Ashes Remain

Ashes Remain's Smith and Ryan Nalepa met one summer leading worship at a youth camp located about 45 minutes southeast of Gettysburg, PA at the end of a road called Grave Run in Maryland. Over the course of that summer, Smith and Nalepa recognized the connection that had been made between them as well as the feeling that God was calling them to walk down similar paths. Desiring to be obedient to God's will, Smith and Nalepa committed to pray together each day throughout the summer, asking God that if He wanted them to form a band to make His will known to them. Over the next few years, God, seemingly at random, placed Rob Tahan (guitar), Jonathan Hively (bass) and Ben Kirk (drums) in the path as well and Ashes Remain was formed.