It seems slightly ironic that as an acronym, that is how it spells out.. After all, it seems like forever ago we started dreaming / thinking / planning and talking about this thing called I-HEART. It was initially clear that we would need to take people on the journey with us, after all, we were on a journey ourselves. So we took the 'George Lucas' approach to story-telling and thought it best to unpack this thing in the form of a trilogy (of sorts) - and so was birthed 'the i-heart revolution'.

The first installment launched last year as a CD+DVD; "With Hearts as One" was a cross-cultural snapshot of the scope and diversity that exists within the body of Christ. It captured the sound of our collective worship and our passion toward our Saviour, and at the same time helped reflect the inseparable union that must exist in loving others, seeking justice and making a difference in our world. It was carried by the songs. It was if anything; an introduction; a starting point. A beginning.. To be continued.....

Which bring us to the now, and the imminent release of Part 2; "We're All in this Together"- Part apologetic, part documentary, part call to action, the film is a story made up of many stories, told by many voices, no individual voice any more or any less important than any other, yet every voice working together to ultimately tell the ONE story - A story that involves everyONE; that seeks to capture our collective and idiosyncratic purpose in ONE.

And so... WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER will officially be launched this November. We're taking it into cinemas for ONE night only - our prayer; that the Church across the earth would rally together and do whatever it takes to see as many people as possible gather at the same time in cinemas everywhere and be stirred and inspired by the message of Christ, to ultimately work closer together in seeing the real needs of humanity collide with a love that can only be found in God who by definition - IS Love.

 

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W.A.I.T.T. isn't for a second about Hillsong UNITED.. It doesn't serve to document the music and the adventurous nature of travel, nor has it been designed even to quench our thirst to be entertained.. This is a ultimately about YOU -  It's about all of us.. And so our hope is that we would ALL get behind it..  We never had a big budget.. No corporate sponsorship or professional help.. It has been pulled together by a small team of incredibly selfless and dedicated people who have tirelessly given of themselves and persevered to make it a reality.. And our prayer is that we all as individuals would play our part and take it upon ourselves to see as many of our friends, youth, churches mobilised to be a part of this event.. It has the potential to be HUGE!!

Over the comings days and weeks we will be doing what we can to help you spread the word, we NEED your help.. Screening times and locations will be announced shortly, how to get tickets and how to get it in a cinema near you. As well as pre-release featurettes and exclusives, so keep checkin in to the websites.. Be as creative as you like in getting the word out.. Share your ideas with us.. And let's together see the Church come together as ONE and the name of JESUS made famous.

We thank God so much for all our friends around the world who have shared the UNITED journey with us over the last few years. We are living in amazing days, and we're only just getting started. I don't know where this is all headed.. But I'm convinced, that if we all choose to play our part and continue to work together in loving God and loving others with everything, that there is no end to what we can see established for the Kingdom and the glory of God in our lifetime.

As for Part 3....?? Wooo!!
LOVE.
Jth.

THIS IS FROM THE I-HEART WEBSITE.  What an incredible opportunity for all of God people to be united!!  When I got this notification in the mail I had to check it out.  The US date is November 4th. 
Take a look at the site.    http://www.theiheartfilm.com/

IN HIS SERVICE,
Redeemed