Speakers and Artists
As a Dove-Award winning songwriter, Paul has written hundreds of songs that have been featured on a variety of albums. He has written many popular songs including "Open the Eyes of my Heart", "Above All", "Praise Adonai", "Offering", and "My Reward", which was the top charting song on Inspirational Radio in 2004. In addition to his songwriting success, Paul has been playing guitar and teaching professionally for over 20 years and recently developed the "Modern Worship Series" DVD's that are designed to help worship leaders and musicians expand their guitar-playing skills, equipping them to play some of the more challenging praise and worship styles of today. For over fifteen years he has served as the Worship Pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas.
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Born in Fairbanks, AK, in 1971, guitarist/singer/songwriter Lincoln Brewster was playing drums, guitar, and mandolin by the age of seven. By 12 he was fronting his own band, Lincoln and the Missing Links, with his mother Cheryl on bass and vocals. He moved to California at 15 and joined the high school jazz and marching band. By 19, through a series of connection in Los Angeles, he had the opportunity to sign a major record contract but found that his personal life was spinning out of control. Christianity provided for Brewster the tools and the solace he needed to continue not only making music, but to make it in a way that celebrated his newfound faith. He became a much sough-after session musician, touring with Journey's Steve Perry for well over a year. After a brief stint in Oklahoma, Brewster and his wife relocated to Nashville to help build The Oasis Church, where he signed with the faith-based Integrity label and began recording his own music. He has since released Live to Worship in 2000, Amazed in 2002, All to You... Live in 2005, and Let the Praises Ring – The Best of Lincoln Brewster in 2006 that featured the chart toping song “Everlasting God”.
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Ross Parsley has served as Worship Pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, since 1991. He is the founder and president of the New Life School of Worship, and is passionate about training and equipping young men and women to be worship pastors and leaders in local church ministry. Ross has been leading worship and teaching for over 20 years, and is the worship leader on several Integrity Music recordings including “My Savior Lives” and “I Am Free”. His philosophy of the generations working and worshipping together is evident in the team of leaders and songwriters at New Life. Their songs have quickly become worship favorites in churches around the world. Ross is devoted to the love of his life, Aimee, and their five wonderful children, Zachary, Taylor, Grace, Ethan, and Owen.
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Glenn Packiam is a an Associate Worship Pastor at New Life Church and the Director of New Life School of Worship in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the worship leader for New Life's college ministry, theMILL, and is one of the worship leaders and songwriters for the Desperation Band, the worship team for New Life's Student Ministries. The Desperation Band's albums My Savior Lives, Who You Are, From the Rooftops, and Desperation appear on the Integrity Music label. Glenn's worship songs, like "Your Name", "Everyone (Praises)", "My Savior Lives", and "We Lift You Up", are somehow actually being sung in churches all over the world. What all this means is that Glenn attends a lot of meetings, talks to a lot of people, plays a lot of music, and drinks a lot of coffee. And all of that eventually led to a book. Glenn is the author of Butterfly in Brazil: How Your Life Can Make a World of Difference, published by Tyndale House.
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Raised on the west coast of Canada in Abbotsford B.C., Brian Doerksen has always had a passion for expressing worship through music. In the late 90’s he lived in the UK for 2 years, where he trained worship leaders and songwriters in the UK and Ireland and produced ‘Hungry’ (Best Worship Project 2001 Praise Awards – Worship Leader Magazine) and “Come now is the time”. After returning to live in Canada , he continued to produce for Vineyard Music and then did his first recording with Integrity in Dublin , Ireland called “YOU SHINE” in 2002. Brian was presented with the “International Award” in 2003 by the Gospel Music Association in America .
His songs include “Come, now is the time to worship”, which is currently in the top 5 on the CCLI charts. Other songs include ‘Hope of the nations’, ‘Faithful One’, ‘Refiner’s Fire’, and ‘Hallelujah (Your love is amazing)’.
“TODAY” , his latest recording with Integrity was released in the summer of 2004 on CD and DVD and was the #2 selling Christian CD in Canada for 2004. “Today” is also one of the featured songs for the summer 05 gatherings of Promise Keepers in the USA . In May 2005, Brian received two SHAI awards ( Canada ’s People’s Choice Gospel Music Awards); “Worship Album of the year” for “TODAY” & “Male Soloist of the Year”.
He and his family (wife of 20 years Joyce, and 6 children) live in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
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NewLifeWorship is the worship ministry of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Led by Worship Pastor, Ross Parsley, NewLifeWorship is all about helping people experience the living presence of God and develop a life of worship. Whether it takes the form of leading worship for the many services at New Life Church or coaching individuals in their walk with God, local church ministry is at the core of who they are. Every album made, and every training resource and environment they’ve developed—from the ENTER Worship Conference to the New Life School of Worship—is designed with the local church in mind.
Because of Ross’s philosophy of the “family worship table”, NewLifeWorship is worship that spans the generations, from remakes of classic hymns to the rock edge of the Desperation Band. NewLifeWorship reflects one worshipping church in love with Jesus Christ.
In partnership with Integrity Music, Ross Parsley and NewLifeWorship have released multiple albums, including the worshipmusic.com Album of the Year, My Savior Lives. Songs like “I Am Free”, “Your Name”, “My Savior Lives”, “Rescue”, “Amazed”, and many other modern worship favorites have come from the team of worship leaders and songwriters that are part of NewLifeWorship. Their new album, Counting on God, releases in September, 2008.
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