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Michelle Anthony
Scott Austin
Chuck Bomar
Nancy Beach
Francis Chan
Chap Clark
Todd Clark
Mike Clear
Reed Dickens
Jamey Dickens
Lanny Donoho
Adam Duckworth
Tina Dula
Steve Fee

Kendra Fleming
Bre Hallberg
Stuart Hall
Jeff Henderson
Jared Herd
Scott Hodge
Kristen Ivy
Reggie Joiner
Hannah Joiner
Rebekah Joiner
Craig Jutila
Dave Kinnaman
Darren Kizer

Sue Miller
Carey Nieuwhof
Perry Noble
Brian Pingel
Kevin Ragsdale
Jeffrey Reed
Dan Reiland
Yancy Richmond
Diane Runge
Dan Scott
Clay Scroggins
Tom Shefchunas
Jeff Shinabarger

Ami Shroyer
Abbie Smith
Kristian Stanfill
Jeanne Stevens
Geoff Surratt
Sherry Surratt
Larry Thompson
Brian Vander Ark
Autumn Ward
James Ward
Dan Webster
Phil Wickham
Jim Wideman
Sunny Williams

	Michelle Anthony Dr. Michelle Anthony is a native Californian and has lived in Southern Orange County for the past 20 years along with her husband, Michael, and her two children, Chantel and Brendon. Michelle earned her B.A. from Biola University in Christian Education, her M.A. in Christian Education with an emphasis in Theology from Talbot Theological Seminary, and her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Southern Seminary. She has over 20 years of practical church ministry/leadership experience as a Children's/Family Pastor and is currently serving as the Pastor of Family Ministries at Rock Harbor Church in Costa Mesa, and as the Family Ministry Architect for David C. Cook Publishing. She has written over a dozen resources in Childrenˇs/Youth ministries and Christian education, and enjoys teaching, speaking, and serving in missions abroad. In her free time, Michelle enjoys sailing, the beach, being with her family, and a good cup of coffee.
	Scott Austin Scott Austin is the Next+Gen pastor at Community Bible Church in San Antonio, Texas. Scott manages a family ministry team that ministers to over 3,000 kids each week, from cradle to college. After more than a decade in youth and college ministry, Scott led a team to transition the ministries at CBC from traditional models of independent age levels to one integrated ministry team. Scott was born and raised in Texas, but has never owned a horse, branded a steer, or lived in the country (it's very important to him you know this.) He and his wife Shannon, a pediatrician, live on the north side of San Antonio with their two-year-old son Chase, who is already a rock star. Blog: http://www.ChurchRemix.com
	Chuck Bomar After serving nearly 9 years as pastor of student ministries at Cornerstone in Simi Valley, California, Chuck Bomar is now the founding pastor of Colossae, in Portland, Oregon. He is also the founder of CollegeLeader.org and is the author of Foundations of College Ministry, 99 Thoughts for College-age People, and College Ministry 101 - due to publish in early 2009. Blog: http://www.collegeministrythoughts.com/
	Nancy Beach Nancy Beach is a speaker, author, visionary leader and champion for the power of the arts and artists in the local church. She served for over 20 years as the programming director for Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago. Dedicated to creating opportunities for artists in the church to use their gifts for effective ministry, her role at Willow included supervision of all aspects of the arts - ncluding worship, music, drama, dance, photography, production, video and design. Today Nancy continues her role as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek, while also serving as the Executive Vice President for the Arts at the Willow Creek Association, a not-for-profit organization serving over 12,000 member churches and others, representing 90 denominations in 35 countries. This new responsibility allows her to focus the majority of her time on serving other church arts leaders and their teams in the U.S. and around the world, building a community of Christ-following artists seeking to serve God as they create transformational moments in Sunday morning church services. A sought-after conference speaker, Nancy uses her teaching gifts to inspire, motivate, and cast vision, while skillfully relating themes of soul transformation with every day people and experiences. Her book, An Hour on Sunday (Zondervan), expresses Nancy's core vision and values for effective arts ministries. Nancy and her husband Warren live in Barrington, Illinois, with their two teenage daughters and a cat named Elphaba.
