revx Band
Worship Band
Dave Roberts Band
Dave Roberts - Guitar // Vocals
Maxx Houghtougling - Drums
Dan Majors - Bass
As Leader of worship at Santa Margarita UMC in Lake Forest, CA, Dave tells that "there's a part of me that is only truly alive when worshipping - it's like there's a piece of my soul that is only breathing when its immersed in song."
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Brian Schlemmer
Worship Leader
Brian Kemp-Schlemmer
Brian is a provisional elder in the United Methodist Church and is currently serving as the associate pastor at Desert Skies UMC. Brian has spent a number of years in ministry with homeless communities, the working poor, and folks with mental and physical challenges. Brian's theology of community and building God's kin(g)dom on earth has been greatly influenced by the six months he spent living in Khayelitsha, a township outside of Cape Town, South Africa, where the philosophy of ubuntu taught him to love the image of God reflected in each person. Brian is firmly committed to a church that honors God by honoring the full humanity and divine image of all people and is grateful to be home in Arizona where he can seek ways to honor God by honoring the stranger in our midst.
Shalom Agtarap
Worship Leader
Shalom Agtarap
Shalom is pastor of Ellensburg First UMC, a growing faith community in central Washington. While Seattle is home for her, she enjoys a different part of Washington state living, but severely dislikes shoveling snow. She completed her graduate work at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Shalom completed the Upper Room's Academy for Spiritual Formation last year and as a result, drinks deeply from the well of guided meditation and spiritual reading. She loves to bake while blasting NPR or gospel music.
Glen Simpson
Director of Relevance Ministries
Glen Simpson
Glen is the coordinator for young adult ministries in the Desert Southwest Conference of The United Methodist Church. Living in Las Vegas, Glen has a different perspective for what ministry is and the challenges amongst it. For the past 3 years Glen has worked to develop a leadership team that is made up of young adults from various geographical and ministry backgrounds. Most of his time is spent sharing this ministry with others and partnering with various ministries. While he is not working on this project, Glen is preparing to enter medical school and works full time in the medical field.
Jim Walker
Keynote Speaker
Jim Walker
Jim Walker is the founding pastor of the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Hot Metal was planted in 2002 with help of young people doing ministry out of a local tattoo shop. Hot Metal has grown significantly in its 8 years of existence and has recently purchased and renovated a local bar in which they hold their worship services, concerts, art shows, feed the homeless, and community events. Jim is the author of a book called “Dirty Word” and is currently working on a book entitled “Something Strange.” He is a graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (2003) and received his undergraduate degree from Point Park College in Pittsburgh (1991). He lives in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh with his wife Brenda and their two children, Carlisle and Daniel.