Bashde Newsletter Volume 3 November 2012

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Welcome to our t h i rd bashde.org newslet t er !

Bashde.org has t wo m issions: First and f oremost , we exist t o glor i fy our Lordand Savior Jesus Christ through streaming continuous, uplif t ing, worshipfulArmenian Christ ian music and scripture 24/ 7. Our second mission is t o helpemerging art ists produce creative Armenian Christ ian programs, music, andsongs that wil l glor ify the One who shed His blood so that we may haveeter nal l i fe. In t h is issue we feat ure:

Shushan Ghazarian, who is a young and emer ging Arm enian Christ ianart ist. Bashde sponsored her ne w CD 12+1 wi t h m any new andwonder ful Armenian Christ ian songs and arrangement s.

One of t hese songs Yeleer was wr it t en and c omposed by TamarAlbarian. Tam ar is well k nown t o our Bashde audiences and

throughout the wor ld, wi th many wonderful and or ig inal composi t ionsespecial ly f or chi ldren. We also feat ure an ar t ic le by Tamar on Yeleerand Tamar s new CD.

Gilbert Hovsepian (t he son of t he lat e Rev. Haik Hovsepian w ho wasmart yred in I ran and had composed Havadks chem m orana ) , has awonderful ministry bot h t o I ranians and Armenians. A wel laccompl ished and known Arme nian Christ i an Composer. We are al sopr iv i leged to feature an ar t ic le by Gi lber t .

Last , but def in i t e ly not least , Rev. Greg Haroutunian , who i s amem ber of our board, shares his im pressions on worship made i n

Armenia, f rom his last missionary t r ip t here. Greg met Shushan andother Armenian Christ ian art ists who are featured on Bashde.org.

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Shushan Ghazaryan

IlovetoworshipmyGod!

There is only one thing that we do here on earth and willcontinue doing there, in heaven: its worshiping. What agreat calling, what an unthinkable honor to stand beforethe throne of the One who has created the heavens andthe earth and worship Him with the gifts granted us byHim. I thank God for teaching me how to worship froman early childhood. When I was only 7-8 years old,together with my siblings I would sing and worship Godtill midnight. Through this worship, golden verses turned

into songs. This helped me learn about the God Iworship, and love Him even more. Years later when Iwas a lead singer in our church worship team, Godopened some doors for me to add knowledge to myworship experience. Through the Integrity MusicandlaterWorship Centralseminars I was able to praise Godwith more confidence and courage. Then myunderstanding on worship expanded due to the Englishbooks and videos.

However, during these years I never even dared todream of recording a CD of my singing. It was not in myplans. Well, it turned out that God had it in Hisplans. Helikes to surprise His children. So He helped me - Hislittle daughter - to make the songs that had spoken tomy heart a sound for all His children to ear. My prayer isthat this CD will be a blessing for everyone who hears it.Let every sound, every verse of these songs go deepinto the hearts of those that hear it, and change theirlives. I am so looking forward to the day when I will join

with all Gods children and His heavenly hosts: to seeHim face to face, kneel down before Him, and worshipHis glorious holiness.

Until that day comes, I am going to sing the praises ofmy God and worship Him with everything He has givenme. This is my story, this is my song, praising mySavior all the day long!

Shushan isa young Christian artist fromArmenia blessed with manytalents. One of Bashdes main

objectives is to help promote newArmenian Christian talents.

Bashde sponsored Shushans firstCD. We are so encouraged we

were able to help Shushan

achieve this important milestonefor His glory. She lives in Armenia,

loves the Lord, and serves Himfaithfully through uplifting worshipsongs. It contains many original

songs as well as newarrangements of familiar songs.

The CD was recorded in Armeniaand also features other well-

known Armenian Christian artists.


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Get Up! Yeleer

The song "yeleer" is one of the songs in the album 12+1. When my friend Shushan ame to write a song for her upcoming CD, first thing I did was fast and pray. I prayed God would give me a song by which he would be glorified and also would contain a

message awakening His people.

After couple of weeks the song was ready. The Lord inspired me with the theme, the

and the words. While putting the song together, I felt strongly the Lord calling his peout of bondage, bringing them out of their captivity, and setting them free to spread t

Gospel. The picture was very clear to me. In Acts 12:7, while apostle Peter was in pr

sleeping between two soldiers and bound in chains, an angel of the Lord appeared, an

struck Peter on the side and WOKE HIM UP saying QUICK GET UP! - "Yeleer!,

quickly the chains fell off Peters wrists.