	Francis Chan Francis is the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, where he has been serving since 1994. He is also the Chancellor and Founder of Eternity Bible College and serves on the board of directors for Children's Hunger Fund and World Impact. Francis spends much of his time speaking to high school and college students and has recently written his first book, Crazy Love. His commitment is to teach directly from the words of Scripture. It is his passion to see the next generation of American Christians display a much deeper love for Jesus. Francis is married to Lisa, and they have three daughters and one son. Blog: http://francischansblog.blogspot.com/
	Chap Clark Chap is associate professor of youth, family, and culture and director of youth ministry programs at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Additionally, he is a team leader and pastor of Emmanuel Church in Burbank, California. As well as being a two-degree seminary graduate, Chap holds a Ph.D. from Denver University in Human Communication specializing in relationships, teams, and organizational and family systems. His books include Creative Bible Lessons in Romans: Faith on Fire, Daughters and Dads, and Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers.
	Todd Clark Todd Clark is the founding pastor of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. Discovery was planted in February 2003 with the solitary vision of being "a new church like the first church" that we read about in the book of Acts Chapter Two. Todd is married to his high school sweetheart Rene and they have two very unique, interesting, joy-filled children, Ruby and Cole.
	Mike Clear Mike is one of the founding pastors of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California. In his role there, he oversees the vision and leadership for all of Discovery's family ministry environments. He also produces and co-hosts their weekly family experience called Discovery Kidz. Mike lucked out and married a gorgeous girl named Crystal - who now, thanks to him, has the coolest name ever - Crystal Clear! They welcomed Nash Clear into their family in January, 2008.
	Reed Dickens A former White House Assistant Press Secretary, Reed is C.E.O. and founder of Outside Eyes, a consulting firm that specialized in media strategy and crisis management. He is also a regular contributor for CNN抯 Larry King Live, and adjunct professor at Chapman University, and he still finds the time to speak at corporate events all over the country. This year, Reed produced a documentary on faith and politics titled Article VI.
	Jamey Dickens Jamey has a passion for working with students. While at the University of North Carolina he founded 180 ministries, a multi-campus movement inspiring thousands of students toward deeper worship and devotion. From there he sensed God directing him to Moldova, a little country in eastern Europe, where he spent two and a half years building student ministry environments for a generation alienated from the Church and skeptical about God. Currently Jamey is the director of high school ministries at Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His passion is to show students that knowing Jesus is the greatest thing on the planet and inspire them to live radically for Him.
	Lanny Donoho President and Creative Director of BigStuf Productions and BigStuf Camps, Lanny has been working with kids, producing events, and creating environments for ministry for...seems like 43 years, but probably more like since 1975. He's the brain behind the BigStuf Camps and has been the emcee/host guy for those events, as well as Atlanta Fest, DCLA, CHIC, Catalyst Conference, Orange Conference, his kid's birthday parties, and KidStuf at North Point Community Church. He does some creative consulting for a bunch of Christian and secular organizations, and his mom is really proud of him. Most recently, Lanny founded the 410 Bridge. This non-profit organization is focused on partnering churches in America with churches in Kenya to help meet the specific needs of Kenyans. Since visiting Kenya in 2005, Lanny has had a passion to use the resources on this side of the world to help and equip people on the other side of the world. He wrote this bio himself, and wondered why he typed it all in third person. He also figures that all the stuff in the paragraph really doesn't mean a whole lot, but that his relationship with God does. He and his talented and creative wife, Peggy, live in Alpharetta, Georgia, and are presently enjoying the challenge of raising their three sons: Landon, Andrew, and Evan. Blog: http://www.lannydonoho.com/
	Adam Duckworth Adam Duckworth is the minister to children and families at First Baptist of Fort Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He relocated in November of 2008 from Ohio to help lead FBCFL through their Orange transition. In the summertime, you can find Adam hosting and teaching at Camp KidJam. He and his wife, Katelyn, love to spend their free time fueling their obsession with all things Disney.
