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A Special Kingdom/Family/Worship Retreat

timfthornton — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:40:28 +0000

Great news! Registration is open for the first Village Gathering in Corvallis, OR this April. If you go, expect it to be one of the highlights of your year.

Learn more about Village Gatherings.
Register for the Corvallis gathering.
Visit the Corvallis OR gathering Facebook group.

If you’ve been to worship@8500, maybe you could leave a comment (here or on the Facebook group) to share your perspective on what these gatherings are all about!

Worship@8500 Worship Night, Sat. June 25

laurie — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:36:35 +0000

We are opening the 3-hour worship event at Worship@8500 this Saturday night to the public! Join me, Tim, and some of your favorite Enter the Worship Circle artists (including all the 4th Circle crew!) for an awesome night of worship and ministry!!

Buy your tickets at worship@8500.com.

Worship@8500 Worship Night
Divide, CO
Saturday June 25
$10 /7-10pm.

Feel free to come early (doors open at 5pm) to mingle and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Stay for s’mores around the fire pit until 11pm when the doors close.

Worship@8500 Evening Worship Events

The Blackthorn Project — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:42:10 +0000

We are less than 1 week away from worship@8500 and I (Laurie) am starting to think it will be one of the highlights of my year. Seriously. We, along with some of our closest friends from Enter the Worship Circle, will be leading worship in the round for three nights straight. Three hours of worshiping together! I anticipate great movements of the Spirit, and I’m looking forward to profound revelations of the Father’s love for us, his children. There are going to be some major eternal happenings this weekend…I can feel it in my bones!

Anyway, I could go on…but I’d rather you just come and experience it with us. You can join us for just the Saturday and/or Sunday evening worship events if you’d like. Doors open at 6:30. Cost is $10 at the door. For more information, like directions, click here.

Camp and worship with us in CO–reg. by June 18

The Blackthorn Project — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:37:57 +0000

Hey, everyone, we need to let you know we will close registration for Worship@8500, the 3 day worship festival in Divide, CO, on Friday night June 18th at midnight. This will allow us to finalize our camper’s locations, buy the food, and prep the area for all our guests! We are so excited to see you soon.

Here is some great camping info: do you need to rent sleeping bags, or tents? REI in the Springs rents all kinds of camping gear: Tents, pads, stoves, etc. They just don’t rent out sleeping bags. For a 3 man tent it’s around $20 for members of REI from Friday to Sunday and $25 for non members. Their phone number is (719) 260-1455.

Twenty-Three

laurie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:28:39 +0000

Good morning! Before we head out to help Ellie make her first snowman, we thought we’d post this Good Song Sunday video for you. It’s the song Twenty-Three, by Aaron Strumpel. If you haven’t already, go to Aaron’s website and buy everything you can: www.aaronstrumpel.com. You will not be sorry. In fact, it might be the best worship cd purchases you’ve ever made.

Also, mark your calendars for Worship@8500, June 25-27, in Divide Colorado. Bring your instruments, your hacky-sacks, your tents and sleeping bags and join me (Laurie), Tim, Aaron, and many more of our Worship Circle friends for an entire weekend of worship jams, encouraging talks, and Colorado mountain hang time.

Want to Worship @ 8500 (feet) with us?

The Blackthorn Project — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:56:03 +0000

We’re playing (and helping to host) a large worship music festival in Divide Colorado on July 19, preceded by a three day gathering with interaction, teaching, fun, and just good connection time with us and many of your other favorite Enter the Worship Circle artists.

Click the poster for more information! The full day of worship music featuring Karla Adolphe, Aaron Strumpel, Ben and Robin Pasley, and more TBA. The gathering is going to be casual and packed with value. You might never get a better chance to revel with and engage us in our hometown…er home mountain…pass…area.

Christmas special: new raven t-shirts

The Blackthorn Project — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:26:28 +0000

Feeling the holiday approach at light-speed? Welp, here’s a very cool, sustainable, and meaningful gift idea:

“Food From The Raven” t-shirts

Themed after a lyric from “Too Proud” off the Fourth Circle CD, our new shirts are designed by just for us by local artists, and are sweatshop-free Alternative Apparel. They also have The Blackthorn Project web address in small print on the back (in the spot where you can’t scratch).

The mens’ style is super-comfy and soft heathered navy (the very top image on this page shows the color contrast best), while the womens’ is a lighter blue “destroyed t” which is like your favorite 5-year old shirt, complete with some fraying around the collar.

Free Shipping Until After Christmas!

We’ve also turned off shipping in our entire store until after Christmas, and we’ll guarantee delivery by Christmas within the 48 states if you order by midnight on Wednesday, Dec 17th.

You get to support local artists, sweatshop-free manufacturing, artist ministers (that would be us!), and delight someone with a cool, unique shirt. You can order here: http://www.theblackthornproject.com/merch/

Trouble Won’t Go

The Blackthorn Project — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:51:08 +0000

This video has lived on Youtube for a while but I’m retroactively posting it here a year later. Video from the house concert featuring Tim and Laurie Thornton (The Blackthorn Project, Ben and Robin Pasley (Enter the Worship Circle) and Barry and Michelle Patterson. The song is “Trouble Won’t Go” by Timothy Floyd Thornton, Aaron Strumpel, and Robin Pasley, from Enter the Worship Circle: Fourth Circle.

Fourth Circle discussion

The Blackthorn Project — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:16:45 +0000

OK, the multitudes of you who have preordered are probably receiving your discs by today! You’ve given it a listen or two in your car or through your earbuds while walking to the newpaper stand by now. We’ve heard what Relevant has to say; how about leaving a comment with a sentence or two about Fourth Circle? What is your favorite song so far? Why? What sets this apart as a worship project? What makes you wonder?

Here’s another picture from the recording session, with Robin, Laurie, and the back of Aaron’s head. Be sure and visit Enter the Worship Circle to find our more, and to hear other great collaborative and solo worship recordings!

Fourth Circle now shipping! Relevant reviews it

The Blackthorn Project — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:03:36 +0000

Jubilation! We have Enter The Worship Circle: Fourth Circle CDs in hand and are shipping them to you today if you preordered one!! Or some, as Joel did. Thanks for waiting while some manufacturing snafus were worked out.

If you’ve not yet ordered, there’s no time like go time. Click here to get there.

Relevant magazine has recently remarked that Fourth Circle is good and even gave the Thorntons some specific props. We thought you might like to read the review. Click to view it on our press page where we’ve captured it forever more. If your cursor turns into a magnifying glass, it would be good to click the image, unless you have bionic eyes. Or you can click here to read it at Relevant online while the link endures.