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Jun 11 2019

Matthew West: Unplugged Acoustic Show

Come and see Matthew West perform live at the Seaside Pavilion on Friday, August 16th. Hear “All In”, “Broken Things” and many more!

Join the Q&A and meet Matthew West with a $15 ticket add-on!

Place: Seaside Pavilion

8 6th Street, Old Orchard Beach, Maine 04064

Written by Andrew Walker · Tagged: concert, music, night, worship

Jun 11 2019

Mark Schultz: Unplugged Acoustic Show

Come and see Mark Schultz perform live at Seaside Pavilion on Friday, July 19th. Hear “He’s My Son”, “Letters From War” and many more!

Join the Q&A and meet Mark Schultz with a $15 ticket add-on!

Place: Seaside Pavilion

8 6th Street, Old Orchard Beach, Maine 04064

Written by Andrew Walker · Tagged: concert, music, night, worship

Jun 11 2019

Big Daddy Weave: Unplugged Acoustic Show

Come and see Big Daddy Weave perform live at the Seaside Pavilion on Friday, June 21st. Hear “Love Come to Life” and “Beautiful Offerings” and many more!

Join the Pre-Show Q&A and meet Big Daddy Weave with a $15 ticket add-on!

Place: Seaside Pavilion

8 6th Street, Old Orchard Beach, Maine 04064

Written by Andrew Walker · Tagged: concert, music, night, worship

Mar 22 2019

Two Dozen Pastors Are Already Collaborating About the UB Summer Worship Night

The UniteBoston Summer worship night will take place in August, but the planning has already begun! On Tuesday March 19th, two dozen pastors and leaders gathered into a room at Park Street Church to collaborate together about the UniteBoston worship night. Special thanks to Pastor Michael Balboni from Park Street Church for hosting us, as well as The Well Coffeehouse for donating the coffee and pastries!

The gathering was led by Kelly Fassett, UniteBoston’s team leader, and Chloe Gaydos, UniteBoston’s worship night coordinator and band manager. The afternoon began with sharing why Christian unity matters and the history of the UniteBoston worship night. Tom Baskett also shared a powerful testimony from his experience directing last year’s worship team. Click here to check out the photo gallery and a video from last year’s summer worship night.

The ministry leaders also broke up into collaborative groups to dream about what each person wanted to see at a public worship night, and how participating in the worship night might impact local congregations. Here are a few key ideas that people shared:

  • Testimonies and spoken word
  • Highlighting the diversity to understand what we’re seeing/experiencing through different forms of worship
  • Incorporate building relationships across churches/traditions
  • Evangelism – Prayer tent, potentially part of a serve weekend
  • Supporting young adults and their role in the leadership of the church
  • Organizing the evening around God’s big story, including creation, the fall, lamenting our disunity publicly, and redemption in Jesus Christ
  • Do you have any other ideas? Please email kelly@uniteboston.com with anything you’d like to see at the UB worship night! 
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Lohones, Park Street Church

 

Key themes from the collaboration time that emerged with the group

Finally, Chloe Gaydos went through the practicals of the worship night, including different options for the budget. Click here to view the Powerpoint presentation from the afternoon.

The beautiful thing about a vision like this is that it will take all of us participating in different ways, through prayer, resources, and finances, so we’d love to have you involved! If you are a pastor or ministry leader, please click here to take our 2-minute survey about how you’d like you and your church to be involved. If you are interested in volunteering on one of the teams, including the musician, logistics, or prayer teams, email Chloe Gaydos, ccgaydos@gmail.com.  We are pleased to share that $3,300 has been pledged thusfar for the worship night – yahoo!

We really appreciate your prayers and support for this opportunity to worship Jesus in the heart of Boston.  We know that a public worship night is just one of many ways by which Christians can attest to the reconciling power of the gospel, for the glory of God and the good of the city – Thank you for joining in!

With hope,

Kelly Fassett and Chloe Gaydos

Written by uniteboston · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: boston common, collaboration, collaborative, feedback, gazebo, leaders, ministry, night, pastors, uniteboston, worship

Jan 26 2019

Reconnecting with Jamaican Roots on the UB Worship Team

Jordan Knott is our guest blogger this week. You may have seen Jordan up on stage at last summer’s Worship Night as a vocalist on the UB worship team. Modeling unity within diversity, our song set was created by each worship team member choosing a song that represented their own background, which was then taught to the whole team. This led Jordan into important conversations with her mother and grandmother where she rediscovered her Jamaican roots – Read about her experience below! 


UniteBoston worship night, with over 1,000 people in attendance. Photo Credit: Elijah Mickelson

When I first attended the UniteBoston Worship Night in 2017, I knew that there was something special about this event. It was so refreshing to be able worship together in a busy public space as one big family in Christ. I loved the fact that curious strangers could walk by and witness God’s love and unity at work in our city, and even have the opportunity to join in the music. For this reason, I felt compelled to contribute to the planning of UniteBoston’s summer worship night. Though I live outside of Boston, I continued to stay up-to-date with UniteBoston by following UB on social media until I saw a post about volunteering for the 2018 Worship Night.

Serving on the worship team was such a blessing. For the last 6 years, I had been leading worship at my church, The Shepherd’s House in Woburn, MA. It was great to be able to connect with other worship leaders and expand my community with other brothers and sisters in Christ in Massachusetts. Though I was one of the few new members on the team, they embraced me and became a family to me. I was able to worship freely and comfortably with the diversity of dedicated and talented musicians.

Jordan with some new friends that she made through UniteBoston.

 

Jordan singing alongside the team of vocalists. Photo Credit: Koo Chung

As part of the worship team, I was given the opportunity to contribute a worship song to the setlist that represented my Jamaican background. In searching for a song, I dug into childhood memories of family cookouts and church elders dancing to Reggae gospel songs. I enlisted the help of my mother and maternal grandmother to pick the song. This led to sweet moments with my mom and grandma: we sang songs together, which helped me understand each song’s sentimental value and how the songs brought them closer to God.

The song that we ended up choosing was “Caribbean Medley” by Donnie McClurkin. On the day of the event, I saw people dancing and letting loose to such a unique and fun worship song with powerful lyrics. My family was proud of me for representing Jamaican worship music.

Jordan with her grandmother and mother

After the concert, I was even approached by a UB Worship Night attendee who was also Jamaican-American. He thanked me for singing a song he knew well, a song of his culture. It felt good to connect with a fellow believer in that way. Apart from sharing my own culture, I am so thankful to have experienced other cultures and music from our diverse worship team. Together, we worshipped in over four languages, and a variety of styles from our different denominations.

Serving on the team allowed me to witness people throughout the city excitedly joining together in the love of God and music that we share. During the concert, I looked out on the crowd and saw my family, my church, my college fellowship, and co-workers all worshipping God together. I don’t know what other event would collide all my church families throughout Massachusetts like this. I am grateful for what UniteBoston is doing for God’s glory in Boston and beyond.

Jordan singing as part of the team of vocalists. Photo Credit: Koo Chung

 

The 2018 UB Worship Team. Photo Credit: Elijah Mickelson

Jordan Knott graduated from University of Massachusetts in 2017, where she was heavily involved in international student ministry on campus. She currently is a Boston-based writer and freelancer in film and television. 

Check out a photo gallery and video from the 2018 Worship Night here! Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter or follow us on Facebook to receive updates about the upcoming 2019 summer worship night.

Written by uniteboston · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: diversity, jamaican, night, summer, uniteboston, unity, worship

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