Scripture Untangled

Season 11: Episode 1 | Joel Augé | How a New Worship Initiative is Uniting Churches Across Canada?

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• Royal Anthems Songs Camp Produces 16 New Songs: At the first camp, worship leaders from 10 provinces were represented. Although most of them had never written songs before, by the end of the camp they had written 16 new songs!
• “Sing a new song to the LORD! Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!” Psalm 96:1. There are spiritual things happening and we’re joining in. It’s a call to the Canadian Church to join in on what is already happening with new songs.
• Why Doesn’t the Canadian Church Sing Canadian Songs? Because we as the Canadian church haven’t been creating songs. The Royal Anthems project is building the infrastructure to enable Canadian worship pastors and leaders to write songs.
• Scripture is a Songwriting Guidebook: Aligning song lyrics with the Words of Scripture enables worship leaders to ensure that the words they are putting into the mouths of believers is the Truth.
• Why Start Sunday Worship with Praise Music? A soft, fertile heart is more likely to grab onto the lessons He wants to teach us. And music for some reason does that.

Joel Augé is the Chief Growth Officer at Crossroads and loves to create media that has both social and spiritual impact. He is the author of numerous patents, most recently in the blockchain space. A creative and innovative serial entrepreneur, when others zig, Joel likes to zag. Before joining Crossroads, Joel founded FAN.SI, a company focused on solving one of the biggest problems in the music industry: regular income for artists.

A co-founder and CEO of HitGrab, RealmSmith, and Mythroll Armory, he has years of experience conceiving and developing new businesses. If that were not enough, Joel is also a talented artist and singer-songwriter who has appeared on Crossroads, YES TV, and other media platforms.

Lorna Dueck has explored the intersection of journalism and Christianity for over 30 years. Her most recent full-time role was as CEO of Crossroads Christian Communications, Inc. and the show, “Context with Lorna Dueck”.

Lorna was a regular commentary writer on faith and public life in Canada’s leading national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and is a frequent media commentator. She has travelled the world reporting on church-led response to humanitarian crisis.

Lorna earned a Master of Arts in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College. She has received honorary doctorate degrees from Trinity, Tyndale, Briercrest and Wycliffe Universities. Lorna has received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian society.

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