from friendship to filling is the debut EP from Australian worship collective vssls (pronounced "vessels"), released Friday, May 29, 2026 — one week after the EP's closing track, All My Life (To You I Bring), landed in the weekend of Pentecost.
Co-founded by Joel Chan and Luke Howis and based in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, vssls writes scripture-led songs for the Church. The name comes from 2 Timothy 2:21, Romans 9:23–24, and 2 Corinthians 4:7 — vessels of honour, set apart, prepared for glory, carrying treasure in jars of clay. The vowels are removed because the vessel is not the point; what it carries is.
The EP is not three singles bundled. It is a single arc the title names: finding and entering into divine friendship, sitting at the feet of the Friend, and bringing all our lives back to Him as vessels ready to be filled.
"Friend to me"(Valentine's Eve 2026) opens with the John 15 invitation — no longer servants, but friends. The chorus came one Sunday afternoon when Joel, Luke, and Jordan Pfeiffer spent the day together; after dinner, Joel asked Jordan to summarise what he'd been saying — voice memo on — and the line came: "Help me to see in the simple things." Since release, vssls' songs have collectively reached 70 nations and over 300 cities organically. The song carries an evangelistic companion campaign at NOGREATERLOVE.live.
"Sit At Your Feet" (Good Friday 2026) is what the invitation makes room for — Mary at Jesus' feet in Luke 10, the alabaster jar broken at His feet in Mark 14 and John 12. Co-writer Luke Howis describes the line that became its centre: "help me to choose the better thing" — presence over performance.
"All My Life (To You I Bring)" (Pentecost weekend 2026) is what flows out of that staying. Started and finished entirely in a car. The bridge is the EP's theological centre — "My life your vessel, come fill completely." The outro lands where Acts 2 lands the Church — "Holy Spirit, you can have me."
The EP cover weaves together Jacob's ladder at Bethel, Matthew 25, and Revelation 4:1 — open heavens, oil filling the vessel, and coming up to sit with Jesus. A prophetic word over Luke months earlier had named the same picture: a compass, True North, a call to not settle in insignificance. The cover quietly reminds: oil is not transferable. Your own vessel. Your own filling. The choice is yours — to "come up here" and to fill up your vessel with the oil that comes only by sitting with Him.
The invitation remains open for all.
For fans of: Maverick City Music, Charity Gayle, Housefires, Upperroom, Aodhan King, Pat Barrett, Brandon Lake.
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