Musicians, students, youth leaders and worship leaders will gather in Houston, TX on August 22nd-23rd and in Toronto, ON on Aug. 29th-30th, 2008 for the Hillsong United Conference which brings the world-class modern worship band for two youth conference in North America this year.

The Hillsong United Conference will be held at Grace Community Church at 14505 Gulf Freeway in Houston and at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto. Both conferences will feature two days of speaker presentations, teaching and concerts. The conference will focus on the subjects of worship and justice and equipping young people to bring both to their communities.

Registration for the Houston conference can be found at here while information for the Toronto conference can be found here.

Early registration rates are available for both events now through May 31st at a cost of $69.

Australia’s Hillsong United, which was the Gospel Music Association’s International Impact award-recipient in 2007 and a Dove Award nominee for Group of the Year in 2008, is one of the most popular young modern worship bands in the world. The various conferences they have hosted around the world have drawn thousands of young people and their church leaders looking to immerse themselves in worship and gain a better understanding of how to bring a lifestyle of worship to everyday life. Last year’s U.S. event, held in Orlando, was sold out and attended by registrants from 43 states.

The Hillsong United Conference in Houston will feature guest speakers including Hillsong Church’s senior pastor Brian Houston and internationally renowned speaker (and former Hillsong youth leader) Phil Dooley teaching registrants how young people can transform churches and communities. Some of the breakout sessions will teach songwriting; building a great worship team; youth ministry programming; evangelism; and using TV & media. The Hillsong United band will provide music at the worship events.

In April, Hillsong United released The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts As One, a new double album that captures live worship from around the world. The CD release is the first part of a three-part action plan for the band’s worship and social justice initiative, The I Heart Revolution, that also includes a September release of a DVD titled We’re All In This Together. Both the CD, which captures the “sound” of global worship, and the DVD, which captures the “visual,” are aimed at creating awareness for phase three: the development of an online community and social justice hub set to launch by fall.

The With Hearts As One CD features 30 songs recorded live in various locations including Scotland, Malaysia, France, Paraguay, Sweden and Brazil to name a few. The album was produced by Hillsong United frontman Joel Houston along with guitarist Jad Gillies and Andrew Crawford.

Earlier in the week, it was the announced that the album became the #1 best-selling title at Canadian Christian retail for the month of April.

On Wednesday, May 21st, 50 Cineplex theatres across Canada will be premiering We’re All In This Together, the band’s feature length documentary, which will instigate the I Heart Revolution movement across Canada. We’re All In This Together was created to inspire this generation and youth ministries to respond to injustice in their local communities and take responsibility as God’s hands and feet on the planet. Highlights include commentary from Hillsong United and excerpts from the band’s worship nights around the world. Click here for the list of theatres.

On a related note, Hillsong United member Brooke Fraser will be making her North American debut when she releases solo project Albertine on this side of the Pacific on June 3rd.

For more information on Hillsong United, visit their YMZ artist page.

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