Corry Bell Interview-3

So excited to speak with Corry Bell again.   What a delightful woman of God.   She has been through a lot but continues to hold onto God.

Enjoy the music of Lev Shelo and a powerful interview interview!!!

Here is a little bit about Corry in her own words:

I was born into a very secular home, the only girl among 4 children. By the time I was 18 I had no moral compass, although I received my first Bible and asked Yeshua into my heart at Sunday School when I was 6. However, without proper discipleship, I wandered in my faith and ended up living with my boyfriend during my senior year in high school. We were planning to marry, but when those plans fell through, I spiraled into a deep depression and thoughts of suicide plagued my mind constantly. Then, one Sunday morning, my friend “dragged” me to a Calvary Chapel. The music, the casual attire, the atmosphere were nothing like the stuffiness of church I had al-ways experienced. When the pastor gave an altar call, I responded immediately. For the next 22 years, I became plugged into my church, serving, attending Bible studies and participating in worship ministry.

One December day in 2002, I had a conversation with my mom about her Dutch family herit-age. I asked her, “Isn’t your maiden name, Brouwenstijn, (pronounced Brownstein) Jewish?” My mom couldn’t relate to being Jewish as none of her family members were practicing the faith and were not teaching our culture or heritage to their children, but she admitted that it was. Given the horrors of war upon the Jewish people she had witnessed and escaped from in Hol-land, being Jewish was not appealing. Soon afterward, it became increasingly clear to me that God wanted me to immerse myself in the culture of my ancestors. Soon after attending on a regular basis, I was asked to join the worship team at Beth Emunah Messianic Syangogue, lead-ing the worship team for 10 years, and have been serving in our Messianic Jewish community now since 2003. I began a ministry in 2010 called Lev Shelo which means, “His heart” in Hebrew. Our music has hit the global stage with tours to Germany, Holland, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Israel. I am also a freelance journalist, writing for the international publication, The Messianic Times.

Ethel Chadwick Testimony

What's a nice Jewish girl like me doing in a place like this?   How did I get here?   I had so much fun putting this program together.   You'll hear a little music, I'll talk a little, then more music, more talk, etc.   You get the picture.   By the hour's end you will have heard great music from artists like Lamb, Jonathan Settel, Ted Pearce, Avner & Rachel Boskey, Rachel Washington, Liberated Wailing Wall, Marty Goetz and Joel Chernoff, and you will have heard how a nice Jewish girl from Richmond, Virginia found her Messiah!

Plus some beautiful instrumental tracks by Tamrah Alexander and Corry Bell/Lev Shelo!

For more info or to contact me, please write me at bagelsandblessings@gmail.com.   Enjoy!

Corry Bell Interview (first aired 2012)

What a joy to re-air this wonderful chat with Corry Bell.  Corry  is the lead singer of Messianic band Lev Shelo.

When Corry Bell was a little girl, her parents would have her sing for relatives and friends, which lead to her involvement in school musicals and choir events. After high school, she met Yeshua and quickly began a lifetime of ministry in the arts, using her experience in music as a backdrop. In 1987, she hosted a cable TV music video program in Southern California called "Rock Of Ages" where she conducted artist interviews and introduced videos for the show. She has made numerous appearances on stage and in local television programs and even worked for a Christian radio station for the season.

To her great surprise, Corry found out she had an extensive Jewish family history, not known to her before 2002. After 22 years in the church, it became apparent she had to find a way to reconcile her belief in Yeshua with her Jewishness. In the spring of 2003, she began to attend Beth Emunah Messianic Synagogue, connected with her Jewish identity, joined the worship team there and accepted the position of Music Director in the fall of 2004.

In 2005, the Lord gave Corry a vision, a recurring "thought" if you will, for this band, this ministry. After 20 years of laying down her own ambitions in music to serve the Lord, He was now reviving that which she had thought was dead. Now, she had to move forward in that calling. After making some decisions about the direction to take, she approached Mark Keller about forming a band and doing a CD.  Lev Shelo was "born."

Corry's first experiences with the band she helped create included leading worship at the MJAA Southwest Regional conference and for the next 4 years, she and Mark and others lead praise and worship there, and also at Messiah Conference in Pennsylvania in 2007 and 2008, opening for such artists as Paul Wilbur, Marty Goetz, Ted Pearce and Joel Chernoff. The band's debut CD, "Or HaOlam," released in August of 2010, is the result of these experiences and the many requests from congregations all over the world to make their music available.

Jason Rose Interview

EVERY THING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SUKKOT AND MORE!!!

Also, today's program features fantastic music from Jonathan Settel, Barry & Batya Segal, Steve McConnell, Zemer Levav, the Schleps,  Marty Goetz, Joshua Aaron and Corry Bell with Lev Shelo.

I had the opportunity to interview Jason Rose while at the Messiah Conference this past summer. 
Jason grew up in a Jewish home in Minnesota. His life changed when he became a believer in Yeshua at age 15. He has Bachelors of Arts degree from Moody Bible Institute and has studied Biblical Hebrew in Israel. He also has Masters Degree in English Language Teaching.  He felt led to move to Israel and began reaching out to Jews with the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah. Jason directs and manages the Tel Aviv Messianic Center, runs the Gospel Café outreach, and is also helping to plant a Hebrew-speaking congregation at the Center.

Enjoy!

Corry Bell Interview

Corry is a member of the Messianic group "Lev Shelo." She was born into a Jewish family but not raised in the Jewish faith. She discovered Messianic Judaism in 2003 and later became the Worship Director at Congregation Beth Emunah in Southern California. This show features the music of Lev Shelo and an interview with Corry, who shares how she came to know Yeshua as her Messiah!