RED ROCKS WORSHIP RELEASES NEW EP,
THINGS OF HEAVEN (WHERE WE COME FROM)
This one feels like home. This one feels like church. - Red Rocks Church Pastor Shawn Johnson
From left to right: Kory Miller, Jake Espy, Jessica Parsons, Tyler Roberts, Jerrica Matrone, and Jimmy Johnson
2021/03/19.RedRocksWorshipReleasesNewEPToday.asp NEWS SOURCE: Merge PR March 19, 2021
NASHVILLE, TENN./ DENVER, CO. (MARCH 19, 2021) Today, Red Rocks Worship releases the new six-song EP, Things of Heaven (Where We Come From)(Essential Worship/Provident Label Group), which is the first installment of two-part EP with part two releasing later this year. Both Things of Heaven EPs offer songs for the listener that focus on the here-and-now of the kingdom, reminding worshipers that if the presence of God is here, so is heaven. The live videos for the songs "I Will Trust" and "Breathe Miracles" also debut today (see below).
Seven years ago Red Rocks Worship released their church worship independent debut EP, which surprised the group going to No. 1 on the iTunes' Top Christian and Gospel Albums chart. Since the launch of the group as an extension of the Red Rocks Church in Denver, Co., they have released three full-length albums that have gone beyond their expectations and church walls. Their hit song, "Breakthrough," has garnered more than 21 million audio streams and allowed the group to reach a broader audience as they release today's new project. In a time and place when life feels particularly hard, monotonous, and uncertain, Things of Heaven brings hope of change, hope that God is moving and will continue to do so, and hope that heaven is indeed here.
“These are songs for people to put in their toolbox,” shares original Red Rocks Worship member Tyler Roberts. “These are tools for people to fight the enemy with. And these are songs to speak and to sing out and to experience the presence of the Lord when you don’t know what else to say, when you don’t really understand.”
Red Rocks’ lead pastor Shawn Johnson told Roberts regarding the new project, “This one feels like home. This one feels like church.”
This new collection from Red Rocks Worship is unique in that it was written and recorded during the pandemic last year when everything changed for churches, including at Red Rocks. All of their writing sessions moved to Zoom and instead of the individual worship leaders each leading worship on one of the four Colorado campuses, they were leading worship together weekly for virtual online services.
“We got to be on the same stage,” says Roberts. “We got to feel the passion from each other. We got to feed off each other….all kinds of creativity came out of that.”
This united creative front was much needed in the church during a year like 2020. With fear and anxiety in abundance, the Red Rocks team got to work writing these anthems as a way to change their [church’s] perspective and bring heaven to earth.
Tonight the group will celebrate the album with an live online release party on their YouTube page at 8 pm Central.
ABOUT RED ROCKS WORSHIP: Red Rocks Worship is the expression of a dynamic community called Red Rocks Church comprised of worshipers, creatives, songwriters, friends and family all seeking to bring people closer to God. Based in Denver yet with campuses and reach around the globe, Red Rocks Church and Red Rocks Worship exists to make Heaven more crowded. "We are ONE church in multiple locations. We desire to be a home for the prodigal, an authentic people, humble, generous, and unified. We want everyone to know the only way, the truth, and the life found in Jesus.” - Red Rocks Church
This Tuesday, September 15
SINGLES Grace Frances The Promised Land - Single (independent)
This Friday, September 18
ALBUMS Anthony Brown & group therAPy Full Disclosure [Tyscot] Cory Asbury Outsing The Angels [BEC] Bellsburg Sessions Back to Bellsburg (The Songs of Rich Mullins) [Old Bear] Franni Cash Here I Am [Capitol CMG] for KING & COUNTRY the most beautiful colours [Curb Records] Hillside Recording Proverbs & Prayers (Morning) (independent) Jaye King All God, Not Me [Centricity] Living Again Living Again II (independent) Joseph O'Brien What's Good For Me? [Gotee] Set For The Fall I Said What I Said [Vere] Zauntee GOD REMEMBERS [BEC]
SINGLES 2 Lane Summer Lean On Me - Single [QHMG] Alphein HIGHER - Single [Syntax] Chris Caro Outcast - Single [Syntax] ChristianXXII Lift Me Up - Single [Dream] Anne Elise Changing - Single [NCS] Evelyn Cormier + Rain City Worship The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) - Single [BEC] Dex the nerd who loves Jesus I'm So Old School - Single [Syntax] Dreamers The God Who Goes Before Me - Single [Dream] eddieM Your Way - Single [Syntax] Exline Key West - Single (independent) Future of Forestry Density of a Star - Single (independent) Grace Graber Jericho - Single (independent) Josh Grove I'm Done Running - Single (independent) EJ Swavv, MAYIA WARREN & Bill B. God Did - Single [Syntax] Harvey Watkins Jr. and The Canton Spirituals Still Winning - Single [WayNorth] iNTELLECT, Elan Brio Good Vibe - Single [Polished Arrow] The Kingdom Heirs I Take It To The Lord - Single [Sonlite] Leem of the Earth The Greatest Gift - Single [Velvet Blue] The Lighthouse Boys America Bless God - Single (independent) Steven Malcolm Kick It To My Twin (ft. DreBreeze Da Godson & DKG KIE) - Single [Curb] Miles Minnick, Lecrae, nobigdyl. Christlike University - Single [Reach] Kevi Morse It's your time - Single [Syntax] Lloyd Nicks Can't Take My Eyes Off Heaven - Single [Curb] Northview Worship Praise God for His Mercy - Single [BEC] outr.cty Beautiful Dreamer - Single [Syntax] Matthew Plante GOD FEARING! - Single [Dream] Q-Flo Wild Flower 8 - Single [Syntax] QEW & Cyrus Sonata Majin - Single [Syntax] Xander Sallows hidden treasure - Single [Dream] Allan Scott Foxhole Prayers - Single [Dream] Victory House Worship Returning - Single (independent) Tauren Wells Here Comes the Church (feat. Tiffany Hudson) - Single [Capitol CMG] Matthew West Younger Me - Single [Story House / Provident] Whosoever South Y'all My People - Single (independent)
VINYL Newsboys Not Ashamed [Magenta] Vinyl [Girder]
Next Tuesday, September 22
ALBUMS PFR Target & The Arrow (independent)
Next Friday, September 25
ALBUMS Altarheart Prone To Wander [Rottweiler] ANTHNY Worship Leader's Diary [SONY/Provident] Brotality Jaws of the Earth (independent) Forsaken Eternity Shades of Existence - EP [Rottweiler] gio. PROMISE LAND [Capitol CMG] Red Worship Witness (independent) Stryper Throne of Thorns [Frontiers] We Are Messengers Halfway Home [Curb] Matthew West Jesus is King [Provident] The Wood Drake Sessions East to West (independent)
SINGLES Mackenzie Phillips Made - Single [Gotee] River Valley Worship King of the Empty Grave - Single [BEC]