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New Contact Number

theREIGN — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:35:35 +0000

Just a brief note to confirm that the contact telephone number for the band has been changed. See the Contact page for further information. Please note that the previous number will continue to operate, it just will not be checked as regularly, therefore you should always use the new number to ensure a prompt reply.

Every blessing,
theREIGN

Pentecost in Withernsea

theREIGN — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:29:18 +0000

We have now received further details of the outdoor Pentecost event in Valley Gardens on 23 May 2010, at which the speaker will be South African preacher Bill Winter.

Click on the thumbnail to the left to see a larger version of the poster.

The event itself will be a straightforward mixture of lively praise and worship, a few of our own songs for good measure and a sermon from Mr Winter.

This is exciting event for theREIGN to be a part of, and should be an uplifting and inspiring afternoon out (hopefully) in the sun. If you are in the vicinity, come along and join in.

Every blessing
theREIGN

theREIGN.net Goes Mobile

theREIGN — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:57:40 +0000

I have implemented a quick update to the site that makes it easier for the ever-growing group of internet users accessing the web using mobile devices. The update means no change whatsoever to the main thereign.net site (as you can already see if you are reading this on a desktop or laptop computer), but auto-detects if you are using a mobile browser and switches to a cut-down interface specially designed to work well on the smaller screen.

You do not even need to use a special URL to get to it, just use the normal www.thereign.net address.

It has been checked on my own Windows Mobile 6 phone using Mobile IE and Opera Mobile, as well as a friend’s iPhone, and it seems to work extremely well, but if you have any problems with using the mobile site or anything seems to be broken please let us know.

Please note that the links to Flickr, MySpace Audio and YouTube Videos do not work on the mobile site.

Every blessing,
theREIGN

Of REs and Open Air Worship

theREIGN — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:13:57 +0000

OK, enough of this talk about server moves, social networking sites and dressing up your web browser, it is time to get back to talking about what theREIGN is really all about, namely holding open the door for God’s people to join them in worshipping Him.

2010 has been very exciting so far, and there promises more excitement (and blessing) to come over the next few months.

Our Spring schedule has seen the debut of new skin-basher (sorry for the technical term) Kev Sargeson, and he has slotted in incredibly well, allowing us to fly into our RE3 events seamlessly from where we left off back in November. He seems to be enjoying life with us as well, so praise and thanks to the Lord for bringing us all together.

Having now completed four of the five RE events of this season, I think we have to proclaim ourselves satisfied with the way it has gone. The event at St John’s on 11 April promises to be a good one to lay the event to rest for the Summer, as we have a small surprise up our sleeves for anyone too familiar with RE3!

The reception we have received from the churches has been tremendous, they have all been extremely welcoming, hospitable and extremely supportive of what we are doing … they have also been willing to cart equipment around the place to help us out, which is a genuine blessing.

Finishing the RE season, though, gives us no rest for the time being. First up, on 4 April, we are privileged to have been invited to lead worship for East Hull Easter Praise. With the central City Hall event not taking place this year, St Aidan’s is one of the churches picking up the slack and running a celebration event and having rehearsed so much there this year it really does feel, to some extent, like coming home. The big advantage of that is that we know the way the church sounds and feels, and can just let ourselves go in worship. Personally, I am really looking forward to it.

Beyond that, a fun evening beckons at Victoria Dock on 15 May where we help them support Christian Aid week by providing music for their talent night … whether we are there as an example or a warning remains to be seen.

We then take theREIGN outside (for the first time) on 23 May as we lead worship in Valley Gardens in Withernsea for a worship and outreach event for the evangelical churches in the town. 2:00pm start if you fancy some open air worship by the seaside. Again, an event I am really looking forward to as it is always a joy to come together in worship.

And finally before the Summer recess, the band will be helping lead guitarist Paul Ganney celebrate 20 years as a Church of England reader at his home church in Victoria Dock on the morning of 20 June.

Phew.

Fortunately, we then get a couple of months respite before we pick up with a concert in Barrow and an Autumn RE season that already has three confirmed bookings for November. Should be enough time to get RE4 written at least.

