Erin has been involved in church ministry her all of her life.  Her earliest memories of church were alongside her mom and dad while they learned songs of praise and ministry with their traveling music group, Joysong.  They also served as active youth leaders, choir members, children's choir director, and sound technician in our local church.  She was taught at a very young age the joy that comes from serving the Lord 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 saw Darlene, 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.  Then I met Darlene.  That was such a different experience than what I expected.  She was so soft spoken and gentle and 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 I left wanting to be more like Jesus because THAT was the example she set 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 in the public school system, her new classroom is in her home each day as she cares for her family.

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 welcomed an energetic, music-loving, dancing little girl named Nora in February of 2013.  Nora was promoted to big sister in January of 2019 when "rainbow baby" Melody Claire was born.  Erin is the happiest when she is singing and spending time with her family.