Today’s song comes from the Sinatra family! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5x4dSD_Vb8
Today’s charity is Compassionart http://www.compassionart.tv/
As someone involved with the musical life of the church and a passionate believer that worship is the very breath of our lives, this charity is very dear to my heart. Compassionart is “a charity that joins the dots between art and poverty.” It raises money to help breathe life into the poorest communities, restoring hope and igniting justice. It started with the belief that music really ought to be able to sit well with justice and involved a host of Christian artists (starting with Martin Smith from Delirious) creating music and using all the proceeds from album sales and royalty cheques to support those working among the world’s poorest communities. 12 songwriters from the world of Christian music went to Scotland for a week in January 2008 and wrote 22 songs, which were sold to raise money for a host of projects. An orphanage in China, community healthcare training in the Philippines, helping children who find themselves caught up in the crime and gun culture on the streets of South Africa, a children’s home in Kenya and helping ex-offenders in the UK are some of the projects supported from this. Every time we sing ‘King of Wonders’, we are supporting these projects! You can read the full update on projects at: http://www.compassionart.tv/changing/news/news_20100831.aspx