Kim Gentes

This year, I had the opportunity to be involved in a collective effort of friends who contributed to an online time of worship and encouragement featuring songs for the Advent/Christmas season. This wasn't intended to be a polished "program", but rather a group of musicians, artists and worship leaders who had something to share from their hearts and homes. Nevertheless, it turned out to be something that encouraged people who had the chance to enjoy it. I hope it encourages you as well.

This is an 80 minute stream of 11 leaders from around the continent, sharing songs of Christmas/Advent and encouragement. A unique worship experience with the following contributors:

• Jerry Bryant / Nashville Pastoral Care Team Staff / Nashville, Tennessee
• Kim Gentes / Vineyard Gilbert / Gilbert, Arizona
• Moses & Erica Lugemye / The Heights Church / Yakima, Washington
• Brian Doerksen / the Table Vineyard / Surrey, BC, Canada
• Donny & Lórien Cannoy / Upper Valley Vineyard / El Paso, Texas
• Heather Clark / Kamloops, BC, Canada
• Anabeth Morgan / Mile High Vineyard Church / Denver, Colorado
• Justin Law / River Heights Vineyard / Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
• Tina Colón Williams / Elm City Vineyard / New Haven, Connecticut
• John & Audra Wyrosdick / Hope Vineyard Church / St. Louis, Missouri
• Paul Baloche / Every Nation Church / New York City, New York

blessings

Kim Gentes

Rita Springer is an amazing worship leader, artist and songwriter. In this video, she shares about her participation on the album "Kingdom Rain" with friend Kim Gentes, on which Rita sings the track "Bless the Lord".

She talks about adding our gifts together in partnership as we make an offering to God.

You can see more about the album at :

Kingdom Rain @ ionworship.org

blessings,

Kim

My wife and I have had the privilege of being blessed with three wonderful children. Our three boys have been the joy of our lives, bringing some amazing truth, life and experience to us and giving us an opportunity to learn how it is possible to love as a parent.

Ever since our first son, Jordan, was born we included and encouraged our children to join us as we praised and worshiped God with our songs and lives. And while all of our children loved to join with us in "our songs", we also wanted to give them songs for them. When Jordan was just 3 years old, Carol and I wrote a song to help give language for his young heart and mind in which he could genuinely worship God. The song "Jesus Is My Friend" was born.

My hope is that in providing this song and resources here for you and your local churches, you may find it a helpful resource for pre-school aged children. What I found was that there were plenty of children's songs written to help kids jump, smile, sing and shout. But there were few songs written to help give language for a child to declare their love for God, except perhaps for Jesus Loves Me. "Jesus Is My Friend" is just one song that can be used for pre-schoolers to have a simple and memorable song of love to Jesus. I hope you find it helpful.

Below, you will find a free download for an mp3, chord chart, lyric sheet, lead sheet, Piano/Vocal score and MIDI file. These resources should help you in whatever kind of local church or home worship situation you are working with.

These resources are offered for free to anyone in need of them. You are welcome to use them in church or home.

I do ask that if you use the song in your local church, that you report their use in your CCLI reporting normally done through your worship department. 

"Jesus Is My Friend" - Preschool Children's worship song

• Audio MP3 File
• Chord Chart & Lyrics PDF
• Lead Line Chart PDF
• Piano/Vocal Score PDF
• MIDI File

Worshiping Him!

Kim Gentes

CD Artwork, Video Sampler and Song Sampler Online

The album cover art is shown here. Some limited copies of the CD are available at live events where Kim leads. We are planning the public release of the CD, website and printed music resources right now. More news on those will be coming later. In the mean time, artwork, video and song samples are shown here (video contains song samples from 8 of the songs on the album).

Blessings

Kim

Video Song Sampler...

Below is a FREE DOWNLOAD we wanted you to have for the Christmas season.  The radio cut of the Christmas worship song "I Will Remember".  No strings attached.  Just download to your computer, mp3 player, iPod or burn it to a CD.  It's yours free.  God bless.

To DOWNLOAD it.. Right-Click the link above and select "Save Target as..."
(for Mac's use CTRL then mouse click)

Blessings & Merry Christmas
Kim

(below is information about the Christmas resource enhanced CD from which this song comes)

Roles: Songwriter, Artist

We released an enhanced CD that contains the modern worship Christmas song "I Will Remember". This song and all its resources (audio, video, print and presentation) are available for digital purchase/download at WorshipMusic.com. Also available is a new ECD. The enhanced CD is a complete resources kit which includes everything in a physical packaged CD with 4 tracks of audio (regular version, radio cut, and 2 split tracks versions) and 14 additional resources: 8 print music files for various instruments and uses; 4 versions of MPEG video; and Powerpoint and lyric presentation files.

Track Listing (song/artist)

1. I Will Remember [full version]
2. I Will Remember [radio cut]
3. I Will Remember [performance track- no BGV]
4. I Will Remember [performance track- with BGV]

*Plus enhanced CD includes printed music, video MPEGs and powerpoint files.

Read reviews and endorsements from Casey Corum (producer for Vineyard Music), Paul Baloche (songwriter/worship leader),  Arlen Salte (worship leader), and Worship Leader Magazine (Editor Julie Bogart) here :  http://www.amazon.com/Will-Remember-Enhanced-Resource-Kit/dp/B000CC3PJ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1289948428&sr=8-1

Available for purchase at Amazon.com.