Been a while since we have updated our good ole blog. We have had a great summer which began with week in Chattanooga, TN with FBC Opp and FBC Church Hill. We had a great time by the river and a couple royal rumbles on the dock. I think it ended up being a draw and everybody ended up in the river.
After the week ended we made our way up to Canal Fulton, OH for the Alive Festival with Dorothy Savage. Dorothy is a new artist and we were able to play with her on the Woods stage. It was a great festival where we enjoyed seeing a ton of great artist.
You should keep you eyes and ears open for Dorothy Savage. Her new album will drop this September. But for now you can follow her on Twitter @phillsgirl03
We just arrived back from North Carolina where we were blessed to be apart of the Centrifuge experience. We had a blast getting to know the Staff and we were blessed to serve along side James Tealy who brought the word every night. James is another great artist you should get to know. You can follow him on @jamestealy.
This past Sunday I traveled up to Talladega, Al and played for a bible study. It was a unique opportunity and one I had not really thought about doing. I really enjoyed it. We set up in a the Smothers family basement and played for an hour or so, sharing about the songs we have written and why we wrote them. I had a wonderful time teaching and sharing what I have learned. So with that being said, If you are reading this and you want to do a house concert, I would love to come and share a night a songs and worship.
We hope to see you soon. Please let us know if there are things we can pray for you about please let us know. We are excited to say that we are booked for most of next summer in Texas for Texas Super Summer and Powerplus camps. We are currently booking for the fall and spring so give us a call.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Well our trip to Las Vegas was an amazing Journey yet again. Driving across country from Mobile, AL to Las Vegas, NV. is always a challenge and a great reminder of how vast and different our country really is from town to town and state to state.
We were able to make it to the Grand Canyon on our trip and camp there at the State park that evening on our way to Vegas. We were able to spend a good amount of time on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Even though we had seen it before, it at first sight is overwhelming and breath taking. I personally have yet to see a photo that captures that feeling of seeing it in person. That evening we went back to our camp site there at the state park where we had set up our tents earlier that afternoon and once we got back to our camp site we were able to get right to the grill.
We grilled out some hamburgers that night and took in the sights of the stars. It has been a while since I saw that many starts at once and being out there was a real treat. Will, our sound-man looked up and said, “it had been a while since he looked up and was reminded of how small he really is in view of the stars above. And how long it had been since he had done so.” The following morning we were blessed to see a female mule deer that walked right through our campsite again blessing us with the opportunity to see God’s creation.
We then made our way to Henderson, NV. to Greenvalley Baptist, but first we had to stop at an In-n-Out burger. Oh so good, too bad they aren’t here in the south east.
Once we enjoyed our burger we went on to the church where we started our weekend with students. We had an awesome time with the students that weekend. We always have a great time with Shawn and Natalie Key. We hope that they were encouraged and Spiritually challenged. We had a wonderful time in all three services on Sunday morning.
Monday morning Aaron, Steven, Morgan, (Steven’s wife) and myself got up painfully early and made the trek to Red Rock canyon for some early morning climbing. We had ourselves a book on the area and we found an area with some intermediate climbs for the inexperienced climber such as myself. We hiked out about 15 minutes from our parking place and found the place to climb. It was a brilliant clay colored red rock hence the titled Rock Canyon. We were truly in the desert. It was rather desolate and we were thankful for the water we had brought with us. Even though by mid day when we were leaving our water bottles we very warm it was still wet and hydrating. We all climbed and really enjoyed the view behind us as we climbed.
While we were there we met folks of all kinds. There were a couple of older men there climbing circles around us. They were both retired lawyers from there Vegas. On our Hike out we met some folks from New Zealand and a touring group from England. Their accent was so strong, I could hardly understand a word.
Later that afternoon we all went on a tour of the Hoover Dam, which is pretty amazing. In view of the Grand Canyon a mere plug in the river, but an amazing plug at any rate. The fortitude of those men who did the labor is awe-inspiring. There is apparently enough concrete in there to make a 4 foot wide sidewalk all the way around the earth. Again Pretty impressive. However, after feasting my eyes on the depth and width of the Grand Canyon I am oh so blown away by the power of God, who with the words of his mouth created all we see.
We made our way home on Tuesday and finally got there Thursday evening. It was great to be home but the journey was great. I was very tiered but I very much enjoyed the trip. As I think about that very truth I realize that life is just like that. Will we look back on life from heaven and say, It is so good to be home with Jesus, but the journey was great. Though it was a lifetime, I met so many wonderful people. I had a family of which will be here with me, and most of all on the journey, I met Christ.
