Kempke's Music Service

A Resurrection Celebration

Dave Clark • Cliff Durren

You must not overlook this exciting new offering for Easter from the creative team of Cliff Duren and Dave Clark. Love Is Alive kicks off with a stirring call to the worldwide church of Christ and leads the worshipper into a moving and personal journey through the events of Passion Week. Performance time: 40 minutes

TITLES: Come People Of The Risen King • No Not One • The Power And The Glory • Here Comes The King • Love Is Alive • Christ Arose • Mercy’s Free • Love Has Come

BEHIND THE MUSIC: CLIFF DUREN

I love Easter and all that it represents…an empty grave, a resurrected Savior, hope for mankind, forgiveness of sins. The list could go on and on. The one word that echoes all through the Easter story (and the entire Word of God, for that matter) is love.

 God’s love for us sent His perfect Son to an imperfect world; His sinless Son to a cross made for sinners. Three days later, that same love conquered death, hell, and the grave so we could have eternal life! The chains of sin that had us bound were broken through the death, burial, and resurrection of our loving Savior, Jesus Christ. Love is alive and will never be defeated!

 For the Christian, that same love now lives inside of us. As few months back, I have the amazing opportunity to lead my 5 year-old son, Mac , to faith in Christ and baptizing him about a week later. In his short time as a believer, he has already inspired me with His zeal for Christ. Since his salvation, he has told every friend, relative, and stranger about Jesus and how his life has been changed. The love of Christ in him is already overflowing out of his young heart.

 I was so thrilled when my good friends at Lillenas Publishing asked me to collaborate with the amazing Dave Clark for an Easter musical called “Love is Alive.” I have felt the Lord’s hand on this project every step of the way. Our desire is that God will use this work to glorify Himself in and through your church and music ministry.

 My prayer for “Love is Alive” is that it will remind us all that the love of Christ is alive in us. May we realize that there is a world around us that needs to know about the love we have been so freely given. Don’t just sing this musical…use it as an opportunity to invite others to come and hear about a love that can change their lives forever.

 In Christ,

Cliff Duren