	Tina Dula At two years old, Katennia "Tina" Dula's son Myles was diagnosed with Autism. As her family started navigating this new journey, they like many families, were dismayed to find so little affordable assistance for Autism, the fastest growing disability in America. In response to this dire need, she established the Myles-A-Part Foundation to provide financial and emotional support for families living with Autism. She is emerging as a voice in the Autism community, appearing on National Public Radio, CNN Radio Network, the Montel Williams Show, and other media outlets. She believes that families living with Autism should not just make it. They should thrive, and their children should reach their absolute God-given potential.
	Steve Fee Steve Fee remembers standing on a stage before his high-school peers with little musical ability and even less worship leading experience. How times change. Since the early days, he's been featured at Passion and Catalyst conferences, at 7\|22, and also as worship leader at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, one of the nation's fastest growing churches. Steve is also the frontman for new INO Records signing, rock-worship band Fee, which released its debut album We Shine in 2007. Steve and his wife, Carmen, live in Alpharetta, Georgia, and have one son, Levi, and another baby on the way. Blog: http://feeband.com/blog/
	Kendra Fleming Kendra Fleming is the Director of Children抯 Ministry at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. In this position she oversees the ministries of Waumba Land (birth-Preschool), UpStreet (K-5th grade), and KidStuf on each campus, which currently serves over 4,500 children each Sunday. In addition, Kendra works with the multi-campus strategy of North Point Community Church. She lives in Cumming, GA with her husband Gary and their four children, Jessica, Catherine, Jack, and Emily.
	Bre Hallberg Bre, has a background in education, volunteered to start a children's ministry at Summit Church, in Orlando, Florida nearly seven years ago. She later joined the staff at Summit and was the children's director for five years. Being part of a church plant, she was able to obtain firsthand knowledge of what it takes to build something from the ground up, implementing a preschool ministry, children's ministry and a weekly family production. Bre currently works as a Partner Development Director for The reThink Group, Inc.where she helps other churches implement the Orange strategy into their family ministries. Bre lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, Jonathan, and their two kids, Tyson and Marli. Blog: http://brehallberg.blogspot.com
	Stuart Hall Stuart is the director of training for XP3, the student division of The reThink Group, Inc. Prior to joining reThink, Stuart led Dash, Inc., which he founded in 2001 to create students of influence. He is the co-author of The Seven Checkpoints: Seven Principles Every Teenager Needs to Know and MAX Q: Developing Students of Influence with his pastor, Andy Stanley. Stuart can also be found every day laughing and playing with his wife, Kellee, and their three children: Grant, Chandler and Cameron. The Halls live north of Atlanta, Georgia.
	Jeff Henderson Jeff Henderson is the Campus Pastor of Buckhead Church, the first multi-campus location of North Point Community Church. Prior to Buckhead Church, Jeff managed the sports & beverage marketing efforts of Chick-fil-A, Inc. He spent 15 years in marketing working for the Atlanta Braves, Callaway Gardens Resorts, Lake Lanier Islands Resorts and Chick-fil-A. Blog: http://blog.buckheadchurch.org/
	Jared Herd Jared Herd is considered by many to be one of today's freshest communicators. Over the past few years, Jared has been traveling the country sharing the hope of Jesus with a humorous and captivating approach that has reached thousands of teenagers and college students. An native of Atlanta, Georgia, Jared currently resides in Pasadena, California, where he serves as creative director for XP3, the student ministry curriculum of The reThink Group. Jared is also one of the featured communicators at BigStuf Camps in Panama City Beach, Florida, each summer.
	Scott Hodge Scott is the lead pastor of The Orchard � an 80-year-old church community located in Aurora, Illinois. Scott has a fascinating story of leading The Orchard through a painful yet rewarding journey of cultural change and transition over the past five years. Today, The Orchard has become a healthy, growing and innovative church that is committed to making a missional impact both locally and globally. In addition to his family and church, Scott is also passionate about Starbucks Coffee and Apple computers. Blog: http://www.scotthodge.org/
	Kristen Ivy Kristen was a high school teacher for two years before leaving to attend seminary. She will graduate with a Masters of Divinity in May 2009. While pursuing her degree, she has worked at The reThink Group, Inc. as the executive editor for FamilyTimes and as part of the XP3 team. Kristen has been a high school small group leader for ten years. She and her husband Matt live in Alpharetta, Georgia.