What will your story tell? Will you look back and say that you enjoyed the journey. Though it is long and very hard, it was good. Many blessings to you all. Pray for us and let us know to pray for you.
Grace and Peace,
Brad
Well our trip to Las Vegas was an amazing Journey yet again. Driving across country from Mobile, AL to Las Vegas, NV. is always a challenge and a great reminder of how vast and different our country really is from town to town and state to state.
We were able to make it to the Grand Canyon on our trip and camp there at the State park that evening on our way to Vegas. We were able to spend a good amount of time on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Even though we had seen it before, it at first sight is overwhelming and breath taking. I personally have yet to see a photo that captures that feeling of seeing it in person. That evening we went back to our camp site there at the state park where we had set up our tents earlier that afternoon and once we got back to our camp site we were able to get right to the grill.
We grilled out some hamburgers that night and took in the sights of the stars. It has been a while since I saw that many starts at once and being out there was a real treat. Will, our sound-man looked up and said, “it had been a while since he looked up and was reminded of how small he really is in view of the stars above. And how long it had been since he had done so.” The following morning we were blessed to see a female mule deer that walked right through our campsite again blessing us with the opportunity to see God’s creation.
We then made our way to Henderson, NV. to Greenvalley Baptist, but first we had to stop at an In-n-Out burger. Oh so good, too bad they aren’t here in the south east.
Once we enjoyed our burger we went on to the church where we started our weekend with students. We had an awesome time with the students that weekend. We always have a great time with Shawn and Natalie Key. We hope that they were encouraged and Spiritually challenged. We had a wonderful time in all three services on Sunday morning.
Monday morning Aaron, Steven, Morgan, (Steven’s wife) and myself got up painfully early and made the trek to Red Rock canyon for some early morning climbing. We had ourselves a book on the area and we found an area with some intermediate climbs for the inexperienced climber such as myself. We hiked out about 15 minutes from our parking place and found the place to climb. It was a brilliant clay colored red rock hence the titled Rock Canyon. We were truly in the desert. It was rather desolate and we were thankful for the water we had brought with us. Even though by mid day when we were leaving our water bottles we very warm it was still wet and hydrating. We all climbed and really enjoyed the view behind us as we climbed.
While we were there we met folks of all kinds. There were a couple of older men there climbing circles around us. They were both retired lawyers from there Vegas. On our Hike out we met some folks from New Zealand and a touring group from England. Their accent was so strong, I could hardly understand a word.
Later that afternoon we all went on a tour of the Hoover Dam, which is pretty amazing. In view of the Grand Canyon a mere plug in the river, but an amazing plug at any rate. The fortitude of those men who did the labor is awe-inspiring. There is apparently enough concrete in there to make a 4 foot wide sidewalk all the way around the earth. Again Pretty impressive. However, after feasting my eyes on the depth and width of the Grand Canyon I am oh so blown away by the power of God, who with the words of his mouth created all we see.
We made our way home on Tuesday and finally got there Thursday evening. It was great to be home but the journey was great. I was very tiered but I very much enjoyed the trip. As I think about that very truth I realize that life is just like that. Will we look back on life from heaven and say, It is so good to be home with Jesus, but the journey was great. Though it was a lifetime, I met so many wonderful people. I had a family of which will be here with me, and most of all on the journey, I met Christ.
What will your story tell? Will you look back and say that you enjoyed the journey. Though it is long and very hard, it was good. Many blessings to you all. Pray for us and let us know to pray for you.
Grace and Peace,
Brad
Friday, April 10, 2009
Where has the year Gone
Easter is upon us, Passover is gone, and the rest of 2009 is knocking at the door. Time will get away from you if you are not careful. We have been doing great, not to slow, but not as busy as we would like to be. We continually pray for opportunity to share our music and the hope we have in Christ. We have continually been writing new music and growing more passionate about the Church. Our schedule has not allowed us to really put the creative time we would like to toward working on our new music as a band. But will begin to sort through what we have.
We just arrived home from FBC Dallas and we are worn out. Slap out if you will, whatever that means. I have heard it so many times, I guess it means really worn out. We had an amazing time there with Justin Hillhouse and his students there. They put together a huge event called OneDay and at the end gave away a Jeep Liberty. A seventh Grade girl won the Jeep, but more importantly there were I think, 11 to 15 decisions for Christ. Gotta be careful with those numbers, you know those ministerial numbers can get out of hand. At any rate, numbers in the end are souls and lives were changed on Wednesday night and God let us be apart of that. We are so thankful for it and we would have driven twice that far to see students come to know Christ.
