The music
A live set of the songs written from inside foster care, Home to You included. The room feels it before anyone explains it.
“BEAUTIFUL, PROFOUND, AND NEEDED”
Music first. Then the story. Then the ask.
Restoring hope for children in foster care by equipping families, leaders and everyday people to offer the kind of unconditional love that changes the trajectory of a child’s story. Every talk is a performance too.
WHAT A ROOM GETS
A concert and a keynote in the same hour.
I sing to electronic production, so it isn’t a guy with a guitar between points. It’s a show that stops for a story, and a story that turns into an ask your room can actually answer.
The story
True stories, not statistics: from my years working in residential treatment and from my own house as a foster dad. The room doesn’t just hear what’s wrong in foster care. It feels it.
The ask
A call to action built with your organization before I arrive: foster, mentor, give, host, show up. People leave with a next step, not a feeling.
60 minutes
the usual; anywhere from 20 to 120
Music + talk
or a music-only performance
Custom call to action
written with your organization
Any room
churches, conferences, schools, agencies, camps
THE FOUR TALKS
Pick the one built for your room.
CHURCHES & MINISTRIES
The Hands and Feet of Jesus: Where Are We Falling Short?
True, emotional stories showing the need for foster homes, the Christian duty in James 1:27, and a call to action the congregation can answer that week.
CASEWORKERS, TEACHERS & YOUTH WORKERS
Your Work MATTERS!
The impact one person makes when they give a child a reason to believe love is real, and how to stay connected to purpose when the system grinds.
YOUTH GROUPS, CAMPS & FOSTER YOUTH
A Love That Runs Thicker Than Blood
Love is still real even when hope feels lost. Identity as a beloved child of God, not as a file, a placement or a past.
FOSTER & ADOPTIVE FAMILIES
Break Your Heart Open Again
The emotional hardship of foster parenting, and why it’s okay to get “too attached” when you build the strength for it.
ROOMS SO FAR
Some of the places this has already happened.
NOVEMBER 2025 · IOWA
The Home to You premiere
A concert, the story, and the first public screening of the video. Raised $1,000 for Four Oaks.
MAY 2022 · OSAGE, IOWA
Not Afraid of the Dark, live
The album release show: a full set, smoke and lights, and the story told between the songs.
DECEMBER 2023 · IOWA
Four Oaks Residential Treatment Program
A show for the kids currently in residential treatment: a fun, exciting concert for free, free T-shirts, and a message of hope that speaks directly to their situation.
And more since.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“Jesse’s message is real because he speaks from experience and blends music and storytelling in a way that actually sticks with you.”
“He has a calling to share his belief in God and does it so well.”
“The music video premiere event offered a moving story that inspires people to reflect and take meaningful action. Jesse generously contributed the full proceeds from a raffle resulting in $1,000 in support for our foster care program and nonprofit organization.”
BOOK A DATE
Tell me about your room.
Who’s in it, what you want them to do when it’s over, and when. I’ll come back with a plan that fits the hour you have and the ask you need.
I reply within two days. The fee depends on the room and on travel from northern Iowa, so there’s no rate card, just a conversation. If your budget is small or there isn’t one, ask anyway: sponsorship funding is sometimes available to cover it.
