Jon Egan is a worship leader and songwriter serving New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO, who is best known for the songs “I Am Free,” “Overcome,” “Strong God,” “Make A Way” and “Open The Gates.” In addition to serving on the New Life Worship team and recording numerous audio and video projects for the church, Jon is a co-founder and former leader of the student-focused Desperation Band with whom he has toured throughout the U.S. and around the world. 

Throughout his career, Jon has collaborated with a variety of writers, producers and artists including Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, Mia Fieldes, Jeremy Camp, Kari Jobe and Paul Baloche. His combined recordings with New Life and Desperation Band include the critically-acclaimed favorites Strong God, Soak (instrumental), Center Of It All and Banner.

In March of 2019, Jon released his first solo project, a Live album called "Unveil." Most recent is his work on New Life Worship’s newest LIVE album "Over It All. "

“Worship is radical,” says Jon. “It stands in defiance of darkness to sing about such a great and marvelous light. When we sing about the greater reality of Jesus, earthly realities grow strangely dim.”

Word Worship Music recording artist, Meredith Andrews, is passionate about writing and leading songs that keep people's hearts and minds set on Jesus. Over the course of her four Word Worship albums, the Dove Award-winning artist has been using her musical gifts, love for God, and her huge heart for His people - to teach and remind us all about the enormity of our awesome and loving Savior. Andrews, who previously was on staff at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago now leads regularly at The Belonging CO, her home church here in Nashville. As a gifted songwriter and recording artist, she has been a part of multiple songs sung by churches across America such as “Open Up The Heavens”, “Lamb of God”, “Not For A Moment”, and “Spirit of the Living God”. 

Meredith often leads worship at major women’s and/or worship leader conferences across the U.S., and has toured with Matt Maher, Natalie Grant, Big Daddy Weave, Vertical Church, Phil Wickham, and Michael W. Smith, among others.

Thrive Worship and its founding leaders – Corbin Phillips, along with Peter Burton and Charmaine Wells – is the global worship team of Bayside Church, a multisite movement based in northern California. Being part of the current fastest-growing church in the country, Thrive Worship is a group of diverse singers and musicians across seven campuses, expanding their creative reach while keeping the same core passion and message. Working as a worship family, they express the following approach – “a church for people who don’t like church” – with songs that are focused on unwrapping the gospel to everyone.

After signing with Integrity Music in 2018 and releasing their debut album, “A Thousand More,” and the new EP “Let's Have Church,” Thrive Worship “continues to pursue its call to equip the church with truth and faith, offering songs of hope for the future and love for our Savior.”

Phillips says, "Thrive Worship is just an extension of what's happening in our walls. We know when we're writing songs from the heartbeat of testimonies within our church, of our own testimonies, or what we've seen God do in our services."

He continues, "As we entered into this project, we were pulling from (about) 60 songs. We felt like God was pouring out on us but, at the end of the day, I think this idea of what God said in Acts 2, that in the last days that he would pour his spirit out on the church, we're seeing God's spirit in our lives. We're seeing God's spirit being poured out on our church right now in a way that I've personally never seen in the 20-odd years I've been coming to this church. We, as Thrive Worship and as songwriters, have a responsibility right now to equip the church with truth and with the gospel and with the mechanisms to share and to grow that faith."

Jen was born and raised in Tempe, AZ. She felt a call to worship leading at the age of 16, and soon began leading in her church youth group. Throughout her 20+ years in ministry, Jen has held several different leadership roles and has led teams of various sizes, styles, demographics and skill levels. She is passionate about songwriting, speaking, teaching, mentoring, and raising up future leaders.

Jen is the co-host of the Worship Leader Probs Podcast, and is also a credentialed minister through the Assemblies of God, serving as a resident worship leader at 29:11 Church in Arizona. She lives in Mesa, AZ with her husband Josh and their 5 children.

Heath Michael Bottomly serves as Lead Pastor of Creative Teams at Pure Heart Church in Phoenix, AZ, working with the incredibly thriving Music, Tech, Media and Communications teams there. He runs point as the Creative Strategist for the Experience Conference, serving Creative Team leaders and Worship teams from around the world. As co-owner of Maven Media Productions, he operates in small business/church organizational consulting, music production, and strategic marketing.

Ally Bachanos lives in Phoenix, AZ and serves as the Marketing Director for the Experience Conference. As the Kinetic Director at Maven Media Productions, she partners with churches, organizations, and individuals in areas such as social media management, branding, design, and marketing. She has served in ministry for 7+ years, and is currently the Communications Director at Pure Heart Church in Phoenix. 

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