In the same way, God is freeing us and calling us, His chosen ones, TO WAKE UP, GUP and spread His word, proclaiming the good news of salvation in any which way w

can., for there are many who are suffering, blind, hopeless and unaware of His truth.

I Thank the Lord for this song. I often hear Him saying to me "yeleer","yeleer" and d

look to your circumstances and comfort. "Yeleer," regardless. It has been my joy and

privilege to serve Him in Song and worship.

Lord, wake us up from different kinds of sleep and pump us up by your supernatural

so we may be able to say: My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creapraise his holy name forever and ever. Psalm 145:5.

Dear Setrag and Bashde committee, thank you for allowing us (Christian musicians,

singers and composers) to get heard and advertised through Bashde.org. It's a greatChristian service, bearing a holy vision which can give birth to many other ministries

May Bashde enter every Armenian home, bringing peace and salvation to many.

God bless Bashde

Your sister in Christ

Tamar Albarian

About Tamarfrom:h t t p : / / t am ar ig. com / abou t T . h t m l

Tamars Web Site:

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Tamar serves the Lordwith her husband

ev. Sam Albarian at theArmenian Evangelical

Church of Torontop://www.hayavedtoronto.com/


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Tamars Latest CD Kahit ModeI t was t wo o clock in the morni ng; God woke me up wit h a song. I quickly j umped out of mybed and recor ded it . As I sang t his song Sourp es Der, Hianalee es Der duri ng my quiet t im eworshiping him, t he Lord ministered t o me and my relat ionship wit h Him grew. This very

special experience drove me to ask for more int imacy. I had tasted him and his goodness, andwould not set t le f or less. Every now and t henHe would give m e ot her songs and I wouldsing them t o him in w orship.

One morni ng, as I was reading Psalm 96:6 splendor and maj est y are before him, andst rengt h and glory are in his sanct uary,ascr ibe t o the Lord Glory to his name, Ist ar ted asking God to reveal h imself t o me,p leading w i th h im to t ake me to h is throneso I would enj oy his splend or and glory in a

more rea l way. I p rayed t o h im w i t h mywhole strength and being. My heart wasbeat ing, and I kept repeat i ng the phrase Take me t o your throne, t ake me to yourth rone . ( Kahi t m od dar i n t z ) It wasamazing t hat w hi le I was begging him t omake h imsel f known t o me, he turned th isprayer into a song and I started singing it toh im.

After t h is exper ience, I could not keep t he songs for m y pr ivat e worship only. I st ar ted singingand shar ing them in di f ferent worship gather ings. I f i nal ly sensed that t ime had come f or me

t o compi le al l t he songs t hat God had given me over t he years. The CD Kahit mod is acolle ct ion of t hirt een wor ship songs, and each song has a st ory.

My prayer and great er desire now i s t hat t hrough t his CD, w orshipers wi l l be able t o enter int ohis sanctuary and worship Him near his throne. What a pr iv i lege we have at h is throne.

Ot her CDs and DVDs by Tamar :

Contact Tamar t o get your copies:

h t t p : / / t a m ar i g. c om /


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Gilbert Hovsepian

For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;

His faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 100:5

This is the reason of my worship; because He is good.

I am Gilbert Hovsepian, 36 years old, born and raised in Iran. I have seen Gods goodness and

faithfulness in my personal life. I grew up in a home full of love and passion for the Lord as well as one

another. My dad was the superintendent of Iranian Assemblies of God churches in Iran. His ministry

caused me to see Gods goodness from very early age as I saw many Muslims come to Christ. Some of

those Muslims were very fanatic in their faith, but the Lord opened their eyes to see the truth. Some of

them are now my dearest friends and coworkers. I also saw many miracles that the Lord did in my life

and the life of our church.

When I was just 5 years old, the Lord did anamazing miracle in my life. Since my brother, sister,

and I loved music but didnt have any instrument

and didnt have not enough money to get one, we

prayed to God to give us a piano so we could learn

how to play. My dad didnt share this with anyone

but was fasting and praying also. Couple of months

after our prayers, we received a letter from an

Iranian pastor from USA. In his letter, this pastor

was asking for a favor from my dad. The favor was

the following: I have a very good piano that stays

in my brothers house in Tehran/Iran. He is moving

into a smaller apartment and doesnt have any spacefor that piano. Would you PLEASE take the piano?I promise it wont be long until I come to Iran and

sell it.

