This is our story.
our story.
In the summer of 2016, United Adoration (partnering with ¡Caminemos Juntos!) brought together writers from two continents in San Diego for this grand experiment: Could perfect strangers from different cultures and languages write songs of worship that would fuel mission and healing in the Americas?
Some of us only spoke Spanish, some English, some both. Some were professional musicians, some amateurs, and some were not musical at all. We had only this in common, the love our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of worship, and the desire to see His mission flourish.
1. Ven Espiritu
2. Tu Deleite Es Perdonar
3. Nos Basta
“As an Anglo Christian, I had realized the deep wound that had been caused in the arena of worship by some of us, unknowingly, in my culture. Muti-cultural worship was something we value in our head but not always in our practices. They sing our songs, but do we really want to sing their songs?” – Justin Clifton, Co-founder of UA
As the attendees broke off to start the process of writing, Victor found Max. Max was a talented musician from Chile and agreed to help him work on his song.
“I remember walking by the patio where they were working about 10 minutes after they started just to check in and see if they had any questions. Victor says to me, ‘hey I think we have a song.I don’t know if its any good, but would you like to hear it?’ I was shocked they had finished anything that quickly, but I was even more shocked after they played it. It was anointed.” – Justin Clifton
4. Uno En El
5. Ven A Reinar
The retreat was tagged on to a ¡Caminemos Juntos! conference for church planting in the Americas. Part of the goal for the retreat was to write some songs that would be sung at the conference. During the first worship night, the team led 100’s of church planters and missionaries in Victor and Max’s song, Ven Espiritu. The whole place erupted into worship, singing the song as if they had heard it before, as if the song was the cry of their hearts. The Holy Spirit did come and the song deeply impacted the conference. And in the very back of sanctuary, the Holy Spirit was deeply impacting Victor and Max. That night had changed everything.
It was a major pivot point for United Adoration. It helped us realize a major part of who we are. United Adoration exists for the transformational healing and mission of his Church around the world.