New Christmas Song!!! Download it FREE :)

We just uploaded a new song, "This Christmas Time". It can be heard on the Take No Glory facebook and MySpace pages. Or you can download it free at PureVolume. The lyrics to the song are below the verse :) May the Lord bless you!

"And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.' All of this happened to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet: 'Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and he will be called Immanuel (meaning, God is with us).'" (Matt. 1:21-23)

It's hard to fathom? Between presents and bows,
Why nobody knows, the reason we're singing...
Everyone seems so confused? In bewilderment we're all amused,
While we hurry and run in a flurry, but we don't see...
How much we need You God!!

Restore Your love again...here in our hearts.
Unite every generation...'cause we've grown apart.
Don't know why, we are so afraid of change?
Laughing and crying, we're trying, to find our own way.

The world sees a holiday, but the rest of the year,
Your name's thrown away, until we are hurting...
Strings of shimmer flicker at night,
But Your fame isn't shining as bright as it should be...
Your grace and Your mystery, have been foretold, from ages old!

Oh God!! Restore Your love again...here in our hearts.
Unite every generation...'cause we've grown apart.
Don't know why, we are so afraid of change?
Laughing and crying, we're trying, to find our own way.

Through this story, uncover Your glory,
And open our eyes...this Christmas time!!!

Messiah, Creator, Baby Born To Be Our Savior...
Father, Redeemer, Hope Of Glory, Friend Of Sinners...
All Knowing, All Powerful, Forgiving, Oh So Faithful...
The Helper, My Maker, Living Stone, Our Mediator...
Sinless High Priest! Messenger! Prince Of Peace!
Bread Of Life! Holy One! Counselor! Beloved Son!
King Of Ages! King Of Kings! Ruler Over Everything!
Immanuel! Cornerstone! Morning Star And Lord Of Lords!
Lamb Of God! He Is risen!! Unto Us A Son Is Given!!
Mighty One Of Righteousness!! Beautiful In Holiness!!
Chief Shepherd, One True Vine!! You're The Living Sacrifice!!
First And Last, Eternal Friend!! Comforter, The Great I Am!!!

Oh God...restore Your love again...here in our hearts.
Unite every generation...'cause we've grown apart.
Don't know why, we are so afraid of change?
Laughing and crying, we're trying, to find our own way.

Through this story, uncover Your glory,
And open our eyes...this Christmas time ....

Joyfully serving Jesus,
The Take No Glory Team

landon bailey · chris eggert · jeff huff · melanie huff · connor marone · ian utile · johnna utile · boy vierra · elena vierra · kalei vierra · kanani vierra · kauhi vierra · nadiya vierra · naili vierra · eden wood · elijah wood · eric wood · mandy wood · landrew woolworth

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Take No Glory is a musicianary band of Christians that desire to be founded on the Bible & empowered by the Holy Spirit who are simply saying "Yes!" to the call and commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. These musicianaries do this through responsive lives of worship that love God, love others, and primarily serve the world through music & preaching; all for the glory of God alone! This ministry team offers their new rock worship album "Wake Me Up" to download freely from their website, directly to your computer, so you can put it on your iPod or burn it on a CD. Download these Christian music mp3s FREE and please let your friends know about it, or you can make copies yourself and give CDs away :) Unauthorized duplication is encouraged and appreciated :) May The LORD Bless You!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

There is so much to be thankful for :)

"Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!  Worship the Lord with gladness.  Come before him, singing with joy.  Acknowledge that the Lord is God!  He made us, and we are his.  We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise.  Give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good.  His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation."

(Psalm 100 NLT)

"Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving"

(Colossians 4:12 NKJV)

"...they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, 'Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.'"

(Revelation 7:11b,12 ESV)

We will be releasing our new Christmas song this weekend!  And yes, you will be able to download it for free :)  It is called "This Christmas Time".  Near the end of song, the bridge declares some of the names of our King, the Lord Jesus Christ.  We pray it's an encouragement!

