Rebirth International

RUF Conference for Ivey League Region

Posted on July 5th, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: class offerings, concerts & music, events.

Mo is scheduled as the keynote speaker at an RUF Ivey League regional conference Nov. 2-4.

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North Central College Chapel - Naperville, Il

Posted on July 5th, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: class offerings, concerts & music, events.

Mo will perform a concert and speak at North Central College Chapel in Naperville, Il, Oct. 4-5.

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Orphans and Kings

Posted on May 19th, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: blog, concerts & music, ministry updates.

Well, I’m standing in the C Group, about to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Nashville, hopefully for the last time for some time. We will be mixing down the new project which is now officially titled Orphans and Kings. We should have downloadable versions of the project somerwhere on the internet very soon - I’ll keep you posted. We are also in the process of designing the CD jacket and such for those who simply have to have their own copy of the project.

Thanks for your patience. It’s taken longer than I thought or hoped it would. I hope you will be pleased with what we came up with. I know I can count on all of you to help me promote the project and thus keep the work of Rebirth International going! Blessings!

Mo

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Untitled Project

Posted on May 14th, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: blog, concerts & music, ministry updates.

We are nearing the end of this musical sojourn. It has been an incredible experience. As I’m writing this post I’m in the Love Shack Studios on Music Row, listening to Ashley Cleveland, a Grammy-award winning vocalist here in Nashville, as she performs gut-wrenching backing vocals on The Ditch. I’m just enjoying the heck out of this. But I’m also aware that though it’s cool to have accomplished musicians play along me on a record, it’s still my record, my songs and my story and that sobers me and keeps my feet on the ground.

Please pray for things as they wrap up. It is my prayer that this music minister to folks at newer depths and for wider audiences. My hope is that proceeds will continue to fuel a movement of God’s Kingdom among the poor. I also pray for a platform to inspire the people of God toward the heart of God among the poor. If you pray along those lines, you can’t go wrong.

We have considered two different titles for the project. We are presently polling for opinions. The choices are between (1) Orphans and Kings, (2) Like Hell Inside. Let me know if you want to chime in on this issue.

Blessings to all!

Mo

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Concert for Campus Outreach at Georgia College

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: blog, concerts & music, new orleans.

I just returned from a short trip to Georgia where I had the opportunity to speak and perform a concert at the Campus Outreach of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville. It was especially encouraging to have the opportunity to spend time with these extraordinary young men and women both before and after the concert. Thanks to all who came and especially to those who generously contributed to Rebirth International. Special thanks to Glenn Wilkins for the invite and to Sam Rouschenburg for coordination. Also I want to especially thank Jaimie (aka Jeannie) for jumping behind the mike with me at my invitation. You did a great job and are quite talented! Within a couple of days a group of about 20 students from that college will be travelling to New Orleans to help in the city’s recovery. Pray that they might have safe travels and that the Lord’s blessing will be upon us as we explore God’s word together over spring break.

I also had the opportunity to visit with an old high school friend of mine from Macon named Steve Lee. Special thanks to he and his wife Joanie for their hospitality and renewed friendship. Please pray for them that God would continue to bless Steve’s graphic design company called Catalyst as well as their sweet family.

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Making progress on new project!

Posted on January 4th, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: blog, concerts & music.

I am on my way to a recording session where we will be laying down the drum tracks to the songs on this new project. Most of these songs are painful in that they deal with the tragedy of Katrina and all the unravelling that came with the storm. But they are also about healing and hope that falls from above as well. There are times when I wish there were a pill i could take that would bring instantaneous recovery from injury, or some therapy that would remove inner-woundedness from life’s travails. But there is no real healing except that which flows from the eternal and surgical hands of the Sovereign One who stoops over us in love. Unlike other medical procedures, there is no anasthesia for the process. And unlike other procedures that bring permanancy in healing, God never in this lifetime comepletes his work. We are like a child born premature that must anticipate a life span of surgeries. We never really recover fully from our inner-woundedness until we see the Creator-Redeemer face to face. Oh how I long for that day.

I was thinking this morning, now that I am in my 40’s that I have entered the Autumn years of my life. Spring is the stage where we are blooming with life and color and personality and self-discovery. I would say that this stage would be the first 20 years of our lives. Of course Summer follows with fulness and maturity and fruitfulness. These are our productivity years. These would be our next 20 years taking us up to the stage I’ve just entered - our Autumn years. Our Autumn years are our years of decline. Now I know that there are ways in which the Autumn years can be the most productive phase of all, when we manage the first phases well, or when because of spiritual renewal one might find in later years, but even for those, the autumn years are a time of preparation inwardly where we let go of our fruitfulness for the enrichment of others. We are focused and hopeful that we might pass on to our children the legacy of our lives. We are shaping our lives for the benefit of others. This is why to me Autumn is the most colorful and beautiful phase. Winter of course is the phase where we retreat deep into ourselves in preparation for new birth. Perhaps I’m making too much of this. Perhaps I’m just a little melancholy entering into another recording session. Whatever the case may be, I am thankful to the One who sustains us through all our lives and gives us hope in the midst of the storm.

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Campus Outreach was a great audience!

Posted on January 1st, 2007 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: concerts & music, ministry updates.

Special thanks to everyone involved in allowing me to come and perform for the very special young men and women at Campus Outreach Christmas Conference.  Your encouragement during this time was meaningful beyond your possible understanding.  As we are being re-established in the ministry of Rebirth International we will always remember the special role you guys have played in filling our sails with wind.  Special thanks to Mike Hearon for inviting me to come and allowing me to play a role in the significant cause of Campus Outreach.  Your ministry is a real standout in a country that so desperately needs spiritual leaders for the next generation.  God bless all of you and lets pray together that 2007 is a year of great fruitfulness in His Kingdom’s purposes for both our organizations!

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Want Mo to come to your city for a concert, ministry consultation or speaking engagement? Book him now!

Posted on October 23rd, 2006 by Mo Leverett.
Categories: concerts & music.

Besides being an urban ministry pioneer, Mo is an accomplished singer-song-writer and recording artist, an effective teacher and urban theologian, an inspirational speaker and storyteller. Mo has been called by some a poet-prophet, a minstrel on a mission. Cornerstone Magazine described his music as a “folksy, bluesy slice of real-life pie - new acoustic at its best…no kidding!” Mo’s Sacred Desires single climbed to number 1 on the charts in Seattle, Washington. He has been featured in Christianity Today, World Magazine, CCM magazine and many other publications. He has published his first book of prose and poetry and has lectured at Reformed Theological Seminary, Covenant Seminary, New Orleans Baptist Seminary and many other colleges and higher learning institutions. He has been featured on the 700 Club and is the recipient of many awards including The Angel Award - a statewide community service award sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. He has been named one of the 50 persons to watch by New Orleans Magazine and one of Louisiana’s Most Extraordinary Persons by WWL Radio and Hibernia Bank. Mo is available on a limited basis to visit your city, ministry organization or church for any combination of the above opportunities. Please contact Mo directly via e-mail regarding your interest.

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