This Is Our God

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This Is Our God
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Live album by
Hillsong Worship
Released5 July 2008
Recorded9 March 2008
Venue Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia
Genre Contemporary worship
Length77:13
Label Hillsong
Producer Joel Houston, Andrew Crawford, Reuben Morgan
Hillsong Music Australia
Live praise & worship chronology
Saviour King
(2007)		This Is Our God
(2008)		 Faith + Hope + Love
(2009)

This Is Our God is the seventeenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the Acer Arena on 9 March 2008 by Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech, and the Hillsong Live Worship team with a crowd of over 10,000 worshippers. The album opened at No. 2 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart in Australia. [1]

Contents

Album information

This Is Our God is the first Hillsong album since 1996 on which Darlene Zschech has not appeared as worship pastor, since Reuben Morgan officially became the new worship pastor of Hillsong in 2008. It also features a greater variety of singers, as the church's most traditional worship leaders are not as heavily featured.

This is the third album released under their new name 'Hillsong Live'. Even though Hillsong has been using the 'Live' logo on their albums since 2006's Mighty To Save as well as listing these albums under 'Hillsong Live' on their website for some time, This Is Our God is the first album to be officially released with 'Hillsong Live' listed as the artist name on the spine of the CD and DVD.

The majority of the songs were written by Reuben Morgan, Darlene Zschech, Joel Houston, Michael Guglielmucci, Matt Crocker, Brooke Fraser, and Ben Fielding.

"Healer"

On 21 August 2008, the album attracted controversy when a worship leader from Planetshakers Church and former member of the band Planetshakers, Michael Guglielmucci, admitted that in 2006 he had fabricated a story that he was suffering from cancer [2] when he composed and then performed song "Healer", that appeared on the album. Guglielmucci later said that the story had been fabricated to hide a 16-year addiction to pornography. [3] [4] [5] Representatives of churches with which Guglielmucci had affiliations told the press they were totally unaware of this situation. In an email sent to Hillsong members, the church's general manager, George Aghajanian, said the news was even a shock to Guglielmucci's own family and that the suspended pastor was seeking professional help. He was suspended from the church and actions taken to return the money obtained fraudulently. [6] [7] [8] The track "Healer" has since then been removed from the track listing in future releases of the album. [9]

Track listing

CD

TrackSongSongwriterWorship leaderLead supporting vocalTime
01"Your Name High" Joel Houston Joel HoustonAnnie Garratt03:56
02"Run"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonAnnie Garratt03:21
03"Desert Song"Brooke FraserBrooke Fraser, Jill McCloghry—04:12
04"This Is Our God" Reuben Morgan, Jill McCloghryReuben Morgan & Jill McCloghryAnnie Garratt, David Ware05:49
05"He Is Lord" Ben Fielding Annie Garratt & Marcus Temu—04:55
06"High And Lifted Up" Darlene Zschech, Mike GuglielmucciDarlene ZschechMarcus Temu, Jill McCloghry04:38
07"Stronger"Reuben Morgan, Ben FieldingJad GilliesDarlene Zschech04:27
08"Healer"Mike GuglielmucciMike Guglielmucci, Darlene ZschechJoel Houston07:06
09"You Are Here (The Same Power)"Dave George, Grant PankratzJoel Houston, Darlene ZschechMike Guglielmucci02:52
10"You Deserve"Matt Crocker, James DunlopSam KnockJonathon Douglass, Annie Garratt04:38
11"Across The Earth"Reuben Morgan, Matt CrockerMatt CrockerAnnie Garratt04:30
12"Where We Belong"Reuben Morgan, Joel DaviesJoel Davies05:33
13"Sing To The Lord"Mike Guglielmucci, Matt CrockerMarty SampsonBrooke Fraser06:44
14"You'll Come"Brooke FraserBrooke Fraser, Darlene ZschechJoel Houston05:05
15"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"Helen Howarth LemmelBrooke Fraser—01:46
16"With Everything"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonDarlene Zschech07:56

DVD

  1. "Bible Reading & Prayer" (Isaiah 42:8-13) (Joel Houston)
  2. "Your Name High" (Joel Houston)
  3. "Run" (Joel Houston)
  4. "Across the Earth" (Matt Crocker)
  5. "Bible Reading" (Philippians 2:6-11)
  6. "This Is Our God" (Jill McCloghry and Reuben Morgan)
  7. "He Is Lord" (Annie Garratt and Marcus Temu)
  8. "High and Lifted Up" (Darlene Zschech)
  9. "Stronger" (Jad Gillies)
  10. "Bible Reading" (Isaiah 53:1-5) (Mike Guglielmucci)
  11. "Healer" (Mike Guglielmucci) [**Removed from current releases**]
  12. "You are Here (The Same Power) (Joel Houston) [**Removed from current releases**]
  13. "Bible Reading" (Isaiah 60:1-5, 18-22)
  14. "You Deserve" (Sam Knock)
  15. "Alive in You" [Author : Mike Guglielmucci & Scott Ligertwood] (Jonathon Douglass & Sam Knock)
  16. "Bible Reading" (Psalm 66) (Jill McCloghry)
  17. "Desert Song" (Brooke Fraser and Jill McCloghry)
  18. "Sing to the Lord" (Marty Sampson)
  19. "Where We Belong" (Joel Davies)
  20. "Bible Reading" (Hosea 6:1-3) (Brooke Fraser)
  21. "You'll Come" (Brooke Fraser and Darlene Zschech)
  22. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" (Brooke Fraser)
  23. "With Everything" (Joel Houston)
  24. "Benediction" (Revelation 4:8, 11; 5:9-10, 12, 13b; Hebrews 13:20-21; 2 Corinthians 13:14) (Robert Fergusson)
  25. "With Everything" (Reprise/Instrumental) [Drum : Rolf Wam Fjell, Bass : Ntando 'Bob' Mpofu, Keyboard : Kevin Lee]

Note: The DVD sub-menu "Song Selection" contains track listings for songs only. Spoken-word tracks may be accessed directly using navigation buttons while watching the feature

Documentary

  1. "This Is Our God"
  2. "Desert Song"
  3. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
  4. "Your Name High" (Intro)
  5. "With Everything"

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic [10]

Charts

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