"His Big Break" Lincoln Brewster Mention
Jan 20, 2007 20:03:27 GMT -5
Post by whycantthisnight on Jan 20, 2007 20:03:27 GMT -5
FROM THE COLUMBUS LEDGER-ENQUIRER
"Vision2007 began, naturally enough, with a vision.
Right after a summer youth conference in the Atlanta area called Forward, youth pastor the Rev. Rodney Mitchell was sitting in a restaurant with folks from his church, pumped up from the event. "While we were there, the Lord spoke to my spirit that Columbus and Phenix City need this," said Mitchell, the youth pastor for 20 years at Phenix City's Auburn Heights Baptist Church, a charismatic Southern Baptist congregation.
"I put it on the table and before we got back, it was full bore."
What resulted: Vision07, a two-day event at the Columbus Civic Center scheduled for Feb. 16-17.
The following national musical artists and speakers are scheduled: Lincoln Brewster; Ayiesha Woods; John Gray; and the group Jonah 33, as well as Mitchell. Some will speak Friday, others Saturday. The ticket costs cover both nights. The Civic Center holds 9,000 people, and Mitchell would love to fill it.
Mitchell, whose church became charismatic about 10 years ago -- encouraging spiritual gifts such as those in the book of Acts -- sees apathy as a strong current among today's young Christians.
"The spiritual thermostat in both our cities with our youth needs to be adjusted," said Mitchell, speaking recently in his office laden with books and photographs and musical instruments. "All of us need revival at times... . We want to stress bringing the body of Christ together. There is a lot of individuality going on in the churches. We want to cross denominational lines and racial lines."
Mitchell sees between 80 and 100 youths in his church regularly. He'd like to see more, and not only at Auburn Heights but other churches as well. (But, he's quick to add the conference is not a means to boost his numbers.)
Teens face problems the church can help with, he said. "They need a place and a person they can go to." The conference, as such, will offer faces of other youth ministers in the area. He recently held a luncheon to garner support from other churches and youth leaders in the area. Like the summer gathering near Atlanta, Mitchell wants "Vision" to become an annual thing. He also needs additional volunteers. If you're interesting in pitching in, call 334-297-7662.
The Vision 2007 Web site is www.vision07.org.
When: 6-11 p.m. Feb. 16-17
Where: Columbus Civic Center, 400 Fourth Ave.
Cost: Group tickets are $25 (for 10 or more), or $35 apiece. To purchase: http://www.vision07.org; Auburn Heights Baptist Church, 4207 Auburn Road, Phenix City; the Covenant, Phenix City; and the Sanctuary, The Landings, Airport Thruway.
VISION07 PERFORMERS
Ayiesha Woods With television commercials, radio singles and music videos competing to tell people what they "need," it has never been more important to recognize and return to what matters most, according to Woods' Web site. The singer/songwriter is signed with Gotee Records.
In her 20s, Woods says: "I don't want to be placed in one specific category. I think I represent a lot of different styles of music. My goal is to be able to put out a record with a sound that has a lot of different things for people to appreciate at one time."
She is a New York native and has lived in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii and Texas. Woods spent some of her childhood in Bermuda.
In 2004, she became the first female to win the "Producer of the Year" award from the Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards. That year she also received the Marlin Awards' "New Artist of the Year" and "Contemporary Vocal Performance of the Year (Female)."
John Gray John Gray has been singing and performing since he was seven. He came on the scene in 1995 when he joined the Grammy-winning troupe Kirk Franklin and the Family as a cast member for the gospel production "He Say, She Say, But what Does God Say?" Gray toured with the group for three years.
Gray has guest-starred on TV shows, toured with gospel bands, worked as a comedian, and appeared in a number of stage productions. In 2004, Gray decided to tell the story of his own life in "MANNAGOD -- The Journey," a gospel play in which he not only stars, but also wrote, produced and directs.
MANNAGOD Records is a unit of MANNAGOD Enterprises, Inc., a Jackson, N.J.-based company that also includes a stage production unit, clothing line and management wing. Gray founded MANNAGOD in 2004 with his partner and company COO Glenn Richardson.
Jonah 33 The band consists of Vince Lichlyter, vocals/guitar; Joshua Dougan, drums; Jason Rooney, lead guitar; and Cory Riley, bass.
Their album "The Strangest Day" is meant to incite a spiritual revolution of sorts among listeners, according to the group's Web site, www.jonah33rock.com. Beyond the title track, members seek to communicate what it's like to have a genuine relationship with Jesus. One main problem they've found both in and outside the church's walls is apathy and the fact that people are comfortable resting in either a complacent faith or their problematic circumstances. Their music wants to affect this malaise.
"We want the new disc to bring people to the point where they're opening their spiritual eyes for the first time," Lichlyter says on the band's site. "We want them to realize it's not just a religion anymore, that they need to wake up and discover for themselves what faith really means to them instead of taking it verbatim the way it was handed down. And for those who don't believe to begin with, we want them to know its not based around rules. Even though there are moral guidelines, faith is all about the relationship."
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LINCOLN BREWSTER
Brewster was born in 1971 in Fairbanks, Alaska. A guitarist, singer and songwriter, Brewster became a session guitarist in the early '90s. His first big break came when he was discovered by Steve Perry, former lead singer for Journey, who was working on his second solo album. Brewster's guitar sound, which mimicked that of Journey's Neal Schon, was a feature of the resulting album "For the Love of Strange Medicine," and he would tour with Perry for the next six months.
