The “sweet spot”, this is how Michael Whitaker Smith describes the current stage in his life. With a successful career tracing back to the early 1980s, during which time he has sold almost 20 million albums and won countless awards, Michael says his biggest challenge now is for people not […]
Music
Joyful celebration of Jesus in Witbank
[notice]Patsy Fulton shares the passion for Jesus that was expressed at this year’s Witbank 4 Jesus family music festival.[/notice] The roar of the motorbike cavalcade built to a crescendo as en masse bikers entered the gates of Cambridge Private School, in the picturesque suburb of Del Judor Extension 4, Witbank. The […]
‘How good and pleasant it is’ — Burn 24/7 founder
[notice]In this article posted on his blog today, Burn 24/7 movement founder Sean Feucht who was in South Africa last week, reflects on the centrality of worship and unity in the heart of God — and on SA’s potential to “break the demons of genocide, perversion and corruption through a […]
Write your own Songs for Ascension and Pentecost
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] You are a Worship Leader who loves Jesus and gets absorbed in meditation on every aspect of His life among us here on earth. You are sensitive to the leading […]
Sidetracked with Retief Burger: an every-day worshiper
[notice]A monthly interview column in which Mike Beets tunes into the heartbeat of Christian musicians and the SA Christian music industry.[/notice] After taking a sabbatical to focus on his church ministry Retief Burger is back with his first solo worship offering. Retief enjoyed enormous success with four Luidkeels albums; three […]
Songs that reflect God’s heart for foreigners in our land
[notice]Songwriter and student of worship trends, Hugh Wetmore, says that while feeling deeply stirred by the xenophobia crisis in South Africa “I found a message rising in my spirit around some songs I’d written a while back”. He shares the message in this special edition of his monthly column[/notice] The […]
WATCH: Video Of the Week: April 23, 2015 — SA Christian artists release song against xenophobia
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] South African Christian recording artists Neville D, Judith Sephuma and Patrick Duncan have collaborated to produce a song and music video in […]
Sean Feucht and friends in Cape Town, PE and Joburg in May
Sean Feucht, founder of the Burn 24/7 movement which is blazing in more than 100 cities around the world and Andy Byrd leader of Fire and Fragrance School, Kona, Hawaii, will be leading worship events in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg in early May. They will be at Bay […]
When worship is boring and apathetic
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] As a talented Worship Leader handed over his responsibility to his successor, due to new work requirements that take him away many Sundays, he wrote to me […]
Sidetracked with Tree 63: rock legends bringing out new album
[notice]A monthly interview column in which Mike Beets tunes into the heartbeat of Christian musicians and the SA Christian music industry.[/notice] After a seven year hiatus the legend that is Tree63 is back! Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and some studio time in Nashville the boys are getting geared to […]
