Ray Sample has a passion for life and for sharing his love for Jesus through song. please visit My Heart Sings to listen to some of his music. 

Equally at home up the tallest available tree or in front of audiences of all sizes, his number one goal is to draw nearer to Jesus and take his listeners with him. 

Ray Sample has dedicated his voice and life to sharing the message of a soon coming Savior that loves and cares for His own.

Both a singer and a songwriter, Ray feels a special kinship to King David and we like to refer to him as the “Sweet Singer of Israel.” Ray feels that God has called him to share a special message in song to a dying planet.

Ray started to sing when he was only two years old.  The first time he sang up front  was quite impromptu. His father was playing the trumpet for special music in church and his mother was playing the piano, so she took Ray up with her and set him on the bench beside her, facing the audience.  The tune was one that Ray recognized so he started singing at the top of his lungs!  Needless to say the audience was much more interested in Ray's singing than his dad's trumpet playing. 

From then on he sang with all his heart the old hymns are still his favorite songs to sing to this day.  He loves to sit and create new arrangements to the old favorites, like Amazing Grace, and Be Thou My Vision.  He also enjoys writing his own compositions.  Realizing that without the help of Jesus he would never be where he is today.

Ray sang soprano till he was 17, even performing the Messiah as a soprano in a college level choir. When his voice began to deepen, he never lost his falsetto range up to the soprano high C even though he can now reach into the baritone range.

Ray's tenor voice simply soars with a joyful melody that truly warms the heart and lifts the spirit. His fresh arrangements of well known hymns as well as his original compositions are capturing the hearts of many and directing the minds of those that hear him to their Creator.

Back in May of 2007 Ray got married and now shares his vision of a music ministry with his wife Crystal.  She also has a love for music, singing ever since she can remember up front in church with her sisters.  Ray enjoys singing with his new wife as well and hopes to write duets for the two of them in the future.  He knows that God has placed Crystal in his life for a reason. 

Ray soon will be moving out to South Dakota with his new wife to start a new life together, Ray is interested in becoming a massage therapist and hopes to combine a healing ministry with the music.  Healing the Hearts and Souls of the nation as well as dealing with physical hurts and aches.  He knows that there is a lot of power in the natural remedies that are used in massage therapy and wants to learn the techniques for making people feel better both spiritually and physically.