The Advance 2023
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Friday, November 3rd 2023
Bellevue Presbyterian Church
10:30AM-6PM
Lunch, dinner and materials included with registration
Join us Friday Nov. 3rd, with your city team, or to connect with other co-laborers in your vineyard.
The Advance is round table seating with other members of your local city network to encourage collaboration and relationship with other leaders in your city. Saturate is partnering with Mission Fest Seattle (MFS) by connecting the Advance gathering to this year's MFS conference. Our goal with the Advance is to pull together leaders geographically for a time of prayer and discernment around how we can work together to bring the good news of Jesus to our cities.
It is our hope that every city in the Puget Sound would develop a strategic gospel saturation effort, where his kingdom becomes manifest and all would have the opportunity to meet Jesus! Registration for Mission's Fest is included with The Advance and you are welcome to attend any of the other sessions that weekend at your convenience.
speakers
CHris gough
Chris is a Seattle native who worked in pastoral ministry in North Seattle for a decade and then with Seattle's Union Gospel Mission for his second decade of work. At SUGM he started working with and developing city networks throughout the greater Seattle area, and was a part of creating local church school partnerships, a foster care network, and a homelessness coalition. Now at Saturate the Sound, Chris continues to pursue a calling to see every city have a thriving gospel network! Chris just celebrated 20 years of marriage to his wife Rebekah and has four great kids.
Bill Richardson
Bill and his wife Sharon were involved in lay ministry in Scotland for 15 years from 1995-2010. This included 9 years with Prison Fellowship and church planting among other things. Bill and his wife Sharon answered the call to ministry and God brought them to Multnomah Seminary in Portland with their 2 children Amy-Rose and Peter from 2010-2013. After graduating with his Master of Divinity, Bill was the Senior Pastor at the Evangelical Free Church of the Palouse in Pullman WA, where his responsibilities included bible teaching, college ministry, counseling and prayer. Back in Scotland, the Holy Spirit stirred Bill’s heart towards prayer through Jim Cymbala’s book, Fresh Wind Fresh Fire. This prayer journey continued in America where God linked him to 6:4 Fellowship. This ministry led by Daniel Henderson, is dedicated to developing pastors with a heart for prayer and ministry of the word (Acts 6:4). Bill received coaching from Daniel with regards to prayer. This led Bill to lead times of scripture fed, spirit led, worship-based prayer. This included a day of prayer every week, a Fresh Encounter with Jesus every Wednesday night, and a once-a-month pastor and ministry leader’s prayer breakfast for 20-30 people. On 11/21/20 the Holy Spirit spoke clearly that he was going to move Bill and Sharon to the coast. On 03/17/21 Bill received an email from Alvin Vander Griend concerning a new director position at Light of the World Prayer Center and followed the very clear leading! It is an incredible privilege to see the Lord move through prayer in Whatcom County.
Jeff Vanderstelt
As the Executive Director of Saturate and visionary leader of the Soma Family of Churches, Jeff Vanderstelt gets to spend his days doing what he loves – mentoring leaders and equipping the Church in the gospel and missional living. Additionally, Jeff is on the leadership team of Saturate the Sound, a local church collective focused on gospel saturation in the Puget Sound. Jeff has authored Saturate, Gospel Fluency, and Making Space. He and Jayne, his wife, have three children; Haylee, Caleb, and Maggie. Connect with Jeff on twitter and instagram @JeffVanderstelt.
Rich Simms
Rich Simms founded Reach Ministry and Hope Is Alive Church because of his deepened passion for his local communities that have been considered broken, lost and without hope. Rich Simms has been featured as a key voice and proponent for hope and change on MSNBC, The Seattle Times, Spirit 105.3, Fox13 News Seattle, Awakening Music Festival, and other local media outlets. Rich believes that hope is alive and has become an Ambassador of Hope to shine that light in these darkened areas.
His actions have resounded louder than words throughout the hearts of all those within his neighborhood communities. He spends his time getting to know and guiding those who have been coping with homelessness, addictions, sex trafficking and mental health challenges. Rich has a true gift of connecting with others and meeting them where they are. By providing his unconditional love and support, he has witnessed lives restored and be made new. By giving people the supportive community, resources, and tools, they receive love, hope, and a true opportunity for the change they need in their lives.