Brandon is a really tall, slightly clumsy singer/songwriter from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Raised in the dusty backwoods of Oklahoma, he relocated to chi-town form Oklahoma City in the spring of 2003. He leads worship regularly at Willow Creek Community Church in IL, as well as various conferences, camps, churches, and events around the country.
Jason Raitz, Junior High Speaker
Jason is on staff at Willow Creek Community Church as the Jr. High Group Life Director, where his role is to oversee a team of pastors to ensure that students are connected to each other and to a caring adult in a small group. He has had the privilege of leading youth ministries of all sizes in his 12 years as a youth pastor. One of his life's passions is to help, encourage, and train youth pastors. For the last 10 years, Jason has been teaching students and training adults all over the country. Jason and his wife Tracie, have four children.
Aaron Niequist & Band, Senior High Worship Leader
Aaron began his ministry at Willow Creek Community Church as a worship leader. He says the highlight of his time there was, "meeting a fantastic girl named Shauna and convincing her to marry me." Later he and Shauna joined the staff at Mars Hill, he as worship leader, and Shauna joined the leadership staff. Currently Aaron is writing recording and leading worship. Shauna and Aaron have one son, Henry.
Dave Livermore, Senior High Speaker
Dave Livermore, is the Executive Director of the Global Learning Center at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, where he also teaches. In addition, Dave is Co-Founder of Intersect, a ministry that provides leadership training and consulting to emerging leaders in ministries around the world. Dave and his wife, Linda, live in Grand Rapids, along with their two daughters Emily and Grace.