Your prayers woudl be greatly valued for any and all of these events, the churches hosting them and the people taking part, Christian or otherwise, and as always if you would like to add to our “burden” you know where to find us.

Incidentally … looking back over the blog archive I notice that I have previously outlined the music used in both RE1 and RE2 but have not done so yet for RE3. I have now put that right, below.

Every blessing,
theREIGN

Songs (or part songs) used in RE3: Though We Are Many
Eye Of The Tiger (Sullivan/Peterick), Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Piercy/Clifton), Pride (In The Name Of Love) (U2), Starlight (Muse), Happy Day (Hughes), I Believe (Thornton/Gay), Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble (Smith), We Are One (Cooper), Bohemian Like You (Taylor-Taylor), Jesus Be The Centre (Frye), Sanctified (Cooper), In Christ Alone (Townsend), Livin’ On A Prayer (Bon Jovi/Sambora/Child), Father God, I Wonder (Smale), Layla (Clapton/Gordon), Chasing Cars (Lightbody), Give Thanks To The Lord (Reeves/Tomlin), Praise Is Rising (Brown), Unchanging (Tomlin) + various riffs slotted around and about.

Server Move Update

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:50:53 +0000

As you can see, the site is back in the land of the living and work is now proceeding apace with the rebuild and re-design. One of the downsides of using Wordpress (or indeed any database driven site) is that you cannot do any meaningful work beyond uploading the files before the new DNS settings have permeated across the internet. That mans, unfortunately that most of your design and build work is done in full view of the public. C’est la vie.

The upsides in flexibility and ease of administration do, however, outweigh those downsides, provided you have a sympathetic audience who don’t mind seeing the site after it has just got up in the morning.

Work will continue over the next few days, and hopefully by the weekend, the new and improved site will be here in all its glory.

Every blessing,
theREIGN

Server Move

theREIGN — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:41:31 +0000

After putting it off and off and off over the last few weeks, I am finally going to take the plunge and move theREIGN’s website to the new server. At the same time I am planning to tweak the look of the site and bolt it in more closely with our growing links to social networking sites.

This will lead to some downtime as the DNS settings permeate across the web, but I will do all I can to minimise the disruption.

If you have any questions, please direct these to me by e-mailing david@thereign.net.

Every blessing,
David

More Firefox Dressup

theREIGN — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:38:30 +0000

As promised, the second persona for use with Firefox 3.6 is now available, and you can install it by going to this page.

Enjoy,
David

Play Dress Up with Firefox

theREIGN — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:04:10 +0000

All of those out there in internet land who use Firefox as their web browser will know that the latest version (3.6) has made a change in how you alter the look and feel of the software. Whilst you can still use the traditional themes, you can also now simply skin the browser with a “persona”.

Feeling slightly creative, I have created a couple of these based on theREIGN’s flaming logo, and you can now now install the first of these by going to this page.

This will give your browser a lovely red background complete with the band’s logo, and a second will follow in the next few days which is essentially the same but black.

Enjoy.

Every blessing,
David

theREIGN Hits the Social Networks

theREIGN — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:20:23 +0000

In a bold bid to enter the 21st Century, theREIGN have now created a presence on Facebook and Twitter, as well as giving their MySpace presence a long overdue update.

In addition, new outlets for our music and events have been created on PureVolume and Last.fm.

The goal of all of this is just to try and get the word out about what we are doing and let people know particularly about the Rock Eucharist events, but given how poor David is at keeping this site bang up to date, it will be interesting to see how well he manages to keep on top of all of these as well as well but time will tell.

Go have a look, become a fan or follower, and let’s see what sweet music we can make to further God’s Kingdom.

Every blessing,
theREIGN

Facebook and Twitter

theREIGN — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:59:03 +0000

theREIGN have now added a Facebook page and Twitter feed to those places where you can follow what the band is getting up to … just in time for the new Rock Eucharist season to kick off.

Use the links on the front page, or in the list to the left, to go have a look see.

Every blessing,
theREIGN