He has since released five full-length albums. Among his popular songs are "All to You," "Surrender" and "Another Hallelujah," according to wikipedia.com."
"Vision2007 began, naturally enough, with a vision.
Right after a summer youth conference in the Atlanta area called Forward, youth pastor the Rev. Rodney Mitchell was sitting in a restaurant with folks from his church, pumped up from the event. "While we were there, the Lord spoke to my spirit that Columbus and Phenix City need this," said Mitchell, the youth pastor for 20 years at Phenix City's Auburn Heights Baptist Church, a charismatic Southern Baptist congregation.
"I put it on the table and before we got back, it was full bore."
What resulted: Vision07, a two-day event at the Columbus Civic Center scheduled for Feb. 16-17.
The following national musical artists and speakers are scheduled: Lincoln Brewster; Ayiesha Woods; John Gray; and the group Jonah 33, as well as Mitchell. Some will speak Friday, others Saturday. The ticket costs cover both nights. The Civic Center holds 9,000 people, and Mitchell would love to fill it.
Mitchell, whose church became charismatic about 10 years ago -- encouraging spiritual gifts such as those in the book of Acts -- sees apathy as a strong current among today's young Christians.
"The spiritual thermostat in both our cities with our youth needs to be adjusted," said Mitchell, speaking recently in his office laden with books and photographs and musical instruments. "All of us need revival at times... . We want to stress bringing the body of Christ together. There is a lot of individuality going on in the churches. We want to cross denominational lines and racial lines."
Mitchell sees between 80 and 100 youths in his church regularly. He'd like to see more, and not only at Auburn Heights but other churches as well. (But, he's quick to add the conference is not a means to boost his numbers.)
Teens face problems the church can help with, he said. "They need a place and a person they can go to." The conference, as such, will offer faces of other youth ministers in the area. He recently held a luncheon to garner support from other churches and youth leaders in the area. Like the summer gathering near Atlanta, Mitchell wants "Vision" to become an annual thing. He also needs additional volunteers. If you're interesting in pitching in, call 334-297-7662.
The Vision 2007 Web site is www.vision07.org.
When: 6-11 p.m. Feb. 16-17
Where: Columbus Civic Center, 400 Fourth Ave.
Cost: Group tickets are $25 (for 10 or more), or $35 apiece. To purchase: http://www.vision07.org; Auburn Heights Baptist Church, 4207 Auburn Road, Phenix City; the Covenant, Phenix City; and the Sanctuary, The Landings, Airport Thruway.
VISION07 PERFORMERS
Ayiesha Woods With television commercials, radio singles and music videos competing to tell people what they "need," it has never been more important to recognize and return to what matters most, according to Woods' Web site. The singer/songwriter is signed with Gotee Records.
In her 20s, Woods says: "I don't want to be placed in one specific category. I think I represent a lot of different styles of music. My goal is to be able to put out a record with a sound that has a lot of different things for people to appreciate at one time."
She is a New York native and has lived in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii and Texas. Woods spent some of her childhood in Bermuda.
In 2004, she became the first female to win the "Producer of the Year" award from the Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards. That year she also received the Marlin Awards' "New Artist of the Year" and "Contemporary Vocal Performance of the Year (Female)."
John Gray John Gray has been singing and performing since he was seven. He came on the scene in 1995 when he joined the Grammy-winning troupe Kirk Franklin and the Family as a cast member for the gospel production "He Say, She Say, But what Does God Say?" Gray toured with the group for three years.
Gray has guest-starred on TV shows, toured with gospel bands, worked as a comedian, and appeared in a number of stage productions. In 2004, Gray decided to tell the story of his own life in "MANNAGOD -- The Journey," a gospel play in which he not only stars, but also wrote, produced and directs.
MANNAGOD Records is a unit of MANNAGOD Enterprises, Inc., a Jackson, N.J.-based company that also includes a stage production unit, clothing line and management wing. Gray founded MANNAGOD in 2004 with his partner and company COO Glenn Richardson.
Jonah 33 The band consists of Vince Lichlyter, vocals/guitar; Joshua Dougan, drums; Jason Rooney, lead guitar; and Cory Riley, bass.
Their album "The Strangest Day" is meant to incite a spiritual revolution of sorts among listeners, according to the group's Web site, www.jonah33rock.com. Beyond the title track, members seek to communicate what it's like to have a genuine relationship with Jesus. One main problem they've found both in and outside the church's walls is apathy and the fact that people are comfortable resting in either a complacent faith or their problematic circumstances. Their music wants to affect this malaise.
"We want the new disc to bring people to the point where they're opening their spiritual eyes for the first time," Lichlyter says on the band's site. "We want them to realize it's not just a religion anymore, that they need to wake up and discover for themselves what faith really means to them instead of taking it verbatim the way it was handed down. And for those who don't believe to begin with, we want them to know its not based around rules. Even though there are moral guidelines, faith is all about the relationship."
**************
LINCOLN BREWSTER
Brewster was born in 1971 in Fairbanks, Alaska. A guitarist, singer and songwriter, Brewster became a session guitarist in the early '90s. His first big break came when he was discovered by Steve Perry, former lead singer for Journey, who was working on his second solo album. Brewster's guitar sound, which mimicked that of Journey's Neal Schon, was a feature of the resulting album "For the Love of Strange Medicine," and he would tour with Perry for the next six months.
He has since released five full-length albums. Among his popular songs are "All to You," "Surrender" and "Another Hallelujah," according to wikipedia.com."
