Singing A Sure Hope in Your Church
If you are interested in singing any of the songs from A Sure Hope in your church, we created a new video series just for you. We walk through each song, explaining the story of the lyrics and how to best play the music. Below is the video for one of the songs, "O Christ, What Burdens."
Merchandise
What is this project?
Making the stained glass window
The album artwork is an actual stained glass window we had commissioned. We wanted the cover to evoke the original Romans album artwork but rendered for stained glass window, to help capture the corporate nature of these songs. Sarah Monte, an artist in Nashville, took on this project for us and created a beautiful 2' x 2' panel. Take a look at the pictures below to follow her process.
This is the first draft of the design for the stained glass window.
After we approved that design, Sarah created a version with more detail and precise colors.
After we picked up the window, we did a few photoshoots experimenting with different types of light. This was our favorite.
This is the first draft of the design for the stained glass window.
Credits
MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED by Cody Curtis
(“O Lord, with shame” by Rachel DeVore Fogarty)
WORDS by Cody Curtis, John Berridge (“O Lord, with shame”),
Lazarus Spengler (“Our nature fell”), Anne Cousin (“O Christ, what burdens”),
Benjamin Beddome (“Who shall condemn and “Wait, O my soul”),
and Frances Havergal (“Take my life” and “Light after darkness”)
VOCALS by Thomas Griffith and Kelsie Edgren
GROUP VOCALS by Laura Griffith, Chris Stanos,
Clark Walker, Melody Curtis, Cody Curtis
INSTRUMENTS by Thomas Giffith (piano and guitar),
Brandon Hays (drums), Dennis Parker (guitar, mandolin, banjo),
Matt Knowles (electric guitar), Christian Harger (bass guitar),
Eleonore Denig (violin), Josée Weigand (violin), Patrick Monnius (viola),
Cara Fox (cello), Charles Lewis (flute), Doug Owens (oboe and clarinet),
Joey Moore (trumpet), Bill Van den Bosch (trombone),
Stephen Humphries (hammer dulcimer), Melody Curtis (piano), Cody Curtis (piano)
ORCHESTRATED by Cody Curtis (“O Lord, with shame”
by Rachel DeVore Fogarty and Cody Curtis)
PRODUCED by Cody Curtis and Thomas Griffith
ENGINEERED by Dewey Boyd and Cody Curtis
RECORDED at Forty-one Fifteen, Mattress Fort Studios,
and Covenant Presbyterian Church
MIXED by Dewey Boyd
MASTERED by Duncan Ferguson
STAINED GLASS ARTWORK by Sarah Monte
Copyright © 2024 Cody Curtis Music. All rights reserved.
Thanks
We are grateful for the support of all our patrons, with special thanks to the following folks:
Ruth & Sarah Baker
Isaiah Barker
Cole Barton
Matt & Brianna Bedzyk
Jonathan Bode
Rebecca Bontrager
Dan Boutross
Phil Bradley
Michael J. Briggs
John Briseno
Samu C.
Joanna Carter
Gino Castillo
Albert Chen
Justin Combs
Jeannette Cox
Lane Crouch
Ted & Cindy Curtis
Shelly V. Dehner
Levi DeLange
Klaas Dewaele
Jonathan & Lindsey Doud
Sue Elliott
Jim Fleming
Hannah & Justin Flores
Charlie Forrester
Susanna Fox
Kelsey Gabel
Jake Garrette
GCFaith14
Charles Gessner
Tom Gibbons
David Gillespie
Anaeli E. Gutierrez
Amy J
Kenneth Harkenrider
Tommy & Carole Heil
James Elliot Hudlow
Megan Hurmiz
Christine Jensen
Noah Jimison
Barry L Johnson
Victoria Emily Jones
Daniel Kim
Lauren Kowadlo
Chris & Jaimie Krycho
Kenny Leaf
Katie Luetchens
Luukko
Bennet McLean
Matt McClure
Melissa Moore
George Moss
Josh Muehlendorf
Nathanael
Matthew O.
Joel & Melanie Owen
Spencer Parsons
Patron
Pleasant Plains
Baptist Church
Todd & Breanna Potter
Timothy Rogers
Hilliard Rotzler
Abraham Sanchez
Calvin Siler
Gabi Simas
Benjamin Spencer
TomNom
Gage Warrick
Michael White
Connie Wiggs
Kris Wilson
Micah Wilson
Wouter Zwart
We dedicate this album to Jerry Dawson, a dear brother in Christ who passed away January 2024. His was the voice on our Jude album who said, "We wondered at times if God was able to keep us...or would he lose us." The Lord, indeed, kept Jerry till the end.