Thanks...

To all of you who came to the releaseconcert last week:
THANK YOU!
We had a great time and we hope you all enjoyed the new songs and the show! And thanks to all of you who couldn't make it to Stockholm, but whom we know supported us through your prayers and thoughts!

Make sure you get your own copy of the album at http://www.joakimarenius.com/

Rookie

Hi!
The release concert tomorrow will be my second concert with Praise Unit. I joined the group in december and since we've almost exclusively worked with the CD we've only done one show so far. So I am sooo happy that this concert is finally this close! To be a member of Praise Unit is just great. I'm the latest member and I'm also the youngest. I'm born in 1989 and Joakim who is the oldest is born.. well some years before me. But this is lovely. Different ages and different personalities brings so much variety to the group. And since all of us has the same goal, to praise God, we can help eachother in doing so. And I really do think that when we come together to worship we can inspire many to go their own way in life and praise He who's worthy!
God Bless! and see you tomorrow!

Debaser Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm Sweden.
Doors open at 7 pm and we enter the stage at 8.30 pm

Thank You!

I got inspired by some of the previous posts to look through my photos from different places we've been with Praise Unit and once again I realize how much lovely people we've met everywhere!
Here is some more photos of friends from all over that we've been soooo blessed to meet!
A big Thank You to you all for your hospitality , your support and love! I pray that you will be blessed in abundance in every area in your lifes!
Lots of love from us

...and some more

Preparations

Lately we've been working hard; to promote the releaseconcert, put a lot of energy into the coreographies, rehearsing the music, looking for clothes, shoes and accessories to wear, and it does feel important that we nail everything on Thursday. But it's so easy to lose yourself in all these preparations, and right now I think it's important for all of us to just remember the main cause for why we're doing it this in the first place. We'll be singing and playing our hearts out to proclaim the glory of God, and in the midst of all things one can worry about going wrong during a concert, we just have to rely on that God can work through anything. Even disasters. At least to me that is a big comfort. It won't make me try or work less hard to reach perfection, but it helps me realize that after all it's not all up to me if people will meet Jesus or not. It's up to God and he can even use my mistakes and turn them into something beautiful. Maybe my flaws will show somebody else, who feels unworthy of God's forgivness and grace, that it's not about being a christian and being perfect. It's about being human and loving God in all your imperfection.

To all of our friends, please pray for the release of the album and the concert. Pray that message will reach people's hears and God's will be done.

ps. Just to make things clear, I don't think it's gonna be a disaster... I think we're gonna rock Stockholm!

Dance around

Tonight the singers will meet for a dance rehearsal in Stockholm. Since I live in Örebro I can´t make it to rehearsal tonight. So I will work on my moves alone at home. I hope I can remember everything I need to remember. I really don´t know how I´m gonna do it without disturbing my wife to much though. She´s supposed to study but I guess it will be hard for her to concentrate with me jumping around to the Praise Unit songs.

Well, I´m gonna give it a try and it will definitely be interesting. Why don´t you join me whereever you are, at home, in school or at the office....even though you have to dance to the Whole CD for a few more days. But soon you can get a copy of the Mission Field to dance to.

Good luck and God bless

Praise Unit videos on Youtube!

Hi everyone!

It was quite a while since I last wrote something here. I've been busy working with the cd and everything. But now when everything is finished, I felt like giving you some new videos from the recording sessions.

I decided not to post the videos here, but I put some of them on Youtube instead. More videos are coming soon. Some of them have been posted here before, but most of them are new...

Check out www.youtube.com and search for "Praise Unit". You will find at least 20 videos from our recording sessions and some other cool things as well. Then write your own comments and tell us what you think..

Have fun! I hope to see you on Thursday...

/Tobias

Singing in New York City

I was looking through my computer the other day, searching for something I have now forgotten, and came across this video. It's shot last summer in New York City after we we'd had a great dinner at "The View Lounge". Right outside the building of the resuaturant we found this place with a great acoustic so we started singing, everything from Swedish christmas charols to ABBA and our own song "Thy will be done". We even got ourselves a little audience!


/Felicia

Ps. For those of you who have missed that we're doing a couple of concerts together with the Swedish chamber orchestra in December, go to http://www.ticnet.se/, search for "Classical Gospel" and purchase your tickets there! Maybe this video gives a hint of what it will sound like...?

7 days left!!!

It strucked me that it's only 7 days left now.. :)

I'm really excited about this concert, we have been

working so long on this album and it will be so much fun

to finally do a live performance! I have been singing with

praise unit for a year now, but I have only done 5 concerts

with the choir so for me this is really exciting.

Finally, the album is finished, praise the Lord!!

More friends

Most of our friends have not helped us with their voices on "The Mission Field", but hopefully you will be able to hear that all the people we have met in different parts of the world have inspired us and influenced us in the process of making our new CD. When we made "Whole" we were a compeletly new group and we used only our own life stories and personalities as inspiration. But now we have made so many new friends who have prayed with us, and for us, and who have given us more reasons to continue with what we believe in. We hope that we are able to show how much we are inspired from spending time with people who support the Praise Unit ministry.

Excited

I actually got really excited to see the post below with all the guests. That might seem strange since I´m part of Praise Unit and I should be aware of these guests already. And I am...aware I mean. It´s just that it struck me how many people are involved in the Mission Field CD. And I can guarantee that all of them can sing, I mean they REALLY CAN SING. They are all sooooo awsome and it feels like such a blessing to have all of them helping us out. You won´t be disappointed. I promise.

