KinShift Music

04/02/2026

A new Podcast coming April 8 to KinShift Studio's Substack

An offshoot of KinShift Music, "KinShift Studio" on Substack develops podcasts and other content that aims to shift culture from a mindset of hierarchy and dominance to one of community and connection – from kingdom to kinship.

In the new 16 week podcast series "beTOGETHERstl" Mr Z (Steve Zwolak) interviews community movers and shakers exploring 4 beliefs: that all behavior has meaning, all learning occurs in relationships, our early experiences have lifelong impacts and that love is greater than fear.

03/28/2026

KinShift Music with "Singing Resistance STL" at No Kings #3

12/18/2025

“For a world forged by mothers’ dreams...Not power, greed or tyrants’ schemes.." LISTEN NOW

A new song of hope and resilience for this season and new year. The journey of 2 refugee mothers across cultures and time.

Follow the Star re-imagines the Christmas story for today through the lens of refugee migration and hope for a better world. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to help us con...

11/21/2025

The world needs light — your light.

Listen to our new Christmas single “Light the World” and SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE who needs hope this Christmas.

Together, we can be the beacon.

Thanks for listening to our new Christmas single. If you enjoyed it, please like and SUBSCRIBE!Kindred Voices –Light The WorldWords & Music by Monty Jackson©...

11/20/2025

This Christmas, let’s shine together. Our upcoming release “Light the World” reminds us that even in the darkest nights, there’s a radiant star shining through us — a beacon of hope, love, and faith.

07/12/2025

Our congregation at Kindred UCC is so uplifted and strengthened by this music, we wanted to share it with you all as part of our global music ministry - KinShift Music. That's why we're launching our JustWorship catalog at United Church of Christ Synod this week! 🥳🎉😃

💜💚💙🧡💛We'd love for you to stop by booth #1410 to learn more or visit our website and go to subscription. Use discount code GS #35 for a deep discount just for Synod. https://www.kinshiftmusic.org/

If you've heard the KinShift band at this week's youth services and Friday worship, you've got a taste for this music focused on the Christian values of justice, equity, unity and mercy. We'll be singing at Sunday worship, too! 🎷🎶🎹🎸🎤

07/11/2025

We're at United Church of Christ General Synod!
Stop by booth #1410 and find out how you can help change the culture through music. 🎶 🎤🎸🎹🎷🪇

Catch the KinShift Music band at youth services and the big Sunday worship. Join us in making the shift from a mindset of hierarchy and dominance to one of community and connection - from kingdom to kinship.

07/03/2025

No matter what, this is what we are called to be - repairers of the breach 🤲🏾🤲🏿🤲🏽🤲🏻 even though the breach appears wider than ever. Yes, take time for lament, 😢🥺😭 but always remember who you are: 💙💚💛❤️💜🤍🧡

As the song says:

Join the freedom redemption
Building bridges through intervention
In kindness, Let freedom rage

A Copernicon evolution
A cosmic solution
Repairers of the breach

Let nothing between us divide
Truth our bond and kindness our guide

This is how we'll be free at last. Listen to the song, To Be Free at Last on our website. https://www.kinshiftmusic.org/newrelease, or on your favorite streaming service.

06/19/2025

It's Juneteenth - a day that reminds us that freedom delayed is freedom denied. That's why we chose today, to release our latest single, To Be Free at Last, a call to collective liberation. Catch it here https://www.kinshiftmusic.org/newrelease or on your favorite streaming platform.

Juneteenth marks the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free—a full year after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The theology of Juneteenth echoes the Beatitudes: freedom that touches every living thing. Justice that extends across borders. A harvest that includes everyone.

06/18/2025

Let love flow like a river,
a river of justice.
❤️💙💜💚🧡💛

New song coming Juneteenth about love and freedom!

06/17/2025

Sticking to our values,
no matter what.
That's what makes us strong. 💪
That's freedom. 🇺🇸