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"Providence (Broke My Chains)"
Citipointe Live
We have an outstanding panel of judges for the 2018 WorshipTheRock.com Worship & Christian Songwriting Contest! See who they are and learn a bit more about them:
Aaron LucasAaron Lucas, a man after God’s own heart, is the Location Pastor of Citipointe Church Northern Colorado, and was formerly Worship Pastor of Citipointe Brisbane alongside his wife, Becky. He is an accomplished songwriter of songs such as "You Reign" (2007), "Commission My Soul" (2009), "Higher Wider Deeper" (2011), "On Top Of The World" (2014), "Mover Of Mountains" (2018), and an experienced producer. He has a desire to inspire the global church to know why they do what they do in worship and release people into greatness. He strongly believes in the church being Jesus’ hands and feet to care for the lost, the broken and the hurting of this world. Since taking up the call as a Location Pastor, Aaron has grown from strength to strength and is seeing peoples' lives touched and changed by Jesus, to build His Kingdom and make disciples all over the world. |
Noel RosaNoel Rosa is an award-winning guitarist and singer-songwriter. With a busy tour schedule, he continues to amaze and entertain audiences across the country with his percussive and melodic style of guitar playing. His powerful heartfelt songs, approachable personality, and exciting stage presence continue to win over the hearts of new fans. People of all ages rave about this incredible performer. Noel was ranked second in the state of Florida in 1999 in the acoustic division of the Hottest Guitarist Competition and placed first and second in the National Songwriters competition as well as GMA songwriting competition. He also enjoys affiliations with companies such as LR Baggs, B-Band, Ameritage Cases, Pedal Zip, Martin strings and Olympic Cases. He has enjoyed a career that has taken him on arena stages across the country opening for numerous national acts. He is now the president of New Sound Acoustics and at the tail end of recovering from a severe back injury he suffered while on tour. He is back in the studio recording his latest mainstream album titled "Crazy" and auditioning new band members. |
Tami RowbothamTami Rowbotham is Executive Vice President of Incubator Creative Group, an innovative ministry incubator organization established in 1989, serving emerging Christian artists and communicators in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. She has served as the primary artist manager and director for Incubator’s roster of clients since 1990. Prior to Incubator, Tami traveled full time as a Christian vocalist who self-booked 150+ engagements per year. In addition to her professional career, she has served in leadership in various community organizations, including the chamber of commerce, community non-profits, and political committees. Tami is also the author of Funk Justice: 15 Fixes For Your Ministry Funks (Ministry Entrepeneur Press), born from her multi-decade experience in helping artists and ministry leaders. Her enthusiastic and gregarious style makes her an engaging speaker at music industry and ministry events. She is also available for conference keynotes, seminars, workshops, and retreats. |
Dan MacaulayAcclaimed Canadian-born worship leader and singer/songwriter Dan Macaulay, is a GMA Canada Covenant Award winner and nine-time nominee, with songs being sung by churches and played on radio around the world; but his passion is simply seeing churches and individual believers grow in worship, in both song and action, as a response to God’s goodness. As a pastor for 8 years, and having led worship in venues across Canada, the U.S., and internationally for 25 years; Dan now takes his considerable pastoral and worship-leading experience with him on the road serving churches of all shapes and sizes, while basing in Buffalo NY where he lives with his wife Danielle and two young boys. Dan’s songs have gone ahead of him around the world; and his newest worship album “From You For You” is continuing the trend as it received five GMA Canada Covenant Award nominations (Canada’s Dove Awards) including “2012 Praise & Worship Album of the Year”. Dan’s song “In Awe” was also named a finalist in the 2011 “John Lennon Song Writing Competition” while two songs from the album have been featured in Worship Leader Magazine’s “Song DISCovery” program. Dan was also the winner of the 2017 Worship The Rock Songwriting Competition. As one of the top Canadians consistently charting on Canadian Christian radio, Dan has six #1 radio singles (CanCon) to his name so far and has begun making in-roads into the U.S. as well. CCM Magazine called Dan “One of those guys you may not have heard of… but you should!” Worship Leader Magazine gave the album “From You For You” a 4-star review saying “Macaulay’s sense of hook is matched only by an obvious heart that constantly reaches out to the Father”. |
Jason KichlineJason is the creator and president of OnSong, an app that enables musicians to use digital chord sheets on stage. His passion is to help worship teams and musicians become more effective in their abilities through the use of appropriate and easy-to-use technology. He believes this technology promises to foster a spirit of creative collaboration around the world. Since graduating from Messiah College in 1999, Jason has been on the forefront of technology leadership. He has successfully started three companies over the past 18 years and continues to evolve the state-of-the art in music technology in the mobile computing space. Jason has been writing and playing music since middle school, when he learned he had the gift of playing piano by ear. He likes to say he plays "everything but guitar" and helps accompany other musicians on drums, bass, keys, hammered dulcimer and hand percussion. |
Jeff BoothJeff Booth is a songwriter, worship leader, and founding pastor of Freedom Worship Center Omaha located in the heart of Omaha, Nebraska. With over 30 years of ministry, Jeff continues to have a desire to learn, grow, and develop his gifts for the Lord. His passion for the presence of God to be experienced by all believers in various worship settings has led Jeff to minister in churches and conferences around the world. “Worship has given me a love for the nations, because every nation has it’s own sound to glorify the Father. The sound of the nations worshiping is such a beautiful sound, and I’m so grateful for the opportunities to experience the sound from many nations first hand.” Originally from Indiana, Jeff has lived in Omaha, Nebraska for eighteen years and is married to his high school sweetheart and co-writer of many of his songs, Terri. They have four children and one grandson. |
Nathan GiffordNathan grew up in the church as a PK (Pastor’s Kid) and was involved in the worship band from a young age. Growing up, he played saxophone in his dad's church, but also in various worship bands, events, camps and recording projects. He graduated from Indiana University School of Music with a performance degree on saxophone. While in college, he began doing some worship leading, which lead to a full-time music pastor position right after graduating, which is also when he began writing worship music. Nathan served in that capacity for about 8 1/2 years. Then he switched gears and started his own business, while doing music ministry "part-time". He took on the worship leadership in a church plant and helped grow the church to about 550 members in 8 years. Nathan has recorded 9 live worship CDs and been a part of many others during his 20 years of worship leading experience. Much of what has been recorded over the years has been original music. He is also the co-founder of WorshipReady.com, which is the parent company of WorshipTheRock.com. Nathan and his wife, Rebecca, have 5 kids, only one of which is still at home. They also are active foster parents, currently with 5 kids placed in their home. They live in Loveland, Colorado. |