Amy Courts is a pastor, singer-songwriter, musician, writer, and activist based in Minneapolis, MN where she lives with her spouse and child. Amy grew up in Denver, CO the youngest of four preacher's daughters. After graduating in 2003 with her B.A. in Biblical Studies she moved to Nashville, TN where she independently produced and released two albums and toured with Jennifer Knapp and Derek Webb among numerous other indie artists. After a near-death childbirth experience 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 fulfilled a decade-long dream of co-creating and -producing a collaborative album titled Fireworks on Ferris Wheels for which they enjoyed critical acclaim and indie radio success. Amy still performs across the Twin Cities as a solo artist and with world-renowned guitarist Billy McLaughlin as part of Simple Gifts and Young & the Rest.
In the fall of 2018, Amy received a full scholarship to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN where she earned her Master of Divinity in Justice & Reconciliation. While doing so, she worked with numerous local arts-based, humanitarian, religious, and para-church organizations to address systemic injustices against marginalized communities through musical, theological, and political activism centered on economic, environmental, healthcare, and education justice. She now serves full time as an associate pastor at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Hopkins, MN where she preaches, leads worship, and leads their social justice, outreach, adult education, and young adult ministries.
You can find transcripts of Amy's sermons, meditations, and new songs written for both liturgical settings and for the stage right here at Written Things.
In 2017, after a six-year hiatus from creating and performing original music, she and her spouse fulfilled a decade-long dream of co-creating and -producing a collaborative album titled Fireworks on Ferris Wheels for which they enjoyed critical acclaim and indie radio success. Amy still performs across the Twin Cities as a solo artist and with world-renowned guitarist Billy McLaughlin as part of Simple Gifts and Young & the Rest.
In the fall of 2018, Amy received a full scholarship to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN where she earned her Master of Divinity in Justice & Reconciliation. While doing so, she worked with numerous local arts-based, humanitarian, religious, and para-church organizations to address systemic injustices against marginalized communities through musical, theological, and political activism centered on economic, environmental, healthcare, and education justice. She now serves full time as an associate pastor at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Hopkins, MN where she preaches, leads worship, and leads their social justice, outreach, adult education, and young adult ministries.
You can find transcripts of Amy's sermons, meditations, 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 sale via bandcamp and everywhere digital music is sold or streamed.
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