Adult Contemporary

Grace Community Church is the anchor and primary sponsor for Nehemiah Festival. Senior Pastor George Lakatos will deliver a Nehemiah inspired message during our Sunday morning worship service and the GCC Worship team will be leading worship in song.

Growing Faith, Relevant Ministries, Authentic Worship, Caring Community and Evangelistic Passion are the primary missions of the body of believers at Grace Community Church. Gather with us as we exalt the Creator of the Universe and celebrate our common bond under the banner of Jesus Christ

Erskin Anavitarte is a Texas-born Singer-Songwriter, Diversity Spokesman, Adoption Advocate, and music Co-Producer. He connects with people through his energetic personality, musical artistry and lyrical truth. Whether across the country or around the world, Erskin’s focus is to strengthen ministries, engage the culture and create impactful art.

What began as a childhood hobby in the cornfields of Illinois grew into an all-out life passion for singer-songwriter Joe Guerra. Fueled with a desire to use music to share truth and inspire others to be all that God created them to be; he's been singing his original melodies and motivating songs wit audiences around the country. Inspired by God's faithfulness and infused with an excitement and joy that can only be found in trusting our Creator through life's challenges; Joe Guerra's music is sure to stir up something in your soul, and have the whole family clapping along too!

Morgan Allen is lead by singer/songwriter Heather Allen, but combines the songwriting talents of her and her father Nolan Morgan. Nolan has been leading worship for over 40 years in the North County of San Diego, California. Heather has played with him since her teenage years and has been serving in worship and writing songs for the past 20 years. Heather has been living in Ashland,MO for the past 7 years, serving in Worship at Ashland Baptist Church and First Assembly of Jefferson City.

Abby is a singer and songwriter who studied voice for a semester at Berklee College of Music, then continued her college education at the University of Missouri. She is a part of the Maverick City choir, and has recorded and performed with multiple well-known Christian music artists and groups, including Maverick City, Crowder, Brandon Lake, Mandisa, We The Kingdom, Leeland, Dante Bowe, and Sinach. She just released her newest album "Light in the Darkness" and was added to the exclusive TRIBL music app. She currently teaches voice at a lesson school in Mr.

Randy founded the group Soul Purpose in 2010. They released their studio album Rearview Mirror, produced by Larry Gann and Matt Russo, of Awestruck Studios, in 2014. Randy released his 7 track EP, Elevate, in 2017. The first two releases from that project reached number 1 on Christian Radio Charts. Randy serves as a Music Evangelist with the Church of the Nazarene. Soul Purpose plays frequently at churches, festivals and other events.

The C2 Incident is a Family Music Ministry based out of Kansas City, MO consisting of David and his three children, Jordan, Miles and Luke. Having an appreciation in a variety of genres they are a melting pot of styles for children and adults with influences including classical with an electric edge, folk, country and pop. Their catchy application of rhythms, melodic themes, and storytelling is applied to a variety of presentation styles.

“A message of Hope wrapped in an Acoustic Rock package” characterizes the sound and purpose of 9thHour. This Kansas City area based Adult Contemporary Christian Rock/Worship group has been performing at community events, concert venues, coffee houses, churches and festivals throughout the Midwest since 2004.

With dynamic vocals and a solid guitar driven sound, 9thHour delivers a positive and faith-based message through thought provoking lyrics and inspired songwriting.

Chad Boney is a CCM Artist from the Midwest who travels sharing his music bringing people closer to God.

He is a worship leader and has written music that many has encouraged and continues to bless others. Jesus is apex of his music.

Melody has been singing professionally for over 25 years. She is currently the worship director at Spirit of Truth Fellowship in Liberty. Kathy wrote her first song when she was 12 years old and has been on the path of writing songs about Jesus since then. She also leads worship at Vineyard Church KC North. Their paths first crossed when they met at a worship leaders event.