Jerry Weaver has spent most of his professional life in the non-profit setting. Some of his positions have been as student pastor at Hesston College, and as pastor with several congregations, including First Mennonite Church in Denver. He has also served in India with MCC and, as a youth attended Woodstock School in Northern India. Currently, Jerry is occupied in his own business as a Long Term Care Specialist in Arvada, Colorado. "In my own life, there are few things as powerful or as important as music. It is a form of communication, a means of expression, and a language of the soul that goes deeply into my spirit. And in every setting in which I have lived and worked, with people of every age, every culture, every faith.......I see that music is, for most people, this wonderful and powerful medium. In our own particular faith culture, music is at the very heart of our faith practice and of our faith history. It is a means of expression, communication and transmission of our faith. In fact, I am certain that the preservation of our music is an essential ingredient in the preservation of our faith."