I just got inside after a walk downtown Örebro. I went out to pick up some concert tickets. The tickets are for a Kirk Franklin concert in Stockholm, Sweden. And not only with Mr Franklin, both Praise Unit friends Samuel Ljungbladh and Ole Börud will play before him. I belive it will be a unforgetable evening. The concert is held November 8th in the Ericsson Globe, the biggest indoor arena in Sweden. It´s really cool that a christian event will take place there and I hope the tickets will sell out. If you´re interested check out www.ticnet.se and get your tickets there.

But before that it´s time for another concert......one week left to the release. Hope too see you there.......

/ Jakob

Friends

We are proud to present some great singers and wonderful friends who add their gifts to "The Mission Field":


Sammy Planes from Hosanna Otro Lugar in Spain, who just released a new CD. Check it out!

Oslo Soul Children from Norway who are always busy doing great music! New CD coming soon!

David Thomas from Jamaica, who is familiar to the lovers of soul and gospel in Germany, and did a song with Praise Unit before Kirk Franklin in Hannover last year.

Miriam Gardner from Denmark, who can do basically everything with her voice, and sings with Opstand Gospel Choir, among other things.

Ole Börud from Norway who has a history in many styles of music, and is right now "Shakin' the ground" with his new CD!

Samuel Ljungblahd from our own country, who is known to the swedish people for his soulful voice! New CD coming out soon!

Naked or not naked?

Hi!
I'm, sitting in school and wondering what to do with my day. It feels like nothing is happening. I don't really have any must-dos at the moment, it's nice but in some way also frustrating. But I know one thing that I must fix before the release. I need clothes for the concert. At the last rehearsal we decided what colors we should wear at the concert and I realized I have to upgrade my wardrobe a little. The NinaQi jeans is great, and I have them but it's the upper half of me that's the problem... maybe I'll only wear the jeans

Midi Maxi Efti

Here's a video clip from our latest rehearsal. Things went well when suddenly three rappers entered the house...

A clip from the rehearsal

Here's a clip from our rehearsal last Saturday. We had a lot of fun and we're really looking forward to the new CD!

Sitter uppe trots att timmen är sen för jag har lovat mig själv att inte somna för ens jag har skrivit i denna blogg. Kära nån, det är bara två veckor kvar till vår releasekonsert och jag känner på mig att det kommer bli fina grejer. Den 24 sept har sedan länge varit planerat och nu är det alltså endast 2 veckor kvar. Så, kära vänner, bekanta, släkt, grannar, musiker, hyresvärdar, pianoelever och kassörskor på Willys; hoppas du/ni känner dig sugen/sugna på att komma å lyssna på oss den 24 sept på Debaser i Stockholm. Skivan är rykande färsk, ja, jag skulle vilja påstå att den är med säkerhet är färskare än ditt mjölkpaket där hemma. Otroligt varmt välkomna! Nu är det snart helg och jag ska baka praliner. Gud är god!

Hälsningar Emilia

Teaser

It's getting closer and closer to our release and we are all excited to hear and see the result of all the work during this year! And FINALLY we're having a concert!!!! Praise God!!!! It's been way too few gigs with Praise Unit over the last period of time and we're really looking forward to this one, hope to see many friends and strangers there on the release!


The video clip below is a teaser of what our CD's gonna sound like.... I hope you enjoy it =)

God bless!

Two weeks left=)

Hi everyone! Right now I'm sitting at my parents house in Örebro and I'm listening to our new songs, it sounds really great! And I am so excited for our releaseconcert! I hope that YOU will be there=)
By the way, I'm getting married in two days! I'm a little nervous but I think everything's gonna be great=) Maybe I will put some pictures from the big day on the blogg!

Take care! /Maria

Come and celebrate September 24th!

At Debaser, Medis, Stockholm, we will have a party and a concert to celebrate the release of "The Mission Field". We hope to see you there, and if you are not able to make you will hopefully celebrate with your own copy of the CD. It's available from September 24th!
/Joakim

Our Top 3's

hello, hello, hello.
The realease is drawing nearer, and it's sooo exciting! The tracks are pretty much finished and to hear the result of all of our work is awesome! Everything turned out so much better than I ever hoped it could. God is great! Maybe I'm making your expectiations hit the roof with all this talking, but I'm just so greatful that we're able to release this CD!

Sometime around new years (this past new years) all of us in Praise Unit decided to put together some sort of presentation of all of us who are in the group. We all got the assignment to write three Top3's each. Now, almost 9 months later, they are ready to be published! (there have been alot of other things going on you know...)

Click here to get to the lists!

Have a blessed Wednesday!

This weekend we practised the moves for our releaseconsert. Sara and Felicia came up with good ideas, and we danced, danced, danced.... =)We also recorded a song, talked,  and had a lot of FIKA

The releaseconcert is gonna be GREAT, so don´t you dare miss it. 24´th of September at Debaser, Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm!!!

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Why is it soooo hard to write a good headline to the blog post. It feel that it has to say everything about what is written below. Well this time Ijust gave up.....

As you probibly noticed there´s not much going on here on the blog. I guess it´s because everyone is soo buisy doing everything else....a lot to do. Schools starting, back to work after the summer and of course getting the Mission Field CD ready before release date.

I´m excited about meeting the other singers on saturday to rehears, and see if I can keep up with all of them even though I missed out on our last concert. I will let you know how it worked out.

Please help us out in prayer....the CD needs to be done and we want to make the release party a memorable evening where God is present and touches peoples hearts.

Thank you all and God bless!

/ JAkob