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Sevierville, TN : December 27-29, 2011 : Sevierville Event Center
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Skillet
Known for their amazing stage presence, this award-winning band is a crowd favorite. With a unique, dynamic sound, Skillet will excite you even after the curtain closes. Skillet is a band that likes to fuse classic rock riffs, swirling drums, monstrous hooks and catchy choruses into a single adrenaline rush. They are in the process of becoming one of the hardest working, boldly witnessing and most broadly appealing acts of its generation. Lead singer John Cooper has said, “We prayed about these sessions, and we knew this is the direction God was leading us. It allows us to reach out to people who have maybe been turned off by what they think is ‘Christian music,’ which may get them out to a concert to hear even more of our message.”
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Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns remains focused on discipleship through music. Their bold, honest, hard-hitting lyrics continue to challenge, strengthen, and pour into the body of Christ, giving listeners a fresh, relevant perspective on loving God and loving people. With 4.5 million career album sales, 23 Dove Awards, and 8 chart topping radio singles, this GRAMMY Award winning band has become one of the most popular names in Christian music in the past six years. Their focus on discipleship through music is sure to inspire everyone listening, no matter what age.
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Royal Tailor
Take a generous helping of soul...splatter it with bouncing rhythms, blistering guitars, engaging vocals, stellar musicianship and catchy pop melodies that make you want to move--all textured with the truth of God's grace--and you have Royal Tailor. Though their music is energetic and fun, Royal Tailor is serious about ministry. "We want to communicate the Gospel," says Tauren. "People need to hear that there is a savior, a rescuer who can reach down and take them out of whatever circumstance they're in. They need to know that there is a God who loves and cares for them, but they also have a destiny, and that destiny requires action. We have to walk in purpose and understand the ultimate call that God has for us.
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Brett Younker Band
Brett Younker is a worship leader and songwriter based in Atlanta, Georgia. Brett's heart is for people to see and experience the fullness of God in their lives. His desire is to lead people to know God and respond to the greatness of who God is and what He has done. A passionate worship leader with a heart for students, Brett is quickly becoming popular across America. With strong themes in his music of God’s power to restore the brokenness of this world, the music of Brett and his band is sure to lead you to the throne of worship. You will leave worship feeling inspired and closer to the Lord.
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Lakita Garth-Wright
Lakita was born into a community that Money Magazine once called, “the most dangerous place in America to live” and “the worst place to raise kids.”The youngest of five children, Lakita was raised by her widowed mother, who instilled in her children the same sense of personal and civil responsibility she grew up with during the civil rights movement in the segregated south. “Every right demands a responsibility,”are words that Lakita would often hear from the elders in her family and these words have continued to echo throughout her life. Author of what many leaders call “the Bible” of abstinence education, The Naked Truth, Lakita Garth speaks to hundreds of thousands of young people across the U.S. and the world every year.
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Brett Harris
Brett Harris and his twin brother Alex founded TheRebelution.com in August 2005 and today are among the most popular writers and speakers for Christian teens. The twins are authors of the best-selling book Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations and Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are. They speak at The Rebelution Tour conferences and have been featured nationally in print, radio, and television. Brett, speaker at Connect 2011, has a passion for God and his generation that has inspired him to pour his heart into the spiritual growth of teenagers across America.
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Brent Gambrell
Brent’s life is a testimony of what God can do in a life that is surrendered. It is in our weakness that He is strong. Embracing this truth, Brent travels the country telling people about the transforming truths of the Bible. He believes when people are taught the acceptance of Christ, their identity and freedom in Him, they respond by following Jesus, not simply out of duty but out of pure joy. His philosophy—People will never change their behavior until they change their minds first.
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Allen Jackson
No, not the country-western singer...but he does play the guitar. Professor of Youth Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and the author of multiple books, including Teach: An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Good Bible Study, Dr. Allen Jackson is one of the most respected authorities on Youth Ministry in America. He works hard to stay on top of the issues that face youth and youth ministers. His passion for students’ walk with the Lord is evident in his speaking, writing, teaching.
