“Who Is Justin Jarvis,” A Jesus Culture Music Feature; Jarvis’s Atmospheres (Live) Available Now Everywhere Great Music Is Found

Oct 2, 2014

Who Is Justin Jarvis? – A Jesus Culture Music Feature

By Darren Lau

At first glance, Justin is somewhat of a quiet person.

He’s nice, genuine, and always down for a laugh. But after a few days of hanging out, it was clear that there was a mountain of psalm-like thoughts churning inside. And all it took was a delicious cup of coffee to let all those thoughts loose.

Surprising notes? He’s a self-described foodie and Dave Matthews Band fan, even though he hasn’t listened to them in years. (Who isn’t though?)

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Justin! Tell us a bit about where you are right now.

I’m in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I’ve been here going on 12 years. I’m originally from Birmingham, AL. I was born in Texas, but I moved to Birmingham when I was pretty young. I grew up there, went to high school, went to college there.* And right before I left, I was involved with a church plant there where I met most of the guys that I work with now. Two years into that, we moved down to Ft. Lauderdale to plant a church. That’s what brought me down there. I’ve been overseeing the worship and creative stuff here at the Harbour Church.

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Do you feel like you’ve been able to translate that love for sound back into the church?

I hope so, you know? When I approach writing songs, I try to write stuff that musically, arrangement-wise, sound-wise I would love to listen to. And at the same time, I’ve just always had a passion to write for the church. And it’s not like I wouldn’t have wanted to do the artist thing or do something outside of church music. But for whatever reason, early on, that’s just where my heart came alive more and more. I was like a moth to a flame! I was always drawn back to songs for the church. And so for me, I’m just trying to do that to the best of my ability and do it in a way that personally, I can love and appreciate.

I want to write music that I love and I want to listen to – and at the same time, I want Jesus in it. I want revival in it. I want depth of theology in it. I don’t want rad sounding music that has no substance- that doesn’t speak to the heart.

“You can hear an incredible sermon that impacts your life and forget most of it in a few hours! But, dude, you hear a powerful song and it can stay with you for years and years.”

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