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Servants
Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many- Mark 10:43-45
Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it."- Matthew 16:25
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working but the same God works all of them in all men. -1 Cor. 12:4-6
We are all given gifts, as 1 Corinthians 12 discusses. The gifts of prophecy, discipleship, empathy, etc... These gifts have been given to us, not for us to boast in, not to use in empty fun, not even necessarily for a career. Instead, they have been given to us to glorify the Lord with.
These are our weapons to fight with in the holy war. The Lord has equipped us with these to use for His purposes and they should be used in that sense.
We, in the Redemption Romparoo, have been blessed with the gifts of music and evangelism. God has shown us, through much time, patience, and conditioning, that He wants us to spread the music and words of His grace through this project.
Mac Cochrane, vocalist and guitarist, is currently finishing up a degree in physics through Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, and Bond University in Brisbane, Australia. Mac has grown up playing guitar and leading worship at his local church in Bolingbrook, Illinois, Intervarsity at Wesleyan, and, most recently, at Bond.
Matt Cavanaugh, guitarist/bassist and semi-vocalist, is currently a psychology and church education double major at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois. He has been playing music since he was young, but became a Christian only a little over a year ago. He is involved in many worship groups at Trinity and through his local church, Parkview Christian Church.
Brooke Blary, guitarest and vocalist, is currently a junior at Lockport High School, just south of Chicago. Brooke is also very involved with another band, The 7th Chapter, as well as her church, Christian Hills Full Gospel church. She has been playing guitar for a few years now. Brooke boldly committed her life to Christ two years ago.
Christine Mah, cellist, has been playing cello for countless years. She is a worship leader at her church in Chicago and is also beginning a teaching career. She graduated Illinois Wesleyan University She is also very active in missions and is going on a missions trip to Mexico for the majority of this upcoming summer.
Joe Misek, guitarest, has been playing lead blues and jazz guitar for years. Since Joe became a Christian in May of 2000, his fire for God has been contagious. Joe is going to be a senior at Illinois Wesleyan University and is active with missions and special needs camps. He is also an accomplished writer.
Bethany Bilobran, cellist, is going to be a senior at Illinois Wesleyan. Bethany is majoring in music and truly is blessed with that gift. She is also very active with on the Newman Center and Koininia retreat in Bloomington, as well as her home church in Elgin.
Even though we are still a very young organized project, the Redemption Romparoo have a demo-cd currently out. It is available for $5 ($6 if by mail) and features 11 tracks.
Email Matt for info. Also, we are trying to plan a small midwest tour for late summer. If you'd like us to play please email the above link or call (708) 479-7750. God bless you.