speakers

Name: David Palmer
Title: worshipleader


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Name: Jay Hardwick
Title: featured speaker

Jay Hardwick is a church planter, communicator, and church leadership coach from Columbia, SC. Prior to his current adventure, Jay led the team that planted Catalyst Church, a strategic partner of North Point Community Church, in Greenville, SC, and served on two other church staffs. He holds a B.A. in Mass Communication from North Greenville College in Greenville, SC and a M.Div. in Missions, Evangelism & Church Growth from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY.

God birthed a vision in Jay's heart to launch a unique, missionary church movement in Columbia, SC that will multiply itself all over the world. In the process of pursuing that vision, Jay spends a considerable amount of time with church planters and leaders from all over the country working together to discover ways to awaken the body of Christ to not just grow churches, but to transform cities.

Jay is a die-hard South Carolina Gamecock fan, a Starbucks addict, a golf and basketball wannabe, and a book worm. He and his wife, Lara Beth, have two daughters, Molly & Ellie.

Keep up with Jay through his BLOG at www.jayhardwick.com

Sessions
Jay will be addressing the main general session Saturday morning and covering the importance of listening to God and having an unwavering devotion to doing the will of The Father, regardless of the opinion of others.  He will also join Pastors Dave Bryan, Don Davis and Rodney Fouts in the Pastors Only Session.

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Name: Rodney Fouts
Title: guestpastor

Rodney Fouts’ authentic style of communication is refreshing. He teaches four times each weekend to the growing NORTHchurch.tv he and his wife, Shannon, started in the Spring of 2002. Rodney’s passion is simply to show people the reality of Christ through loving God and loving others. 

The Spirit birthed the desire to pioneer a church in Rodney’s heart while he was providing leadership for the student pastors of nearly 500 churches in the state of Oklahoma. While he served in this position he helped raise over five million dollars for world missions. He director and or spoke to over 40 camps for teenage students, lead yearly youth pastor conferences and inspired several students pastors to do what he has now done, become a church planter.

Rodney and Shannon are most proud of Gavin, Phaedra and Annnabeth. Their family’s mission is to edify one another, to meet each others personal needs and desires according to God’s plan, to develop a Christ-centered home, raising our children into healthy, responsible, God-fearing adults.

Sessions
Rodney will speak at the Jaime Jamgochian concert on Friday night. He will teach about the importance of being an example in keeping a pure heart and living a life of holiness as a leader.  He will also join Pastors Dave Bryan, Don Davis and Jay Hardwick in the Pastors Only Session.

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Name: Jimmy Smith
Title: apfounder

Jimmy has been leading worship since the age of 16. From Catholic youth choirs to the most modern and contemporary worship, he has worked with all denominations and styles of worship. He describes his worship style as "unapologetically relevant to the unsaved."

After leading worship for Living Way Foursquare and Puyallup Foursquare churches in Seattle, Jimmy felt God calling him to use his talents to help multiple churches, and founded All Praise Ministries in Seattle, Washington in 1998. He later moved the ministry back to his home state of South Carolina in 2004. 

All Praise is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping churches and worship teams get from where they are to where God wants them to be. All Praise serves as a consultancy to churches all over the world through the website allpraise.com.   The largest fundraising project of the ministry is the building of the All Praise Worship Center - a state-of-the-art multi-church campus with retail, rental and convention services all in one place.

Jimmy's passion is helping worship leaders and pastors work together to pursue the lost through excellence and unwavering persistence.  He believes excellence is attainable by anyone who has been called to ministry and refuses to settle for anything less. When he speaks, people are shocked at the frankness and honesty of his message. But his compassion and desire to help others reach the lost in a relevant way is evidenced in everything he does and says.

People that inspire Jimmy: Jesus, Perry Noble, Rick Warren, Mark Driscoll, his wife and anyone who passionately pursues the calling of reaching the lost at all costs.

Jimmy is married to Amanda and lives in the Northeast area of Columbia, SC. They are the worship pastors at Dutch Fork Christian Church in Columbia, SC.

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Name: Dave Bryan
Title: guestpastor

Dave Bryan has been the lead pastor at Dutch Fork Christian Church since November of 2003. After 21 years in a comfortable ministry in Ohio, God prompted Dave to get out of his easy chair and accept the challenge to lead a progressive diversified church in Irmo, SC. Even though Dave has been in the ministry many years he believes that the last few years has been the most courageous, making the changes that are necessary to bring God’s vision to a reality.

Dave is blessed with a wife, Kari Lu, who is his best friend, biggest cheerleader and critic when necessary. He has two grown daughters, Joy who is married and living in Tempe, Arizona and Laurel who just recently graduated from Ohio State. Also God, with his divine sense of humor, has blessed Dave and Kari Lu with a son, Pierce, who is five and gives Dave a lot of sermon illustrations.

