Mark Reid

Wow! Thank you so much for the love, encouragement and support in getting this project over the line! Close to 10% of the overall goal! If you fancy banking on your lucky number, or pick a number and be ONE of the HUNDRED comment or DM. 💅🏽 ///////////////////// Last November, around 90 of us recorded a collection of worship songs LIVE at St. Swithun’s in Bournemouth. It was a special night and what was recorded is now close to being ready for release. However, to get us there, I’m looking for 100 friends who would consider investing £25 into the project to get it over the like. The goal is to have this project done and dusted before the Summer finishes. These are a rich collection of songs. A mixture of high praise and depth but also some fun and a bit of craic. I’m so proud of them and grateful for how they’ve been captured and who they’ve been captured with If you fancy banking on your lucky number, or pick a number and be ONE of the HUNDRED comment or DM. Thankyou for being on the artistic journey with me as it grows, develops and is worked out. Thanks for investing in this project and with it, much more.

YESHUA Put together in the front bedroom of a house in Birmingham. I confess, I have a weariness of singing songs that instruct my soul to bless God or sing songs about the blessing I might receive from singing to God. I wanted to write a song that spoke of the nature a characteristics of Christ, the work that he’s done and what’s to come all surrounded by this corporate cry to ALL PRAISE (it used to be ALL HAIL, but got a little close to Jeremy Riddle). I’m also a person who loves tradition and is sentimental about this histories of the faith. I took the common prayer the Gloria Patri and put it as the bridge, gathering round words that have been said for centuries. YESHUA You are the King, seated on the throne The Son of God, reigning over all The worthy One who can open up the scroll Your Name is Jesus All praise King Jesus All praise the Lamb All Hail Yeshua The Great I AM You intercede for every tribe and tongue Every wrong is covered by Your blood You silence hell and every accusation Your Name is Jesus Glory be to the Father To the Son To the Spirit As it was in the beginning Is now and forever When You return in robes of truth and justice To judge the world, a sceptre in Your hand We’ll see in full the hope of all the nations Your Name is Jesus Sung again with the excellent @julia_loveless_ Penned with @simeonashford @pedrornetto @nickherbs1 @jonhudson22

THRNRM I wanted to write about the THRNRM of heaven. To play with the theology and imagery of the throneroom and paint a visual picture through music and lyric of the sights and the sounds that are occurring in that realm, as described across the book of Revelation. Always pointing back to it. There are a couple of things to think about here: 1. The language of BEHOLD. There is an authority yet an elegance to this word, immediately calling us to look upward at what sight there is to see. There is a journey to go on in BEHOLDING the one seated on the throne. An exciting space to stretch a baptised imagination. 2. This is a place that we’re moving toward and will someday see, but it is also a place that we can go to now in our worship. I wonder if it’s a place that we can live IN in our spiritual lives and therefore lead FROM in our worship…one to ponder for worship leaders. I love how @timstephenson0620 moved some of the chord structures around to emphasise the intensity and movement of the throneroom. THRNRM In your throneroom Glory fills the air like a cloud The sound of rolling thunder shakes the ground As the voices of the heavens cry to You They sing Behold the lamb Seated on the throne Behold our God Worthy of all praise Almighty One, clothed in holiness and majesty As we join with the eternal song That’s in Your throneroom In Your throneroom Prayers rise like incense to Your name As the worship and the wonder of the saints Is a fragrance that is pleasing to Your heart They sing There’s a river With healing in its waters for the lands Redeeming every nation to Your hand As every knee will bow and tongue confess They’ll sing And in that moment We’ll lay unhindered eyes on Jesus’ face As tears of old are gently wiped away And we arrive at our eternal home We’ll sing Originally I put this on my BODY|MIND|SOUL|SPIRIT EP in 2020, I love how it’s been adapted and put into this live space. I hope it can be a useful song to help you imagine the throneroom of Heaven.

LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING One of Charles Wesley’s most famous. Composed in 1747, LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING is my favourite hymn. It’s so rich lyrically painting the story of the hope, the power and the beauty of the love of Christ. This was a hymn at our wedding and it’s a very difficult one for me to get through without tears. Charles was truly a poetic and lyrical magician in putting abstract truths into the mouths of the people. I’ve always wanted to record a contemporary version pushing the ceiling of where this song could go musically and found no better opportunity than in this project. Sung with the wonderful @julia_loveless_ LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heav’n, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art. Visit us with thy salvation; enter ev’ry trembling heart. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into ev’ry troubled breast. Let us all in thee inherit, let us find that second rest. Take away our bent sinning; Alpha and Omega be. End of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty. Come, Almighty, to deliver, let us all thy life receive. Suddenly return, and never, nevermore they temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. Finish, then, thy new creation; true and spotless let us be. Let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee. Changed from glory into glory, till in heav’n we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love and praise.