We will be off to Nashville, TN at Grace Baptist this coming Wednesday night and then on to Greenville, IL. If you are close we would love to see you.
If you are one of our devoted prayer worriers and we need them desperately, pray for us. We have some pressing needs like workspace when we are home to get organized and practice ect. Second, our sound system is wearing down. We have put some serious miles on our sound system. It really has become a huge part of our ministry. It is nice to have quality sound to offer when these churches are unable to bring in adequate sound to support and make the message clear. So pray that we would trust God, seek His face in how to make our ministry/ small business effective and excellent. We want to be good stewards of what has been given.
We are also working hard on hosting our own conferences in the fall. So keep your eyes and ears open to how you can be apart of those. Please email us if you have anything we can pray for you about. If we can serve you in any way please don’t hesitate to call us.
Grace and Peace to you guys,
Brad, Will, Aaron, Steven
We just arrived home from FBC Dallas and we are worn out. Slap out if you will, whatever that means. I have heard it so many times, I guess it means really worn out. We had an amazing time there with Justin Hillhouse and his students there. They put together a huge event called OneDay and at the end gave away a Jeep Liberty. A seventh Grade girl won the Jeep, but more importantly there were I think, 11 to 15 decisions for Christ. Gotta be careful with those numbers, you know those ministerial numbers can get out of hand. At any rate, numbers in the end are souls and lives were changed on Wednesday night and God let us be apart of that. We are so thankful for it and we would have driven twice that far to see students come to know Christ.
We will be off to Nashville, TN at Grace Baptist this coming Wednesday night and then on to Greenville, IL. If you are close we would love to see you.
If you are one of our devoted prayer worriers and we need them desperately, pray for us. We have some pressing needs like workspace when we are home to get organized and practice ect. Second, our sound system is wearing down. We have put some serious miles on our sound system. It really has become a huge part of our ministry. It is nice to have quality sound to offer when these churches are unable to bring in adequate sound to support and make the message clear. So pray that we would trust God, seek His face in how to make our ministry/ small business effective and excellent. We want to be good stewards of what has been given.
We are also working hard on hosting our own conferences in the fall. So keep your eyes and ears open to how you can be apart of those. Please email us if you have anything we can pray for you about. If we can serve you in any way please don’t hesitate to call us.
Grace and Peace to you guys,
Brad, Will, Aaron, Steven
Saturday, March 14, 2009
just a thought for today
We get the opportunity to travel all over the country and visit with the church and see her in her different forms from Las Vegas to Missouri. There are many differences, as you would surmise. However, there are many similarities there in. One thing I have noticed from time to time is that often times when we talk about Satan we tend to give him more credit that he should deserve. Now don’t get me wrong, he is powerful but lets face it in the end he is a looser. Now he knows of his coming demise. He is fully aware that he cannot and will not win. So from now until then he is doing his best to take as many of us down with Him as he can.
For instance, a joke I am reminded of where Satan is seated on a set of steps going into a small church crying and during his pity party God almighty walks up and asked the question. “What is wrong with you?” Satan begins to tell how they are inside there blaming him for all the bad that is happening there and then says but I have not been here in months.
The truth is Satan would not be upset if they were giving him credit, but he would gladly take it for himself. Often times we try to say of our sin, that Satan made me do it. When the truth of the matter is the temptation is not always Satan, many times it is our own sinfulness. Man is truly fallen, depraved if you will.
Do you ever just get frustrated with your own sin. Our humanity wants to blame Satan and take the focus off of us. But we will be better for it if we take ownership of our sinful nature. The fact of the matter is God has made a way for us to overcome this fallen state we find ourselves. I have heard some ask the question, How could God love men and send men to hell? Please hear the truth, God does not send people to hell but he has made a way for us to have eternal life through the death of Christ.
To often we give Satan credit for our sinfulness and I am sure his head blows up and you begin to think of Him as more powerful than he really is. Respect your enemy of coarse, but remind yourself that God almighty is the creator of all things and His Holiness is greater than anything Satan can be. For you believers, who have been purchased by the blood of the Lamb, Hold your heads high and know that God’s Holiness is now your own. We have not only been justified through Christ, but God has also adopted us into His eternal family.
