Dear friends,
Lord willing, we will be recording our first music record during this next summer 2011, which will be in Spanish. The Lord has given us a passion to serve the Church through our music, especially the Latin-American Church. We believe that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the primary and essential message of the Scriptures, that it is the foundation of our faith, and thus the focus of the life of the Church; this includes the music that we sing. Christ said that all the Scriptures speak about him and point to himself (Luke 24:27, 44; John 5:39, 46). For this reason, we feel a need to write and share congregational and contemporary music that is saturated with the Scriptures, and that by God’s grace is faithful to them. It is our desire that through our music Christ’s Church may be constantly encouraged to fix her eyes and hope on the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Gaius Project, a non-profit Christian institution in the United States, that collaborates with Christian artists in order to complete their musical projects, by administrating the funds that are raised for that purpose, received our application in May 2011, and by God’s grace it was approved. The Gaius Project provides an account through which we can raise the funds that are necessary to complete this project. This institution is a very trustworthy organization, and we totally embrace their vision. For more information about The Gaius Project you can visit http://www.thegaiusproject.org/.
On the other hand, a good and very loved friend and brother, Jason French, from Crossworks Ministries, a new label made up of a community of artists that desire to work together in ministry in order to edify the Church and spread the Gospel through their music, asked us to be part of this group and publish our first record through Crossworks Ministries. It is a privilege for us to be part of a community of artists that love the Lord and his people, and that desire to glorify him by putting their gifts at his service to serve his Church in the USA and the nations.
Would you like to partner with us in the Gospel, by helping us to complete this project? There are several ways in which you can do this:
1. You can pray for us, that the Lord would grant us grace to complete the work that he has given us to do; and that we would do this in a manner that is faithful to the calling that we have received from him. Also, you can pray that the Lord would provide for us the resources that are necessary for the recording of this album. As Paul asked the Colossians, we also ask you to pray for us: “pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ... that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak” (Colossians 4:3-4).
2. You can share about our project with others that might be interested in partnering with us.
3. You can help us through your donations. The estimated budget for this project is US$15,000. This includes the expenses for the pre-production work that needs to be done, also recording the album, and post-production expenses. You can send your tax-deductible donations to The Gaius Project at 3125 Park Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407, specifying Jonathan & Sarah Jerez Project.
We are very thankful for your partnership in the work of grace that has been entrusted to us. If you have any questions or would like to have more information, please write us to: jonathanjerez07@gmail.com o sarah.jerez09@gmail.com.
In His Grace,
Jonathan & Sarah Jerez
