Featured Musicians

Sara Groves

Award-winning songwriter and musician Sara Groves weaves the brokenness and beauty of our world into her music in a way that wakes both sorrow and joy. Her most recent album, Fireflies, was named “Album of the Year” by Christianity Today.

Desperation Band: Free to Live Concert

Start Summit with an evening of worship as part of the Free to Live tour with the Desperation Band, Meredith Andrews and Tom Davis. We’ll be joined by student groups from across the region.

Peder Eide

For nearly 1/3 of his life Peder Eide (pronounced “I’d”) has led Christ-centered praise and worship for youth conferences, festivals, camps, churches and any other venues teenagers and pre-teens have gathered. In conjunction with the theme of his latest CD releases, TASTE AND SEE and SEE THE BLUE, Peder felt God calling him to a risky but heartfelt mission to unite moms and dads and brothers and sisters in one setting where  they could “TASTE WORSHIP” together. Over the past several years, Peder has received consistent airplay and support from over 200 radio stations across the country. He’s had several songs chart on the National Inspirational Charts including his Top 10 single “Roll the Stone Away.” Peder, along with his wonderful wife Sherri, have further invested in the needs children by internationally adopting two beautiful kids of their own, Makenzie and Teshome. Combined with their three biological treasures Taylor, Allison, and Ethan, the Eide’s have uniquely tasted worship together and have truly seen the goodness of the Lord.

Robbie Seay Band

The music of the Robby Seay Band is honed from community life at Ecclesia Church Houston, where Robbie Seay and his band serve on a weekly basis.   Their songs are a call and response to life, to what God is doing in their midst, as it happens.  Robbie Seay says, “Part of the calling of a worship leader is to be compelled and obligated to voice the prayers of the community and live in the middle of what’s truly happening in your community. That is far more powerful than simply regurgitating and mimicking music from other communities.” Their third album, Miracle, released March 23, 2010.

Special Performances By…

Mwangaza Children’s Choir

This unforgettable group has sung live at the Dove Awards and recorded with artists from Michael W. Smith to Chris Tomlin.

Living Hope Angels

Enjoy traditional dance, songs, and personal testimonies from this remarkable troupe from China.

Rusty Johnson

Hear Rusty’s testimony of years in the foster system and widely acclaimed talent with his saxophone. “The only thing more impressive than Rusty’s ability to play sax is his heart for those in need.” – Steven Curtis Chapman Read more

Featured Artists

PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY: a drama by Sarah Carleton

Portrait of a Family is a solo performance drama that tells the story of what it means to live in a mixed-race family that has been brought together through adoption. Through the avenues of dance, poetry, interviews, music, and storytelling Carleton explores the ways transracial adoption has influenced her life and view of the world. Reflecting the diversity of her own family, Carleton has worked to create a performance piece that uses diverse ways of helping audiences understand the changing face of adoption in the United States.

LIVE: Art and the Orphan

Watch award-winning painter Hyatt Moore at work as he captures on canvass the beauty and brokenness of our world. Learn more about the painter…