OUR TEAM

Our ministry team (called Edge Core) is led by Eric and Hannah Marts and is the collective group of people who serve regularly as the official, recognized members of The Edge Leadership team. Edge Core is sub-divided into two distinct departments that function as one, unified team.

EDGE WORSHIP

EdgeWorship is the team of excellent and skillful musicians, worship leaders, technicians and crew members from multiple churches who serve at The Edge and compose our worship department. Led by veteran worship leader, Eric Marts, EdgeWorship is responsible for leading, facilitating and providing the worship music for our ministry events. EdgeWorship also includes those involved in our worship internship program.
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EDGE PRAYER

EdgePrayer is the team of passionate, sincere, mature and spiritually intuitive prayer ministers from multiple churches who are responsible for overseeing and facilitating the interactive, prophetic prayer aspect of our ministry events. EdgePrayer also facilitates our prayer ministry internship program.
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MEET OUR LEADERS

Eric Marts
Senior Worship Leader

Eric is a second generation worship leader who has had a life-long passion for worship as well as training and equipping others for service in worship and ministry. An Oregon native, he mentored  and served as a worship leader at Cascade Vineyard Church for 12 years and also as youth worship pastor for 5 years. He owns and operates his own private music lesson business and is very active in calling out, training, raising up and releasing the next generation of worship musicians and worship leaders in our community. Eric and his wife of 15 years, Hannah, homeschool their 6 children in Hillsboro, OR. He currently serves as a worship leader at their church, Household of Faith, in Hillsboro.

Hannah Marts
Worship Assistant

Hannah, (Eric's wife) is a passionate, innovative musician, worshipper and educator. She has a heart for the ministry of the Kingdom, especially for the women of her generation. She has been a violinist for 20 years and enjoys playing a wide variety of musical styles including worship, classical, Celtic, rock and bluegrass. As a worship violinist she not only enjoys the natural, organic tone of the violin but also in layering it with intriguing, ambient effects from her ever growing, always changing pedal board.
She is also a writer and homeschool advocate and when not making music she is encouraging other moms in their parenting journey. Hannah is a full-time homemaker and homeschool mom of 6. She currently serves on the worship team of her church, Household of Faith, in Hillsboro.

Lauren Maxfield
​​Worship Intern

Lauren serves as a worship intern at The Edge and a worship leader on our Edge Worship team. Originally hailing from New York she has lived in Oregon for 6 years and carries a deep passion for the Kingdom of God and for leading others into His Presence. She is a gifted worship leader, skilled musician and vocalist with a background in bluegrass and folk music. Lauren currently serves as a worship leader at her church, Northside Community Church, in Newberg.