I have always wanted to check out Battle of the Bands. If you haven't gathered it yet, I love music! And that is all the Battle is... music!

This year was a good one for me, not only did I get to check out the Battle, I got to emcee it!

Things got start with Beyond City Walls. Watch out for these guys. They are a mix of rock and pop with a lot of synthesized keys... hope to see them there next year.

Breath Worship (from Victory Baptist in Newmarket) made an appearance as well bringing some Praise and Worship to the mix.

A rap artist named D.U.T.Y hit the stage next with a smoking performance... the crowed went nuts!

Other acts to note were Maxacka, who sound like Petra and a band called Without Surrender who came second last year and would come in second this year!

During intermission it was clear who would win. Every person I talked to loved one act... of rap.

After a terrific performance from To Tell it was time to give away some recording time at Broken Records and a performance spot at Kingdom Bound. The winner was D.U.T.Y.

Be listening for an interview with him on LIFE in the coming months!

Hat's off to Barrie Free Methodist for a great light show and amazing music show! Check it out next year. It's a lot of fun!

Sad

That is how I felt when I heard the new that David Crowder band was recording their last cd. This is their last year as a band. As you've probably caught by now... I love those guys! The music, the presentation the heart. It's what made me start to see worship music as something more then just a sing along on Sunday Mornings. To see it as an overflow of love to God. I am sad, yes. However, it occurred to me that it is a 6 member group, if only half of them keep doing music... wouldn't it be like having 3 David Crowder Bands? Anyway, I look forward to the new album and hope it will be a fitting send off to a great band.

Group Therapy Thursday, May 26

Tonight on Group Therapy Thursday we were giving a hand to Brandon. He met a girl at random on a bus, now this girl has tracked down his e-mail address and is trying to contact him. He wants nothing to do with her. What should he do?

On Talk Back Tuesday this week, things got a little personal for me. My family is getting a new puppy and we are in need on a name. Here were your suggestions.

Christ August has written some very popular songs --- Starry Night and 7 x 70 being two of them. And now, we can add this.... um.... creation(?) to the list. Christ August with "The Candy Wrap."

(and no I didn't misspell rap, that is how he spells it)

Sooooo... do you think his next CD should be rap? No... me neither.

Planking

It seems that we go from one crazed fad to another. In the past pet rocks (ya pet rocks) in more recent times virtual hamsters and stuff like that. We've also had some physical fads. One really cool one was Parkour which is basically doing ninja stuff without the ninja outfit.
Now for the year 2011 we have this....




I think the video sums it up best... planking is the new bored.

Group Therapy Thursday 12th

On Group Therapy Thursday last night we were trying to help out
A youth pastor who just got a tattoo and has one of his youth members is upset because he doesn't think a youth pastor should have a tattoo. What do you think the pastor should do?

You can see what our friends on facebook had to say here