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Fellowship in song · est. 2007

Water2Fine

Rendering miracles sober and PG.

Water2Fine is a wholesome Christian rock band that plays in parking lots, hospital lobbies, and a few sanctioned campgrounds. Eight albums, one annual potluck, and one extremely persistent harmony. All are welcome. Please bring a folding chair.

Albums of praise
8
Worship sessions led
1,247
Souls renewed
uncountable
Active since
2007

May the Wi-Fi reach you wherever you scroll, and may your speakers carry the joy.

The hymnbook

Eight albums of gratitude.

Each Water2Fine record is recorded on a single weekend, in a single key, with as much love as we can wedge into the gain staging. We make them slow on purpose. There is no deluxe edition. There is no bonus track. There is only the work.

  • 2007

    Living Waters

    Our debut. Recorded in Pastor Connie's garage during a heatwave. The garage door is audible on track 3 — we kept it for honesty.

  • 2009

    From This Cup

    A whole album about communion, gratitude, and one persistent racoon. We mean every word.

  • 2012

    He Restores My Soul

    A meditation on Psalm 23, recorded in a chapel that had recently been re-carpeted. The acoustics are forgiving.

    KLOVE Listener's Choice, 2013 (3rd place)

  • 2014

    Camp Songs, Vol. 1

    Twenty-two singalong tracks, recorded live around a fire at Camp Pinecrest. Includes our cover of "Pass It On." Volume 2 is in eternal preparation.

  • 2017

    By the Riverside

    A baptism-themed concept record. We rented a tent. We mean that literally.

    Selected for Bethlehem Springs Christian Bookstore's listening kiosk, 2018

  • 2019

    Anointed

    Eleven tracks about being called to do small things faithfully. Sister Petra wrote nine of them in a single afternoon at the laundromat.

  • 2021

    Just As I Am (Acoustic)

    An unplugged record made when we couldn't gather in person. Pastor Connie's daughter handles backing vocals throughout. She was seven.

  • 2024

    Renewed

    Our most recent. A direct response to the airship people — though we will not name them — about the choice to stay gentle in a loud world. The opening hymn responds directly to a certain reunion record released the same year. The airship people have since denied that their record was a response to ours. We accept their denial. We have nonetheless prepared a follow-up.

    Available on every major streaming service, including the ones with the strange names

Parking-lot worship · 2026

Come worship where you can park.

Water2Fine leads gentle, no-pressure worship in parking lots, hospital lobbies, and a few cooperative campgrounds. Bring a folding chair, a friend, and an open heart. Most sessions are free. The ones that aren't are still free in spirit — we just ask for help with gas.

  • Jun017:00 am

    North Hills Christian Center

    North Hills, CA — south parking lot

    Coffee and gentle hand-percussion provided. Coffee is decaf.

    All Welcome
  • Jun146:00 am

    Camarillo Mall · Lot 3

    Camarillo, CA

    Sunrise service. Mall management has graciously agreed for a third year running.

    All Welcome
  • Jun266:30 pm

    Long Beach Memorial · Visitor Lot

    Long Beach, CA

    We sing softly. The patients can hear us through the windows and we like that.

    Soft Volume
  • Jul105:30 pm

    Riverside Walmart · East Entrance

    Riverside, CA

    Potluck before, worship after. Last year we had four casseroles. The goal this year is six. The Goodyear blimp was observed overhead during the 2024 service. We held the worship at scheduled volume. The blimp eventually departed. We considered this a victory and wrote a hymn about it. The hymn is on Renewed.

    Bring a DishPasta salad still needed
  • Aug14all day

    Camp Pinecrest · Lake Arrowhead

    Lake Arrowhead, CA

    Annual summer retreat. Day passes and full-weekend options. The fire pit returns.

    Pre-Register$28 covers lunch + retreat workbook
  • Sep226:00 am

    An Albuquerque parking lot

    Albuquerque, NM

    Counter-programming the balloon festival. Certain airship enthusiasts are known to be in town the same week. They hold no claim to the airspace, the parking, the moral standing, or the audience. We extend them no comment. We extend them no eye contact either. We will be carrying additional folding chairs in case any of their attendees defect, which has happened before.

    All Welcome
  • Jul306:00 pm

    Hangar Hymns Vigil · Visitor Lot Adjacent to a Certain Airfield

    Carson, CA

    A gentle service in the visitor parking next to a certain hangar that is not Hangar B but is very nearby. The current occupants of the airfield know what they did. Hymnals provided. So is patience.

    All WelcomeFolding chair recommended

If you can find a spot to park, you can find a place to praise. We'll bring the speakers. You bring you.