Messiah, Creator, Baby born to be our Savior

Father, Redeemer, Hope of Glory, Friend of Sinners

All knowing, All powerful, Forgiving, Oh so Faithful

The Helper, My Maker, Living Stone, Our Mediator

Sinless High Priest, Messenger, Prince of Peace

Bread of Life, Holy One, Counselor, Beloved Son

King of Ages, King of Kings, Ruler over Everything

Immanuel, Cornerstone, Morning Star and Lord of Lords

Lamb of God, He is risen, Unto us a Son is given

Mighty One of Righteousness, Beautiful in Holiness

Chief Shepherd, One True Vine, You're the living Sacrifice

First and Last, Eternal Friend, Comforter, The Great I Am

We have made a lot of changes to our MySpace & facebook accounts.  Please check them out when you get a chance.  The new song "GO" along with 100 pictures from the world tour are up on both sites.  Our next step is to launch a new website with all the music, devotionals & chord charts for each song, photos, videos, etc.  Pray for us to finish it by the first of the year!!

Joyfully serving Jesus,

The Take No Glory Team

landon bailey · chris eggert · jeff huff · melanie huff · connor marone · ian utile · johnna utile · boy vierra · elena vierra · kalei vierra · kanani vierra · kauhi vierra · nadiya vierra · naili vierra · eden wood · elijah wood · eric wood · mandy wood · landrew woolworth

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www.MySpace.com/TakeNoGlory

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Take No Glory is a musicianary band of Christians that desire to be founded on the Bible & empowered by the Holy Spirit who are simply saying "Yes!" to the call and commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.  These musicianaries do this through responsive lives of worship that love God, love others, and primarily serve the world through music & preaching; all for the glory of God alone!  This ministry team offers their new rock worship album "Wake Me Up" to download freely from their website, directly to your computer, so you can put it on your iPod or burn it on a CD. Download these Christian music mp3s FREE and please let your friends know about it, or you can make copies yourself and give CDs away :) Unauthorized duplication is encouraged and appreciated :) May The LORD Bless You! 

New Song (Free Download!!!) & Pictures

We wrote a new worship song called "GO" last week and then recorded it in just one day! We were blessed when Pastor Brian Broderson invited us to play the song live at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa last night. To download the song, along with chord charts and a devotional: CLICK HERE. We pray this anthem is a blessing to you!!

One hundred new pictures from the tnG world tour (through Asia, Europe & the US) are now posted online. The pics can be viewed on Picassa or Facebook. We actually have 1,289 pictures available (about 2 GB). If you want to see all of them, you can download them from YouSendIt.

Please pray for us as we are going to pursue recording our next album! Scott Cunningham has a little studio that he let us use to record "Go". The Lord blessed that project, so we have begun to track another handful of songs. We are almost done with our new Christmas song called "This Christmas Time".

During the last year we have humbly given away more than seventy thousand copies of our album "Wake Me Up". We desire to continue to give music away freely and believe that God will provide so that we can. Please pray specifically for this project. We hope to release "This Christmas Time" around Thanksgiving :)

The annual Worship Leaders Conference is this week Monday night, November 10th until Thursday morning, November 13th. We are so excited about this event and have honestly been looking forward to it all year. Details can be found at www.ccwlc.org.

Our team is excited to teach a couple workshops on Wednesday at this conference. In the morning, we will study through Matthew 9:35-10:15 and discuss how it applies to "Being A Musicianary". Then in the afternoon we will explore what Matthew 10:16-42 says and how it applies to "Reaching Today's Largest Mission Field (the internet)". Please pray for us as hundreds of worship leaders from all over the nation come to focus on "The Glory Of Christ".

We have only sent one newsletter out during the last three months and many people have asked, "What has the Lord been doing?" While we were on tour we made it a priority to send out emails every week and we never seemed to run out of things to share because God did SO MANY miracles! In a couple weeks, we will send the Christmas song out and give an update of what has been happening since the tour has ended and what we believe is ahead.