The next time you are faced with temptation be it your own doing or Satan doing his best to make you stray remind yourself who you are. Remind yourself you are the Child of the King of Kings and a member of His family. Satan is a looser and he knows it, though an injured and dying Lion is dangerous the truth there in is that he will die. You don’t have to let him take you with Him.
For instance, a joke I am reminded of where Satan is seated on a set of steps going into a small church crying and during his pity party God almighty walks up and asked the question. “What is wrong with you?” Satan begins to tell how they are inside there blaming him for all the bad that is happening there and then says but I have not been here in months.
The truth is Satan would not be upset if they were giving him credit, but he would gladly take it for himself. Often times we try to say of our sin, that Satan made me do it. When the truth of the matter is the temptation is not always Satan, many times it is our own sinfulness. Man is truly fallen, depraved if you will.
Do you ever just get frustrated with your own sin. Our humanity wants to blame Satan and take the focus off of us. But we will be better for it if we take ownership of our sinful nature. The fact of the matter is God has made a way for us to overcome this fallen state we find ourselves. I have heard some ask the question, How could God love men and send men to hell? Please hear the truth, God does not send people to hell but he has made a way for us to have eternal life through the death of Christ.
To often we give Satan credit for our sinfulness and I am sure his head blows up and you begin to think of Him as more powerful than he really is. Respect your enemy of coarse, but remind yourself that God almighty is the creator of all things and His Holiness is greater than anything Satan can be. For you believers, who have been purchased by the blood of the Lamb, Hold your heads high and know that God’s Holiness is now your own. We have not only been justified through Christ, but God has also adopted us into His eternal family.
The next time you are faced with temptation be it your own doing or Satan doing his best to make you stray remind yourself who you are. Remind yourself you are the Child of the King of Kings and a member of His family. Satan is a looser and he knows it, though an injured and dying Lion is dangerous the truth there in is that he will die. You don’t have to let him take you with Him.
Monday, March 9, 2009
To Texas and Back again
We just returned from our third trip to Sugarland/ Houston Texas area and the last of 6 events in Texas since the end of January. We are by no means complaining, we have enjoyed ourselves in Texas. This last trip was a great weekend with some sweet people.
This weekend we also had the opportunity to serve along side Mike Satterfield. He did an amazing job relaying the Gospel and teaching the word. We are praying for Him as God has moved him away from Shelby Crossings in Birmingham, Al to full-time evangelism. If you need a quality preacher for your event look up Mike Satterfield
Wilcrest Baptist in Houston was one of the most memorable churches we have ever had the opportunity to serve. It was by far the most multicultural church we have ever served and will most likely be one we remember for many years to come. It is not often sadly that you see an established Bapstist church that is really willing to get out of their comfort zone and move to a place where they are not reaching people who look just like them, but they are reaching their community whatever ethnicity they may be. They are doing an amazing work. We hope they continue to expand their borders and impact their community. It has been great our last two trips to Houston we have really had the same experience. James Darby's church Body of Faith was a similar case to Wilcrest. The only difference was Body of Faith was a new work altogether, coincidentally James was once the Youth Minister at Wilcrest and Body of Faith is a church plant from Wilcrest. So they really are sending out and displaying what a church should be. We pray that they don't get comfortable where they are and we hope they don't forget their first love.
There is so much potential there for continued impact.
We are blessed to travel all over the place and we rarely see what we have seen in these past couple of Churches in Houston. Lets face it folks, the church as a whole is missing it. We are only reaching people just like us and scripture says he died for the world and go ye therefore to all nations. Not just white people or black people. We need to grow up and stop being so selfish about who we worship along side. There is a lost and dying world and we have the answer for life. So stand up church meet the challenge and impact your community. It can be done, it has to be done. The best way to do it is with Love.
Love Wins,
Will, Aaron, Steven and Brad
This weekend we also had the opportunity to serve along side Mike Satterfield. He did an amazing job relaying the Gospel and teaching the word. We are praying for Him as God has moved him away from Shelby Crossings in Birmingham, Al to full-time evangelism. If you need a quality preacher for your event look up Mike Satterfield
Wilcrest Baptist in Houston was one of the most memorable churches we have ever had the opportunity to serve. It was by far the most multicultural church we have ever served and will most likely be one we remember for many years to come. It is not often sadly that you see an established Bapstist church that is really willing to get out of their comfort zone and move to a place where they are not reaching people who look just like them, but they are reaching their community whatever ethnicity they may be. They are doing an amazing work. We hope they continue to expand their borders and impact their community. It has been great our last two trips to Houston we have really had the same experience. James Darby's church Body of Faith was a similar case to Wilcrest. The only difference was Body of Faith was a new work altogether, coincidentally James was once the Youth Minister at Wilcrest and Body of Faith is a church plant from Wilcrest. So they really are sending out and displaying what a church should be. We pray that they don't get comfortable where they are and we hope they don't forget their first love.
