podcast bios
Stan Endicott
Irvine, CA
Stan is a worship consultant, arranger, producer, and current worship pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, CA. Before moving to Mariners, he served as worship leader at Knott Avenue Christian Church for over 20 years. Stan is the Director of Worship Development for Southern California Evangelical Association as well as being a consulting director for several gospel choirs, including Promise Keepers and Saddleback Community Church. He's a founding partner with the slingshot group, which hopes to come alongside churches and faith-based organizations and use a combination of God-given savvy, instincts, creativity and experience to help them be relevant amidst ever-evolving changes in culture and society. Stan is also the Worship Principal (that sounds intimidating) for Consuming Worship. A new movement in worship music is rising. Worship leaders all around the country are writing their own music to reflect the heart of worship within the people of their church. Consuming Worship exists to give expression to this creative form of worship.
www.slingshotgroup.net
www.consumingworship.com
Tom Clark
As a creative design artist whose work was guided by the needs of his clientele, Tom had a desire to break free and do something more God-centered. After a meeting with his pastor who coaxed him to "paint live while we are worshiping," he brought his paintbrushes and canvas to a service. That initial seed has become a ministry that spans the world painting at conferences, concerts, fundraisers and churches of all denominations assimilating his fine art and theater background as well as his passion for worship. He also conducts workshops and facilitates large collaborative paintings that engages all those in attendance at his events as well as designing stages and environmental spaces. The goal of his ministry is to visually lead people into worship and to challenge them to live their lives with a blank canvas allowing God to help apply form and color along the way.
Tom has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from California State University of Long Beach and lives with his wife Theresa and daughters, Jayne and Eve and dog Dodger in San Juan Capistrano, California.
www.tclarkdesign.com
Monty Kelso
Monty served for 20 years as the Director of Creative Communication and Worship Leader for Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo, California. He ministered for many years as primary clinician and worship leader for Maranatha! Music's Worship Leader Workshop teams and regularly participated in various conferences throughout the U.S. as a worship leader and conference speaker. He was the founding director of the Southern California Worship Institute (SCWI), from November 2001 until June 2004. He now lives in southern CA with his beautiful wife Christa and his three boys.
Denny Bellesi
Denny is a graduate of Denver Seminary, graduating in 1979 with a Masters in Divinity. Over the years he has served in a variety of Church and Para-Church ministries. Ministries including Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, CA, Van Nuys Baptist Church in Van Nuys, CA, and Youth for Christ in San Diego, CA and Denver, CO. Besides being an authentic pastor that faithfully shepherds his congregation, Denny is an avid golfer and sports enthusiast. In 1985 Denny and Leesa Bellesi moved to South Orange County, California to plant a new venture, which became Coast Hills Community Church. Denny and Leesa now focus much of their energy on The Kingdom Assignment – www.kingdomassignment.com
Holland Davis
Holland began leading worship at the age of 13. At 16, a Bible Study in which he was involved became Calvary Chapel Vista and he became the worship leader. His first song, "Glorious," was published by Vineyard Music Group. Soon after, Holland developed a curriculum for Adventure In God's Presence workshops. His most well known song, "Let It Rise," was published by Maranatha! Music and recorded by Paul Baloche on Praise Band 7. He has served as A&R and Marketing director for Maranatha! Music and as the marketing and A&R committee for the WOW Worship series. Holland led the formation of the Calvary Chapel School Of Worship, The Worship Life Conferences and Calvary Chapel Music. He’s been involved in planting five churches with various associations and denominations as well as consulting in worship for small groups and church plants through Church Resource Ministries. - www.worshipconference.org - www.oceanhillschurch.com
Eric Herron
Eric has been producing live worship music in a congregational setting since 1991 when he became the Pastor of Worship at NewSong Church in San Dimas, CA. In 2003, Eric and his wife Nathalie left NewSong to become missionaries with Church Resource Ministries (CRM). Through CRM, Eric endeavors to develop worship artists using personal mentoring, workshops, web-based media, and writing. Serving from southern California, Eric has also traveled to Romania, Venezuela, Russia, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and most recently Hungary and Serbia to either lead worship or conduct cross-cultural worship leader training. From 1993 to the present, Eric has produced six worship albums which have gained national recognition and are currently in use internationally. His academic training includes a Master of Arts in Worship, Theology, and the Arts from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California and two years of Music Theory training from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California.
www.worshipartist.net
www.unkeptrecords.com
www.crmleaders.org
