Hey everybody!

Two big things to announce to everyone. First, we're very excited to let you know that thanks to YOU and our Lord's neverending love and faith in us, we have launched our website!

Visit www.comeandlive.com to check it out and download FIVE free albums. We will be posting new music and awesome charities to learn about as time goes on, probably on a weekly basis.

Second, we have collected nearly every name, address and detail about you, our backers. Now that we have that and the funding from Kickstarter, we are putting together packages to mail now. Please expect 3-4 weeks tops to receive your package, although we're hoping to get them out sooner than that.

Just in case there's a problem or anything, we'll be posting updates here to let you know what's going on. Thanks for your patience as we prep to send over 100 packages, dozens of shirts, and hundreds of CDs out to all of you. We appreciate you SO much and are praying for continued grace and favor from our LORD.

Thanks again!

Team Come&Live!

Happy New Year!

It was only a short 3 months ago that we posted a little information about our financial need to complete a website that would allow us to begin offering music as a 100% free, no-strings-attached, gift.

Within the first week we had raised about $1,500 - we were floored! But, very quickly thereafter, things slowed down significantly and we began to question whether we had aimed too high (Kickstarter operates on a goal system - people pledge, and donate, only if the project goal is met). We prayed harder and with greater diligence, mostly out of fear that we wouldn't see any of the money we had raised. Slowly we watched the counter creep up to about $5,500. Then we launched a $1,500 on the 15th campaign - asking people, like you, to pray about pledging on the 15th. Literally within a matter of hours our $7K goal had been reached....then people just kept on giving.

We are now at about 114% (the counter does not reflect a few donations we received by check) of our goal with 12 hours left to go. Thank you, God!

I want to shout a very heart felt and sincere THANK YOU! for praying, sharing, and standing with us. Whether you said a quick prayer, forwarded a link to a friend, donated a dollar, or gave everything you had - this dream was birthed out of the hope that a new currency would speak more clearly than the old.

The success of this project proves to us that God's currency is generosity, plain and simple.

We are humbled by your encouragement as we continue to pursue a dream that many have told us would be impossible. Because of God's goodness and your kindness, it grows more possible by the day.

May the Lord Jesus draw each of you more closely into His arms and would He increase your fervor to serve Him with everything that you are.

Love and Blessings,

Chad & the C&L! Team.

P.S. February 1st should, Lord-willing, be a big day for us!

We are nearly finished with the process of developing and building a fully functional website. God, in using many of you, has been very generous towards us as we've now raised over 90% of our goal. The challenge with Kickstarter is that we will only receive these funds once our goal of $7,000 has been reached.

At the center of our mission is the desire to share music with others. We love, train, and equip artists to live as - traveling, performing, worship-leading musicians with a heart to genuinely minister the Gospel and serve others. One of the things we need to accomplish these goals is a website that will serve as a base camp for all of our online efforts. Not only will we be offering music as a 100% free, no-strings-attached gift, but the website will allow us to stay in constant communication with people all across the globe, encouraging, challenging, and building up their faith in Jesus.

The site will provide an environment for people to interact in, where they can experience the joy and hope we have, through the power of God's Spirit in music. The website will also help share our story, provide simple functionality for donations, and offer Biblical content; all with the singular focus of supporting to live out their calling to reach the youth of the world with the real hope of Christ Jesus.

Would you pray with us that God would bring in the remaining funds we need for the site's full development? Our prayer is that we would raise $1,500 on the 15th (Today!) - reaching our goal prior to the Holiday craze and in advance of our January 1st. deadline. If you have already pledged, we sincerely thank you!

Thank you and may God continue to grow us all towards a humble, yet bold, expression of love for His son Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Hey all,

Many thanks to those who have donated thus far! We are moved and humbled by your generosity and by God's faithfulness to provide: we are just about at the two-thirds mark for our goal. This has been an incredible season for our team and our bands, and we really appreciate your prayer and support. With one month left, we are well on track to meet our goal -- but we need your help!

PLEASE consider sending our site and our need to your friends and family. If you like, you can grab the Kickstarter widget and put it on your Facebook or MySpace page. Remember, if we don't make at least 100% of our goal by January 1, 2010, no money changes hands, so please help as you are able.

By helping us finish our site, you're helping artists and missionaries (musicianaries) give away powerful and impactful worship music and spread the love of Christ. Our bands have committed their lives and ministries to help others and your pledges are fueling that charge.

Thank you again for your generosity and prayers during this time; we are so excited to share the finished site with you!

Much love,

Team Come&Live!

Hey everybody,

We are one third of the way to our goal to finish the website. We are so blessed, thankful and excited for your generosity so far -- but we're not done yet!

Do us a favor and send this along to anyone you know who might be interested. Church groups, friends, bandmates, anyone who has a heart for Jesus and loves music.

Let us know if you refer backers and we'll hook you up with a thank-you gift!

Much love all,

Team Come&Live!