	Reggie Joiner Reggie Joiner is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The reThink Group, Inc., a non-profit organization providing resources and training for churches to maximize their influence on the spiritual growth of the next generation. The reThink Group provides curriculum for preschool, children, families, and students over the Internet to churches throughout the US and 8 other countries. Reggie also leads the creative efforts behind the Orange Conference and Orange Tour, which provide training opportunities for senior pastors, church leaders and ministry volunteers. Reggie is one of the founders of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. In his role as Executive Director of Family Ministry, Reggie developed a new concept of relevant ministry for preschool, children, students and married adults over the course of his ten years with the church. Additionally, during his time with North Point Ministries, Reggie created KidStuf, an environment where kids bring their parents to learn about God, as well as Grow Up, an international conference to encourage and equip churches to create relevant, effective environments for children, families and teenagers. Reggie is the co-author of The 7 Practices of Effective Ministries along with Lane Jones and Andy Stanley. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Cumming, Georgia, and have four grown children: Reggie Paul, Hannah, Sarah, and Rebekah.
	Hannah Joiner Hannah Joiner has been involved with The reThink Group, Inc. since the beginning. She is basically the reason that Reggie knows anything about parenting and thinks she should get more credit. Hannah is currently a junior in college and has been involved with KidStuf dancers and singers since 1996. She is co-choreographer for 252 Basics and is on the music development team for Amber Sky Records.
	Rebekah Joiner Rebekah is finishing up her senior year in high school and taking on more and more responsibilities at The reThink Group, Inc.. She抯 been involved with nearly all of the music projects at reThink either as a singer, choreographer, dancer or administrative assistant. Most recently, she has been on the leadership team working to launch Amber Sky Records. Rebekah and her dog, Boston, live in Cumming, Georgia.
	Craig Jutila Craig Jutila has been providing leadership and creative resources for children's ministry for over twenty years. He has served as children's pastor at two churches, most recently with Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, for 13 years. He has authored and contributed to more than ten books championing children's ministry. Craig is the founder of Empowering Kids, a company that provides leadership and resources for children's leaders in the local church. He and his wife, Mary, have also founded Orphan Impact to help loving parents offset the cost of adopting children internationally and provide care for orphans around the world. Craig and Mary live in southern California with their sons, Alec and Cameron, and daughter, Karimy. Blog: http://www.liquidleadership.tv/LIQUID/LEADership_Minute/LEADership_Minute.html
	Dave Kinnaman David Kinnaman is the President and Strategic Leader of The Barna Group. As a spokesperson for the firm抯 research, he is frequently quoted in major media outlets (such as USA Today, Fox News, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and The Wall Street Journal). He is also in demand as a speaker about ministry trends, today抯 teenagers, the profile of young leaders, and generational changes. He is the author of the Barna report, Ministry to Mosaics: Teens and the Supernatural. David is also the author of Baker Books unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity � and Why it Matters. Based upon new research among 16- to 29-year-olds, this book unpacks their mindset, their skepticism and their experiences in relation to their spiritual openness. The son of a megachurch pastor, David has served in various capacities within congregations he has attended, including working with teenagers, teaching, and providing strategic consulting. He graduated summa cum laude from Biola University, where he served as Student Chaplain. David and his wife, Jill, live in Ventura, California, with their three kids: Emily, Annika, and Zack.
