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Three members of the band The Many—Leslie Michele, Darren Calhoun, and Lenora Rand—are here with a declaration: love is greater than fear. Drawing on indie pop and gospel influences, The Many is a liturgically-grounded new kind of worship band, an intentionally diverse collective making music for people to sing together to bring more hope, love and beauty into the world. The songs and experiences they create give voice to faith and doubt, laments and longings, inspire resistance to hatred and exclusion, and always remind us "we are on this earth to love.”

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Darren Calhoun is an Associate Fellow with Evangelicals for Social Action and the worship leader at Chicago’s Urban Village Church as well as for conferences like Q Christian Fellowship and The Reformation Project. He's a sought-after speaker and workshop leader, blogger and activist working to help communities and churches become more inclusive of a diversity of people and expressions, as an authentic reflection of love and justice. DarrenCalhoun.com

Leslie Michele is a classically trained musician steeped in music that has grown out of the Black American experience and has performed as a solo artist all over the world. She has a strong theater background, recently appearing as performer and musical director for the national production of “1619.” Leslie has dedicated herself to creating performances that help bring about the healing and restoration of the world. Along with singing with The Many, she is a worship leader at Willow Chicago.

Lenora Rand writes the lyrics for The Many and is co-director of The Plural Guild, the music/arts/liturgy resource group which produces The Many. She crafts words and experiences to help people worship in ways that more deeply reflect a peaceful, just and open expression of faith. Having spent over 25 years as a creative director at one of the world’s largest ad agencies, she is now also running SmallGood, a strategy and creative consultancy for businesses and organizations trying to grow more good in the world. wearesmallgood.com pluralguild.com

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