Our Story

Gloria was raised in a singing family. Dad sang tenor and Mom sang alto. Gloria sang the melody and learned the harmonies. At 15 she joined her church’s worship team and hasn’t stopped singing.

Jim played trumpet, and painted beautiful art. Then in his mid-twenties, he met Jesus who led him to Berklee School of Music, where he studied song-writing and guitar, and recorded his first album "BLUE UMBRELLA".

Thirty years have passed since Jim and Gloria began
to dream together with God. They dreamed of equipping the next generation with skills to love God and share His love with others through music, art and dance, and so they did: raising 5 children and running many children’s camps. They dreamed of recording Jim’s songs and they did; one album in 1995 GRACE AND GLORY, but there were so many more songs that remained hidden, stored within.

The children grew up and flew the coop and the seasons
changed. God began turning the key to unlock the hidden treasure chest of songs in Jim’s heart, giving him a new desire to get them out for the world to hear. Then a new song, EYES ON YOU, came and with it, a resurgence of the dream: To gather together young people in the presence of Jesus, training them and creating with them music to bless the heart of God and reach the hearts of their generation.

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