Kat Newland: Press

The Spirit Radio Featured Artist

Kat Newland

Bio: Singer/Songwriter Kat Newland is a worship leader who has been ministering in music for 12 years. She leads worship at her home church "Vineyard Christian Fellowship" in Hyannis Massachusetts. She leads worship at other churches, retreats and has sang at weddings, coffee houses and has ministered in song for the homeless. Kat's prayer is to travel and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ with her music and to see many come to a saving knowledge of her Lord and Savior! "Here am I Lord, send me".

Interview:

TSR: Tell us a little bit about your background and how you got started in Christian music.

Kat: I was born and raised in Southern California. I grew up listening to Classical, Country and Show tunes. My first experience with singing was in the school Christmas play when I was 5. I joined the choir in Junior high school. My oldest brother played guitar and he showed me a few chords when I was 14 and I have been playing ever since. When I was 20, a neighbor asked me to go to church and a few months later I accepted the Lord as my Savior. I sang in the church choir and did my very first solo’s there. Through many heartaches I walked away from my faith a few years after that and it wouldn’t be until 16 years later that I re-dedicated my life to the Lord. My husband and I took our 3 young daughters to Calvary Chapel in Oxnard California. I started as a back-up vocal on our worship team and then I led worship for women’s retreats. A very good friend and Pastor asked me to lead worship for Wednesday night service and that evolved into leading worship for two Sunday services. We moved to Cape Cod Massachusetts in the fall of 2001. I am the worship leader for Vineyard Christian Fellowship here in Hyannis.

TSR: How did you come up with the title for your most recent project?

Kat: The title “Praise Him” is the theme song for the CD. It comes out of Psalm 148.

TSR: Can you explain some of the themes of your songs on your current CD?

Kat: “Come Let Us Exalt the Lord” is about how we are to exalt the name of the Lord; to praise Him with our voices and with our hands raised. I wanted to write a “worship” song that the whole congregation could worship to. Another song “Savior of Mine” is about how Jesus is our Bridegroom and we, the church, are His bride. “Alabaster” is about the sinful woman in Luke 7 and how she wept and her tears washed His feet. She also anointed Jesus’ feet with oil because she didn’t feel worthy enough to anoint His head as was the custom.

TSR: Where do you get the inspiration for most of your songs?

Kat: From God’s word mostly but also from the Lord inspiring me to write.

TSR: Did you feel God calling you to get involved with music?

Kat: Yes! I felt God’s call on my life to be a “worship leader” in 1997. Sometimes God will call us to do something that we feel we aren’t able to do but God has a plan for our life to be effective for His purpose and His plan for me was to lead worship.

TSR: What aspirations do you have for your ministry?

Kat: It is my prayer that my music would be an instrument for God’s purpose; that it would reach the person who doesn’t know Jesus as their Savior and in turn that they would come to a saving knowledge of Him.

TSR: Anything else that you would like us to know about?

Kat: That my music would be a blessing to anyone who hears it.

Official website: http://www.katnewland.com

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