	Darren Kizer Darren Kizer is in awe of the privilege of being a husband, father, pastor and follower of Jesus. His current role as one of the pastors at Parker Hill Community Church in Scranton, PA, has him leading the Family Ministries Team and strategizing with the Leadership Team. He has stopped asking 揌ow do we grow our youth group?� and is currently seeking to answer the question 揥hat must we do to make a significant God impact on the 12,000+ high school students of Lackawanna County?� His life journey has led him through bible college, a hilarious Masters degree in recreation, one heck of a good time as the director of a summer camp, inspiring years as manager of a wilderness leadership organization, and now onto the pursuit of a Doctorate focused upon student internships, family ministry and advocacy. Darren lives in Clarks Summit, PA, with his bride, Becky, of 16 years, teenage daughter, Brynn, and middle school age son, Tucker. He抎 really be juiced if the snow would melt so that he can go kayaking.
	Sue Miller Sue Miller joined The ReThink Group, Inc. in 2005. She and her family moved to the Atlanta area after 16 years of leading the Promiseland ministry at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Illinois. Her responsibilities included leading and directing a ministry that involved 3,000 children and 1,000 volunteers. Sue was instrumental in leading the change process that grew Promiseland into a cutting edge, contemporary children's ministry. The story of how all that happened is told in her book, Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week. Sue's passion to reach unchurched children and grow them into fully devoted followers of Christ is absolutely contagious. She has travels extensively nationally and internationally motivating and inspiring church leaders and volunteers to raise the value of building effective ministries for kids. She is involved in mentoring other leaders, and often serves as a consultant for churches who want to take their children's ministry to a new level. Sue and her husband, Rick, live in Cumming, Georgia, and have two grown children: Holly and Ryan.
	Carey Nieuwhof Carey Nieuwhof is the senior pastor of Connexus Community Church with campuses in Barrie and Orillia, Ontario. Prior to opening Connexus in 2007, Carey served as lead pastor of Trinity Community Church for twelve years. Before moving into fulltime ministry, he worked in law and broadcasting. Carey has a passion for seeing people's lives changed as they encounter Christ. He and his wife, Toni, live in East Oro, Ontario, with their two sons. His family outshines him in skiing, mountain biking, hiking, water skiing and more, but he does everything he can to keep up with them. Blog: http://connexuscommunity.typepad.com/carey_nieuwhof/
	Perry Noble Perry Noble is the founding and senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina. In eight years, the church is averaging over 8,000 people during the weekend services which are held at two campuses. A third campus will be launching in late 2008 to reach even more people. Perry is a very gifted communicator and teacher and his biblical wisdom and leadership insights exceed his years. God has given Perry a vision and a passion for helping people meet Jesus. Each week, he shares truth and life application intended specifically for you. Perry, his wife Lucretia and their daughter, Charisse, live in Anderson, South Carolina. Blog: http://www.perrynoble.com/
	Brian Pingel Brian Pingel is the Director for the Center for Youth and Leadership and an assistant professor of Youth Studies at North Central University. He has been involved in full time youth ministry for 17 years. He has committed the last three years to help motivate and train emerging and existing leaders by helping them develop their unique strengths so they can better serve their communities. Brian and his wife Kristi live in Minneapolis with their three sons.
	Kevin Ragsdale Kevin Ragsdale serves on the Leadership Team at North Point Ministries and is the Multi-Campus Director of High School for North Point Community Church (NPCC), Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. Kevin was the second family ministry division employee at NPCC and developed the overall philosophy for student ministry. Kevin and his wife, Gina, live in Cumming, Georgia with their three children, Brock, Braden, and Brittan.
	Jeffrey Reed Jeffrey Reed is the executive director of arts and programming at Hillside Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas (Hillsidewired.com). From serving as a program director for Young Life camps, a student pastor, a children's ministry director, a worship leader, to his current position as executive pastor and program director at Hillside, Jeffrey has worn many diverse hats in church ministry. He also serves as a consultant to churches across the country for curriculum development and ministry start-up. He specializes in working with churches that have limited or no resources. Jeffrey is also a regular speaker for The reThink Group at Camp KidJam. Jeffrey and his wife Katherine have been married for 13 years and have 4 children.
	Dan Reiland Dan Reiland is a leadership development specialist and Executive Pastor at 12 Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at INJOY. He authors Pastor's Coach, a free bi-monthly e-newsletter designed to refresh, encourage, and equip pastors as they rise to the challenges in the church. Pastor抯 Coach is distributed to over 60,000 subscribers.
