On December 6, 2013, Catholic Ministry Team Artists Anthony Muhs and Katie Keogler opened for Ike Ndolo at St.Mary of the Isle in Long Beach, New York. The concert featured, Ike Ndolo, who recently released his second album Rivers, and has toured the Country leading worship, giving praise to God and entertaining audiences.
The opportunity to open for Ndolo came at the right time for artist Katie Keogler who is set to release her debut album in the coming months. Among the songs performed by Keogler and Muhs were a cover of Matt Redman's "10,000 Reasons," "Let it Snow," "What Child is This?" and "Oh Come Let Us Adore Him." The feature performance for Keogler and Muhs was a performance of "Take My Heart." Keogler introduced the song by touching on her own experience as a Youth Leader at St. Rose of Lima in Newtown Connecticut following last year's tragedy. "Take My Heart" was co-written by Keogler and Muhs, and is also the name of her upcoming album.
Ike Ndolo was impressed by what he heard from Muhs and Keogler. He said, "Anthony and Katie were amazing, I never heard them before. I met Anthony several times,first time meeting Katie. Both were great, Katie really has a stellar, unbelievable voice. Quite angelic, it was privilege to shared the stage with them."
Following the performance by the two Catholic Ministry Team Artists, Ike Ndolo and James Salas , took the stage. Ndolo played songs from his new album Rivers and some songs from his debut album titled We are the Beggers. The crowd was energized by the performance and were singing and dancing during his entire set.
Both Muhs and Keogler enjoyed the opportunity to open for Ike. "Ike is a gifted musician, performer and worship leader. Opening for him was a true honor for us," Muhs said. Keogler noted, "It was awesome opening for Ike! He is such a great musician and a powerhouse of talent. He puts on a great show and plays to the audience no matter the age. It was truly an honor to have shared the stage with him."
The event was a success. The concert was the latest production organized by the Fools for Christ Company. Fools for Christ is an organization that plans and promotes concerts in the New York metropolitan area. The next concert produced by the Fools for Christ Company is February 27, 2014, when David Crowder will be playing at The Space in Westbury, NY. Katie Keogler's album will be released in early 2014.
For more information on Ike Ndolo vistit his website: http://ikendolo.com/
Checkout Anthony Muhs at http://www.anthonymuhs.com/ and on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/anthony-muhs/id365571563
To keep updated on Katie Keogler's album visit http://www.catholicministryteam.com/, and don't forget to like The Catholic Ministry Team on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CatholicMinistryTeamand follow the Catholic Ministry Team on Twitter at @CatholicMinTeam.
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Katie Keogler, an artist with The Catholic Ministry Team, is set to release her debut album “Take My Heart.” Keogler, a 2007 graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, has sang, performed and
led worship over the years at numerous locations, including Franciscan. The album is named after a quote by St. Augustine which states, “Our heart is restless until in rests in You.” Keogler said this quote has meant a lot to her in her life. “I've always loved the quote by St. Augustine: "Our heart is restless until in rests in you." Our culture is filled with so much chaos, and we're all yearning for something greater than ourselves. It took me a while to learn, but it's only in giving our hearts to God that we come to really find peace.” “ Take my Heart,” contains six songs. The album has songs on it she has written and also songs that she added her own twist to. She said, “There are a couple old familiar hymns with a new twist and a few songs that I've written. Listeners with recognize the older songs of Holy, Holy, Holy and I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, but done with an updated style. Along with the older hymns, I recorded a beautiful song called I Surrender All, to which I added my own Marian bridge: "Not my will but yours be done". Catholic Ministry Team Artist and Founder Anthony Muhs wrote a song called, “ Lord, I'm Amazed” about the Holy Family that he graciously let me record. Lord, I'm Amazed is about the parents of Jesus, St. Joseph and Mary, and their role in the Holy Family. How both are entrusted with certain graces that enable them to be the parents of our Savior. There's also a song I wrote while in college for my household called “Queen of the Angels” about honoring Mary as the mother of Jesus . She has been named Regina Angelorum, or Queen of the Angels, because she reflects the Kingship of her Son. Because Mary is the perfect imitator of God's will, it is my prayer that we can reflect her in her love for her son. And the song Anthony and I wrote together, Take My Heart, which is the featured track on the album.” Keogler saw recording in a studio a little different than playing in a church, which she normally used to. “Recording the album was awesome.... and intimidating. I've been talking about recording for years, and to see it finally happening was indescribable. The studio was beautiful, but it was such a strange environment because I'm normally playing in a church!” Keogler said. “It was such a gift to know that I might be able to speak to someone through my music in the same way that music speaks to me. It is my prayer that even just one person, will hear a lyric or chorus on the album and have it pierce their heart in the same way God speaks to me.” Keogler first gotinvolved in Music Ministry in high school. From high school, she went on to the Franciscan University of Steubenville where she led music at FOP, festival of praise. Now she leads music at Fan the Fire, and the pre-rally for the Diocese of Bridgeport at Steubenville East. “I first got into music ministry when I was in high school. I am from a musical family, so it was natural for me to step in when our church's worship band needed a pianist - and it just so happened to be led by my mom,” Keogler said. “Being involved in music ministry was sometimes the one thing that kept me going to Church. Especially during my conversion, music spoke to me in ways that recited prayers and homilies just couldn't. It was through music that my heart was drawn out of myself and made whole in Him.” Keogler is a gifted musician who has experience in leading worship and playing Catholic music. Heralbum,” Take my Heart,” displays her talent and also contains music that will help guide people in prayer.“Take My Heart” will be released this fall, both in CD format and in a Digital format. To keep posted for the latest news regarding the release of “Take My Heart” be sure to visit KatieKeogler.com or www.catholicministryteam.com, and don’t forget to follow the Catholic Ministry Team on facebook (www.facebook.com/CatholicMinistryTeam) and twitter (@CatholicMinTeam). On Saturday August 17th, Anthony Muhs, Katie Keogler, and Chris
Woods, all members of the Catholic Ministry Team, led worship at Fan the Fire, a youth rally that took place at St .Rose of Lima, in Newtown, Connecticut. Fan the Fire hosted over 350 high school students from the Diocese of Bridgeport. The theme of the day was, “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it,” John1:5. The theme song for the event was, “Marvelous Light” by Charlie Hall. The day started with music by the band, followed by a greeting by Rod Blessey, the youth minister at St.Rose, Newtown. Then host Brian Kissinger gave a key note address. After Kissinger’s address, the students had the option to attend one of three talks. Anthony and Katie opened each of these talks with a song. After lunch, the band led worship at adoration. Adoration was done by Father Krzysztof Kuczynski. Following adoration was free time/ small group time, where confessions were also offered. Followed by dinner. After dinner, Kissinger gave a closing address. The event ended with mass said by Fr. Bob Kinnally, the vocation director of the Diocese of Bridgeport. Everyone who attended the event enjoyed the different aspects of the day. Brian Kissinger enjoyed working with the band. He said, “ It was a great joy and gift to work with Anthony and Katie today, the way they drew the teens in with not just upbeat songs but also the worship as well. Both in and out of the liturgy, they know how to navigate Catholic prayer epically with young people. " Anthony Muhs was honored to be asked to play at the event. “It was an honor to lead worship for Fan The Fire. I was inspired by the faith of the youth and it helped me pray. God is so clearly moving in these young people of our Church and I was lifted up by their passion.” |