Joyfully serving Jesus,
The Take No Glory Team

landon bailey · chris eggert · jeff huff · melanie huff · connor marone · ian utile · johnna utile · boy vierra · elena vierra · kalei vierra · kanani vierra · kauhi vierra · nadiya vierra · naili vierra · eden wood · elijah wood · eric wood · mandy wood · landrew woolworth

(888) 825-3664
(888) TakeNoGlory
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Take No Glory is a musicianary band of Christians that desire to be founded on the Bible & empowered by the Holy Spirit who are simply saying "Yes!" to the call and commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. These musicianaries do this through responsive lives of worship that love God, love others, and primarily serve the world through music & preaching; all for the glory of God alone! This ministry team offers their new rock worship album "Wake Me Up" to download freely from their website, directly to your computer, so you can put it on your iPod or burn it on a CD. Download these Christian music mp3s FREE and please let your friends know about it, or you can make copies yourself and give CDs away :) Unauthorized duplication is encouraged and appreciated :) May The LORD Bless You!

Back Home From World Tour With Annual Praise Report

To everyone taking the time to read this annual praise report, we want you to know that, “We love you!” God has continually shown Himself strong on our behalf and this last year we have been able to document well over a hundred miracles: supernatural provision, physical healings, impossible weather changes, and most significantly lives transformed. We pray this update would strengthen Christians in their faith and challenge those that do not yet love Jesus. Our Lord Jesus Christ is alive, and desires a relationship with all of us!!

“O LORD my God, you have done many miracles for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.” (Psalm 40:5 NLT)

The vision

On April 24^th, 2007 God gave us a clear vision for a “musicianary ministry”.

Vision was realized

On August 19^th, 2007 we launched our website, released our first CD “Open The Door” and did our first evangelistic concert in Santa Cruz, CA.

The ministry grew

On November 17^th Ian & Eric met and knew that God had called Eric and his family (Mandy, Eden and Elijah) to join Ian and Johnna as partners in the Take No Glory ministry. We chose to live and travel the world together as musicianaries.

Commitment to prayer

We spent time each day praying, and also set aside each Tuesday to consistently fast and pray together, as we desperately desired to know the Lord’s will and submit to it.

Tax-deductible status

In December we began the process of becoming a non-profit ministry. Soon after that, the Foundation For Christian Stewardship partnered with us so people could donate to us through our website.

Ministry grew again

During January, God called our friend Chris to come serve alongside us on both of our east coast tours. He does everything possible to help: connect with the young kids at the concerts, watch Eden & Elijah, and most importantly he constantly makes us laugh :)

Released our second album

On February 1st, 2008 we started giving away our new album, “Wake Me Up”. This is an 11-track compilation of Johnna’s and Mandy’s original songs along with a narration of the Gospel Of John. Many people have told us that they love to use the CD as a witnessing tool. We are so grateful the Lord has empowered Christians to share their faith by handing out this album. If you don’t have a copy, you can download it freely from our website: www.TakeNoGlory.com

Nationwide winter tour

25,000 miles, 18 states, 7 people, 3 months, 1 purpose

The ministry really grew

The Holy Spirit added three more guys (Landon, Landrew & Conner), another couple (Jeff & Melanie) and a Hawaiian family of seven (Boy, Elena, Naili, Kalei, Kauhi, Kanani & Nadiya). Miraculously, God called 12 more people to join us as we grew to a team of nineteen people that left everything we had in this world to commit ourselves to the Lord by serving together in unity as musicianaries.

International spring & summer tour

205 plane tickets, more than 100 concerts, 19 people, 5 months, 3 continents, 1 purpose

Music is simply a means to the message

This is why we have always made our concerts and music available for free to anyone.

Humbly giving our music away

Thankfully, God has equipped us to freely give away over 70,000 CDs and more than a quarter million song downloads from our website.

An ability to reach the nations of the world

Our website has had visitors from over 4,400 cities in 130 countries

Many ways for people to find us on the internet

Our website: http://www.TakeNoGlory.com

Our blog site: http://TakeNoGlory.blogspot.com

Eight different Christian community sites

ShoutLife • IndieHeaven • WorshipSource • WorshipSong • SayTunes • MyPraise • GodTube • ChristianSongwriters

And six other popular community sites

MySpace • Facebook • YouTube • SoundClick • PureVolume • Xanga

Most important thing

Countless people have been changed and now love Jesus and the Bible because of what the Holy Spirit has done through this simple ministry. Our desire and purpose is to make our God and Father known, exalted, honored and truly glorified.

“Dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in our struggle by praying to God for us. Do this because of your love for us, given to you by the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:30 NLT)

Please pray for our team as we spend the next few weeks seeking the Lord’s clear direction for the Take No Glory ministry and our individual lives. All of us have gone “home” to be with our families and spend time relaxing after many months of non-stop ministry. The Vierras have gone back to Oahu, HI. The Utiles and Huffs are both back in their hometown of Santa Cruz, CA. Conner and Landrew have gone back to Orange County, CA. The Woods, Chris and Landon are all back in Fort Wayne, IN.

A few things you can be praying for each of us about: [1] time and intimacy with Jesus and that we would be ministered to by the Holy Spirit as we spend time in prayer and reading the Bible [2] many opportunities to share with others the story of what God has done [3] ability to record another album (we have about a dozen new songs) [4] many of the people on our team (specifically the Woods & Vierras) are praying back to England and plant a church in Bristol [5] financial provision for all our debts to be paid.

One other specific prayer request is for Eric, Mandy, Eden and Elijah Wood (and their family). They believe they are called to go back to England in the near future and plant a church in Bristol. Please pray for their direction and dependency as the Holy Spirit guides them.

"Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world's eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God." (1^st Corinthians 1:26-29 NLT)

One last thing we wanted to bless you with is a link to download Phil Wickham’s new worship album “singalong” free: http://PhilWickham.com/singalong This is one of our favorite worship albums ever! Phil loves Jesus and he is truly anointed to lead God’s people in worship. Please tell your friends about this; it will bless them!

Joyfully serving Jesus,

The Take No Glory Team

landon bailey · chris eggert · jeff huff · melanie huff · connor marone · baby utile · ian utile · johnna utile · boy vierra · elena vierra · kalei vierra · kanani vierra · kauhi vierra · nadiya vierra · naili vierra · eden wood · elijah wood · eric wood · mandy wood · landrew woolworth

Take No Glory is a musicianary band of Christians that desire to be founded on the Bible & empowered by the Holy Spirit who are simply saying "Yes!" to the call and commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. These musicianaries do this through responsive lives of worship that love God, love others, and primarily serve the world through music & preaching; all for the glory of God alone! This ministry team offers their new rock worship album "Wake Me Up" to download freely from their website, directly to your computer, so you can put it on your iPod or burn it on a CD. Download these Christian music mp3s FREE and please let your friends know about it, or you can make copies yourself and give CDs away :) Unauthorized duplication is encouraged and appreciated :) May The LORD Bless You!

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P. O. Box 28919

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www.TakeNoGlory.com

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CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SITES

http://www.ShoutLife.com/TakeNoGlory

http://www.IndieHeaven.com/Artists/TakeNoGlory

http://www.WorshipSource.com/Take-No-Glory

http://www.WorshipSong.com/Browse.asp?MemberID=1124

http://www.SayTunes.com/Bands/TakeNoGlory

http://www.MyPraize.com/TakeNoGlory

http://www.GodTube.com/TakeNoGlory

http://forum.ChristianSongwriters.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2884

OTHER COMMUNITY SITES

http://www.MySpace.com/TakeNoGlory

http://www.New.FaceBook.com/Pages/Take-No-Glory/18438638014

http://www.YouTube.com/TakeNoGlory

http://www.SoundClick.com/TakeNoGlory

http://www.PureVolume.com/TakeNoGlory

http://www.Xanga.com/TakeNoGlory

From The Festival To A Retreat

August 10th, 2008

First of all, we've met a lot of people at Creation Fest (in England) that asked us to send them a link to get our music. So, here it is, if you want to download our rock worship album "Wake Me Up" for free please click HERE and it will download directly to your computer so you can put it on an MP3 player or burn it on a CD. If that doesn't work, download this free Christian music from our website. Please let your friends know about it, or you can make copies yourself and give CDs away J Unauthorized duplication is encouraged and appreciated J We pray this blesses you!

Jesus said, “Give as freely as you have received!”