	Yancy Richmond Yancy is an artist, songwriter and worship leader who has shared the stage with some of the music industry抯 brightest stars. She has the distinctive skill to lead all ages in worship. Yancy currently travels the globe sharing her music, leading worship as well as training and mentoring worship leaders. When she isn't working with other leaders, Yancy provides creative direction for AmberSkyRecords.com and contributes to various worship projects with The reThink Group. She and her husband, Cory, live in Nashville.
	Diane Runge Diane taught elementary school for many years before moving into full time ministry. After becoming Director of Children's and Student Ministries, she attended the first Grow Up conference becoming an Orange junkie, learned Orange-ology every year after and transformed a small traditional model at her church into a full-blown second generation Orange family ministry. Most recently she has joined the team at The reThink Group as a Partner Development Director for 252 Basics. She's passionate about thinking creatively when it comes to impacting families and helping other leaders rethink their ministries. She's also pretty passionate about loving her husband, Scott, and kids; Taylor, Cierra and Madison who live with her in Pennsylvania.
	Dan Scott Dan Scott is the creative director for the children's ministry at Ada Bible Church outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the last five years, Dan has focused on innovating creative teaching environments for the kids and has developed a core team of off-the-chart storytellers. Dan's passion for the family drives him as he directs and co-hosts Ada's monthly family production, DV:FX. He feels blessed to be a part of these important faith-moments in the lives of families. Dan and his wife, Jenna, are thrilled to have three rambunctious children and are excited to add another child from Ethiopia sometime in 2009. Blog: http://danscottblog.com
	Clay Scroggins Clay Scroggins is the Director of High School Ministries at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. Clay speaks frequently at North Point in a number of different environments, as well as at BigStuf camps in Panama City Beach, Florida, and at the Lighthouse Family Retreat, which serves children with cancer and their families. As well as being a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and Georgia Tech, Clay is a dynamic, vibrant, and gifted communicator who is passionate about challenging students to live lives that are as big as the God we serve. When he is not speaking, Clay can be found with his beautiful wife, Jenny, and a set of golf clubs or a basketball in his hands.
	Tom Shefchunas Tom is the North Point Ministries Multi-Campus Director of Middle School for North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. Tom抯 passion involves working with, recruiting, and developing the hundreds of volunteer small group leaders it takes to pull off Xtreme and Inside Out (North Point抯 middle school and high school environments). Tom and his wife Julie live in Cumming, Georgia. They are expecting baby number 3 in March to join their other two children, Mac and Joey.
	Jeff Shinabarger Jeff Shinabarger is a social entrepreneur, experience designer, coffee shop owner and is always creating new cause-marketing ideas. He is the co-founder of Fermi Project and served as experience designer with Fermi for three years, including the collaborative Q Event in Atlanta and New York City. While at Fermi Project, he played an important role in launching the national UnChristian Campaign and was the Editor of the digital magazine, Fermi Words, a hybrid of written and spoken words created to provoke conversations. Jeff is gifted at creatively communicating the needs of the poor to the greater culture and is actively launching macro and micro campaigns for International Justice Mission, Hope International, Rwanda Clean Water, Suffered Enough, Gift Card Giver, Prison Fellowship and Mission Year. Prior to Fermi Project, Jeff spent three years as brand manager and product developer for Catalyst, the next generation leadership conference. While at Catalyst, he was the executive editor for two small group studies: Catalyst Groupzine: Influence and Catalyst Groupzine: The Culture Issue. Jeff is actively restoring his neighborhood, East Atlanta Village with his wife, Andre, and boxer, Max.
	Ami Shroyer Ami and her husband, Mike, live in Kernersville, North Carolina, where Mike is the children抯 pastor at The Summit Church. Ami is an integral part of the children抯 ministry at Summit, creating the sets for their family productions as well as singing during the events. Before moving to North Carolina, Ami and her family lived in Alpharetta, Georgia, where she was an active part of KidStuf and UpStreet at North Point Community Church. In the summers, Ami and her family can be found traveling with Camp KidJam. She and Mike have two kiddos, J. Michael and Sadie.
