Guest Speaker Lineup: abidecr

Brandon Levering | Lead Pastor, Stonebridge Church, Cedar Rapids 

Aaron Williams | Worship Leader, Recording Artist, Author, and founder of The Way of Worship, Dallas, Texas.  

Aaron is passionate about mentoring and developing young leaders and spends much of his time investing in and training emerging leaders and teams. Aaron frequently travels to lead worship for and teach at events, churches, and conferences on the topics of worship, songwriting, theology, an

Jason Ishmael | Antioch Christian Church, Marion

Marissa Bushlack | Uncommon Schools, Brooklyn, NY

Marissa Bushlack was born and raised here in eastern Iowa. After she graduated John Brown University in 2021, she followed the Lord’s leading to New York City, where she teaches research and argumentation to high school students in Brooklyn. 

Marissa’s greatest passions (in no particular order) include: female friendship; hosting people; deep study o

Jay Haugh | Lead Pastor, New Covenant Bible Church, Cedar Rapids

In a ministry spanning 20+ years, Jay and his wife Jen have called Texas, Mexico, California, Minnesota, Washington, and Iowa home. They enjoy traveling with their kids Ben and Abi, and spoiling their pair of French bulldogs, Stella and Birdie Bean. You can also catch Jay watching action-packed TV series, enjoying several sports, and