Reunion recording artist Matt Brouwer visited New York City, NY, at the request of a Michigan youth group to join them in uplifting the spirits of those in local communities. As part of the trip, Matt and the youth group visited local city schools, prepared and delivered food to firefighters and rescue workers and prayed with firefighters from a Manhattan fire station.

On Wednesday, October 3rd, Matt and his band led worship during a prayer service in Queens, New York at Crossway Church, where the ministers had been working 20-hour days trying to comfort all of the dismayed and shocked people in their community. The following morning, Thursday, October 4th, Matt visited a local city elementary school in Yonkers, New York where he performed for the children while they continually danced and sang for approximately one hour.

On Thursday afternoon, Matt and his band had the incredible opportunity toplay worship songs to the largely unevangelized and non-Christian group of kids of Fort Apache in the Bronx. Immediately following, Matt worked with a local community center preparing food for the thousands of New York firefighters and rescue workers at Ground Zero. Later that evening, Matt and a few others from the community center delivered the meals to the workers at a local Manhattan fire station, but found that God had a greater purpose for their presence than food. The fire chief of this particular station was among the missing at Ground Zero and the firefighters had, just seconds before, received confirmation that the chief's body had been found and identified.

"It was such an emotional experience," says Brouwer. "We gathered in a circle around these weary men and prayed for them. Being in New York was an extremely emotional experience, but until you share a glimpse of the grief these people are going through on a daily, non-stop basis, it's impossible to comprehend."

"God's presence is definitely in the middle of the confusion and pain in New York," says Brouwer. "People are working together to lift each others spirits and hope, and yet it was very sobering to be there knowing how many families are missing loved ones and coming to grips with the devastation on so many levels. It was a privilege to be able to offer help in some small way to the brave and self-less people working night and day to share the hope of Jesus in these dark times."

Matt Brouwer's debut album, Imagerical, released to Christian bookstores across the nation earlier this year to wide critical acclaim. Imagerical includes the CHR hit, "Water," which held steady on the chart in the Top 5 for 6 consecutive weeks.

For further information on Matt Brouwer, log on to www.imagerical.com or www.reunionrecords.com.