Amy Courts is a pastor, singer-songwriter, musician, and writer based in Portland, OR where she lives with her spouse and child. After earning her B.A. in Biblical Studies in 2003, she moved to Nashville, TN where she wrote and released two independent albums, and toured with Jennifer Knapp, Derek Webb, among numerous other artists. After giving birth to her first and only child in 2011, she and her family moved to Minneapolis where she spent the next five years as a stay-home mom, worship leader, and singer-for-hire. In 2017, after a six-year hiatus from creating and performing original music, she and her spouse Paul Koopman fulfilled a decade-long dream of co-creating and -producing their critically acclaimed collaborative album, Fireworks on Ferris Wheels. Throughout her time in Minneapolis, Amy performed across the country both as a solo artist and as a vocalist and instrumentalist with world-renowned guitarist Billy McLaughlin in Simple Gifts and Young & the Rest.
In 2022, Amy received her Master of Divinity in Justice & Reconciliation from Luther Seminary. While pursuing her M.Div. she worked with numerous local arts-based, humanitarian, religious, and para-church organizations to confront and address systemic injustices in marginalized communities through musical, theological, and political action centered on economic, environmental, healthcare, and education justice.
Amy and her family now live in Portland, OR where she serves full time as associate pastor at Augustana Lutheran Church, preaching, worshiping, and working alongside siblings both in and beyond the congregation to do justice and show mercy in targeted communities. You can find transcripts of Amy's sermons and meditations, as well as other articles and new songs written for both liturgical settings and for the stage, right here at Written Things.
In 2022, Amy received her Master of Divinity in Justice & Reconciliation from Luther Seminary. While pursuing her M.Div. she worked with numerous local arts-based, humanitarian, religious, and para-church organizations to confront and address systemic injustices in marginalized communities through musical, theological, and political action centered on economic, environmental, healthcare, and education justice.
Amy and her family now live in Portland, OR where she serves full time as associate pastor at Augustana Lutheran Church, preaching, worshiping, and working alongside siblings both in and beyond the congregation to do justice and show mercy in targeted communities. You can find transcripts of Amy's sermons and meditations, as well as other articles and new songs written for both liturgical settings and for the stage, right here at Written Things.
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all music is available for purchase on bandcamp and anywhere digital music is streamed or sold.
