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Christy Nockels

About Me

Christy Nockels was born in Ft. Worth, TX as a “seminary baby”. She grew up in Oklahoma as the daughter of a pastor and a piano teacher, which infused her heart early with a love for both music and God's word.
Christy met her husband Nathan in 1993 at the Christian Artists Seminar in Estes Park, CO. They married in 1995 and the two began serving as worship leaders in their local church in Oklahoma City, while Nathan finished college at Oklahoma Baptist University. It was during these early years that they began writing songs together in their tiny, one bedroom apartment. In 1996, the two made an album entitled “Holy Roar” under the name “Sons & Daughters” with fellow worship leader and friend, Charlie Hall. Louie Giglio, the founder of Passion Conferences, got a hold of this album and invited Christy, Nathan and Charlie to attend the very first Passion Conference in Austin, TX in 1997. Later that year, Christy and Nathan moved to Texas where they led worship for Metro Bible Study, a weekly gathering of 3000 young adults at Houston's First Baptist Church. It was there that they were "discovered" by the folks at Rocketown Records, a small label owned by Michael W. Smith. Eventually they signed a recording contract as “Watermark” and moved to Nashville, TN in 1998.
Together as Watermark, Christy and Nathan recorded five albums with Rocketown Records. They composed a journey full of songs, 7 of which were 1 radio singles. They have been nominated for numerous Dove Awards, including Christy's nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year, and their album A Grateful People was up for both Inspirational Album of the Year and Praise & Worship Album of the Year. After 5 albums, Christy and Nathan felt led to end their Watermark season to focus on other areas of ministry. This gave Christy more time at home with their children, and more availability to focus on leading worship and even teaching some for various women’s events. Christy and Nathan have continued to serve at Passion Conferences and in 2008, they moved to Atlanta, GA to be a founding family of Passion City Church. Christy will be releasing her first solo worship project with sixstepsrecords, produced by Nathan, in June of 2009. Christy’s heart through leading worship and song writing is to help people communicate intimately with the living God, and to leave a legacy of proclaiming Jesus’ fame to this generation. Christy’s most treasured legacy is her three children, Noah (8), Elliana (6) and Annie Rose (18 months). ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/8/2007
Band Website: christynockels.com - will be up and running soon!
Band Members:
Influences: Sarah McLachlan, Patty Griffin, Julie Miller, Alison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, Mindy Smith, James Taylor, Shawn Colvin, Reba McIntire, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, CeCe Winans, Crystal Lewis, Wynona Judd
Record Label: sixstepsrecords
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Leaving and Arriving...

So I was on here tonight (first time since May) and decided to blog...partly because I realized my last blog was called "Mustache Wednesday"...that is ridiculous...and also because I have something to...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Mustache Wednesday

I decided to blog tonight since it’s been awhile... It’s Spring Break here so it’s been a fun week with the kids out of school. They have been crazy hyper all week. We’re goi...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:33:00 GMT

So I’m in the studio...

Hi everyone - just thought I'd blog today since I have some time...it's not quiet at all, but I do have a moment away from my everyday normal life... We're at our friend Joe's house cutting some tunes...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:44:00 GMT

He gives a new song...

Okay - so many of you have been wondering what's up with our little family...just thought I'd update you a bit. Hope all is well with all of you! As you may have seen on the newspage, we welcomed our ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:56:00 GMT

Boston

So I'm home tonight from Boston - what an amazing city. Nathan and I, and little Annie Rose ventured there on Friday to be a part of the Boston Passion Regional. What a beautiful city! We had a pre...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:29:00 GMT

So I’m starting over...

Hi everyone...I cancelled my other myspace page so hopefully you'll come be my friend again on this one... All is well here! I'm beginning to write now for a new record that we will hopefully releas...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:25:00 GMT