worship leaders and songwriters for Local Sound, you also founded My Local. In fact, you’ re featured on the MyLocal615 web site as one of the connect group leaders. While God is obviously breathing on My Local, your heart is in the‘ local’ Church. Can you tell us why the local Church matters so much?
[ Jared ] The local Church is really important to me because it is the most effective disciplemaking machine on earth today. The mission of My Local is to make disciples, specifically in the college and young adult space. So in that way we hope to come alongside the local Church.
[ WM ] I’ m loving“ Wild”! It kind of reminds me of LANY, but with a‘ higher’ purpose. What are your thoughts about how God is using music to reach people that might not normally think about Church or a life following Christ?
[ Jared ] This is something I’ m super passionate about. Music is a universal language giving us an opportunity to make the gospel accessible to people who would otherwise not find themselves in Church settings. With things like Spotify, the line between pop music and worship is really blurred. So a big dream for us is to bring Jesus to people who would not otherwise find themselves in a Church. emphasis on community. We like to say,“ You have to follow Jesus for yourself, but you don’ t have to follow him by yourself.” As much as we love community, we always want to keep the main thing the main thing. So, the idea with“ Nobody” is to draw attention to what we consider the main thing … the love of Jesus. You can have the best friends in the world but nobody will love you like Jesus. No update on an album … yet!
[ WM ] I loved the Hotel Sessions, so cool! How did that come together?
[ WM ] Your Instagram account currently has 12 posts and 11,000 followers, that’ s a pretty awesome level of engagement! Again, noting that the Heaven tour kicks off tomorrow, is there anything else you’ d like to add?
[ Jared ] We’ re just so thankful and looking forward to seeing everyone and making new friends along the way.
[ Jared ] The Noelle was a new hotel that opened in Nashville when we started talking about stripped back versions. The goal was to give a feel for worship leaders in Churches that don’ t have full bands and tracks.
“ More Than Air” // Local Sound • Hotel Sessions [ WM ] In addition to being one of the key“ Wild” // Local Sound
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