Worship Without Borders 2009-2010 Update

Friends and fellow-worshipers  August 17, 2010

Maryl and I give thanks to an amazing God for another incredible year at Worship Without Borders. From Mexico to India, Alaska to Washington DC, we have seen God move powerfully in worship around the world. We want to give you a taste of the last year at WWOB as well as our vision and goals for the future. Here are some highlights:

Worship Without Borders missions 2009-2010: Our highlight of 2009 was definitely our ministry trip to Coimbatore, India with Rev. David Prakasam at Bethel City Cathedral in August. We were privileged to minister to widows, orphans, lepers and thousands of worshipers as well as train their worship teams. Powerful and prophetic worship was experienced at every service while hundreds came to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. We will return there in November of 2011 for a regional worship conference with hundreds of pastors and worship leaders  (read more about India 2009) In January 2009 we returned to Puebla, Mexico with Phil and Judy Jaquith, Fuente Para El Mundo, as well as Fuente de Vida in Veracruz.where we did seminars, training and ministry with many people coming to Jesus in service after service. The worship exploded in both cities as God moved mightily in song and Word. Both churches have flourishing worship ministries and we are thrilled to be a part of what God is releasing there in Mexico. They are starting a School of Music this year and we hope to help and assist them in this great endeavor for Mexico’ s worship. We also did more worship seminars in Puebla in May 2010. (read more about Mexico) We  were privileged to minister at a powerful worship conference in West Palm Beach, Florida with Pastors Danny and Giselle Bonilla at Hosanna Palm Beach in February 2009. Ministering alongside the amazing Portia Sumner and Marion Overall from Oakland, CA, we had a wonderfully prophetic week in service after service as Jesus sang and ministered over many people. The great mime/dance team from Puerto Rico – Torre Fuerte –  was a unique and delightful highlight of the week with anointed and excellent dance ministry every day. Lives were changed forever! They are having us back in February 2011. (read more about Florida 09)

Certainly a highlight of 2010 was the incredible two weeks in New Delhi and Lucknow, India with Pastor Augustus Anthony and Assembly of Believers Church at their great International School of Worship. We held two worship conferences, many city-wide meetings and a week of classes at the School. It was amazing to watch the difference in the students over the course of a week as they released their own songs and put into practice all that the Spirit has for them in worship. This a place of fertile ground that we hope to sow much more into in the future. We are scheduled to return in 2011.(read more about India 2010) In  May 2010 we had a wonderful time of training and release in worship with the City Church DC and Pastor Michael Giroux. Though a smaller but growing congregation at this time, their young worship team has powerful potential and great leadership that will impact this city in days to come. We had 8 hours of intense teaching on Saturday and it was so gratifying to see the change in the team at the end of the day! (read more about DC) In June 2010 I was honored to play cello with my friend and mentor, Mike Herron at a worship concert in Salem, OR. We will be linking up more and more with Mike in the future including our first worship conference together in September at Moses Lake, WA. (see more pics from the concert) After much work and anticipation we released o ur new Piano in Worship DVD/book in May 2010. (special thanks to Eastside City Church in Calgary) This instructional book and dvd for flowing in prophetic worship is already in 10 nations and 22 states. CCLI plans to advertise and sell it on their international website! We hope to get it into main worship training centers around the world. We also have opportunities to translate it into Spanish as well as other languages. (see more about Piano in Worship book/DVD)

In four years Worship Without Borders has touched nearly 300 churches, in six nations, three continents and held 36 local church worship seminars. We have seen the power of God come forth and touch countless lives as His worship is released in city after city and nation after nation. New songs are being birthed and prophetic worship is being released as His Spirit moves among His people. Even more exciting are the churches being planted with new worship ministries being freshly trained and growing numbers of people getting saved at all of our meetings.

We are thrilled to be involved with the International School of Worship in Lucknow, India. This school is associated with Pastor August Anthony (Assembly of Believers Church) whose vision and strategy has planted over 450 churches with more than 45,000 believers throughout India, seeing Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs coming to Jesus by the thousands. We are honored to work with them on a comprehensive strategy to train worship leaders and pastors throughout this great nation. We believe God has connected us with them to serve as a vital part of this vision to help further their work, planting new churches and encouraging the growth of evangelism everywhere. Along with our great on-going relationship with Pastor David Prakasam and Bethel City Cathedral in Coimbatore, India, it looks like India is a significant nation that God has given us to impact in worship.

I am honored to be teaching at a worship conference in Moses Lake, WA in September with my friend and mentor, Pastor Mike Herron and our good friend Liz Dugger. Watch this site for details. I will also be teaching the worship segment in Pastor Mark Strong’s new Leadership Institute (affiliated with George Fox University) at the LifeChange Christian Center in Portland for the fall session.

2011 is looking like ‘first-returns’ year with our first return to Uganda in January, our return to Lucknow, India and the International School of Worship in March and our first return to Coimbatore, India. I think God has some good plans for these nations!

Worship Without Borders 2010-2011 plans:

• July/August 2010 – We are developing more materials and resources for worshipers around the world. Books, pamphlets, videos and cds as well as online resources in conjunction with Mike Herron and study materials for the Leadership Institute with Pastor Mark Strong in the fall of 2010.
• September 2010 – ‘Heart of a Psalmist’ Worship Conference with Mike Herron in Moses Lake, WA
• September/October 2010 – teach worship classes at the LifeChange Leadership Institute in conjunction with George Fox University(TBA)
• October 2010 – MFI International Conference
• January 2011 – Life Church, Kampala, Uganda & Islands of Lake Victoria – Pastor Bob Wagar/Brent Earwicker
• February 2011 – Worship conference in West Palm Beach, FL, Pastors Danny and Giselle Bonilla
• February 2011 – Worship Northwest Conference, Salem, OR
• March 2011 – Lucknow, India, Assembly of Believers Church, Pastor Augustus Anthony
• November 2011 – Coimbatore, India, Bethel City Cathedral, Pastor David Prakasam

Maryl and I want to extend our deep gratitude to the pastors and leaders and friends everywhere for supporting us during this vital time in our lives and in our ministry.  Thank you for your time, support and especially your prayers as we labor and worship together.

Transform the world in worship with us,

Dr. Tim and Maryl Smith

Your Worship Missionaries

503.327.4808/timsongsmith@gmail.com / wwob.org

Rom 1:10 Lord, we are making request that if, by some means, now at last we may find a way in the will of God to go to the nations. 11 For we long to see them, that we may impart to them some spiritual gift, so that they may be established—12 that is, that we may be encouraged together with them by the mutual faith both of them and us. 13 for we have planned to go to them  that we might have some fruit among them also, just as among the other countries that you have sent us. (paraphrase by Tim Smith)