	Abbie Smith Abbie has been speaking in youth and collegiate circles for a number of years now. Having grown-up in the south, she met God her freshman year at Emory University, which led to her first book, Can You Keep Your Faith in College? (Multnomah). Abbie's passions have taken her around the globe, including work with ministries such as CollegeLeader and Passion Conferences. She currently resides in Los Angeles, finishing-up a Spiritual Formation Degree at Talbot Seminary. Blog: http://blog.keepingyourfaith.com/
	Kristian Stanfill Kristian began leading worship in the junior high ministry at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church when he was in eighth grade. His ability to lead people into a deep worship experience developed through his opportunities to be in front of audiences during high school and into college. Shortly after college, Kristian began leading worship regularly at North Point Community Church and 7\|22. When he's not writing new songs, he can be found leading worship at BigStuf camps as well as various Passion events, Catalyst and numerous other events around the country. Kristian and his wife, Kerri, live in Cumming, Georgia, and have a son, Isaac. Blog: http://kristianstanfill.com/blog
	Jeanne Stevens Jeanne Stevens has been working in student ministry for more than 15 years. She began her work with students as a Youth for Christ leader. Jeanne spent 11 years as a student ministry pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Illinois. She frequently speaks at conferences, camps and retreats. In 2005, Jeanne and her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to be a part of North Point Community Church. Jeanne heads up training and ministry development at Youth Specialties and is the author of Soul School for youth workers. She has been married to Jarrett Stevens for 11 years and they have a 3 year old son and 6 month old baby girl.
	Geoff Surratt Geoff Surratt is executive pastor of Seacoast Church, a multi-site congregation based in Charleston, South Carolina. Geoff has helped oversee Seacoast's expansion from one to thirteen locations across three states and is one of the teaching pastors. He has over 26 years of ministry experience in a variety of roles in local churches, and Geoff works frequently with other churches across the country in strategic planning and staff development. He has also helped train leaders in Europe, Asia and Africa. Geoff is the author of Ten Stupid Things that Keep Churches from Growing as well as co-author of The Multi-Site Church Revolution and The New Normal. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife, Sherry, two chidren, Mike and Brittainy, and an ugly dog named Moose. Blog: http://geoffsurratt.typepad.com/
	Sherry Surratt Sherry serves as the Director for Women's Initiatives in Leadership, where her passion for helping women reach their leadership potential shines through. She joined Leadership Network in 2008 with an extensive background in ministry, most recently serving as Central Support Pastor and Children's Ministry Pastor for the 13 campuses of Seacoast Church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Prior to church ministry, Sherry was a teacher and administrator in the Houston public school system and holds a B.A.T. from Sam Houston State University. She resides in South Carolina with her pastor husband Geoff, two beautiful children and one big, hairy dog named Moose.
	Larry Thompson Larry Thompson is senior pastor at the 13,000-member First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale, at the heart of South Florida's fastest-growing residential, entertainment and business corridor. First Baptist isn't a typical downtown Baptist church, since determining to intentionally become a community of faith which reflects its larger culture. Members from more than 70 nations worship as one, and international translation is provided live and on the Internet in five languages. Larry has been on the front page of USA Today and in the past year appeared on ABC News and Fox and Friends. He and his wife Cynthia have two married daughters: Taylor, communications director for DATA (the organization behind Bono's One and Red movements) and Jennifer, who is completing her doctorate in counseling.
	Brian Vander Ark Brian is the Senior Pastor of Family Ministries at Ada Bible Church near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over the past seven years, Brian has grown Family Ministries from 50 volunteers in children and youth ministries to over 450 volunteers. He has developed milestone teaching moments for parents. He has very cool co-workers who all are energized by ORANGE thinking. While liking the color orange, for his college sports team he enjoys the Maize and Blue of Michigan. Brian hangs out with his wife, Ruby (an Ohio State Fan), and Will (Michigan fan-yes-dad won!)), his 12 yr old son.
