Band Members: Mary Alessi

“I was a worship leader,” Alessi says. “I never saw myself as an artist. We weren't sitting there saying, 'We'll do this, Lord, but we're really waiting for our big break.' Not at all. I was even hesitant and insecure about the idea of recording, because I was quite content and happy just ‘blooming where God had planted me. The church was doing very well. It was growing, and God was giving me songs. Martha had recorded The Best Is Yet To Come, and she kept encouraging me: ‘Mary, you need to do this. God will bring favor. You're no different than me, and you’ve got great songs.’” Martha recommended Alessi to contact Aaron Lindsey with the idea of cutting an album, and though she finally did, it was still not initially with the idea of a large-scale production and release, but rather a custo