Study: Most Younger Adults Want Companies to Take a Stand on Issues I think it’s a unique gift to be able to be a part of the Church right now because so many people are receptive to the story of Jesus in this time. We get to be part of what it looks like in the future, to create under these circumstances. There’s nothing to look at that’s been done in this situation before. But I think that the difference in perspective has really changed the way we create. We all love being able to celebrate together. And for us, that’s why we do this, is to build our church and to build the story of Jesus and Los Angeles in the world. But on the flip side, the way that we’ve been doing church has been pulling in so many more people than we’ve ever seen, ever.
MARIAH: One thing my dad said to us in one of those staff meetings is, “It’s OK to grieve what you thought was going to happen.” The biggest thing that we’ve lost, I guess, from all of this is not being able to tour. How have you been dealing with releasing a worship album right now? I wrote two songs! I feel like, “OK, I’m the king of the world. I haven’t been able to write until this thing hit us all and I finally made myself sit down behind a piano to find the right words to communicate what’s happening inside of me. I love writing, and I’ve been trying to write music in Spanish for a long time because it’s what got me into music, and I stopped doing it for, I don’t know, probably the last two years. This is the biggest opportunity that we have as a church.
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It’s always very encouraging and challenging just to learn how to have a better perspective of what’s going on right now, and not get stuck in how we feel and the limitations of what we cannot do right now, but to start dreaming. We talk about the future, and what’s going on right now, and how can we move forward. And Mariah’s famous dad, Erwin McManus, is lead pastor of our community. I’m so grateful that I get to be part of a community and a church that has such incredible leaders. It’s taken a while for me to get to that place.ĬARLOS: It’s definitely interesting. It’s Zoom calls and checking in on people, and a lot of time on screens and a lot of time on our phones. It took many, many days and weeks to get to the point where I was excited about the next day because, for so long, I was like, “Oh, the next day is just another day of being home, just another day of tons of work,” especially with us working at church. I go to sleep and I just can’t wait for the next day to play my piano. But I think in the last week, I’ve been excited to live the next day. You’re asking “OK, am I doing good? How am I utilizing my time?”
I was asking myself this question today: “Am I OK? How am I doing?” And it’s so funny because I guess it’s been almost 50 days now, maybe, in LA? But it does feel like almost a day-to-day thing, or hour by hour. Has this time been challenging or rewarding, or what? Let’s start with how you are doing, personally. (This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.) RELEVANT talked to Mosaic MSC worship leader Mariah McManus and team member Carlos Pimentel about praising in the pandemic. And now, with HUMAN, they’re preparing another offering for a world on lockdown that is more aware of its need for hope and confidence than ever. With worship anthems like “Tremble” and “Never Let Me Down,” they’re no strangers to writing songs that strike a chord with a global church. Their new album HUMAN releases this Friday, May 15, and the worship band of LA’s Mosaic church is aware of the challenges and opportunities in front of them. This has always been true, but it’s extra true in quarantine, when the corporate experience increasingly feels like an experience from a bygone era. Translating the experience of corporate worship to a whole different platform - for people to check out while riding the train, jogging, in the shower or whatever - is no mean feat. Releasing a worship album is complicated, even in the best of times.
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