! If you want to explore, learn and discuss this transformative topic deeper, come to the rWorld workshop at Soulfest, July 30 – August 1, 2009.
Saturday, August 1st 10-11am
Is this the End of Capitalism? The Biblical Vision for a Relational Economy by Dr. Paul Mills
The financial crisis has resulted in the end of Wall Street as we knew it and unprecedented federal involvement in US banks. Does the failure of Western banking herald a new era of government control of the economy? Has the market system failed? If we take the Bible seriously, there may well be a better, and surprising, alternative.
4-5pm
Building a Relational Society: Next Steps for New England by Dr. Rev. Dale Kuehne
Each of us has to move from relational thinking to relational practice. What can we do to put relational issues at the centre of life in New England? In our personal lives we need to rethink the way we live – from use of iPods and computers to meal times and holidays. In our working lives, we need to bring relational values into the organisations where we work. With God’s strength and enabling we can change the world. Its time to go out and do it!
22 July 2009
The rWorld - Soul University - July 31st
The rWorld is about moving from our iWorld, where the “i” is currently central to all that we say, do and profess, and into a world where the “r”, for relationships, replaces the “i”.! All of a sudden, in this world, we begin to experience the fullness of a life in God.! If you want to explore, learn and discuss this transformative topic deeper, come to the rWorld workshop at Soulfest, July 30 – August 1, 2009.
Friday, July 31st 10 - 11 am
Relational in Design: Healthy Relationships in a Broken World by Dr. Sharon Willmer
The importance of relationships for human well-being is supported by scientific evidence which provides penetrating insights into human development and relationship maturity. The centrality of our Relational Core, and its non-negotiable mandates for Relational Health, can be demonstrated with vivid clarity and riveting impact – inspiring hope, confidence, understanding, application and resiliency to relational damage.
4 - 5pm
Rediscovering the Biblical Social Agenda by Dr. Jonathan Burnside
Does the Bible address political, economic and social issues and if so where, and in what ways? This session explores how biblical law can be used creatively as a source of wisdom to address the great issues of our time, including the environment, the family and public sexual ethics.
15 July 2009
The rWorld - Soul Univeristy - July 30th
The rWorld is about moving from our iWorld, where the “i” is currently central to all that we say, do and profess, and into a world where the “r”, for relationships, replaces the “i”.! All of a sudden, in this world, we begin to experience the fullness of a life in God.! If you want to explore, learn and discuss this transformative topic deeper, come to the rWorld workshop at Soulfest, July 30 – August 1, 2009.
Thursday, July 30 10-11am
Relationships: the Big Idea by Rev. Dr. Dale Kuehne
Christianity has lost its compelling force as a transforming influence in American public life: it has been reduced to a story – my private relationship with God. But the God of the Bible cannot and will not be confined to this small box. The Lord, who made the Universe, is passionately concerned about the way every political, business, professional, criminal, medical, educational and sexual relationship is conducted. So the Christian message has immense potential to transform America today. Bring it on!
4-5pm
Christianity is a Relational Religion by Dr. Michael Schluter
The Christian understanding of the nature of God, the atonement, ethics, lifestyle and eternal life is all about relationships. But so are business, education, healthcare, finance and criminal justice. Michael will show how a Biblical understanding is distinctive from all other worldviews and provides an exciting and integrated way to think about every area of life.
10 July 2009
Paul Colman
This year the SoulFest Main Stage will be hosted by Paul Colman. To say that Paul has worn many hats in his visits to the mountains of New Hampshire would be an understatment. Paul Colman has been the SoulFest as the host before, front man in the Paul Colman Trio, a solo artist, lead guitarist for the Newsboys and now back again as a host and solo artist.
Paul has a new album available as well, History. “I have been blessed throughout my career with many unique experiences and opportunities to perform both as a solo artist and as part of a band,” says Colman. “This project is a great representation of my best work, past and present, and I’m grateful for the gift of music that God gave me.”
Don't miss your chance to see Paul... each day at the SoulFest. SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
Paul has a new album available as well, History. “I have been blessed throughout my career with many unique experiences and opportunities to perform both as a solo artist and as part of a band,” says Colman. “This project is a great representation of my best work, past and present, and I’m grateful for the gift of music that God gave me.”
Don't miss your chance to see Paul... each day at the SoulFest. SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
09 July 2009
Natalie Grant
Natalie Grant recently blogged about the importance of serving others.
I have one of the best tour managers around, Mr Chris Farnsworth. He’s the nuts and bolts of my touring operation. Chris is smart and talented, and an all around great guy to tour with. But one of the things I know he didn’t expect to be a part of his job description was the madness of having twin toddlers on the road. I’m hard enough to take care of (*wink*), but it’s a whole ‘notha level with kids on the bus. But he doesn’t complain. He carts the extra luggage around and has even taken out a poopy diaper. Haven’t gotten him to change one yet, but I’m working on it - haha! Seriously, this guy has worked with some of the biggest names in Christian music, but he’ll still call around to see if there’s a playground at the local McDonald’s.
Read the rest of Natalie's blog here:
Don't miss out on your chance to see Natalie Grant perform on Friday, July 31st at the SoulFest. SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
I have one of the best tour managers around, Mr Chris Farnsworth. He’s the nuts and bolts of my touring operation. Chris is smart and talented, and an all around great guy to tour with. But one of the things I know he didn’t expect to be a part of his job description was the madness of having twin toddlers on the road. I’m hard enough to take care of (*wink*), but it’s a whole ‘notha level with kids on the bus. But he doesn’t complain. He carts the extra luggage around and has even taken out a poopy diaper. Haven’t gotten him to change one yet, but I’m working on it - haha! Seriously, this guy has worked with some of the biggest names in Christian music, but he’ll still call around to see if there’s a playground at the local McDonald’s.
Read the rest of Natalie's blog here:
Don't miss out on your chance to see Natalie Grant perform on Friday, July 31st at the SoulFest. SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
08 July 2009
Sanctus Real
Sanctus Real recently blogged about a show / fireworks extravaganza in Bakersfield, CA.
We had a wonderful holiday weekend in Bakersfield. The show was fun, the fireworks were great, and the food was legendary. Every time we're there, it's like family. Well, Pete grew up in Bakersfield so it actually is his family. For the rest of us though, it's like a surrogate family I guess.
Read the rest of the blog by Dan Gartley here:
Sanctus Real is part of a fantastic line up on Saturday, August 1st at the SoulFest. SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
We had a wonderful holiday weekend in Bakersfield. The show was fun, the fireworks were great, and the food was legendary. Every time we're there, it's like family. Well, Pete grew up in Bakersfield so it actually is his family. For the rest of us though, it's like a surrogate family I guess.
Read the rest of the blog by Dan Gartley here:
Sanctus Real is part of a fantastic line up on Saturday, August 1st at the SoulFest. SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
04 July 2009
02 July 2009
The Afters
INO Records’ The Afters took home the top prize in the “Rock/Contemporary Album” category at the 2009 GMA Dove Awards held in April at the Grand Old Opry House in Nashville, Tenn.
The band was recognized for their record "Never Going Back to Ok” which was produced by Dan Muckala. The band dedicated the award to their late manager David Lipscomb. This is The Afters’ second Dove award, the band was the “New Artist of the Year” in 2006.
The After's are part of a strong Thursday, July 30th line-up at The Soufest. The SoulFest is less than a month away, but there is still time to get your SoulFest passes. Click Here to purchase and use the promo code: SFBLOG09 for a 25% discount!
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