Dave & Vicki McClellan
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"Songs of Faith"

by Hilary Costa

The Library Coffeehouse in downtown Meridian hosts and eclectic mix of secular musicians: local teens, practiced singer-songwriters and groups touring through the Tresure Valley.

But on the first Sunday of every month, yhou will hear a different sound coming fomr the coffee shop's back room (or outside seating area) Christian Worship music.

Once a month Dave McClellan and his wife Vicki, bring their musical message of God's power to the cozy cafe for those who want to listen. With his acoustic guitar and original lyrics, the self-effacing McClellan shares his beliefs enumerated in his words, "where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom." Vicki sings along while her husband sings and plays.

"I'm not looking for notoriety," he says, " I want to give glory to God."

An electrician by day, McClellan began playing solo at the Library Coffeehouse six months ago when Vicki brought the idea to manager Scott Rittenhouse, who books the venue's musical acts. Rittenhouse says about 20-25 people usually gather to hear McClellan play and sing. His strong voice and "friendly spirit" welcome everone, Rittenhouse says.
"It's impossible to walk into a room when he's playing and not feel accepted there," he says.

The couple consider themselves non-denominational Christian. They have both been ordained as ministers but are not currently affiliated with a specific church. Once a week they host worship services out of their home under the banner of Strong Tower Ministries.

For about 20 years, Dave McClellan has done mostly worship music, but he says he recently felt it was in his heart to play secular songs as well.

So when he has time, he pulls out his repertoire of '60's and '70's cover songs--old top 40 hits with lyrics that just beg for singing along.

For the past few years he has also played with a band that goes by the name Shekinah- a Hebrew word meaning "the manifestation of the glory of God."

Their core group of six musicians can expand to up to 10 for some events, adding other instruments such as a harp and saxaphone.

Shekinah plays venues ranging from churches and religious conferences to Downtown Boise's Big Easy Concert House to the front steps of the State Capitol building during the International Day of Prayer as well as the huge annual God and Country Rally where they opened for the well known Christian group, Point of Grace, in front of several thousand. - Idaho Statesman Newspaper


Discography

Our most recent CD is 'AS ONE'. All songs are written by Dave McClellan with 2 co-written with Vicki. The lead guitar and violin on the CD are the only additions from the usual band. The CD was masterfully produced and arranged by Ian Townend, a British genius who for many years traveled with Terry Law's group, Living Sound. He is now based in Boise, Id where we live. The CD was Mastered by 3 time Grammy Award winner Richard Dodd and is beautifully crafted and progressively and contemporarily arranged.
Tracks can be heard and/or purchased at
www.myspace.com/daveandvickimcclellan
They are not currently on radio play. They can also be heard at www.Indieheaven.com

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Our music is to worship God and even with the two of us can get the crowd moving and dancing or draw tears. We love to be interactive with the listeners and encouraging.

We are lead by the Holy Spirit and most often will move into prophetic songs and proclamations that will encourage, impart and heal hearts. That is our 'M.O.' In Idaho, we often play with our full band for many conferences in churches, apostolic/prophetic conferences.
The band when we are with them consists of drums, bass, electric lead guitar, violin, keyboards and another female vocal. They are fantastic.

We have learned to 'flow' as a band, what most would call 'jamming'. It's very powerful. We've played at least a 15 conferences over the last 3 years.

We've played and ministered with some of the following speakers, Ray Hughes, Paul Keith Davis, Steve Thompson (of Morningstar), Harold Eberle, John L. Moore, Lloyd Phillips, Christie Moore, David Ravenhill, Bill Yount, Guy Contella, Steven J. Hill, Danny Daniels, Cindy McGill, Pat Holloran, and many more. We've also opened for Point of Grace.