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Article Title:	Welcomed In
Author of reported comment:	Toby Foster
Comment Date:	09:48 on May 1 2009
Comment:	I agree with much of this review, but would like to challenge its obvious double standard in regard to something that is an immovable fixture in Vineyard: Intimacy in Worship. The very characteristics the reviewer critiques in the home-grown songs are also highly evident throughout Psalm 23, which he professes to prefer. Here too "the subject is the singer" every bit as much, and "massive statements going completely undeveloped and unexplained' are endemic throughout (eg "a table He has furnished", what does that mean?) As to the "sense of worship" and being "unexceptional", the former must be a matter of personal taste, because where this album IS exceptional, in the contemporary worship-song-market, is that every song on the album is used regularly in Sunday worship, and has proved accessible, singable and extremely effective in helping people enter consciously into the presence of God. The Christian music world is awash with stuff you can listen-to-in-your-car-and-feel-good. This album is the Kingdom Vineyard's first effort at producing something that will help the church to worship corporately. My own view is that it does pretty much "what it says on the tin"; its subject being "Welcomed In". Future projects will attempt to address different aspects of the life of a disciple. The song-writers are all young, and will doubtless mature as poets, lyricists and musicians, but they already touch a chord with young and old, and it has been an extraordinary privilege to work with so much talent in such a small, new church. Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you found some things to enjoy there. I hope you'll like our next album even better. Toby Foster Senior Pastor, Kingdom Vineyard

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