Keith and Kristyn Getty Concert - Blessed by Getty Music

Keith and Kristyn Getty are the huge buzz here right now. The Irish Couple, Keith and Kristyn Getty of Getty Music were in concert here. We were really blessed with their awesome music and worship!

Can I just say "Amazing!" Look here at the Getty Music website. This couple is gifted and really brings it to the Church - the body of Christ worshiping Him in unity.

Here's what their website says:

"Who is creating the next generation of hymns for the Church? And greater still, has the unique formula of the hymn been abandoned on the back pew of the praise & worship movement? Irish composers and artists Keith & Kristyn Getty don't believe so, and they're on a mission to revive the art of hymnody for a new generation.
"There are two reasons we write modern hymns," explains Keith. "First, it's to help teach the faith. What we sing affects how we think, how we feel and ultimately how we live, so it's so important that we sing the whole scope of truth the Bible has given us. The second reason is to try and create a more timeless musical style that every generation can sing, a style that relates to the past and the future."

I love this. We all know the "praise and worship movement" has been a fun, refreshing music of our generation. I love "the greats" - Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman, Mercy Me, and on. Yet, the hymns of old are becoming lost today. Also, as the church finds their way in the music of contemporary and classic hymns there sometimes seems to be no mixing.

An all of nothing if you wish - one or the other - traditional hymns, or a rock band. So what our community loved about Getty Music is the mix. The classic sound of hymns written for today. For example, it was powerful when they ended the concert with eveyone encoring to "Power In The Blood!" That's an old hymn some may recognize and yet it had such a wonderful beat and rythm they had the packed out venue with overflowing on our feet - singing, clapping, dancing - did I say these Baptist, Southerners were d.a.n.c.i.n.g.

And the heavens rejoiced. Here are the lyrics to the youtube of "Jesus, Draw Me Nearer!" which moved me more than any song since my husband sang to me at our Wedding ten years ago. And that's Power!

"Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer"
Music by Keith Getty; Words by Margaret Becker
Copyright © 2002 Thankyou Music

Jesus draw me ever nearer
As I labour through the storm.
You have called me to this passage,
and I'll follow, though I'm worn.

May this journey bring a blessing,
May I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart's testing,
With Your likeness let me wake.

Jesus guide me through the tempest;
Keep my spirit staid and sure.
When the midnight meets the morning,
Let me love You even more.

Let the treasures of the trial
Form within me as I go -
And at the end of this long passage,
Let me leave them at Your throne.

Warmly,