Erin has been involved in church ministry all of her life.  Her earliest memories of church were alongside her parents while with their traveling music group, Joysong, that brought a "new" genre of Contemporary Christian music to all sorts of venues.  They also served as active youth leaders, choir members, children's choir director, and the church sound technician in their local church.  Erin was taught at a very young age the joy that comes from serving the Lord in His church, in the world, and with a grateful heart.

"I believe my call to ministry first came around the same time as my call to teach," says Erin.  While her first experience of leading worship came from summers of Vacation Bible School, she remembers an encounter with Darlene Zschech during her first year of college that changed her life.  "I was raised on contemporary Christian artists of the 90's like Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Sandi Patti, Steven Curtis Chapman, and many more.  Their music is the music of my childhood.  However, the first time I heard Darlene's music, I knew I wanted to be just like her.  I began reading everything she wrote.  I bought clothes that looked like the ones she wore on the Hillsong albums so that I could look like her as a sang in the praise team each week at my church.  One day, I actually got to meet Darlene and my perspective completely changed.  The experience was different than anything I could have expected.  She was soft spoken, gentle, but immensely powerful all at once.  She was one of the most genuine people I think I've ever met.  I knew that it was the Holy Spirit who absolutely radiated from her.  You could almost smell it on her!  I went to that concert wanting to be more like Darlene, but after meeting her, I left there wanting to be more like Jesus because THAT was the example she exuded right before my eyes."

Erin is a 2003 graduate of Richmond Senior High School and completed her Bachelor's of Music in Education and license to teach from Methodist University in 2008.  After 11 years teaching music in the public school system, she left teaching to stay home with her family and focus on her new role as a mom of two.  In the fall of 2024, the "baby" went to kindergarten and the music teacher position became available at her girls' school.  Erin is excited to put her "teacher hat" back on as she serves the children of Marlboro Academy each week.

In 2006, thanks to a very fortunate post office mix-up, she met Trey, the boy-next-door (literally!) and married him in 2009.  They are proud parents of two energetic, music-loving, girls Nora (2013) and Melody (2019).    Erin is the happiest when she is singing and spending time with her family, or planning events and celebrations for her loved ones.  There's not much she enjoys more than planning and decorating for a party!