There is so much potential there for continued impact.
We are blessed to travel all over the place and we rarely see what we have seen in these past couple of Churches in Houston. Lets face it folks, the church as a whole is missing it. We are only reaching people just like us and scripture says he died for the world and go ye therefore to all nations. Not just white people or black people. We need to grow up and stop being so selfish about who we worship along side. There is a lost and dying world and we have the answer for life. So stand up church meet the challenge and impact your community. It can be done, it has to be done. The best way to do it is with Love.
Love Wins,
Will, Aaron, Steven and Brad
Monday, January 26, 2009
new album available now!
"Goodbye is not forever" is now available on Itunes! Don't miss your chance to experience the last Seraph concert with Joe, Anthony and Matt. Hear some great stories and unique live versions of your favorite seraph songs. You can get a free sample of the new record by going to seraph6.net and clicking on the "free download" link. If you like what you hear... head on over to itunes and download all 18 tracks. In the next few months look for us in Texas, Illinois, Missouri and even all the way out to Las Vegas again. Please be faithful to pray for our ministry as we set out on a busy spring touring season. Pray that God will continue to open doors for our ministry and that we would be faithful to follow where HE leads. We hope to see you soon.
Friday, January 16, 2009
January is leaving fast and the year presses on!
It is cold out side and January is quickly coming to an end. We had an amazing time up in Illinois last month and we have really enjoyed all the comments from you guys.
Yesterday we had the unique pleasure of traveling over to Milton, FL. To 1330 AM WEBY talk radio. We were able to sit down and chat with Anthony Daughtery about transitions and our new release. You can see some of that interview on Youtube over the next few days. We will release a new video every other day or so with excerpts from our time over there. I believe the interview will air on 1330 WEBY on Sunday January 25th from 11am- 11:30am.
You can also stream it from their website.
We are really looking forward to our upcoming dates. We will really get started touring hard at the end of the month. We will be doing our best to update the twitter daily and our myspace. Keep and eye on our Youtube channel for new videos from our adventure.
Also the biggest news is on January 27th we will be officially releasing “Goodbye is not Forever”. This will be a complete live show of all the guys that toured with us for the past year and a half. As many of you know three of the guys have moved on to do something different from Seraph. We will miss those guys but the great things they added to our band and concert have been immortalized on disc. You can own a copy of this event that was as candid as you will hear from the Seraph boys we told stories from the road, about songs and we changed up some songs for this event. There are things you will never be able to get except on this recording. So, January 27th go to iTunes and Download “Goodbye is Not Forever”.
We hope to see you at our next event. Blessings to all of you guys.
You can send any questions or comments to info@seraph6.net
We would love to hear from you.
Grace and Peace,
Brad, Aaron, Steven, and Will
P.S. Download your free song at www.seraph6.net !
Yesterday we had the unique pleasure of traveling over to Milton, FL. To 1330 AM WEBY talk radio. We were able to sit down and chat with Anthony Daughtery about transitions and our new release. You can see some of that interview on Youtube over the next few days. We will release a new video every other day or so with excerpts from our time over there. I believe the interview will air on 1330 WEBY on Sunday January 25th from 11am- 11:30am.
You can also stream it from their website.
We are really looking forward to our upcoming dates. We will really get started touring hard at the end of the month. We will be doing our best to update the twitter daily and our myspace. Keep and eye on our Youtube channel for new videos from our adventure.
Also the biggest news is on January 27th we will be officially releasing “Goodbye is not Forever”. This will be a complete live show of all the guys that toured with us for the past year and a half. As many of you know three of the guys have moved on to do something different from Seraph. We will miss those guys but the great things they added to our band and concert have been immortalized on disc. You can own a copy of this event that was as candid as you will hear from the Seraph boys we told stories from the road, about songs and we changed up some songs for this event. There are things you will never be able to get except on this recording. So, January 27th go to iTunes and Download “Goodbye is Not Forever”.
We hope to see you at our next event. Blessings to all of you guys.
You can send any questions or comments to info@seraph6.net
We would love to hear from you.
Grace and Peace,
Brad, Aaron, Steven, and Will
P.S. Download your free song at www.seraph6.net !
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