Jonathan & Melissa Helser Releasing 'Beautiful Surrender' With Bethel Music
Worship leaders and songwriters Jonathan & Melissa Helser present their eighth album release with Beautiful Surrender. The album marks their first studio release with Bethel Music, and the project’s overarching message is a vibrant response to their last album, On the Shores (2012).
The husband-and-wife duo both contributed heavily to the writing of the album and the authenticity of their connection permeates each song. Lead vocals alternate across different tracks and careful harmonies decorate each arrangement. The Helser’s tracked the record in Nashville, Tennessee with award-winning producer, Ed Cash, who also co-wrote on several songs.
Accompanying the Helser’s with crafted instrumentation are members of their band, The Cageless Birds.
These original songs weave an intentional tapestry of the core message behind the project: that the further we walk with Jesus, ‘surrender’ becomes a willful response rather than a heavy task. Just as Jesus lived on the earth with no resistance toward God the Father, these tracks personify surrender with a confident energy; demonstrating that it is not burdensome, but a joyful choice motivated by love. Beautiful Surrender invites worshipers to explore the reality of God’s goodness and respond with fresh passion.
Jonathan and Melissa Helser have been a part of the Bethel Music Collective since 2014, bringing with them a rich history of passionate worship. The Helser's yearn to see a generation encounter the love of God and their music reflects their collisions with God’s love.
Beautiful Surrender represents their fifth album release to date. Jonathan & Melissa are also featured on Bethel Music’s latest albums, Have It All (“Thank You”), and We Will Not Be Shaken with their powerful anthem “No Longer Slaves”. They have authored well-known songs such as “Abba”, “Endless Ocean”, “On the Shores”, and “Explode My Soul”.
In addition to worship leading and songwriting, Jonathan and Melissa have devoted their lives to discipleship for the last 16 years. When they are not traveling, they are pursuing kingdom family through the community and schools they lead. They live with their two beautiful children in Sophia, North Carolina where they facilitate a multi-generational ministry called A Place for the Heart. Here they lead a school for the heart known as the 18-Inch Journey. They also lead a collective of artist called the Cageless Birds, whose mission it to craft songs, art, and goods that encourage others into wholeness and freedom as children of God.
