About us

“Our vision is to encourage churches in worship, to enable people to be drawn into the presence of the Father through His Son Jesus Christ; and to allow the Holy Spirit to bring heavenly comfort and peace to broken and troubled hearts”

Our heart and calling is to minister in spiritual songs, psalms and to lead prophetic worship as we are drawn by the Holy Spirit into a place of intimacy with the Father. To sing over the broken-hearted and proclaim release to those who are bound. To welcome the wonderful presence of God’s Holy Spirit to have His way among us.

Our hearts desire is to journey together with God’s people into Spirit led worship that takes us into the Holy of Holies. Worship is a bridge into God’s presence and as we flow under the direction of the Holy Spirit He has something new and fresh to say to His people. The Holy Spirit is like the wind (“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” - John 3:8), and prophetic worship catches the wind of the Spirit and enables us to flow with Him.

The Holy Spirit causes our worship always to focus on Jesus. As the presence of Jesus comes in our worship there is a release of power to save, heal, deliver and set the captives free (“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted, He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and freedom to prisoners.” - Isaiah 61:1). Jesus comes in our worship and moves among His people. Many times Jesus will reach out with signs of His presence as we worship. Healings occur, salvation is released, emotional hurts are healed and deliverance comes to those who are bound.

Our prayer is “Come Holy Spirit, have Your way - glorify Jesus in the midst of our worship. Move among us with signs and wonders of the Kingdom of God as Jesus breaks through and floods us with His healing presence.”

“Beautiful words fill my mind as I compose this song for the King. Like the pen of a good writer my tongue is ready with a poem.” Psalm 45:1

A HEALING TESTIMONY

"But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed" - ISAIAH 53:5 - NLT

A HEALING TESTMONY FROM “SOLACE”We have just returned from the annual New Wine Conference at Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet which we attended with other member of St Paul’s Church.While we were there George received a miracle of healing from God. Following a triple heart bypass over 11 years ago, and not being expected to live, George has suffered from congestive heart failure and peripheral vascular disease. This has become progressively more and more debilitating and, according to our vascular surgeon, inoperable in George’s case which meant that he was in constant pain and unable to walk or stand for any length of time. The pain in his legs took the form of severe cramps that came as soon as he made any attempt to walk or stand. Although George has borne this stoically, he had become more and more disabled by this incurable condition and was particularly low just before we went away to New Wine. The Friday before we left for the conference we had been leading a praise and healing night in St Paul’s Church, and for the very first time George said to me that he could no longer continue to play the drums or set up the PA in the future as he was in too much pain.Over the years, in spite of the severe pain he has been in, he has continued to support us and set up the PA and play the drums, but this time we all knew that he couldn’t continue. On the Monday at New Wine George was very poorly and breathless and his walking even more laboured and painful than before. Margaret actually felt that this might be the end as the original bypass surgery was only anticipated to give George another 10 years maximum to live.Tuesday lunchtime we made painfully slow progress across the Marketplace display area towards the food hall in order to get some lunch. As George slowly made his way, stopping every few yards waiting for the cramps to subside a little before he continued, a man came up to him and asked if he could pray for him. George’s normal reaction would have been to say no, but he was so low and in so much pain that he agreed. The man put his hand gently on George’s shoulder and said that the pain he was suffering was not right and spoke Jesus healing into his body. Immediately George felt all the pain go and his body relax. Since that moment there has been a transformation in his physical body. He looks like the man he was before the original collapse over 11 years ago. The pain lines which were etched into his face have disappeared, he is able to walk upright so he looks taller, and the signs of circulatory disorder including blue fingernails and ice cold lower legs and numb feet have gone. He is sleeping for the first time in years in a normal position (which means Margaret is also sleeping properly for the first time in years) and is waking refreshed and able to get up and enjoy the day instead of having to rest in bed until almost lunchtime because of the pain. Praise the Lord, He is a miracle worker! He knew our need and met it in a miraculous way. Through that simple step of obedience from the man that prayed with George a miracle occurred.After George gave his testimony on the platform at New Wine one evening, 11 people came to him for prayer (praying for people to be healed is something George has never been involved in before), and when we got home a friend of ours who has been suffering a long time with a bowel and stomach condition was quietly prayed for and has received healing also. We know that the Lord is going to use this testimony to reach out to many other people who are in need of salvation and healing. All the glory goes to Jesus Who bore all our sicknesses on the cross and defeated sin and pain there.I hope this testimony encourages us to always hope in God and hold on His promises. Over the years Margaret has prayed the last few verses of Psalm 91 over George’s life – “Because he has loved Me therefore I will deliver him, I will set him securely on high because he has known My Name. He will call upon Me and I will answer him. I will rescue him and honour him. With a long life I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation.”Speaking out the Word of God over our lives and situations is a powerful tool in our hands. Jesus is the Word made flesh and His power is released through His Word. Since our return from New Wine George continues to improve day by day. We are beginning the process of working on muscles that have not been used for 11 years, coaxing them back into strength and usefulness again. George says that this pain is a good pain as he knows it is the ache of unused muscles that need building up and no longer the agony of cramping through lack of blood supply. We are so grateful to the Lord for His mercy and love and know that he has not finished with George’s gifts and ministry yet as we look forward to all that he has in store for Solace in the time ahead. SOLACE MUSIC MINISTRYwww.solacemusic.org.uk