| "I have used Greg and Rebecca Sparks over the past 3 years as Worship and Praise leaders in several of my statewide youth events including this past weekend, and without a doubt they are absolutely the best I have experienced. They have become the favorite in our United Methodist events and I am constantly hearing requests to bring them back. |
| This past weekend we had app. 1,800 youth and adults for our big winter weekend event we call Winter Blitz and the praise and worship they led us in was mighty and strong. There is no one better at getting young people up and alive and then bringing them into an awesome place of worship and stillness before the Lord. They are truly gifted at leading worship, and also as musicians. |
I have now used them 3 times and will continue to do so. They are also some of the nicest people and deepest musicians I get to deal with and I do so love their spirit."
Kevin Applegate
Youth Leadership Ministries Director
KY Annual Conference UMC |
"At Springhill we consistantly use Greg and Rebecca because we know what we will get; professional, talented musicans who know what it takes to engage an audience and to bring kids of all ages into an understanding of who God is, who we are and what our response to that should be. Some people call that "worship", I call it "just what kids need". The one thing I love most about Greg and Rebecca is that the moment they walk on stage they understand that it has nothing to do with them and everything to do with Jesus and their audience. I've seen concerts where kids in one song understood better who Jesus was and what he did for us on the cross than a thousand youth speakers could have ever communicated. Greg and Rebecca are the best of the best!" |
Leanne Grimes- Program Director Springhill Camps
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| "Genuine, authentic, truthful portrayal of the Christian gospel. What you see on-stage is what you see in real life. Greg and Rebecca have a great ability to size up the needs of an audience and to connect them with the compassion and mercy of God." |
| Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Project, Pittsburgh, PA |
"Greg and Rebecca Sparks are a refreshing change in the area of worship! They hit a home run in the DC/LA eventsS their strength and freshness comes from their deep connection to Jesus." |
| Geoff Cragg, Executive Director DC/LA 2000 |
"This is a couple whose life has been too heavily impacted by Christ to merely entertain. They are a ministry to the Body of Christ. Though the quality and content of their music is of the highest caliber, it is the humility and reality of presentation that leaves one feeling that Jesus Himself is ministering. In a world that places such a high priority on entertainment, Greg and Rebecca are a blast of fresh, pure, uncompromising truth in the vehicle of music." |
| Bob Coy, Head Pastor, Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, FL |
"As pastors and leaders we have all seen numerous examples of ministry in the flesh in the areas of worship and music. You need not be concerned about those dynamics with the Sparks. They are able to discern the important differences between: |
-Entertainment versus worship,
-Glorifying God versus promoting humanity, and
-The moving of God's Spirit versus emotional manipulation, and
-Genuine response to God versus learned ritual (of all theological persuasions). |
| In short, they know the difference between hype and holiness." |
Dr. Rockwell Dillaman, Senior Pastor,
Allegheny Center Alliance Church. Pittsburgh, PA |
"In a time when all too often money overshadows mission, selfish ambition lords over congregational accountability, materialism clouds biblical stewardship and plenty of folks simply want the gig because they want to hear themselves perform, Greg and Rebecca Sparks keep a vision of excellence yet humility. They bring more than thin entertainment, they spend themselves in concert." |
| Glenn Kaiser, JPUSA Ev. Covenant Church, Rez Band, Cornerstone Festival |
References: |
Saleem Ghubril
Pittsburgh Project
412.321.1678 |
Rockwell Dillaman
Allegheny Center Alliance Church
Pittsburgh, PA
412.321.4333 |
Bob Coy
Calvary Chapel
Ft. Lauderdale Pompano Beach, FL
305.977.9673 |
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