God is good and his love endures forever. This pastor didnt have a clue about our desperate prayers for a

piano, but God did. I learned how to play the piano with the talent that God himself had given it to me, ona piano that God himself gave it to me. I learned playing the piano in a short time. Years later when that

pastor came to Iran and saw us playing that piano and heard the testimony behind it, he was so moved by

it that he gave that piano to us as a gift from the Lord. Years later when I grew up I would always pray

and I would tell him Lord I love you, I worship you, I adore you, I am crazy for you, etc. But that was

not enough. I wanted to express myself more, but the words were not efficient. Thats when I started

making music for the Lord. I noticed that when I worshiped through music, I was entering into hispresence and I was enjoying his presence so much that sometimes I would be playing and praying for

hours. I should mention that I had a great role model in that area since sometimes even in the middle of

night when I would wake up, I would hear my dad, singing and playing the guitar and making new songs

to the Lord. Sometimes he would go for hours. So, Music and worship became part of who I was and I

felt This is what I was created for. To worship Him.

I am going to fast forward to 1994 when my dad was martyred because of his faith to Jesus Christ and his

ministry among Muslims. I knew that God was good but I couldnt see His goodness in my dads


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martyrdom and the persecution that followed. A year later I was beaten a couple of times, I was put in

prison couple of times and I was ridiculed in public so many times.

It is very easy to praise and worship, when things are going well; when God answers prayers, when safety

and security are provided, when health and comfort are in its place.

Worship was not the most natural thing that I wanted to do. Nagging and complaining was the firstnatural thing that I wanted to do. I have to confess that I did that for a short time and it just made me more

bitter. One day something very special happened to me and I believed God was trying to speak to me.

From that day on I decided to worship and give thanks in ALL circumstances. Sometimes we think the

Bible teaches us to give him thanks FOR all things, but its IN all things.

I started to praise him in the midst of my persecution. I

remember writing songs and singing songs with many

tears. I remember my intimate prayers in the prison cell. I

remember the moment I was on the ground in the streets

of Mashad/Iran, being beaten by the 3 government

policemen in front of our underground church group. I

remember how in my anger I prayed Lord, forgive

them. They really dont know what they are doing. Iremember how I would cry for hours and at the same

time I would praise Him for who he is and how he can

rescue me.

God showed up many times in the midst of my worship. I

have so many intimate experiences of how God changed my mood, how he spoke to my heart, how he

gave me dreams and comforted me. God is good and his love endures forever. In that period of time when

I couldnt see his goodness, I had to believe and see his goodness with the eyes of faith.

Worship is the only thing that took me out of my situation, it took me to heaven.

The first time the word worship is mentioned is in Genesis chapter 22 when Abraham was going to

sacrifice his son, knowing that God would provide. That is true worship, when you are ready to sacrifice

your best for the Lord, yet you know that God will provide. God brought me out of the ashes; he turnedmy sorrow and pain into joy and dancing. God is good. Thats why I worship him.

I never desired to be a singer or a musician or a recording artist or a songwriter. All I desired was God

himself and in order to get closer to him I used music and singing and writing. I still have the same desire.

If one day my ministry is taken away, I dont think its going to affect me much, since my ministry is not

my joy. The Lord himself is my joy and my salvation and no one and nothing can take him away from

me, not even death.

I believe worship starts with the heart of a worshipper. If your heart is full of love, then true worship in

spirit and in truth will rise from your heart and that kind of worship will satisfy Him. The Bible teaches us

that the joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10). When there is true worship, there is strength,

since God is joyful.

To me, worship is reflection of His love. Gods love shines through our hearts and when we comprehend

the width and length and depth and height of His love we reflect it back to him. Love from top to bottom

(heaven to earth) is called grace and love from bottom to top (earth to heaven) is called worship.

There will be no worship, if there is no grace. There will be little worship when little bit of his grace and

love is being received. There will be true worship, when the fullness of his grace is truly received and

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The more I understand and experience his love, the more I reflect. I now travel all over the world and God

has given me a praise and worship ministry to glorify His name. I clearly see the same pattern in the

churches. Those churches that are alive in their relationship with the Lord are usually very passionate in

their worship, and those churches that are sleeping have almost no worship or what I call dead worship.