(Matthew 10:8b NLT)

This week we had several new friends sign up for our email list through the various concerts and outreaches that we were apart of throughout the North Devon area, so we thought it might be informative to remind you and let them know a little about the Take No Glory ministry.

AWe are a musicianary band of Christians that desire to be founded on the Bible & empowered by the Holy Spirit who are simply saying "Yes!" to the call and commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. We do this through responsive lives of worship that love God, love others, and primarily serve the world through music & preaching; all for the glory of God alone!

The LORD said, “I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise”

(Isaiah 42:8b NLT)

During the last week and a half we have done almost a dozen concerts in England and Austria. At Creation Fest we played a set of own original songs and then also played some intimate acoustic sets of worship songs written by tnG and other Christian songwriters. Our team was also able to serve by helping with many other tasks like: prayer, set up/tear down, direct the stage, video, security, promotion, etc. What a blessing to travel around the world with 19 people so that the LORD can use our team to serve the world in many different ways

Now we are at the Schloss Heroldeck Castle in Austria serving in a number of areas like: cooking, cleaning, maintenance, landscaping, coffee house, children's ministry and worship leading. The last few days we've also had the opportunity to fellowship with the brothers and sisters of Calvary Chapel South London during their summer retreat. We were blessed with the privilege of leading worship and being challenged and changed through the Word as they spent time teaching about spiritual warfare. Friday night we spent time hearing testimonies and leading worship as the LORD moved freshly upon His church. What a blessing to see God move in and through a body in such a powerful way.

“Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them.”

(Romans 12:4-9a NLT)

Today, the Western European Leaders & Missionary Conference starts with more than 300 pastors, missionaries and their families coming to be refreshed by the Lord. People have traveled here from more than a dozen different countries expecting the Holy Spirit to refresh them as they continue to faithfully follow God. Please pray for the conference: [1] Jesus exalted, honored & glorified [2] Holy Spirit will powerfully impact each and every person [3] unity with all those fellowshiping together [4] spiritual/mental/physical health & refreshment of every missionary, speaker, staff and volunteer [5] speakers and their families (Todd Johnson, Damien Kyle, Brian Broderson & Bob Coy) [6] worship leader and his family (Scott Cunningham) [7] God's wisdom and discernment in all decision making and smooth running operations

Below are our personal prayer requests and some of the events we have scheduled for the next few months. If you know anyone in these areas (Austria • Maine • Indiana • California) then please forward this email to them and encourage them to join us.

AUSTRIA (SCHLOSS HEROLDECK) EVENTS

Sunday, August 10th to Saturday, August 16th

Serving at the European Missionaries, Pastors & Leaders Conference

EAST COAST (USA) EVENTS

Friday, August 22nd to Sunday, August 24th

Serve with Pastor Ken Graves at CC Bangor in Maine

Wednesday, August 27th to Sunday, August 31st

Serve with Pastor Joe Mann at CC Fort Wayne in Indiana

Friday, September 5th to Monday, September 8th

Serve with Pastor Tom Camp at Harvest Chapel in Lafayette

Wednesday, September 10th until mid October

Break to seek the Lord for future of the tnG ministry

WEST COAST (USA) EVENTS

Saturday, October 18^th 6pm

EDIFY Concert at CC Living Water in Corona, CA

Sunday, October 19^th 8:30am & 10:30am

Worship at CC Living Water in Corona, CA

Saturday, October 25^th 5:30pm

Music Ministry at Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base in CA

Monday, November 10^th until Thursday, November 13th

Worship Leaders Conference in Murrieta Hot Springs, CA

Saturday, December 13^th 5:30pm

Music Ministry at Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base in CA

Please continue to pray for the Take No Glory team: [1] time and intimacy with Jesus [2] unity in the team [3] effectiveness and spiritual fruit [4] supernatural protection (hearts, souls, and minds) [5] health [6] marriages (Ian & Johnna · Jeff & Melaine · Boy & Elena · Eric & Mandy) [7] kids (Nadiya, Elijah, Eden, Kanani and baby Utile!) [8] other servants (Landon, Chris, Connor, Kalei, Kauhi, Naili, Landrew) [9] preparation for the concerts and outreaches [10] financial provision for what's ahead & all our debts to be paid.

