“Singing these songs of worship at the top of our lungs together was an incredible, full-circle moment for me,” recalls Dummer. “The same worship and missions event I had helped to start well over a decade ago [CrossCulture, which is part of the wider TrueCity movement] was not only still going, but was part of our last show in Canada.

“There was this awesome moment as the crowd raised their hands in prayer to bless us as we step forward in faith, and there we were with all our families, blessing the folks with us there to continue being the church in powerful ways,” adds Elias. “Local churches working together in our hometown–the kingdom at work–is what brought us together in the first place, and to have many of those same people sending us onward into a new season was incredible.”

The full Benediction Live track listing:
1) My God
2) Maranatha
3) Yours
4) Praise The Lord
5) Honestly (New)
6) A City On A Hill (new version)
7) I Am
8) Mountaintop
9) Holy (Wedding Day)
10) What I Want
11) Let There Be Light
12) Manifesto
13) Doxology
14) Benediction

While Benediction is the final recording from The City Harmonic, the men behind-the-music—Elias and bandmates Eric Fusilier (bass), Josh Vanderlaan (drums) and Aaron Powell (guitars), have spawned a “family tree” of roots, with each band member moving into new avenues of ministry. In addition to working on a new solo worship project, Elias is involved in a church plant in Nashville (The Village UMC) that has become one of the fastest growing Methodist church plants in the country. Eric planted and is pastoring an Anabaptist church in Hamilton (Reunion Hamilton). Aaron is also working on new music and has taken a staff position as Worship Director at an Anglican church in Hamilton (The Rock on Locke) while Josh is leading the tech team at his home church.

“At the end of the day, we’re church guys,” says Elias. “It’s no accident that all four of us have found ourselves heavily involved in our local churches right away. It was about the kingdom when we started and it’s about the kingdom as we go on to start new things.”

Following the band’s last tour in Canada that wrapped up in Hamilton, The City Harmonic will play its final concert in the U.S. during the Common Ground 2017 event held in Pearisburg, VA at Giles High Auditorium Saturday, May 20. The event is free for students, and there is a $10 admission at the door for everyone else.

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