

What John’s saying on stage, that’s how he lives his life. It’s honest if people say something, they really mean it. A blunt-bob-era Jessie J-lookalike, wearing fuchsia lipstick and a leather jacket, she met her now-husband at Arise. “If you feel a connection to God, or you don’t and you feel like He could be an important part of your life, I guess that’s the number-one reason anyone would attend a church,” says Anna Chisholm, 26, who has been a part of the church for close to a decade. There are plenty of places young people can go to listen to loud music with their friends that aren’t church.

God works in mysterious ways, and many of them demand a multi-plug.Ĭameron’s upfront about it being a bid to make the Christian faith relevant and accessible to younger generations, but says it’s not the show that re sonates with Arise’s 10,000-strong congregation, many of whom are under 35. There are volunteers to guide you to a car park and a seat in the stadium a 14-piece band, featuring seven enviably confident and well-dressed young singers a camera crew, a smoke machine, a big screen. It’s hard at times – like a five-minute tangent when Cameron pulls a pastor on stage for an impromptu rendition of the Frozen theme – to pinpoint just how and where the Bible fits into this slick, enormous production. An Arise service is part rock concert, part variety show, part stand-up gig (“To quote from Bruce Almighty…”). “Sermon” may not even be the right word for it. We’re sitting in a changing room at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua, which is serving as a makeshift green room – complete with a rider of Phoenix juices and scented candles – before Cameron takes to the stage to give his sermon as lead pastor of Arise Church. Out of that, faith became personal for me.”īut that service was “nothing like this”, Cameron agrees, nodding his head towards the source of thumping bass on the other side of the wall. I was connecting with God, I felt His presence, and I felt that was what was missing. You can use the download links below to download Hillsong United-Touch The Sky PDF scores.ĭownload Links Touch The Sky Sheet Music Hillsong United-thepianonotes.John Cameron, founder of Arise Church Photo: Supplied Hello music lovers, today I am sharing the piano notes of the song Hillsong United-Touch The Sky.