It’s been a few weeks since LIVE at St. Swithun’s came out in full and there’s still so much to celebrate what it marked 🎉. So far each project has represented the closing of one chapter and opening of another. This album represents the deep and intentional desire to find ways to speak of the mysteries of God. This album represents the bringing together of friends old and new. Great people who I have spent many hours with, cried joyful and painful tears with, served with and shared with. People who I am indebted to. My hope is to share the stories of the songs over the next few days and point you toward some of my heart and what I care about. This project could not happen without such wonderful people as: @jamopritchard @samjacksonreedmusic @julia_loveless_ @sol.hardy @hi.im.lewis @whittenparker_27 @lauren_mi11er @jonnyriggs @sarahrachelanne @jamesbuckland_ @chapelstonefilms to these I am ever grateful The production of @timstephenson0620 The mastering of @birdjonny The support of @songsolutions @wingsaccess @weare.arua The love and championing of @ctfbournemouth The hosting of @lovechurchuk The various writers on this project The PLETHORA of amazing people who generously funded this project and who turned up on the night to bring their voices and worship. And no greater support than @abigailkreid and amazing family. TRACKLIST: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling THRNRM Yeshua Reverence and Trembling Inhale | Exhale Shoulder to Shoulder …with some reprises too Thank you M

We started out as kids Now ten years in. Three kids, four cars, a few grey hairs And tonnes of memories to show for love, marriage and friendship The next ten years Where will it go? What will it hold? Maybe we’ll get a dog… Happy “Tin” year anniversary @abigailkreid Love you lots

The beauty of the humble library providing both the safety of being hidden in years of collected wisdom and knowledge, yet propelled into the risky pioneering of new ideas. Where else can these things be held simultaneously? @bristolbaptistcollege

I’ve been home over the weekend. There is no better place to offer a reset for the soul. 🇮🇪

I have a friend who calls the space between Christmas and New Year “The Hush.” Our bodies slow to near shut down and we’re forced to quieten. A type of recovery from the toll the year takes on us. We open a book, watch a few films, lay dozing eyes toward the fireplace. Today feels like a Hush day. It’s gloomy, heavy in some ways. The air is damp, the cold sharp as it fills inhaling lungs. The breeze scratching as it kisses your cheek. There’s a vague fog hovering over the trees. It’s uncomfortable yet strangely refreshing. As if nature itself is closing up for the season. I can feel my body beginning to slow down and recuperate as the year comes to a close. There’s so much to reflect on, give thanks for, grieve, anticipate and let go of. There’s also much to look forward to, dream about and prepare for coming into 2026. As it all comes to a close, I wish you well, peace and joy. As for the Hush…may it be what it needs to be…darling, I know….

I LOVE SPICED BEEF 🥩 This is a dish that we’ve had in our family going back generations. I absolutely love it as a meat to go alongside the turkey and ham and the other bits 🥦 🥕 🥙 You can normally pick it up at the butcher and cook it up on the big day. However, I’ve never found it in the UK to this year I’m bravely attempting to make it. Let’s see how it goes…tastes better than it looks…at this point 1.5kg Brisket 2tbsp Black Treacle 1tsp Ground Cloves 1tsp Nutmeg 1tsp Mace 1tsp Whole Cloves 2tbsp Ground Allspice 1tbsp Juniper Berries 1tsp Salt & Pepper 35g Brown Sugar #irishcooking #christmascooking #spicedbeef

Spending a short part of the morning back in an old hearth. A large part of my masters degree was time in these rooms. It was a reacquaintance with an old friend; reading, pondering and writing @trinity_bristol

Another year of creating Another year of opportunity Another year of growth Another year of gratitude These stats are overwhelming and I’m full of thanksgiving and gratitude. Music is a prime medium of expression, passion and discovering more about the person I’ve been created to be. It’s been such a ride of enjoyment and meeting some incredible people along the way. An album will be coming out in Jan 2026 and there’s the hope of more writing, more songs and more collaborations too (…?…hint hint…if you’re interested). Here’s to the more.