Joyfully serving Jesus,

The Take No Glory Team

landon bailey · chris eggert · jeff huff · melanie huff · connor marone · baby utile · ian utile · johnna utile · boy vierra · elena vierra · kalei vierra · kanani vierra · kauhi vierra · nadiya vierra · naili vierra · eden wood · elijah wood · eric wood · mandy wood · landrew woolworth

Take No Glory is a musicianary band of Christians that desire to be founded on the Bible & empowered by the Holy Spirit who are simply saying "Yes!" to the call and commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. These musicianaries do this through responsive lives of worship that love God, love others, and primarily serve the world through music & preaching; all for the glory of God alone! This ministry team offers their new rock worship album “Wake Me Up” to download freely from their website, directly to your computer, so you can put it on an MP3 player or burn it on a CD. Download this free Christian music and please let your friends know about it, or you can make copies yourself and give CDs away J Unauthorized duplication is encouraged and appreciated J May The LORD Bless You!

ENJOYING IT

Jesus said to his disciples “Yes, your joy will overflow!”

(John 15:11b NLT) 

July 29th, 2008

As our team celebrated with Ian and Johnna, because of their growing family, we have also enjoyed the many opportunities Jesus trusted us with to serve Him here in the UK.  We don’t “have to” serve our God; we “get to” serve Him.  It is an honor, it is a privilege and it really is a joy!  This week impacted eternity in a BIG way with many people trusting in Jesus for the first time as served at free outreach concerts, diverse church services and fervent prayer meetings.

After Jesus ascended to heaven, his followers “met together and were constantly united in prayer.”

(Acts 1:14a NLT)

Please continue to pray for Creation Fest: [1] Jesus exalted, honored & glorified [2] local and visiting non-Christians drawn to the event [3] hearts softened to received the Gospel, people set free from sin, innumerable salvations and lasting spiritual impact [4] new believers getting plugged into a local fellowship for discipleship [5] God's wisdom and discernment in all decision making and smooth running operations during the event [6] continued church unity and favor from government in the local areas [7] speakers (Brian Broderson, Bob Coy, Phil Pechonis, David Robertson, Garid Beeler, Philip Bell, Lu Wing and Nigel Watts) [8] bands (Lindz West MC, Scott Cunningham, Universal Royalty, Transition, Four Kornerz, Superhero, Manafest, CHRISTAFARI, Jahaziel, dweeb, Philippa Hanna, Avion Blackman, Solomon Jabby, Electralyte, Finchley, All ‘Bout Christ, NEW DIRECTION CREW, Erin Starnes, Ekklesia, BOSH, Lindsy Morton, Matt Giles, Sonz 1 and Take No Glory) [9] spiritual/mental/physical health, protection & endurance of staff/bands/speakers/volunteers [10] the weather and financial provision

Last week different churches from all over America sent over more than a hundred Christians here to help serve with Creation Fest.  It has been refreshing to serve with these brothers and sisters, as we have been able to support each other in what God has called us to do here in England.  Most of these people don’t know each other and are from different cultures.  Regardless, there is a feeling of family unity because we all have the same Heavenly Father.  It has been said that if people have Jesus in common, they have everything in common.

When Jesus prayed for us, He said “May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that You sent Me and that You love them as much as You love Me.”

(John 17:23b NLT)

On Wednesday the Ilfracombe churches (in North Devon) gathered together for a day of prayer and worship at the St. Peter & St. James Anglican Cathedral.  It was an incredible experience to serve in these old cathedrals that Jesus has used to change so many lives over the last few centuries.  On Friday and Saturday we traveled almost two hours, south from where we are staying, down to Exeter (a youth filled city of 120,000 people).  Exeter has the most impressive physical church building any of us had ever seen.  It was MASSIVE and parts of it were more than a thousand years old!!  As we served in a Biblically uncompromised & culturally relevant way in these churches, our team could envision the Holy Spirit doing a fresh work in these old places.

