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Scott Dyer

Writer of "Forgive Me" Rebecca St James/BarlowGirl

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Scott Dyer is a singer/songwriter and is the Pastor of Worship and Arts at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in the northern suburbs of Dallas. He was on staff at Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago for 14 years prior to coming to Dallas. In his time at Willow Creek, Scott produced 4 CD’s for the church and wrote many songs for midweek and weekend services. Some of those songs include "Everything I Am", "He Was", "Lay Your Burdens Down", "Only By Grace" and "Forgive Me". "Forgive Me" was written for a Willow Creek Communion service. The first time it was introduced, Rebecca St. James happened to be in the congregation. She asked Scott to send it to her, and eventually recorded it on her 2005 CD, "If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something", together with BarlowGirl (who grew up at Willow Creek!). Scott lives in suburban Dallas with his wife, Vonda, and his 2 daughters. Scott’s latest CD with Bent Tree Bible Fellowship, "Still Amazed:Live Worship at Bent Tree", is available at www.btbf.org/stillamazed, or on itunes. CHECK OUT SONGS FROM THE NEW CD AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BENTTREE. Please bookmark this page and check back for new music from Scott Dyer and Bent Tree!
Still Amazed (Amazing Grace)

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"Still Amazed" Live at Willow Creek
Not I But Christ

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"Not I But Christ" live at Willow Creek
Forgive Me

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This video was produced for Rebecca St. James for her tour with BarlowGirl
Hymns of Hope preview
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This is a preview video for the upcoming "Hymns of Hope" CD/DVD. Scott’s arrangement of "Nothing But the Blood" is the last of 4 song clips on the video.

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Member Since: 7/15/2006
Band Website: btbf.org
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Influences: Billy Joel, Elton John, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Keith Green, Michael W. Smith, James Taylor, Seal, Goo Goo Dolls, Coldplay, Jellyfish, Ben Folds, Guster
Sounds Like: Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul Baloche, Mark Schultz
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Worship is...

This is a sentence starter that has many different possible endings. You have probably read and maybe even written a wide variety of definitions or descriptions of aspects of worship. And, because w...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:44:00 PST

Story behind "Have No Fear"

"Have No Fear" was written on September 12, 2001. The day before was obviously one of the worst in our nation's history. I had a childhood friend that was killed in the plane that hit the Pentagon, ...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:52:00 PST

Ross Parsley, Ted Haggard and New Life Church

I blogged about the situation regarding Ted Haggard a few months ago and had an overwhelming response to the post. Vonda and I had dinner with Ross Parsley and his wife this past week. Ross is the W...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:18:00 PST

A Life Well Lived

I just returned to Dallas from a very rich 24 hours in Florida, celebrating the life of my assistant, Susan's dad, Billy, with her husband Dennis and their family. WOW!That's the best word to describ...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:56:00 PST

Ochoa update

It is 4:45 PM and we just finished the memorial service for Talitha Ochoa, the 16 year-old daughter of David and Rhonda Ochoa, missionaries that our church sent to Uganda 2 years ago. My wife, Vonda,...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:11:00 PST

Story behind "Face of Forgiveness"

Songwriters often use what I call "idea triggers" in order to spark new songs. What I mean by that is that they expose themselves to situations and environments that cause them to think a little diff...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:54:00 PST

My daughter and the "Forgive Me" video

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a story with you about the video for "Forgive Me" that is on my profile. I received a DVD of the video a couple of months ago, and my 3 year old daughter, Delaney, wa...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:54:00 PST

Thoughts on Ted Haggard and New Life Church

There has been a lot of talk in the news about the scandal involving Pastor Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. For those of you who don't know, Pastor Haggard was accused of an inapr...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:49:00 PST

Where to buy the new CD

I've been getting several e-mails about where you can get our new CD, Still Amazed: Live Worship at Bent Tree. It is currently available at 2 places, and will soon be on itunes. Here are the 2 links...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:17:00 PST

THE HOPE OF THE WORLD

I've been in local church ministry for about 18 years now and I've had the chance to see and hear wonderful stories of life change. I believe in the local church-my former pastor, Bill Hybels, has sa...
Posted by Scott Dyer on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:47:00 PST