New: Videos, iPhone App, Articles and Events!

It's the new year and lots is going on! First, big news! Amazon.com is releasing Kingdom Rain CD and MP3's on Tues, Jan 18!

If you are an Amazon.com fan or AmazonMP3 fan, I highly encourage you to go the Amazon and get your copy of Kingdom Rain, either in CD or MP3 album format (yes, you can buy single MP3 songs as well)! A few more resources in this issue:

"The Corruption of Giving"- a challenging new article on giving and our motivations- join the discussion!

Three(3) FREE Song Video Downloads. Three new live acoustic cuts of songs (both video and chord charts) from the Kingdom Rain album

Worship Conference: Breakforth 2011- North America's Largest Worship Conference. Kim will be teaching and performing at Breakforth. Come join us in Edmonton, Canada

iPhone/iPad Worship Planning App released for WorshipTeam! Prayer & Ministry! We'd like to ask for your prayers for the next year, as we will be leading worship and ministry around North America as God leads.

blessings,
Kim Gentes

We encourage you to check out our own Kingdom Rain. Featuring Kim Gentes with friends Rita Springer and Andy Park also contributing. The project is just released on Amazon.com and AmazonMP3 (CD or MP3 format)!

If you haven't heard any of the Kingdom Rain, album, you can listen to clips online at Amazon and now purchase there in CD or MP3 album format (yes, you can buy single MP3 songs as well)!

I've had a question bouncing around in my brain for years now. It's this- why do we give?

Is it out of a sense of wishing the best for another? Is it for the hope that our excess can supply someone else's need? Or is it a desire to meet an obligation, or aleve a sense of guilt?

Perhaps we have learned something powerfully wrong about giving. We may know what giving is, but we may not have examined, with ruthless intention, the inner motivations of our hearts as to why we give. We may have lost sight of the heart from which we can not only give, but give thankfully. A place of giving that is not corrupted by misinformed understanding or malignant forces of self-interest... (read the rest of the article and join the conversation)...

FREE: chord chart and video demonstration. Fresh, live versions of the following songs with small group, acoustic video demonstration and chord charts.

• Let Everything - watch and download.
• Holy Holy is the Lord Almighty - watch and download.
• You're My Refuge - watch and download.

This song edition incudes a video demonstrating the song arrangement on guitar a demonstration audio MP3, and a downloadable PDF chord chart with the lyrics and chords. For those that already use worshipteam.com, this song is already preloaded for you and ready to use in your song database!

WorshipTeam.com releases iPad/iPhone App: The leader in legal worship planning solutions for churches is WorshipTeam.com. And they have just expanded their service by releasing a free App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

All users of WorshipTeam.com can download and install and use this App for free, with their regular subscription! Over 6,000 top worship songs are instantly accessible via the app (including all your own songs as well). Full audio and chord charts. Preloaded with the top worship songs, including songs from Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Jesus Culture, Integrity, John Mark McMillan, Hillsong, Hillsong United, Vineyard, Paul Baloche, Rita Springer, Brian Doerksen and hundreds of other writers/leaders. Plus access to your worship plans and services. Both on the web and via apps.

p.s. if you have never tried out Worshipteam.com, try it FREE for one month by simply going here: http://www.worshipteam.com/try ! See you there. And YES- your free trial subscription INCLUDES full use of the iPhone, iPad, iTouch app!

If you are already planning on attending the largest worship and ministry conference in North American, we will see you at Breakforth! We will be involved in a number of sessions at Breakforth this year:

• Fri @ 4:50pm - GMA Canada/Shine FM Artist Stage (Jan 28) - Kim will performing some of the songs from his new album
• Worship Service Planning (teaching - contemporary elements to building a worship service)
• Technologies (teaching -planning using systems like worshipteam.com)
• Song & Media Research (teaching -this is the one we are talking on)
• Making Great Announcements (teaching -how to make these things less horrid during church)!
• Sat @ 5:40pm - GMA Canada/Shine FM Artist Stage (Jan 29) - Kim will performing more songs from his new album!