Ken Spence

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Ooh sha la lal la

Ken Spence

Yes I know Maracas!! This is an old recording done on a four track cassette machine so I can't correct my error. But this is a fun song so my error is part of the fun. The song is about 40 years old. There's a bit of call and response and it works well with a conga line, I know I've tried it!!

6 months ago

In the Beginning

Ken Spence

This song was written as part of a challenge to put unedited scripture to music. I chose John 1: 1-5 and a blues-rock feel.

Blues Rock Christ Creation Light

2 years ago

Come to me

Ken Spence

This is intended to be a big warm hug of a song and inspired by the sound of Pink Floyd's "Us and Them". It has been used in fellowship and worked really well. Come to me and I will give you rest!

Rock Acceptance Comfort Intimacy Refuge Rest Contemporary Encounter

4 months ago

I give it all up to You

Ken Spence

The more I discover about God the more I am amazed by the depth of love and freedom the LORD gives us. I also realise how we carry around a great deal of baggage emanating from what I call ‘bad church’; our received cultural heritage of “what the bible says” rather than a true understanding of what it really does say and mean. This song is about one particular issue that we may carry some hang-ups about - confession. Being brought up as an Ulster protestant it is not surprising that I might see confession as a ritual to keep us feeling bad and fallen and under the thumb of a controlling church, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Confession is a fantastic gift from our loving God who only wants us to be set free. There is nothing we can do that could make God love us less, we just think there is. We carry hurt, self-loathing, all sorts of pain, and Jesus simply says, “Give it to Me, I will take it away and release you from it”. That is what confession is for, to release us. We never have to be ‘good enough’ because Jesus is. Give all the rubbish you carry up to him, He’ll take it all and it is gone. And it isn’t a contractual arrangement where we have to confess it for Christ to take it away. We are forgiven already, the confessing is for us to surrender the hurt, pain, and wrong, so that we can let it go too and be released from it. So whatever it is that you are carrying, give it up to Jesus and just bask in His love.

Confession Forgiveness Freedom Contemporary English Congregational

6 years ago

Share Your Love

Ken Spence

The 12 song challenge was to write a theme song for your church. This is mine and hopefully it should be applicable to any church. After all surely it is our mission to share Christ's love by means of a big dose of the fruits of the Spirit.

Community Fruit Of The Spirit Love Pop English Congregational

2 years ago

Holy

Ken Spence

Started with a riff and a chorus and then built around that. This dates back to my time at Worship Academy with Chris Bowater. A nice upbeat worship song.

Revelation 4:8 English Rock Adoration Worship Congregational Celebrational

1 year ago

Together

Ken Spence

The Olympic motto is "Citius, altius, fortius, communiter" which translated into English is "Faster, higher stronger, together". We come together at the Olympics to celebrate individual achievement, but in community. Those achievements mean nothing without community and the individual needs the help of community to achieve their potential. This is very much the same model of the church which should be a loving community that enables each individual to achieve their full potential. So an Olympic song about achieving together. After all the Trinity is the ultimate community.

English Rock Community Congregational

2 years ago

To see Jesus

Ken Spence

This came from systematically reading the Psalms and the often used Psalm 40 in particular. OK it doesn't mention Jesus but he is intrinsically there in it. It's about wanting to be consumed by the person of Jesus with all that can mean and make us become.

English Folk Contentment Gratitude Holiness Indwelling Longing Reflectional

17 years ago

Psalm 15

Ken Spence

This was a 12 song challenge to write a song based on one of the Psalms. I decided to start at the beginning of the book of Psalms and choose the first one that seemed to appeal to me and which I hadn't used before. I settled for Psalm 15 which clearly defines what a believer should be like and it beautifully mirrors what Jesus taught which is rather prescient to current events in the evangelical church.