Download Hearts on Fire here, for free!<\/a><\/h5>\nCultivating student creativity through worship<\/h2>\n
Jeff Deyo of NCU\u2019s Fine Arts faculty oversees the Worship Live teams. He is wildly enthusiastic about this year\u2019s recording. \u201cWe always feel God is doing something special in our chapel and we just can\u2019t help it that we want to share!\u201d<\/p>\n
Deyo described the creative process that goes into a recording like this, including weekly song-writing sessions that are open to all students, not just those involved in the music program\u2014not to mention months of musical rehearsals. \u201cThere\u2019s so much potential creativity ready to burst out of this place,\u201d Deyo noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur number-one desire is to provide an outlet for students to express themselves to God and grow closer in their relationship with him\u2014to really engage with God\u2019s presence,\u201d Deyo explained; \u201cthe instruments and songs are just tools to facilitate that.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the live recording sessions NCU will also be producing a music video of their new song, \u201cAlways Remain.\u201d Deyo was excited because the song was started by freshman Taylor Marshall, who brought it to one of the weekly writing sessions and had other students and Deyo come alongside him to finish it. \u201cIt\u2019s such a collaborative effort,\u201d Deyo said.<\/p>\n
Rooted in good music and sound theology<\/h2>\n
Recording chapel music became and NCU tradition in 2000 with Larry Bach, dean of the College of Fine Arts. \u201cWe began to recognize that God was doing something special in our chapels in the response of students to our worship.\u201d Bach said, \u201cSo we began to explore writing some of our own worship songs.\u201d This eventually led to making the charts available to the local church or anyone who might need new songs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first recording was just four students and me,\u201d Bach recalled. \u201cThe first year everyone was so excited! We pre-sold 1,000 CDs before it came out. You couldn\u2019t go anywhere that semester without hearing that CD!\u201d<\/p>\n
Music availability has expanded exponentially since then, and the production process is more involved in the digital age, but Bach and Deyo both confirm that the heart behind Worship Live remains.<\/p>\n
Bach believes that this process, one component of a comprehensive music and worship leader preparation program, is training the psalmists for the next generation, noting, \u201cHaving good musical training and also good theological training makes for good psalmists.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople can be excited about capturing [the music],\u201d Bach said, \u201cbut the basic premise has never changed. God is doing something in our students on a continued basis in their response to God in worship. We want to capture that and have it be a blessing to churches and individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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