Karen Karner delivers the band’s powerful lead vocals.  Karen also plays keyboard, mandolin and violin.  Her husband Ben turns out some amazing sounds on his electric six-string guitar.  Rob Parker lays down a smooth sound from his thunderous bass and David Geiger applies a unique set of beats to either acoustic or electric drums.

5 Smooth Stones plays nearly all original Christian music and released their first CD in November of 2003.  5ss practices once a week, and they usually play three to five concerts a month. They accomplish all this while they each hold down full time jobs (or High school in David’s case). They hope to continue their ministry in some way for years to come, whether it be playing in local churches or touring and playing music as a full time ministry.

Together, we strive to praise God with the talents He has given us. Each of us possesses a different talent. No one talent is superior to the others. Without any one of those talents present, we would not be the complete whole that we are. Like the five stones David plucked from the stream, we form a unique and important unity. David only used one stone to defeat Goliath, but he had four others ready for whatever came his way. If the stones could talk, I wonder if they would have argued over who was going to be chosen. Or, would they have just waited patiently in the bag, ready to do the work of the one who chose them.

That is our goal. We are here to do the work of the one who chose us. With the talents we have, however great or small, we are always ready to perform the work that God intended for us to do.

Biographies:     Karen  ::  Ben  ::  Rob  ::  David