Hi, I'm Sarah Vaas.  I first came to North Providence Church in 1989. It took 3 months, but I finally got saved. Shortly afterward, I began working as a receptionist at the church. In 1991, I became the church graphic artist. and then in 1992, began leading worship with my husband, Andy, who married me in '93.

Some Basic Stuff
I was born at West Point in New York. My dad, who was an army officer, taught at the academy. My family moved frequently.  We lived in Florida, Kansas, Virginia, England and Massachusetts. After I moved out of my parents home, I played in bands in the DC metro area, New York City, and RI  until I was 29. Then I experienced God like I never had in my life and quit playing clubs and started writing songs about Jesus, which got me politely ousted from the band I was in.  I totally understood, but there was nothing I could do about it. I wasn't interested in the same things any longer

Birthdate - August 4

Education
Some community college experience in place of my senior year of high school  and 9 months of secretarial school in Washington, DC. At that time I was 18 and it really wasn’t a good fit for me, so I quit.  Mainly, a lot of what I do is self-taught

Interests and Favorites
Places  - Lower east side of Manhattan, especially in the fall at twilight when you first become aware of all the street and store lights and Piccadilly Circus in the ‘70s

Music - I mostly like music that causes me to become captivated by Christ. But I also appreciate any song with well thought out lyrics.  Currently, I really like songs by Tim Hughes, but I still find David Bowie intriguing

Books - “Spiritual Authority” by Watchman Nee / “Love Walked Among Us” by Paul E. Miller, and “The North Face of God” by Ken Gire

Shows you’d TiVo - Dr. Who / Eureka / Warehouse 13

Sports team - Sad to say I have neither team loyalty nor interest

Movies - See Spot Run (with David Arquette) it does have a couple questionable innuendos but it contains the type of humor that has medicinal properties. It’s a great movie for wearing out the remote’s rewind button because some scenes are just too funny to view only once, or twice,  or three times...

Hobbies - Song writing, practicing guitar, learning more on how to make websites. If I had the time, horseback riding would be on the list

Dislikes - Death and luke warm coffee

Odd Facts - I like things that are oddly funny like eccentricities in people. And I maybe shouldn’t admit this but I find Sponge Bob Squarepants not only funny but a great example of how we should be – innocent, forgiving, believing the best of people, and hard working.  (Although, his IQ could stand to be a little higher.)

Life Scripture - Proverbs 17:17, “A friend loves at all times”
Love covers a multitude of offenses. In our culture, we tend to waste too much time and energy being offended. Violence and vengeance are all around us but we were not created to have vengeance on one another. The only vengeance we were created for is to take vengeance on the enemy of the human soul.

Contact -  svaas@npchurch.com   401-353-0670 x10