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Introduction
Introduction
On the day I gave my life to Jesus in August in 1978, I knew that He had given me music for His purposes somehow. There and then it was in the Salvation Army playing my cornet and singing for Him. As the 80’s arrived and electronic music beckoned I persuaded my Mum and Dad to let me have an old piano and taught myself a few chords. With that I was invited into my first ever band. ‘Dove’ with some friends from other Salvation Army Corps. As the years went by and seasons changed, including meeting Tracy ! We played and sang together with friends in a couple other bands. ‘Primary Objective’ and ‘Three Men In A Furnace (TMF)’ These were days of learning how to give gifts of worship to God in new ways. Exploring songwriting, recording and connection with many people both in the city, across the UK and once even on a mission trip to Los Angeles. I didn’t know it then, but God had me in training and the more I allowed Him to guide, the deeper I was going into His purposes. In these formative years I was very grateful to friends like Brian Lucas at Smallthorne Salvation Army who always covered me and spoke up for me when trying something new in worship. Also to the likes of Brian Barber and John Hibberts at Swan Bank who allowed grace to grow and Spiritual food to sustain. All this had been part of God’s design, leading Tracy and I into where this story of Presence Worship begins. It’s really important to say that, whilst I’m writing this chronological history in the first person, it should be read understanding that we have not come this far without struggles, questions, even doubts about whether we’d heard God correctly. Between the lines of these pages we oer our deep gratitude to God for His faithfulness to us through friends on a journey and for His supernatural provision over all our family..
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