I spent a weekend leading worship for RBC at their church weekend away and with their guest speakers directors of Bless, Gerard and Chrissie Kelly. It was such a great time together and a privilege to serve at.
So here is my first blog post of 2017, the end of 2016 was hectic for me, I don't know how it was for you if it was busy, joyful, stressful or heart wrenching. The end of the year for me was a mixture of all of the above for me.
In midst of some of the more challenging things I went through Sarah and I welcomed our first daughter Hope Isla Baker. I also accepted a job at The Rainbow Project as the project coordinator. I will be starting next week. The project supports asylum seekers and refugees in Nottingham.
I am continuing to do some music, I recently did some recording with Kate Auburn a singer songwriter in Nottingham, I also played a show last week at The Lion in Basford.
Coming up though I will be off to Scotland for a couple of exciting things that i will be part of. The first is on 1st Feb I will be playing in Dundee to raise money for Tearfund's Cambodia project. I am excited to partner with the United Free Church and their commitment to this particular project with Tearfund.
After playing in Dundee I will be off to Glasgow to work with Rechord again and be involved in their Live 24 event which is a 24 hour live stream of worship music featuring some of their artists and a few guests too. It will definitely be worth tuning in to the live stream, and engaging with Rechord through social media and supporting their ministry.
Thank you for all your support, whether you follow me online, have bought any of my music, been to see my live, or you are just curious and find yourself reading this blog.
The countdown begins! If you're new to Rechord Live24 then for reals, it's worth getting excited about.
Come January, we're going to need all the help we can get in getting the word out so get ready to share share share! Head over to Facebook for more information.
This year I am going to be involved which I am really excited about.
I am so excited about the release of this video, I have been listening to a first mix of the studio recording too. I wrote this song with Andy Ashworth. It is a significant song for me that expresses something of my own experience of God's relentless love.
Recorded this when I was living in France with the French rapper AK1, and musician Skal who run Soiree's de l'instant a music event where artists jam together on the spot, and the audience choose cards which determine who plays based ont he cards the artists have chosen.
“Reckless and raging furious longing of God, Your arms are wide open, I’m swept in this tide of love”
We caught up with Adam Baker ahead of the release of his first video with Rechord and got to hear a little about his inspiration for is track, The Pursuit.
Inspired by author Brennan Manning and songwriter Rich Mullins, Adam describes writing The Pursuit as 'experiencing the furious longing of God like being caught up in a storm, helpless and subject to its force' and how important an experience that was for him as well as hoping that more people will encounter God and his love in this way.
We're excited. You should be too. The Pursuit. 4th November.
A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to Rechord's latest artist Adam Baker.
What we didn't tell you was that as well as writing and recording some tracks in the studio, Adam also recorded a brand new video that will be headed your way really soon.
I had a brilliant time in Scotland, all the gigs went well, they were so much fun, I met some great people and shared some amazing stories and chat. I also finished up some recordng of electric guitars for a song "The Pursuit" and recorded a video too.
I've recently been songwriting and working on some worship songs. Themes of love, hope and struggle have been coming out. I'm excited. I'm also working with someone else on some songs. It's been a really good process. Watch this space for more
