Sunday night saw us load up the cars and drive a whole two miles to reach the legendary Newtownbreda Baptist. It’s a local church in Belfast that is doing a great job in reaching it’s surrounding community and being all a local church should be. We arrived, set up and then realised we could all kick and punch each other from our super tight stage lay out; always great fun. We got to do exactly what we love to do, which is simply partner with what is already going on in a church. We lead them in worship with songs they know, teach a few new ones, tell a wee story and then just listen as the beautiful bride of Christ lifts the mighty name name of Jesus Christ above their lives. Hearing 300+ people sing “we exalt thee” can do nothing but put a massive smile on our faces, so how much more does it please our father in heaven. Thanks to all those who helped and served so graciously. Glen you are a good guy and Dave you preached a blinder, thanks for your encouraging and wise words.

Hey guys, we have just returned from what can only be described as an amazing day over in Bradford, England. We have never played in England before this summertime so I think it’s kinda funny that we have now been there twice within the last month! It has to be said, if any future dates in England are half as much fun as this trip was then we are in for a lot of great times.

We arrived over on Thursday morning and headed to our venue: Abundant Life Church, Bradford. What can be said about this church that isn’t good!? We were blown away not just by the sheer size and professionalism of the church itself, but by every person we got the chance to meet. The church building is a huge venue able to hold at least 2000 people and the gear these guys have is unreal. Fitted out with an immense sound system, and lights that wouldn’t look out of place at Glastonbury, we knew we were in for a great gig!

Well we took to the stage about 7pm and burst into Lifes Noise to start the night. I’m not sure how many people had heard of us before or knew our songs but we were grateful to see a good crowd of Northern Irish people who were able to sing along with us! Well we played for 35 minutes and the English crowd were great and soon got into the swing of things. They were up for the Gods Plan actions and everyone was worshipping away by the time we got around to Shine Jesus Shine. After the announcements and offering we were up again to play God of this City which is always a special moment. It was great to see everyone interacting and I think a great night was had by all.

The people at Abundant Life are probably the friendliest people we have come across on all our travels to date and we were looked after extremely well. I am sure the church chef was glad to see us go! We really felt a connection with the Abundant Life family and would love to do something with them again in the future. The RPM band guys are amazing too. They have some amazing songs and are well worth checking out. They have such a heart for their local area and love to do everything with excellence which is great to see.

So we just want to say thanks to everybody at Abundant Life Bradford! We had a great time with you! There are too many people to mention but thanks especially to JD and Gabbers for taking care of us throughout the day :o)

Friday the 18th July saw the boys up bright and breezy in order to make the trip to the awe-inspiring and idyllic Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent.
After suffering at the hands of our easy airline, and a gruelling minibus ride with the all too beautiful Johnny Parks band, (and Johnny, our drummer) we arrived at Cassa del Quality inn. After a good few hours wait and hearing that the outdoor stage was experiencing a few technical problems, we all got to do what we all love to do: walk on stage with no sound check and start playing. Eeeeeyo!
Here’s the cool thing though; it was brilliant. It was one of those times that went by too quickly. Just as you’re finishing, you are really starting to have fun. The thing that we really love to see is people, churches, towns and cities lifting up the name of Jesus above life and exalting our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ for who and what He really is. To see and hear the people of Stoke proclaim that greater things have still to be done in their own town is the reason why we get out of bed at ridiculous times and travel to venues around the world.
A big thanks to the worshippers of Stoke and to all the organisers of Adoration 08, you ALL rocked.

Hurrah!  We have now resumed sales of "Greater Things" through popular download stores!
I'm sure this will please some people: it has certainly pleased us.
For iTunes, click here.  For Napster, you will need to open Napster and search for Bluetree.

Bluetree had a radio interview on BBC's radio Ulster programme Sunday sequence, you can listen by clicking on the link 3/4 of the way down the page here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/sunday_sequence/