On Sunday morning we were blessed to spend time with our friends at Christian Fellowship Church teaching the Bible and leading them in worship.  We could feel the presence of the Lord, as He inhabited the praises of His people, with all of us singing together in unity.  The Holy Spirit also ministered to the church as a whole and to each person individually through the preaching of God’s Word as Eric and Ian taught the following passage:

“Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this too. Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than a sincere heart.  If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit.  Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.”

 (2^nd Corinthians 5:11-15 NLT)

These are the verses we have printed on the back of our album “Wake Me Up”.  When we do a concert or church service, we give everyone a free copy of our CD and then teach the passage sentence by sentence.  When we preach from this paragraph we work hard to persuade the crowd to abandon their selfishness and sincerely live for Jesus in response to Christ’s love.  We explain the need to die to our old life, no longer live for ourselves and live for Christ alone.  This message needs to be heard and understood by all people regardless if they are a pagan or a pastor.

Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the apostle Paul wrote those words in an epistle he penned about 2,000 years ago to the church of Corinth.  It is a miracle that these words still apply to everyone from all different walks of life today.  It’s because God Himself wrote this letter through Paul!

“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and his is the one to whom we are accountable.”

(Hebrews 4:12&13 NLT)

Below are our personal prayer requests and some of the events we have scheduled for the next few months.  If you know anyone in these areas (England • Austria • Maine • Indiana • California) then please forward this email to them and encourage them to join us.

ENGLAND (NORTH DEVON, UK) EVENTS

Tuesday, July 29^th @ 7-9pm

Creation Fest Roadshow in Ilfracombe

tnG playing with Transition & Universal Royalty

Wednesday, July 30^th @ 7-9pm

Creation Fest Roadshow in Ilfracombe

tnG playing with Manafest & Scott Cunningham

Friday, August 1^st @ 10am-10pm

Creation Fest MAIN EVENT in Woolacombe

tnG plays at 2pm in the Surf Café & 8pm in the Acoustic Café

Saturday, August 2^nd @ 10am-10pm

Creation Fest MAIN EVENT in Woolacombe

Sunday, August 3^rd @ 10am-9pm

Creation Fest MAIN EVENT in Woolacombe

tnG plays at 2pm in the Surf Café & around 7pm on the Main Stage

AUSTRIA (SCHLOSS HEROLDECK) EVENTS

Wednesday, August 6^th to Saturday, August 9^th

Serving Calvary Chapel South London at their Summer Retreat

 Sunday, August 10^th to Saturday, August 16^th

Serving at the European Missionaries, Pastors & Leaders Conference

EAST COAST (USA) EVENTS

Friday, August 22^nd to Sunday, August 24^th

Serve with Pastor Ken Graves at Bangor Christian Church

Wednesday, August 27^th to Sunday, August 31^st

Serve with Pastor Joe Mann at Calvary Chapel Fort Wayne

Friday, September 5^th to Monday, September 8^th

Serve with Pastor Tom Camp at Harvest Lafayette

Wednesday, September 10^th until mid October

Break for a few weeks to seek the Lord for future of the tnG ministry

WEST COAST (USA) EVENTS

Saturday, October 18^th @ 6pm

Concert at CC Living Water in Corona, CA

Sunday, October 19^th @ 8:30 and 10:30am

Worship at CC Living Water Church Services

Saturday, October 25^th @ 5:30-7pm

Music Ministry at Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base

“Dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in our struggle by praying to God for us. Do this because of your love for us, given to you by the Holy Spirit.”

(Romans 15:30 NLT)

Please continue to pray for the Take No Glory team: [1] time and intimacy with Jesus [2] unity in the team [3] effectiveness and spiritual fruit [4] supernatural protection (hearts, souls, and minds) [5] health [6] marriages (Ian & Johnna • Jeff & Melaine • Boy & Elena • Eric & Mandy) [7] kids (Nadiya, Elijah, Eden, Kanani and baby Utile!) [8] other servants (Landon, Chris, Connor, Kalei, Kauhi, Naili, Landrew) [9] preparation for the concerts and outreaches [10] financial provision for what’s ahead & all our debts to be paid. 

Joyfully serving Jesus,

The Take No Glory Team