Its all about love. I have two little girls (4 and 1.5 years old). Every day I express my love to them; I tell

them how much I love them, but in most cases I am not satisfied until I grab them, squeeze them, and kiss

them so tightly. Thats when they start to laugh and giggle.

Praise and worship is the kissing and squeezing part. If there is not enough love towards him, there is no

worship to him.

12 years ago when I came to United States, I would pray and worship for hours each day. I remember

many times I had this desire and prayer: God, would you please use me I didnt know exactly what I

wanted, but I knew who I desired. It was Him. Gods goal for us is to know him first, and then make him

known. I knew him and now I wanted to make him known.

God used me soon after in ways I never could have imagined. He opened so many doors for me. I and my

family started the nonprofit ministry ofHovsepian Ministries. Through that ministry God used us and is

still using us to proclaim the good news to Iranians in Iran through satellite by making short movies,

documentaries, music videos, youth programs, teaching programs, etc. I had written more than 100 songs

for the Lord. I didnt write them for people to hear it. I wrote them to personalize and vocalize my prayers

and worship to God, but what was done in secret, God rewarded openly (Mathew 6:18).

With His grace I produced 8 Persian and 4 Armenian worship albums. My new Armenian album is

coming out in November and it can be found on www.Hovsepian.com.

My purpose is to lead people into His presence, thats why I called the series of my albums Hallelujah

(Hallelujah 1, 2, 3, 4, ..). All the songs in these albums are congregational songs and my prayer and hope

is that people will be led to His court and would meet the king of kings.

It has been a great encouragement for me to see many Armenian and Persian churches around the world

using those songs in their time of worship.

At the end I want to thank Bashde.org for the amazing work it does in peoples lives. Psalm 66:8 says let

the sound of his praises be heard. Bashed.org is doing exactly that. I have heard so many testimonies of

how people were down and how the sound of the praise and worship from bashed.org lifted them up. I

have had the same experience and thats why I am one of the great fans of this ministry. I believe in this

ministry because I believe in the power of praise and worship.

ALL the glory and honor and praise to Him and Him alone.

Gilbert Hovsepian


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Worship Made In Armenia

Rev. Greg Harout unian

I had the privi lege of joining Silva Khoshafian,Hermi ne Getzoyan, Arpi Sarian, Zara Nalbandi an and Loisand Mourad Karakashian this last July to participate in aseries of one-day retr eats throughout Arm enia.

Arranged by Rev. Samuel Kirakosian, t he t eam w ent t o 14 di f f erent churches leadingwom en s ministry, as wel l aspart ic ipat ing in a youth conference anda Couples Confe rence f or Past ors &their wives.

One of the highlights was worshippingt ogether. When I went t o Armeniat went y-one years ago aft er t heeart hquake every song or hymn w e sangwere t ranslat ions of w est ern hymns orchoruses. God has been at wor k! Of t he more t han thi rt y songs we sang as we wentfr om church to church maybe one or tw o were tr anslat ions. The rest w ere worship

songs that were indigenous to Armenia.

The sheer volume of t heir voices unit ed inpraise fr equentl y overwhelm ed me. Theirpassion t o worship together and t o be ledin worship was incre dibl e! Led by BadveliGivan and his t eam of t hree ot her vocal ist s,t he gather ings of w omen, yout h andpast ors & t heir w ives f i l led t he sanctuarieswit h Armenian music whose lyr ics offer ed

bot h j oyful pr aise and heart -fel t cr ies for God t o manifest His presence, love andpower.

We went t o Armenia t o encourage, t each and bless t hem; God reversed i t in my caseby giving me t he priv i lege to w orship wi t h my br other s and sist ers who know how t oworship with al l their heart, soul, mind and strength!

Park Asdoudzoh! !!


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1. Pray for Bashde:This is perhaps the m ost import ant ministry for Bashde.org.We bel ieve in t he power of prayer. Bashde can have an impact only t hroughprayer.

a. Please pray for t hose who l i st en t o Bashde.org t hat i t wi l l be t ruly ablessing for t hem, drawing t hem t o t rue worship and a closerrelat ionship wi t h our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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