Diocesan News
Mount Merrion Church launches new creative project
Mount Merrion Church has launched a new project named ‘Gardens’ – which captures their creative expression of songwriting, birthed from the worship community and team of the church.
“We have always felt a call to songwriting and to creativity,’ says Aaron Boyce, Mount Merrion’s Worship Pastor. “We’ve kept praying into this and dreaming about it for the last few years as a team, and within the last year of the pandemic, we saw more of a surge of creativity – it just felt right to press into this now.
“As we continued to pray, we felt strongly that God was calling us to be intentional in writing and releasing more songs, formed from the heart of a worship team and church who are passionate about encountering Jesus and worshipping Him with everything we have!
“With this intentionality, we wanted to create a project or ‘identity’ that we could release these songs under, one that matched the culture of what we were doing in church. After a lot of prayer and many conversations, we kept being drawn back to the imagery of Eden – there in the beginning Adam and Eve walked with God closely in the cool of the Garden. His presence was near, close and tangible. The creativity of the Father was on display; the space was free, open, full of life and the Spirit of God.
“The heart of ‘Gardens’ as a project is to lead people to bold worship of Jesus through songs and creativity that give space for freedom and heartfelt encounter with the one who first loved us.”
Gardens are preparing to release their first single this Friday called ‘Spring Rain’. There will be a live video release of the song on YouTube at 7.00 pm on Friday 30 April, and it will be available on major platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify and Youtube Music.
Follow the story of the release below.
Instagram: @gardensworship
Youtube: Mount Merrion Church
For further information please contact:
Diocesan Communications Officer, Down & Dromore
07840 006899
Mrs Annette McGrath
dco@downdromorediocese.org