	Autumn Ward Autumn Ward is a founding member of Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, GA. She has been a volunteer in the children抯 ministry since day one. She has also been a writer for My First Look preschool curriculum and is now the Creative Arts Director. She and her husband Chad have three awesome kids; Joseph (10), Sarah (8) and Anna (5).
	James Ward James serves as the Director of U.S. Operations for The 410 Bridge, a missions organization that partners churches in the western hemisphere with communities in Kenya. A former youth pastor and camp director, James has a passion to see the Church united and mobilized to bring the hope of Jesus to the world. In addition to his experience with The 410 Bridge and church ministry, James has had the opportunity to serve in East Asia, South America, Central America, and Europe. James and his lovely wife, Jennifer, live in Canton, Georgia.
	Dan Webster Dan Webster is an author, teacher, communicator and mentor with over 30 years of experience working with leaders from all walks of life. He has worked on the staff of two of the largest and most influential churches in America: Willow Creek Community Church, Barrington, Illinois and the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California. Additionally, Dan is the founder of Authentic Leadership, Inc. He has authored five books including Increasing Your Personal Impact (Authentic Impact, Inc.) and The Real Deal: Becoming More Authentic in Life and Leadership (Authentic Impact, Inc.). Dan Webster was born in the Midwest, is married with three sons, and resides with his wife in Holland, Michigan.
	Phil Wickham Even though singer/songwriter Phil Wickham grew up in a devout Christian home, there came a point early in his life when he knew his faith needed to become his own. He no longer wanted to coast on his parents' coattails or go to church simply because that's what he was supposed to do. He wanted something real, that personal friendship with Jesus. And that crucial realization, combined with moving to a new city while he was in junior high, paved the way for Phil to pick up a guitar and start writing songs about his growing faith. And once he picked up that guitar, it wasn't long before his junior high youth pastor took notice and asked him if he wanted to lead worship. A little reluctant at first, Phil accepted his pastor's invitation. "When I started leading worship when I was 12, the Lord just really started blessing it with the junior high group," Phil says. "Kids were singing, and I found that I really loved doing it." Now a professional vocalist, songwriter and guitarist, Phil has released four albums: Give You My World (2003), a self-titled album in 2006, Cannons (2007), and Singalong (2008). Blog: http://philwickham.com/blog/
	Jim Wideman Jim Wideman is an internationally recognized voice in children抯 and family ministry. He is a much sought after speaker, teacher, author, personal leadership coach, as well as church ministry consultant who has over 30 years experience in helping churches thrive. Having served for 17 years at Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim understands what it takes to grow dynamic, relevant ministries to people of all ages. Along with overseeing one of America抯 largest children抯 ministries, Jim has also held various other positions giving him a background in almost every area of the local church and Christian school. He has successfully trained hundreds of thousands of children抯 ministry leaders from all denominations and sizes of congregations in conferences and seminars around the world. The International Network of Children抯 Pastors awarded Jim the "Excellence in Ministry Award" in 1989 for his outstanding work, and Children抯 Ministry Magazine in 2001 honored him as one of ten "Pioneers of the Decade" in children抯 ministry. Blog: http://www.jimwideman.com/blog/ and http://www.thewayweseeitblog.com/
	Sunny Williams If you ask Sunny, she抣l tell you that she owes most of where she is in life today to Reggie Joiner. He was the man who led Sunny to Christ in January of 2000. Since then she's worked for North Point Community Church as a Drama Director and Video Producer, for Buckhead Church as Service Programming Director, met and married Jon Williams, gave birth to Dora Grace in 2004, then retired briefly from full time employment in 2006 to be a stay at home mom and freelance actor, director and producer. Sunny is now a part of the team at The reThink Group, Inc. working on the product development team to create relevant and excellent resources for churches. She feels that being at Orange with Reggie has brought her full circle...from her first church experience at KidStuf in 1999 to being at Orange in 2007 and 2008. Sunny would also tell you that Orange was never really her color...but since joining the reThink team...its finally grown on her!