"We all share a common purpose," adds Jeromy, "though our responsibilities are different. Everyone's role is important. When I jump on the buss and say 'Hey, our song made it to #1!,' everyone on the bus feels like their song made it to #1, not just the four of us who sang it. And when Jennifer's dad finishes his counseling ministry after a show and tells us 'We won fifty people to the Lord tonight!' all ten of us share in the joy of that together." The underlying worship aspect of FFH's ministry is obvious too, from even a passing glance at their lyric sheets. Found A Place inclues the signature FFH harmonies and uplifting melodies, but also the even deeper band characteristic of Biblically based songs that are almost all approached as heartfelt expressions addressed directly to God. "We want to make music that people can sing back to the Lord," Jeromy explains. "We want to write songs that people can hear a couple of times and connect with as a prayer from their own heart."
The opening track and first single from Found A Place, "When I Praise," deals with this very concept. "The Bible is clear about how pleased God is when we praise Him," shares Jeromy. "In fact, we read in Psalms that God actually inhabits the praises of His people. It is comforting to know that no matter what situation we might find ourselves in, we can lift our hearts to the Lord in praise and He will meet us in a special way."
"I'm always in prayer for Jeromy when he's writing," adds Jennifer. "I pray that God will give him the words that people need to hear, and that God will speak through Jeromy to someone who needs to hear God's voice." Holding a firm conviction that it is not only the lost that need to hear God's voice, FFH expands considerable energy focusing on the needs of the church as well. Their music has reached across standard demographic lines and often bridges the tastes of two, sometimes even three, generations. "It's nothing that we've done deliberately," says Jeromy, "we don't have a formula for it. But God has blessed us with a musical expression that brings people together. We've gotten responses from people saying things like 'We listened to your CD on our ten-hour family trip, and it was the only one we could agree on with our kids.' We feel like God's given us our 'cross-generational' sound as a way for us to help draw families together in a culture that splits so many apart."
"One of my prayers whenever we go into a church is that we can ignite them," says Brian. "We want to encourage them and stir up the fire of God inside them so that they can go into their community and stand up for what they believe and be salt and light."
"We know we're just here to serve them," says Jeromy in conclusion. "After all, the hundreds of people who come to one of our shows can reach a lot more individuals in their community than the four of us ever could traveling on our bus from church to church. If God can us FFH to fire them up, then they can go out and do the kind of fingernails dirty ministry that can change a whole town. That's our vision."
It seems that FFH has indeed found a place that combines an uncompromising sense of purpose with songs of faith, and rest, in Jesus Christ. |
