People often ask us how Strings of Green got started. The truth is, it began in the simplest way possible – serving our church.
About five years ago, while we were living in East Tennessee, we attended a large church that had a small offshoot congregation. We felt called to help provide music for their services. Every week, we’d learn six or seven songs – mostly old hymns and worship music. We’d practice together as a family and then play at church on Sunday.
At the time, we weren’t thinking about competitions or performances or anything like that. We were just a family trying to serve our church community with the gifts God had given us. But something happened during those weeks of practicing together. We got better, sure, but more than that, we grew closer as a family. Music became our shared language.
As other opportunities came up – playing at country markets, restaurants, and local venues – we started taking them. Our repertoire grew beyond hymns to include traditional bluegrass standards. Before we knew it, we were regulars at several places around East Tennessee.
Looking back now, those early days in that small church were the foundation for everything that came after. We learned discipline, we learned to work together, and we learned that making music as a family is one of the greatest blessings we could ask for.