In The Moment

One of the outstanding performances of Creation Fest 2018 came on Tuesday evening on the main stage from a band called The Moment. Based in the Midlands, they are a five piece band (there are actually 7 listed on their website!) who play rocked up worship and also some of their own original work. The Moment were outstanding not simply because of their music, which was superbly conceived and performed with passion. Their live CD is entitled Not Afraid.

What struck me most about the set they played was the message of hope from their front man Dave Bell. His personal story of a miraculous life was very moving, and it's inspirational. In essence, when he was 16 years old, Dave was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer, and it was only by the great skill and dedication of his physicians that he pulled through at all. However, because of the intense radiotherapy Dave received, his doctors informed him that he would never be able to have children....

...and I'll leave it hanging right there, because the next part of the story is absolutely unbelievable, you need to hear it, and I'll let you find out for yourself. You can read the full story here or listen to my back stage interview with him at Creation Fest by clicking the red and white arrow:



The Moment are a great band to hear live, and I recommend catching them if you can. They have a great message of hope for anyone who is willing to hear their music. They play a full rock wall of sound and some of their songs are reminiscent of Arcade Fire. They have just been on tour in the USA and their latest track Count Yourself Alive is the first track of several on the link below:



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In The Moment by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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