"Ultimately what I wanted to do
was just lead a room in worship."
We sat with Samuel Moos, who was recently invited to join Phil Wickham on stage
and lead worship for thousands. Samuel shared that experience,
alongside stories behind his own music and upbringing.
Interview by Cody Cooksey
April 1, 2026
Days ago, Phil Wickham, who we’re hoping to feature on We Are Vessels Media in the near future, invited you up on stage at a show to lead worship with him. Tell us what that experience was like.
It still doesn't feel real to me. The day before the concert, like thirty-six hours before the concert, I was here at the church. I was practicing for Sunday as I lead worship, and I decided to just go in the back room and make a video. I don't know what led me to do it. I figured you never know, you know? I might as well give it a try. So I did it. It didn't even go viral or anything, it got like 80 likes, but I tagged him and he saw it. So I knew he saw it, but I didn't hear anything. and the next day, I made one more video, just because it was a couple hours before the concert. As we were walking into the arena, he messaged me on Instagram. He said, "Hey man, we want to upgrade your seats." He gave me a number to call. So I called the number, and it was his manager. They came to our seats, we already had floor tickets, but they moved us to the very front row. So at this point, I still didn't really know if it was going to happen. I kind of had a feeling. I was there with my dad, my sister, and my best friend, so that was also really cool. Phil came down right in front of us to do an acoustic set kind of thing. He was at the piano, and he looked at me. He's like, “Are you Samuel? Come up, I've seen your videos, all your friends were tagging me. You want to sing a song?” So, I went up, I didn't really have time to be nervous or anything. It just felt so natural. because I never wanted it to be about me. Phil Wickham has played a huge part in the way I lead worship, the way I look at leading worship, and the way I write. Just to share the stage with him was amazing, but ultimately what I wanted to do was just lead a room in worship. That's what happened, and it was unreal to hear all those voices, to look out and see everybody worshiping.
Have you always been musically inclined? Did music affect you coming to know Jesus?
I’d say I've always been into music. I took piano lessons when I was very little, and I hated it. I did not like piano, but my sister also took piano lessons, and while she was playing piano lessons, I would play the mandolin the teacher had. Then I got one for Christmas. So I learned the mandolin, I was probably eight years old then. When I was fifteen, I auditioned for a worship team here at my church, not knowing literally anything about music. The worship leader at the time, Carmelo, shouldn't have given me a chance, but he did. So, I was on the worship team with the mandolin, not knowing anything. Then my one friend, when I was maybe seventeen, gave me her little pink guitar, because I wanted to learn how to play guitar. It was different from the mandolin, a little harder. I asked if I could start playing guitar on the worship team. So I started on electric guitar, actually, which I still play, and I kind of just worked my way up. The church needed a worship leader at the time, and at this point I didn't know I could sing. So what happened was, it was really on my heart to plan a worship night here at my church, but we needed someone to sing. So I figured I might as well give it a try, and I did. Ever since then, I've been a rotating worship leader here. I love it. It's become pretty much all I do, and the Lord just opened so many doors through that. I was actually in flight school for two years, and I was set on being a pilot, that's what I wanted to do. I ended up dropping out of flight school and pursuing this, pursuing music.
When can we expect "Scars" to be released? Can you tell us what it was like to write it? Is there an EP or an album potentially on the way?
I've only released a couple of videos for "Scars", and it's gotten some traction. I haven't even started recording it yet. I was actually with my producer yesterday, and we were gonna start. I finished a song yesterday as well, it's called “Reference”. That'll be coming out hopefully in the next couple of months, and I’m pretty excited about that one. As far as an EP goes, hopefully by the end of the year, because I have four or five songs right now that I'm working on. Scars is definitely the song that most people are connected with, I'd say. I wrote that at a time in my life, a couple months ago, that I was going through a pretty hard time, relationally, with someone. There was a lot of bitterness and anger in my heart that I had to deal with. It was really weighing on me for a long time, and I realized I just needed to lay that at the feet of Jesus, and give it to Him. It's taken care of, I can find comfort and peace in Him. That's where that song came out of. It's pretty special to me, and just know that the Lord gave me those lyrics during that time, and to see what the Lord does with it, I'm excited about it. See where he takes this. I know He'll open some doors, He always does.
What is your “elevator testimony”?
I would quickly tell you about my life, the experiences, and the joy that I found in Jesus Christ. The healing I found in Him, and the peace I found in Him. There's no way I would be where I am today without Him. The doors He has opened and the things He has pulled me through. It's nothing short of a miracle. I easily could have been swallowed up by the world, especially throughout my high school years, but having that relationship with Him just helped me stay grounded. Nothing in this world will satisfy you. Relationships, money, fame, anything. If there's any void you're trying to film in your heart, the only thing that can fill that void is the Holy Spirit and the Lord. That's one thing that I can personally attest to.
What is your life verse?
The one I always go back to is Proverbs 16:9, which is, “A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.” It's played a huge part in how I look at the Lord, and how I look at leading worship. It defines His glory and the reverence that we have, which was a huge inspiration for the song I'm releasing. It's Revelation 1:12-18, which is, “Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”