Yancy is a worship leader, songwriter and producer of hundreds of songs that make Jesus loud. She has traveled the globe performing family concerts and speaking about the importance of worship. Her Dove Award winning music is all the things kids love and everything adults value. As a songwriter, she’s written a number one song, “I Don’t Want to Go,” recorded by Avalon. She loves the local church and is a powerhouse at leading and teaching!

Yancy is a passionate advocate of raising disciples to worship. She has authority in this area because of her faithful commitment to the promise in scripture that the worship of children is power-filled. She authored “Sweet Sound: The Power of Discipling Kids in Worship” to help you create a rhythm of worship in your church. Its message is the cry of her heart and ministry. Yancy is also a professor of children’s worship at Ascent College training future ministry leaders.

With a family legacy of ministry, she’s the daughter of children’s ministry pioneer, Jim Wideman. Her unique Pastor’s Kid perspective helps encourage and champion the Kidmin community that the seeds they are planting will reap a harvest that will go on to affect families for generations. Yancy lives in Nashville, TN with her husband, Cory, and sons, Sparrow and Rhythm.