Amy Courts is a pastor, singer-songwriter, musician, writer, and organizer based in Minneapolis, MN 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, and 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 fulfilled a decade-long dream of co-creating and -producing their critically acclaimed collaborative album, Fireworks on Ferris Wheels. Amy still performs across the Twin Cities as a solo artist and with world-renowned guitarist Billy McLaughlin in 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 organizing 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, as well as new songs written for both liturgical settings and for the stage right here at Written Things.
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 organizing 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, as well as new songs written for both liturgical settings and for the stage right here at Written Things.
M U S I C
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
all music is available for purchase on bandcamp and anywhere digital music is streamed or sold.
