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The Desperation Band, which was birthed out of the student ministries of Colorado Springs’ New Life Church, has recorded five critically acclaimed albums including their self-titled debut, From the Rooftops, Who You Are and Everyone Overcome. Their latest release, Light Up The World, features high-energy, passionate new worship songs plus bonus live versions of the band’s popular hits “Rescue” and “I Am Free” and an EPK that unpacks the inspiration behind this new project.

Light Up The World was inspired by “Heartwork” a student-driven ministry at their church which is helping to build orphan homes in Africa. HeartWork ministry – and the new CD – began with a challenge from a local philanthropist with a heart for orphans.  He challenged the youth to give $60,000, and he would match that donation dollar for dollar for World Orphans (worldorphans.org). During an eight-week challenge in 2008, the youth at New Life Church, aged 12 to 18, earned and donated money -- from piggy banks, allowances, extra jobs and contagious generosity.  They gave an impressive $67,000, which when matched, has provided for the building of four indigenous, church-based homes for orphans in Uganda and Kenya. At this year’s Desperation Conferences, they decided to keep it going. The youth, coming from all over the country, donated an additional $60,000. Now the goal is to encourage 1000 youth groups to build 1000 orphan homes in 1000 days and truly Light Up The World.

Lead singer Jon Egan recalls the students’ reactions. “In the middle of worship, the kids came forward to make donations, bringing something to touch other lives... what I saw that night was young people truly worshiping for the first time ever.  And, as I watched the students give all that they had, I started to realize that the best way to reach a young person in Colorado Springs was to help them reach a young person in Uganda.  Reach a generation by helping them reach another! We call it ‘Destiny rescuing destiny.’” 

“It is a story of sacrifice, a story of worship and a story of Jesus at work in a generation,” Egan adds.  “This project is prayer and intimacy colliding with compassion and purpose.  I think so often believers are waiting on a move of God when God is waiting on a move of man.  We are realizing now more then ever that God’s love and power is inside us.  We have what we need to turn this planet upside down.  We just need to act!”

Egan, who is also New Life’s Youth Worship Pastor, penned most of the songs for the new project including the title track which was inspired by the first youth offering and the songs “Be The Change,” “Joy Will Come” and “Burning Tree,” which he co-wrote with Hillsong Music’s Mia Fieldes. The result is an album of powerful worship songs that convey a deep and defining hunger for God. 

The band believes that true change comes when people lay aside their agendas to encounter the true and living God. They are passionate about the presence of God and they don't hide it. They are well aware that music will never impact souls...only the power of God. They don't perform or entertain. They want to join with real people to worship a real God. The Desperation Band exists to advance His Kingdom and to pray as Jesus told us... “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

“The Desperation Band has always been and always will be about the presence of God. We exist to bring Him glory and reveal His truth to a broken world. If we know who His is, we know who we are. If we know who we are, we can live as God meant us to live. Its all about His purposes.”
- Jon Egan, Desperation Band

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http://heartwork.tv/.
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