Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly! Tis the season to be jolly! Oh Lord yeah!

The serving team getting into the spirit of things at the end of Rock Mass Christmas last night at @holynativity.bsky.social.

If you can’t make it out tonight, it would be really nice if you were able to donate via our just giving page. www.justgiving.com/campaign/ver...

Tonight we are heading down to the Upper George in Halifax with everyone from @holynativity.bsky.social to go carolling. We are raising money for @mind.org.uk. We’d love to see you there!

The rock band we front have released our brand new Christmas Single this morning! Why not give it a listen on all major streaming platforms?

If you fancy a T-shirt or hoodie for our rock band, check them out of Bandcamp.

Be the envy of all your friends with an exclusive "Smells & Bells & Rock & Roll" METANOIA HOODIE, T-Shirt or Long Sleeved T-shirt! We're taking pre-orders through our bandcamp merch page. metanoiauk.bandcamp.com/merch

Our band Metanoia have new merch out!

Well @thebassplayer.bsky.social says she won’t do an acoustic version of Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy with @robbandruth.bsky.social. What a killjoy.

We’re halfway through a full day mixing our upcoming EP, “Stronghold”. We’re really close to release!

We’ve been on a little trip out. It seems we’ve accidentally started booking gigs as an acoustic duo covering songs from the 50s to now - anything we love where we can sing excessive harmonies. As is usually the case, we went shopping for Ruth and came back with something for Robb.

I think we can make this happen 🤣

#TaizeNorth25 is finished and our pilgrimage is over. Looking forward to next year!

Perhaps in the morning we’ll share the video of Ruth jamming delta blues with @archbishopofyork.org before the service started.

One of the best things about Taizè is the amazing light. And it really put on a show for our eucharist with Archbishop Stephen Diocese of York Diocese of Leeds, Church of England #TaizeNorth25

We have arrived at #TaizeNorth25 and we’re looking forward to leading the music for @archbishopofyork.org this afternoon. We felt a spot of rain during rehearsal this morning 😁

Tonight we are playing at @holynativity.bsky.social! We’d love to see you!

It’s the final morning of the Songwriting retreat. Such an intense week of music, worship, prayer and fellowship. We have met with friends from near and far. We are going home refreshed.

Songwriting retreat day three! We think we just heard a bass solo in this morning’s rehearsal.

Fresh UFO crash site from the school run today. I hope everyone got out okay.

This is the joy of locally produced songs for the local church. We can embrace the gifts we have within the community and write music that reflects the common life we hold together. @resoundworship.org

Chris is talking about the role of music in building community.

We have arrived at Wydale for the @resoundworship.org songwriting retreat. Looking forward to a week of writing!

Mike has come to record keyboard parts for the EP. Everything is coming together!

Envelopes, addresses and books all combined and taken to the post office! The first batch of Song Books is now off into the wild! Get your copy through Bandcamp! www.robbandruth.com/strongholdbo...

Check out our songbook. www.robbandruth.com/strongholdbo...

Some of our reflections on @onfiremission.bsky.social’s annual conference #OnFireOnsite2025. We had a wonderful time. We’d highly recommend coming along for next year! www.robbandruth.com/ofm2025/

We have produced a book of sheet music for our upcoming EP “Stronghold”. Some people from @onfiremission.bsky.social we’re asking for it having sung some of our songs at #OnFireOnsite2025. You can get it from Bandcamp. robbandruth.bandcamp.com/merch/strong...

Sadly the print run of our songbook “Stronghold”arrived damaged last week. We should be getting a reprint next week. Those of you who have messaged us at @onfiremission.bsky.social conference will be contacted the instant they are here!

Home safe and sound from a wonderful time at @onfiremission.bsky.social. We had a minor sojourn at Rishworth Moor waiting for the AA but we’re home!

We’ve abandoned ship for an hour off. This crepe is very crepe. Much crepeness. All of the crepe. #OFMonsite2025

We had a print run of sheet music books ordered so that people at @onfiremission.bsky.social could buy a copy. A delay in printing means that they didn’t arrive in time. We’ve just found out that they’ll be delivered to Yarnfield by 10:30am tomorrow. #OFMonsite2025

#OFMonsite2025 day three.

We have been given appropriate badges! www.instagram.com/p/DI_YoUgsXf...

We seem to be set up and ready to go! #OFMonsite2025 #PilgrimPeople

We have arrived at Yarnfield with a van crammed full of gear. Now we spend the next six hours setting up ready for @onfiremission.bsky.social!

We’re recording flute parts for the “Stronghold” EP that we’re releasing in the summer.

Tonight we’re playing with @metanoiauk.bsky.social at Rock Mass!

We have also been practicing some of the new songs that we are learning for @onfiremission.bsky.social’s conference which begins on Monday 28th!

We have ordered a print run of sheet music books to accompany the EP we’re releasing in a couple of months time. Strong old will include music for Sing Hallelujah, Yorkshire Saints, If We Make the Lord Our Stronghold and Where is Your God.

We’ve just finished rehearsing for tonight’s confirmation service at Halifax Minster. Really looking forward to it!

Tonight we’re playing at @holynativity.bsky.social for Beer and Songs. We are on first and we’d love to have you there. Doors at 6pm!

It’s Bandcamp Friday. That means we get every penny. We should probably put more on Bandcamp. robbandruth.bandcamp.com/track/if-we-...

We’ve been recording with our rock band, @metanoiauk.bsky.social today. This is our other guitarist who has been laying down tracks for the EP.

There’s a new release from @resoundworship.org. You can give it a listen on Bandcamp and we’ll dig out the Spotify link too.

We spent some time yesterday working on our upcoming EP.

Spent the afternoon doing practical planning for the recording studio. We’ve now got a plan for three EPs to aim at. Two for @metanoiauk.bsky.social and one for @robbandruth.bsky.social.

We’ve spent the morning thinking about song structure. We’re reshaping a song we’ve written a long time ago.

We had a great night with friends watching them perform at the Platform Bar in Hexam. Today we are off to a Creative Space day in Durham. We’re hoping to work on two songs we’re writing for @metanoiauk.bsky.social

We’ve been doing some recording this week for our upcoming EP!