Prior to the re-release of "Dance with Me", I had the privilege of having lunch with Evan. I wanted to get to know the young man who pulled his top selling CD. Many people were asking questions and I was one of them. "Dance with Me" had an anointing on it's music that left me speechless, and the fact that a 17 year old (now over 20) created the CD only added to my amazement.

As Evan and I ate together, I recognized in this young worshipper a heart filled with integrity and a deep love for his Savior. It blew me away that he could just walk away from the success of "Dance with Me" to pursue a deeper relationship with God and make sure that his life was a reflection of the message on the CD. I haven't encountered that among many people his age.

Indeed, God is faithful. He will raise up a generation whose only desire is to see Him glorified above all! Evan is only the first fruits of this generation!

"Dance with Me" is now re-released with a few changes! Some songs were replaced with newer songs, and overall the CD is a much higher quality. If you already own "Dance with Me", trust me, you still want to get this! And for those of you who missed out on the original, the original just got better!

Jesus is calling to His bride.... "Come Away"! Just reach out and take His hand!

Still Continuously Amazed....

Kevin Kleint
The Elijah List

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9. Searching After You (6.0MB/6:28)	$1.59
10. Hold Me Now (Intimacy) (4.5MB/4:50)	$0.99

Evan Earwicker on "Dance with Me" and Why the CD was pulled from Circulation (and Re-Released)

"There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears." Philippians 1:6, The Message

Two years ago, some friends and I began recording a handful of worship songs. We sat for hours in my basement, recording, worshipping, mixing. The project that resulted was "Dance with Me", and God took that project around the world. I was amazed. After two years, however, I found myself in a difficult place.

In the fall of 2003, I was taken aside by my pastors and confronted with the same message I had been sharing through my music and ministry. Honesty. Purity. Character. Humility. I heard their words and sadly I had to admit - my pride was blinding me to my own sin and destroying the message in my life. Out of honor for the message I was bringing, and respect for those the music ministered to, I discontinued sales of "Dance with Me". Many of you sent encouraging emails and letters throughout those months. Thank you so much. It was a difficult decision to make, to let it all go, slowly watching it fade, in order that it might bring death to a good seed, and in the future, much better life and fruit - much deeper than finances and fame, CD's and songs.

After nine months aside from formal ministry, in April, 2004, I traveled to Russia with Pastor Tim Smith to visit and minister to a group of Bible Students in Kamchatka, Russia . During that time, I felt God's release to once again make "Dance with Me" available, realizing how little it was about me and much it was about Him. Soon after, my pastors confirmed what I had sensed, and I made plans to once again release the album.

I step back into ministry now, only because of God's great grace and kindness to me. As Philip Yancey writes, "Jesus' stories of extravagant grace include no catch, no loophole disqualifying us from God's Grace." I am amazed and overwhelmed that still I stand qualified to receive God's grace, in all its unbelievable and undeserved abundance. My prayer today is that my life might illustrate what my music has said all along, that in his mercy, God delights to call the failures and drop-outs out of the gutter and back to the banquet. He loves to clothe us in a righteousness not our own, all the time calling us deeper into intimacy that we don't deserve.

Just before making the decision to pull the CD, I wrote the following song. It has become my deepest prayer throughout this difficult season, and continues to be the sincere cry of my heart.

When everything has faded
and the treasures of my accolades are gone
And all that I have hated is all that I've become
When all my castles made of sand,
crushed like dust in your hand
Fall to the raging sea

Let grace wash over me
Covering me in your tender mercies
This is my request, for love and nothing less
Come and be with me.

I still need Him, more now than ever. No song, CD, or ministry can take His place. I'm 19 years old now, and still there is much to learn and experience. But I am confident in this one thing - He who began this excellent masterpiece on the canvas of our lives is faithful, and He will be faithful to finish the work in me and in the lives of those who are touched by this ministry.

I would like to say special thanks to a few people who have offered much encouragement and strength this past year. To my pastors, Tim Smith and Jess Strickland and to my family; as well as Jay & Dawn Smith and Craig Eshelman, Timothy Heil, Ken Gire, Casey Parnell, Raleigh Willard, & Whitney Stern. I am who I am in Christ because of you. - Evan Earwicker, 06-04-04

The Vision:

This album began in the summer of 2001. On a night in late August, God began to show me a vision that would birth this project. The vision was a grand ballroom. Inside were guests - saints and angels - dressed in shining robes and white clothes. The guest of honor was Jesus. He was beautiful, dressed as a King, wearing the clothes of royalty. As I watched, He made His way down the staircase and onto the main floor. For several moments He stood there motionless, his eyes scanning the crowd. Soon, whispers could be heard from the crowd, "Dance.....Dance....". He simply shook His head.

Slowly, He turned towards the door. There He took off the beautiful adornments and crown and quickly stepped outside. It didn't take long for him to find what he was looking for. I was there in the gutter, covered in dirt, looking terrible, smelling just as bad. He ran to me and smiled. "Dance with me" I just looked at Him. "Jesus, how can I possibly dance with you? Look at me! I could never come with you..." He spoke it again, "Dance with Me." And with that, He picked me up and began to carry me back to the ball room. We stopped at the door. He turned to the angel standing there and spoke the words found in Zechariah 3:4. "Take away the filthy garments from him." And to [me] he said, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes." He took me by the hand and led me into the ballroom, through the crowd, and up the staircase. We walked down the hallway and into another large room. Here, there were no other guests. We danced alone as He began to sing.

I began to write. Many songs will fade away.... but I'm hearing a new song.....

All the songs on this album (except one track) have been written since that night. They are reflections of the songs we believe God is singing over a church He desperately longs to romance and purify. As you listen, we pray you will hear the new song - the call to come away and be romanced, to dance through the night around His throne.

by Evan Earwicker

"Very few songs move me like the songs on this CD. God has given Evan (age 19) a raw anointing to draw you into the throne room and experience the Presence of the Bridegroom. I give this CD the highest recommendation - the Breath of God is on it!" - Kevin Kleint, The Elijah List, Webmaster

Imagine the King of the universe breaking into your world ... stepping into your room. In the midst of who you are, in the middle of what you're doing, suddenly He is right before you. The King of Heaven and Earth, in all His beauty and with perfect love, extends His hand to you! He reaches down and, as your eyes meet His, He turns His head to whisper these words in your ear: "Dance with Me!"

From this vision was borne a song and an incredible wave of worship. It swept over those who were touched by a young psalmist's response to this outpouring of God.

The psalmist is Evan Earwicker, a then 17-year-old from Bend, Oregon, who from the tender age of 12 had felt a call to lead God's people in worship. At fourteen, Evan went with his pastor to a Worship Together conference in San Jose. On the last day of the conference there was a call for prayer for those who felt led to write songs and lead worship. Encouraged by his youth pastor's wife, Evan stood and received prayer for a new mantle and new anointing on his life. He wrote his first song that night, the first of many.