Gratitude

JOSHUA would like to thank the whole world, but here are some highlights. Thank you Allison and Cecily for being my home and my joy. I want to thank Mark for letting me stand next to him whilst he rocks. Kim Birdwell and the Contemporary Worship Committee at Christ Church for investing in the culture of the Kingdom. David Spencer for catching our vision, making it his own, and adding so much to its reality. My extended family who let me be weird when I was young so I could be called eccentric now. Those musicians on and off the record who support us and make us better than we are. Caleb, Casey, and Grace for being our biggest fans and greatest critics. The friends and mentors who push and push me to more deeply consider the ways of our God and to articulate them well. Everyone who ever let a child lead them. Yahweh, for whose glory alone we live. We give our words and music to his Bride, that she might express her own devotion more fully.

MARK would like to thank my great Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me new life and the ability to  be a creator of music. Glory be to Him! Thank you Grace Trussell for loving me, pushing me, and encouraging me in my pursuit to make much of Jesus with my life and the music I make. I love you! Thank you, Josh, for allowing me to write songs with such a gifted leader and visionary as yourself. Mom, Dad, John, and all my aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents for encouraging me to follow my dreams of being unemployed for the rest of my life! I wouldn't be able to do this without your love, support, and belief in me. I would like to thank Dave Spencer for understanding and helping us achieve the vision for this album. You're a genius, and I always LOVE working with you!! Thanks to the amazing musicians (who are all great men/woman) who played on the record. Jake Goss, Blake Stratton, Ben Shive, Emmett Stallings, Chelly Dolan. Mike Proctor for investing your valued time and love in the mixing of this record. All my close musical friends that have not already been mentioned, Caleb Sigler, Josh and Nicole Johnson, Wags, Cody Curtis, Clayton Martin (I know, I know...), and many more for helping me know and appreciate music on a deeper level than I could on my own. Christ United Methodist, for cultivating our passion for leading God's people in His praise. Thanks to the Contemporary Worship Committee at CUMC for believing in this project and investing in it. This could not have been done without you!

DAVID would like to thank Christ United Methodist Church for the opportunity to make music for the Church that is both worshipful and creative.  It is a blessing to be a part of a project with such talented songwriters and musicians who all love the Lord. Josh Smith and Mark Trussell are two fine and TALENTED gentlemen.  Thanks to Jake Goss, Blake Stratton, Emmett Stallings, Chelly Dolan, and Ben Shive-you ALL are a joy to listen to every time you are in my studio.  A HUGE thank you to Mike Proctor at mdp productions for believing in this project and working so hard to mix it into a masterful sound. And last but not least, thanks to my two beauties, my wife and daughter, who remind me every day of the scope and magnitude of Christ's love for us.