Jules Riding is a full-time, award-winning Kiwi Christian singer/songwriter. He has released twelve albums (three of them Gold albums) and twice won ‘Gospel Album of the Year’ at the NZ Music Awards.

He became a Christian after an ‘extensive search for truth’ through alternative religions, meeting an articulate intelligent Christian woman (who became his girlfriend) and after a personal crisis forced an examination of the meaning of life.

Jules founded and directed the Elkanah School of Music Ministry which ran for eight years on Great Barrier Island, but he now concentrates on concert ministry and teaching on worship throughout Europe. He has visited 30 countries in the last 20 years.

His album ‘Cataclysm‘ is a close examination of the way we handle personal struggles in a pluralistic society.  His latest album ‘Rivers‘ focuses on renewal in the Holy Spirit.

Jules’ music was influenced by the folk greats from the 60s and 70s: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and various Christian singers: Keith Green, John Michael Talbot, Michael W. Smith, Ian White, Kari Jobe, Yonina, and the Australian group Sons of Korah.

His music can be previewed on www.youtube.com/julesriding

Come along to the Jules Riding concert at St Christopher’s, 244 Avonhead Rd, on Saturday, 27 July at 2.30pm.  Entry by koha, proceeds to the parish.  For more information, contact Anne McCormick.