NOT ASHAMED - SOUL SURVIVOR

There are two directions this press release is heading. First, for those who attended any of this year’s summer events from Soul Survivor, the news is brief: remember the worship? Remember the moments when something clicked? Remember the sense that something bigger was taking place? If you’ve even had one ‘yes’ in response you’ll want to get your hands on the double CD that harnesses the best of this year’s live worship from Shepton Mallet. For those who didn’t make it, there’s a little more detail needed.

As the country’s largest Christian event for young people, Soul Survivor has acted as midwife for some of the most profound arrivals on the UK – and global – worship scene. From Matt Redman to Tim Hughes and Ben Cantelon, Soul Survivor was where it all began. Now seventeen years in the running, Soul Survivor has grown to accommodate over 25,000 people each year. But the worship is anything but formulaic. This year’s events introduced new worship leaders (a sixteen year old Kiwi and a fifteen year old from Watford included) and established names who have been crafting the church’s soundtrack for years.

Between them, Beth Croft, Ben Cantelon and Sam Parker helped lay the foundations for thousands of profound encounters with God during this summer’s Soul Survivor events. Songs like ‘Coming Back’, ‘Not Ashamed’, ‘Jesus Saves’ and ‘Cannons’ were the bricks that set things in place, and this double CD captures them at their very best, with the above worship leaders occupying the first disk.

The trio of Andreana (Andy) Arganda, Tim Hughes and Sam Parker showcase the worship from the twenties-and-up festival Momentum on the second disk, including songs like ‘King Of Wonders’, ‘Our God Saves’ and ‘Give Us Your Courage’.