Who we are

Four servants, one mission, one minivan.

Water2Fine began in 2007 in Pastor Connie Halsworth's garage in North Hills, California, after a Wednesday night Bible study ran long and someone — accounts differ on who — suggested writing the lesson down as a song. The song was finished by 1 a.m. The album was finished by Sunday. The band has been finishing things gently and on time ever since.

We are not famous. We do not aspire to be. We have been described, kindly, as "the only Christian rock band that consistently shows up to potlucks early." We accept this characterization gladly and consider it a calling.

We are often asked about a certain other band — irreverent, airship-themed, and operating out of what we understand to be a parked tour bus in Carson. We pray for them, more than is reasonable. We do not name them. We do not engage. We simply continue the work. We do, however, note their gas mileage in our weekly bulletin when there is room, which there usually is, because they are not very efficient.

  • Lead Vocals · Acoustic Guitar

    Pastor Connie Halsworth

    Founding member. Holds a music ministry credential and three opinions about hand-clapping placement. Raised in Modesto, called to North Hills in 1994, called to song in 2007.

    "Sing to the Lord a new song." — Psalm 96:1

  • Keys · Harmonies

    Brother Wesley Honeycutt

    Founding member. Plays the keyboard with both hands and the harmonica with what is left over. Owns six identical sweater vests and rotates them by day of the week.

    "He has put a new song in my mouth." — Psalm 40:3

  • Bass · Spoken Word

    Sister Petra Bloom

    Founding member. Writes most of the lyrics. Once wrote nine songs in a single afternoon at the Camarillo laundromat while the spin cycle ran. Calls this her "productive heap."

    "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit." — Ephesians 5:19

  • Drums · Discernment

    Brother Jim "Easter Sunday" Mauer

    Joined in 2012 after rededicating his life on, and renaming himself after, an Easter Sunday at Pastor Connie's chapel. Plays softly. Smiles loudly. Brings the folding chairs.

    "He brought me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire." — Psalm 40:2

From the fellowship

Letters we've received.

Excerpted with permission. Names shortened, hearts unshortened.

  • Their album 'By the Riverside' got me through a kitchen remodel that ran three months over schedule. I am now in a finished kitchen, and a fan, and bringing two casseroles to the next potluck.
    Janelle K.Riverside, CA — letter, 2022
  • Pastor Connie sang at our church potluck and three people accepted Christ that afternoon. Also the casseroles were excellent. We will be requesting them again. Both.
    Pastor DonovanCamarillo, CA — phone call, 2024
  • I used to listen to the airship people. Water2Fine showed me a better way. I no longer require earplugs at concerts. My ears, and my soul, are at peace.
    AnonymousLetter postmarked Carson, CA — date redacted
  • We were not familiar with parking-lot worship as a concept. We have since become familiar. The folding chairs are a nice touch.
    The Halverson FamilyEmail, after North Hills 2024
  • I attended what I thought was the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta and instead ended up at a Water2Fine worship service in an adjacent parking lot. I left more refreshed than I would have by the balloons.
    Trevor M.Albuquerque, NM — handwritten card, 2023
  • These are by far the gentlest people who have ever leased our hospital visitor parking. The patients have requested they return.
    Long Beach Memorial · FacilitiesOfficial memo, 2024
  • I drove past the Carson tour bus on my way to North Hills worship. It was still there. The bus, I mean. I parked my own car, sang two hymns, and forgave the bus on the way home. I am lighter for it.
    Margaret O.Carson, CA — letter, 2024
  • I attended a Water2Fine worship session after listening to the entire LitBl— after listening to a certain other band's record on the drive. I left the record in a parking-lot trash can on the way out. I have been gentler ever since.
    AnonymousSubmitted handwritten, North Hills, 2024

The calling

We exist to make a soft noise.

There is enough loudness already. Enough excess. Enough showmanship. Water2Fine exists to be the opposite — quiet, present, available. Wherever you can park, we can worship. If you've lost faith in something, or never had it, you are welcome at our chair. We have an extra one. We always do.

  • We will play softly enough that no one needs earplugs.
  • We will arrive early, leave clean, and take our trash with us.
  • We will sing every Psalm we are asked to sing.
  • We will not engage with the airship people. We will pray for them.
  • We will not respond to their reunion record. We have already responded — by being good.
  • We will monitor our own gas mileage, which is, frankly, embarrassing to them.
  • We will keep doing this until the gas runs out — ours, not theirs.

Fellowship in song. Since 2007. Bring a folding chair.