Kerrie Roberts
At first glance, Kerrie Roberts is the unassuming girl with a huge voice. But once her voice captures you, it is clear there is much more going on here. Dynamic yet intimate, uniquely emotive and soulful, her self-titled debut reveals the heart of an empathetic artist.
These are the songs of a distinctly relational and prolific songwriter. My father is a pastor, so my whole family has been shaped by the church, says Kerrie. From a young age, my parents always taught me to reach out to the broken and to those who need hope. With her first performance at the age of 5, Kerrie grew up singing in church, playing piano and leading worship. She wrote her first songs in high school. The 10 songs on Kerrie Roberts reflect the redemptive seeds planted during those years and into her young adulthood.
Thematically, the album explores a thoughtful side of faith, hope and love the acknowledgment that an authentic life of faith isn it void of suffering, the purpose amidst pain, the promise that a breakthrough is coming, and the motivating power of God is love. Says Kerrie, I want every song to leave people with a sense of purpose and call to action, a realization of a truth, a promotion of hope and healing.
Worship Leader: Hannah Ramos
Hannah McLemore Ramos has been singing for as long as she can remember. She and her sister, Katelyn McLemore, always sang for church events and talent shows. When Hannah was in high school she began singing on the youth worship team at River City Community Church in San Antonio. It was through worship that God became truly real to her and her relationship with God completely changed. She was able to cry out to God in ways she never had before, and in return, God began to give her hope, peace, joy, and purpose. God also began to give her a desire to help other people get past the surface and really connect with God and know Him through worship.
During her senior year of high school, Hannah was accepted into the Music School at Texas State University as a vocal major, and she was ready to use everything she learned to glorify God. However the day she got her acceptance letter, she went into the hospital with viral meningitis. As a result, she lost most of her fine motor control, including her ability to speak clearly and her ability to sing. She was allowed into the Music School, even though she could not sing, and worked for over two years to retrain her voice. Hannah believed God had called her to bring others into His presence of through worship and could not give up. Finally, after two long, very hard years of struggling to regain her vocal strength, she surrendered her voice to God and committed herself to worshiping God in whatever way He had planned. Almost immediately, her voice returned, even stronger than before. Hannah and her husband Joshua now attend River City Community Church in New Braunfels where she currently leads worship.