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At the Sunday June 14 Worship Service (10AM), special guest Ruby Amanfu will premiere a choral arrangement of her song "You Belong", backed by the FUUN Choir.

Ruby is a native of Ghana, West Africa, and a proud graduate of Nashville's Hume-Fogg Academic High School. She has extensively written, recorded and produced music, which includes 12 acclaimed solo studio albums. Leveraging her musical success, Ruby is a strong advocate and ally for social justice causes. In 2023, one month following the Covenant School shooting, Ruby joined fellow Nashville singer-songwriters Sheryl Crow, Amy Grant, Will Hoge, Margo Price, and Allison Russell to meet face-to-face with Governor Bill Lee and Tennessee legislators, pleading for them to take action. On the three-year anniversary of the Covenant School shooting, Ruby released a duet with Amy Grant that they co-wrote titled, "How Do We Get There From Here" that appears on Grant’s new album.

Other organizations to which Ruby lends her voice include MusiCares, Thistle Farms, The Equity Alliance, and VoiceUpLoud. In addition to her solo work, Ruby's vocal, songwriting, and/or performance collaborations have included Sara Bareilles, Beyoncé, Brandi Carlile, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, H.E.R, Brittany Howard, Hozier, Jason Isbell, Wanda Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Taj Mahal, Buddy Miller, Keb' Mo', Leigh Nash, Leslie Odom, Jr., Charlie Peacock, John Prine, Allison Russell, KT Tunstall, and Jack White. Ruby has been nominated twice for Song of the Year GRAMMYs, in 2022 for co-writing "A Beautiful Noise" with Brandi Carlile and Alicia Keys, and in 2020 for co-writing "Hard Place" with R&B artist H.E.R.

Her voice also graces numerous TV shows and movies. Ruby is married to accomplished Nashville singer-songwriter Sam Ashworth, with whom she has three stepchildren. She is a hobbyist chef who has had restaurant collaborations with chefs such as Andy Little from Josephine restaurant here in Nashville, and Andrew Zimmern of Food Network fame.

"You Belong" was arranged for choir by David W. Haas.