New Method’s Faith & Family Tour Coming to Grand Rapids
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CONTACT: Doug Meacham New Method 614-620-1157 www.myspace.com/newmethodband www.newmethod.net
NEW METHOD’S FAITH & FAMILY NIGHT TOUR COMING TO GRAND RAPIDS
Band’s free concert blends music, ministry and Mission
GRAND RAPIDS — New Method, a Columbus, Ohio-based Christian band, will bring its Faith & Family Night Tour to Van Andel Arena as part of the Grand Rapids Rampage and Kansas City Brigade’s arena football game April 25 at 6 p.m.
New Method organized the Faith & Family Night Tour in 2003 and has performed for such teams as the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers basketball, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer, Dallas Stars hockey, and more than 50 other professional teams since founding the event.
The tour was the idea of Doug Meacham, New Method’s founder. A pastor at Grace Chapel Community Church in Westerville, Ohio, Meacham hoped to create a fresh and original way to reach out to families and children in communities throughout the country using the band’s music as a hook.
“We’re all very excited for the opportunity to reach the youth in Grand Rapids with a message of love during this tour stop,” Meacham said. “We’ve been blessed to be able to have a strong voice across the country through music.
“Our goal is to share what real love is to a generation of youth who are still searching for answers and inspiration,” Meacham added.
The event usually features a free pre- or post-game concert for youth and church groups in attendance. Plus, the band tapes footage for its “Rock the Game Live” Web TV show. The show is a variety game show that features travel, music, sports, and game show elements.
Faith & Family Night also benefits New Method’s partner, the international nonprofit organization Mission Of Mercy. Mission of Mercy is a child sponsorship organization helping to meet the physical and spiritual needs of children in poverty-stricken areas of the world. Through its ministry programs, children receive food, education, medical aid and hope. Sponsorships will be available at the show
New Method’s Grand Rapids stop also is in support of the band’s new album,
Old School, available nationally from Avista/Sony in July.
The concert is free with the purchase of a ticket to the game.
The band has been a national finalist in the NACAS songwriting competition for the song
“Heart’s Desire” in 2001. The band was featured in Christianity Today’s Sports Spectrum Magazine for its development of the Faith & Family Night Tour in 2003. In 2004, the band was selected as the Ohio Christian Music Association’s “Up and Coming Band of the Year” awarded by the Governor of Ohio.
New Method posted a No. 6 ranking on the myCCM Top 100 for 2007 in CCM Magazine and reached No. 3 on national radio charts with the single “All About The Love.”
The band keeps a strong touring schedule and has played the Meadowlands in New Jersey, Soldier Field in Chicago, Mile High Stadium in Denver, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, among others. New Method will play Universal Studios in Orlando at Rock The Universe in September 2008.
For interviews or tour information, contact Doug Meacham, New Method at (614) 620-1157.