Being from Ohio, he wears Buckeye clothing with pride. He loves the outdoors and tries to find opportunity to ride his bike, fish and hunt. If his son can join him, that makes the experience that much better. His greatest fear and passion is preaching and is grateful that God counts him worthy in this awesome responsibility

Sessions
Dave will be addressing a general session and speaking on the importance of a solid relationship between Worship Leader and Senior Pastor.  He will also be addressing the pastors in the Pastors Only Session with Jay Hardwick, Don Davis and Rodney Fouts.

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Name: Cordell Swannack
Title: leadership coach

Cordell Swannack is a leadership coach from Seattle, WA. Cordell attends Living Way Foursquare church and for the last 10 years has coached hundreds of people to be leaders and reach their calling in business and in ministry.

Cordell’s passion is to help people discover their calling through the development of their talents and skills.  He will tell you that it all begins with the understanding that “God equips the call, God does not call the equipped.”  Leaders see this as the greatest opportunity to serve others and to give back.  Cordell is a die-hard Seattle Mariners fan, a Jamba Juice addict, Frisbee ‘flinger’ and musician/singer.  He and his wife, Shannon, have one daughter, Addison Grace.

Cordell will be teaching a session on how to be a great leader.  Learn techniques and methods for supporting your team and helping them grow through cohesiveness.

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Name: Dan Lang
Title: session leader

Dan is a leader in Worship, a recording engineer and excels in video production He is originally from Washington State where he began his career in music ministry. He led worship for 4 years with Puyallup Foursquare Church, a growing family of over 3,000 people.

He served 2 years on staff as Worship Arts Director for South Sound Foursquare in Olympia, WA, and has also worked in Christian entertainment, booking and management. He holds an Associates Degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Seattle- 1990, and has been blessed to mix his creative talents with his musical passion for Christ. Dan was called to South Florida in 2006, and currently serves as the Worship Arts Pastor at First Baptist Church in Royal Palm Beach, FL.

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Name: Amanda Smith
Title: session leader


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Name: Don Davis
Title: guestpastor

A few years ago Don retired on his 30^th Anniversary as Senior Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, South Carolina.  Trinity was the first "mega-church" developed in the Columbia area, and thanks largely to Don's commitment to the vision God gave him, Trinity still thrives today. 

Don felt led to “rewire” his ministry in moving from one church to helping a number of churches in transition through preaching and working with the leadership. This change has also given him the time to work on his passion of encouraging pastors, especially young pastors through coaching.

Don and his wife, Marie have been married 42 years and have one daughter, Allison, and son-in-law, Stewart, plus a beautiful granddaughter, Ashley Marie, who is almost 3 years old.  All that Ashley has to say is, “Come on Poppi, let’s go,” and Don is off and running

Relationships have been a significant part of Don’s life and ministry…family, church family, and community relationships.  Growing in personal and congregational worship continues to be a vital part of his life and ministry.

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Name: Schuyler Duryee
Title: session leader

From Playing live and on the road with some of the most recognized artists in Christian music to a ton of studio work, Schuyler has one of the most impressive resumes in Nashville's Christian Music Scene.  Most recently on tour with Jaci Velasquez, he's played for such artists as Crystal Lewis, The Winans, the Katinas and other huge names in the industry.

Schuyler's commitment to excellence is unwavering and it shows in his style and technique.  Ask Schuyler how to get a certain sound from your guitar, and his response will most-likely be "first, learn the song."  It's that type of honesty, straight talk and humor that makes Schuyler one of the most sought-after guitarists in the country.

We're so blessed to have him here and you will not want to miss this session.  If you don't play guitar, your guitarist needs to be here for this session.

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Name: Sid Gatis
Title: session leader

Sid Gattis has a name synonymous with excellence in the Southeastern United States. As owner of Gattis Pro Audio, Sid has grown his business into one of the largest live and studio sound retailers and installation companies in the country. Sid's live sound tech skills are unmatched, as evidenced in the number of major concert acts he contracts each month. From Kenny Chesney to Cedric the Entertainer; huge outdoor festivals to major concert arenas, Sid and his professional crew do it all.

While major concerts and venues are a large part of his business, Gattis Pro Audio specializes in installation and operation of church sound systems. The million dollar plus sound system this seminar will use at The Harvest is just one of the many incredible systems Sid designed and installed from top to bottom - and it will blow you away.

Don't miss this opportunity to listen to Sid Gattis as he talks about the best methods for getting the best sound out of today's best equipment.

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Name: Kevin Taylor
Title: session leader

From Nashville studio work to live sound for some of the biggest name acts in music, Kevin Taylor knows sound from a working man's perspective. He teaches sound classes for the Kershaw County Fine Arts Center in Camden, SC and helps churches get the most out of the equipment they already have.  He also recommends and installs full systems for theaters and houses of worship.

Kevin is also an accompished Bassist, and is married to the South Carolina State Teacher of the Year for 2008, Ann Marie Taylor 

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