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Songs

1. For Your Glory
2. Hallelujah
3. Happy Day
4. Love Came Down
5. Not Ashamed
6. Remain
7. Saviour Of The World
8. You Are

Albums

Tour Dates

24 March 2011 - 24 March 2011
Central Live Album Recording at HMV Forum, Kentish Town. London.

9 October 2011 - 9 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - Wirral Christian Centre Woodchurch Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2UF

10 October 2011 - 10 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - DC3, Vinces Road, Diss, IP22 4HG

11 October 2011 - 11 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - Beverley Memorial Hall, 73-75 Lairgate Beverley, Beverley, HU17 8HN

12 October 2011 - 12 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - Central Hall, St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NF

13 October 2011 - 13 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - Bude Methodist Church, Ergue Gaberic Way, Bude, EX23 8LA

14 October 2011 - 14 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - Swan Bank Church, Burslem, Stoke, ST6 2AA

15 October 2011 - 15 October 2011 7:30pm
Worship In The Round Tour - The Well, 837-869 Shore Road, Belfast, BT15 4HS

Worship Leaders

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Ben Cantelon

It's a struggle, all right. Filtering out the real from a sea of imitations, choosing honesty over pretence, mining for truth when so much around us is fake. But that's the journey that Ben Cantelon is on - a search shared by fellow worshippers the world over. And it's the soundtrack to his debut album, Running After You; a release soaked to the skin in the pursuit of a truer connection with God.'

Life is moving fast for the twenty-six year old Canadian, just freshly married and now residing in London, England where he has recently joined the Worship Central team, started by Tim Hughes and others from Holy Trinity, Brompton. Like others on the team, Ben's hunger for a more honest dialogue with God is not just about personal preferences or musical tastes; it's a question of life itself:'

"There are a lot of lost people in their twenties and early thirties, ones who have walked the walk at some point but who have lost their way. My prayer is that this would help them, that people would be able to grab onto these songs and find God in a new and real way.

But why the exits? What's behind these departures?

"I think in part it comes down to the fact that we can let church drift away from real life," says Ben. "People are looking for something they can believe in, something they can grab on to, but at the same time they're dealing with rapidly increasing pressures and responsibilities. Turning up at church when you can't get a job only to be told week in and week out that God is good, all the time, it can make things harder than they should be."

Take a look at Ben's history and you can see why he would jump straight into the deep end with his debut album 'Running After You'. Ben's been nurtured by generations of Christians who have known how to put their faith into glorious action. His father, Brent, is pastor of Christian life Assembly church in Vancouver, a position he took over from his own father, Don Cantelon - the first television evangelist in Canada.

As a teenager Ben met Mike Pilavachi and Tim Hughes at a conference in Vancouver. Something clicked, and soon Ben was invited to become a part of Soul Survivor, eventually moving from worship band member to worship leader.

That was four years ago. Since then there has been more travel, conferences, festivals and numerous appearances on Soul Survivor's live albums, as well as 'Daylight Breaks Through' - an EP released under Survivor's Emerge label back in 2007. Oh, and a co-write of one of the loudest anthems of the last couple of years; 'Happy Day' with Tim Hughes. Eventually Ben became Worship Director at Soul Survivor, a role he filled with trademark creativity and humility.

With all the hallmarks of classic Soul Survivor songs - the intimacy, the power, the soundtrack for the crowded stage as well as the solo headphones - 'Running After You' makes good on its promise of pursuing God. And what a journey it is.