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About Me

Laurel is a Metro-Chicago area native who has been singing and dancing on stage and then screen since the age of 5; a 70’s Jesus Freak, rescued by the Love and Blood of Christ from a life of “drugs, sex and mess”, to a member of Jesus People USA for 28 years, a pastor’s wife, counselor, missionary, evangelist and blessed mother of two gifted and grown children, Adriel Denae Harris and Jacob Simon Heiss.

As a singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, teacher, worship leader, church planter, director, producer, writer and the proud wife of Stu Heiss (former lead guitarist of the legendary Christian Rock group Resurrection Band, and now worship pastor at Lombard Bible Church) Laurel has toured much of the world and been involved in the Christian music scene for 30 years.

In her most recent trips to Belarus, Ukraine and Moscow performing with eastern Europe’s awarding winning group Spasenie Band, and with an international team of artist, Laurel served as music missionary and evangelist, and was honored to be used greatly of God to sing and preach of the sacrificial love of Jesus in personal testimony to countless people, young and old, who responded to Christ’s call on their lives.

Laurel was a member of Columbia College’s Chicago Free Theater, under the direction of Bill Russo, lead singer in numerous rock, folk, jazz, rap and contemporary urban gospel groups from age 14, including GOD’Zone, Grace & Glory Choir, Grace & Glory Ensemble and others. She has sung and acted on numerous recording projects, videos and commercials, performed for President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, ministered in song and deed in homeless shelters, schools, prisons, hospitals, colleges, churches, Cornerstone Festival, seminars, concert halls, conferences and for every Honorable Mayor of Chicago from Daley to Daley.

Laurel has been very honored to minister with Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael Easly, Kathy Triccoli, Luis Palau, James McDonald, Glenn Kaiser, Dan Willis, Sandy Rios, Charlie Peacock, Jill Briscoe, Eddie Tucker, Orbert Davis, Chuck Webb, Mary Whelchel, and Dameris Carbaugh, among others and is currently a founding member of Chicago Voices of Worship (C-VOW) under the co-leadership of Pastors Charles Butler and Stu Heiss; a group comprised of Chicago area worship pastors, leaders and musicians to model cross cultural worship to the Body of Christ, most recently appearing with Israel Houghton and New Breed.

As a certified Biblical Counselor, through Arlington Heights Biblical Counseling Center, and lead worshiper at Lombard Bible Church, Laurel brings a “Speaking Truth in Love” approach to the task of judging for TLN's Emmy Award winning show, INSPIRATION SENSATION.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ face to face, Joni Earekson Tada, the next president of the U.S.A., Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Barack Obama and his wife, Eric Clapton, Meryl Streep, Bono, Elyse Fitzpatrick, CeCe Winans, Keith Jarret, Yolanda Adams, young women pastors in China, the child somewhere in Ecuador who is named after my daughter Adriel, Diane Keaton, Stephen Hawkening, Oprah, Bob Dylan, Lena Horne, all my future grandchildren and great grandchildren, Nelson Mandella, Henri Nouwen, Brother Andrew, Erwin McMannus and YOU!

My Blog

STOP THE KILLING IN DARFUR!!!

Hey, "A big lie." That's what Sudan's ambassador to the United Nations called a U.N. report that there are "over 1 million people at life-threatening risk" due to the government of Sudan's decis...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 11:31:00 GMT

The Voca People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6EYrqIn0yI RRAAAAZZZZZYYYY!!! Let's Do IT!!!
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:10:00 GMT

Tony Royster Jr- only 15 yrs old @ Grammy Awards 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXXl6EZskjE HEY!! TEACH YOUR KIDS TO PLAY!
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:57:00 GMT

a "look back" reminder...

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f3ff1... .....every mother needs this "Child"
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:24:00 GMT

USGS Release: 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911 HOW TO SOLVE OUR GAS PRICE GOUGE 4-EVER....along with dependence on Middle East Oil... and WHY has this NOT HAPPENED YET????
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:51:00 GMT

Playing For Change: Song Around the World "Stand By Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM Last time I sang this song, was with Glenn Kaiser, Larry Howard, and Darrel Mansfield, at about 2 am, at the live recording of "INTO THE NIGHT",...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Wandering Sons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ39Rw0soMM Planning on NOT fallin' through..how about YOU!??
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:30:00 GMT

LOVE SONGS

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Posted by on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Wishes of The Heart

So....as I gazed out the glass doors to my backyard early one beautiful and still sunny summer's night, I was  seriously wishing I was up at "Our Lake" ...Oak Lake, in northern Wis...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:20:00 GMT

Husband in Black.....

So....we spent last evening listening to, dancing to, celebrating, loving and laughing with dearest of friends;  SPASENIE BAND, CRUISE MACHINE and BROKEN VOLUME, just ROC...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:13:00 GMT