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WORSHIP

"TO SHOW REVERENCE OR HONOR. TO JESUS."  
It's more than just a song.

We are blessed in the Johnstown area with gifted worship leaders.  Different styles, different voices, but all for one purpose lifting Jesus name.

LOCAL LEADERS

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JONATHAN SMITH

JONATHON GRADUATED FROM LEE UNIVERSITY WITH A B.M. IN MUSIC AND WORSHIP.  HE IS CURRENTLY A STAFF SONGWRITER FOR DAYWIND MUSIC PUBLISHING IN NASHVILLE, TN WHERE HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS IN THE CHRISTIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY.  JONATHAN HAS BEEN LEADING WORSHIP IN MANY DIFFERENT FACETS FOR YEARS AND IN NOW THE WORSHIP LEADER AT LIFE CHURCH IN WINDBER, PA.  

SEAN MCCOOL

SEAN MCCOOL HAS BEEN LEADING WORSHIP AROUND THE JOHNSTOWN AREA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW.  HIS HEART IS TO LEAD OTHERS INTO AN ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST.  

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NICK GRUMBLING

NICK STARTED SINGING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND PLAYING GUITAR BY THE AGE 15.  HE IS THE WORSHIP LEADER AT BRIDGE TO LIFE CHURCH IN WESTMONT WITH HIS WIFE KYRSTIN.  TOGETHER THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR WORSHIP MINISTRY THAT GOES BEYOND JUST THE MUSIC AND TO MAKING IT ABOUT THE HEART OF WHAT WORSHIP IS ALL ABOUT, JESUS.

WADE and TAB JAMES

WADE AND TABITHA JAMES ARE A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM WHO HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND RESIDE IN JOHNSTOWN.  THEY GREW UP LEADING WORSHIP TOGETHER AND FEEL CALLED TO CONTINUE TO USE THEIR PASSION FOR WORSHIP TO HOST POP-UP WORSHIP NIGHTS AROUND THE AREA.

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JUSTIN ROHRBAUGH

JUSTIN HAS A PASSION FOR NOT ONLY WORSHIP BUT FOR PEOPLE HERE IN THE JOHNSTOWN AREA.  WITH A HEART OF EMPATHY AND COMPASSION HE SERVES WITH HUMAN SERVICES, AT NEW DAY AND AT FRANKLIN ST.  

TRAVIS and JAMIE KNIPPLE

GOD HAS GIVEN EACH OF US A HEART FOR WORSHIP, AND ALLOWED US TO SERVE THROUGH MUSIC WHEREVER HE LEAD US OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.  THIS HAS INCLUDED HAITI , FINLAND AND THE U.S.  IN A UNIQUE TWIST GOD BROUGHT TOGETHER A BAPTIST AND A PENTECOSTAL, WHICH HAS HELPED US TO GROW BEYOND WHAT WE KNEW, AND DEEPENED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LOVING FATHER, AND BROADENED THE WAYS WE CAN EXPRESS OUT LOVE FOR HIM.

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ARTRESE TAYLOR

ARTRESE TAYLOR HAS BEEN SINGING SINCE SHE WAS 6 YEARS OLD WITH HER FAMILY, "THE HARDISON SINGERS."  THIS DEVELOPED INTO HER SINGING AT HER PARENTS CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 2 DECADES!  THEN GOD CALLED HER HUSBAND MIKE AND THEIR FAMILY TO SERVE AT MARK 16 MINISTRIES, AND AFTER A YEAR SHE BECAME THE WORSIP LEADER.  LEADING PEOPLE IN WORSHIP HAS BECOME HER MISSION; TO SEE PEOPLE BECOME FREE AND DETERMINED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS A GREAT HONOR!

JOSHUA WATTS

JOSH IS DRIVEN BY AN ALL CONSUMING PASSION FOR JESUS AND HIS CHURCH.  HIS HEART IS TO NOURISH A BIBLICALLY FAITHFUL AND VIBRANTLY PROPHETIC WORSHIP CULTURE THAT WILL SERVE AS A GREENHOUSE FOR AUTHENTIC REVIVAL, AND HE BELIEVES THIS HAPPENS NOT BY TRAINING MORE MUSICIANS, BUT BY DISCIPLING WORSHIPERS.

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JOHNNY BAYUSH

JOHNNY IS A LOCAL MUSICIAN AND THE LEAD PASTOR AT FLOOD CITY CHURCH IN RICHLAND.  HE AND HIS WIFE MEGAN HAVE SERVED AS LEADERS THERE SINCE 2018.  A MOXHAM NATIVE, HE ATTENDED GREATER JOHNSTOWN AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE.  HE INTENDED TO LEAVE JOHNSTOWN IN 2014 BUT FELT GOD WAS CALLING HIM TO STAY IN THE AREA, WHERE HE AND MEGAN ARE RAISING THEIR TWO SONS.  THE MISSION OF FLOOD CITY CHURCH IS TO LOVE CHRIST, SERVE OTHERS, AND CREATE CHANGE.

KARA VARNER

KARA IS A LOVER OF JESUS WHOSE ONE GOAL IS TO SEE HIM GLORIFIED AND TO SEE HIS BRIDE POUR THEIR OIL OUT AT HIS FEET IN WORSHIP.  ONE THING IS NEEDED (LUKE 10:42) AND IT WILL NOT BE TAKEN FROM THOSE WHO DISCOVER IT.

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Worship with us

There are so many different styles of worship here in town, and around the world.  This is just a taste of it.  All with the heart of Matt Redman in saying, "I'm coming back to the heart of worship."

CITYWIDE SERVICE

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