Jay Clark is the youth minister at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Jay is a “relational youth minister,” which he defines as “my relationship to youth individually and helping [to] meet their needs and wants to grow spiritually and in their personal commitment to God through the teachings of Jesus Christ.” Jay has traveled around the United States speaking and teaching youth, and was the emcee for Ichthus Music Festival in Wilmore, KY. He has also served on the staff of the New England Conference and as the young adult minister at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew UMC on the Upper West Side of New York City, in addition to representing the UMC at the campus ministry of Columbia University. Jay is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and has a son named Quin with his wife Karen.

She stands only 5’ 3”, yet when she opens her mouth to sing, the power for her voice fills every corner of the room! Leah’s music has been called “heart music”. Not only do the notes fill every corner of the room, but the message will fill every corner of your heart. As the daughter of Gary Lanier, world renowned Christian composer, Leah grew up in a home full of music and ministry. She began singing onstage at the age of five, and penned her first song, A Resting Place, winner in the Great American Song Contest, at the age of sixteen. Since that time, she has become a prolific songwriter as songs flow from her pen that allow people to experience the heart of God. When Leah is not sharing her life and music with people through concerts, youth rallies, conferences, political gatherings, or campus ministries, you will find her on Sundays as Worship Leader at Regional Church in Southeast Oklahoma. Her rich, powerful voice leads the Worship Team and congregation each week, as side-by-side, she and her father follow the spontaneous path led by the Spirit, both on keyboards, guiding all into worship!

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