Biblical Worship Workshop 2024

Biblical Worship Workshop 2024

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. – 1 Timothy 3:14-15

Whether we sing, play, or lead in song, we want to remain faithful to steward His truth as revealed in Scripture. This indeed is a weight of responsibility that we must not take lightly. We must worship the one true God, in all his glory, with as much musical excellence as we can muster- for His glory. Our singing is a primary way that God has given for our congregations to preserve, protect, and proclaim His truth. Our songs shape what we believe. Our songs pass the truth from generation to generation. Our songs protect us from false gospels. Our songs proclaim the truth of the glories of the living God!mote the celebration of Christ in and among us for God’s glory and man’s joy!

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2024 Workshop Speakers

John Martin

John Martin is a long-time worship leader and servant at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. He has led worship for numerous ministries at his home church including overseeing the music for the Crossroads college ministry at GCC.

John has led worship and taught sessions for various conferences including WorshipGod (Sovereign Grace Music), Resolved, Shepherd’s Conference, Truth Matters, Puritan Conference, and most recently for the Founders Ministries Conference. He and his wife Lisa were founding members of the Enfield band, and have also recorded for the Hymns of Grace video series.

John is currently the CMO at Spectrasonics. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married for 19 years and have three children.

Ryan Foglesong

Ryan serves as the Pastor of Corporate Worship at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, California. In this role, he oversees and shepherds volunteers in the adult choir, children’s choir, orchestra, and band ensembles. In addition, Ryan is responsible for leading and organizing all gatherings at Grace, including Sunday morning meetings, Sunday evening prayer meetings, and seasonal concerts.

From 2007-2013, Ryan wrote for and played bass in the band Enfield, which served the college ministry at Grace Community Church and the Resolved Conference. He is also an adjunct faculty member at The Master’s University, where he received his BM in Music Composition in 2007. He has taught arranging, composition, and electric bass at TMU and currently teaches songwriting.

He is one of the core songwriters for Sovereign Grace Music in addition to playing bass and auxiliary instruments on several of their albums since 2011. Some of his songs for SGM include “All of Our Tomorrows” and “Be Still, Be Still, My Soul (Psalm 46).”

Steve Lively

Steve Lively has been singing professionally for 40 years, performing as a soloist and background singer in live concerts and recording studios. His TV and film credits include The Fairly Oddparents, Anastasia, Beauty And The Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, Mulan, Polar Express and many others. He also sang on many commercials including those for Walmart, Toyota, Mattel, National Car Rental, Honda Motorcycles and Chili’s Restaurant. In addition, he has done background vocals for Neil Diamond, Sheena Easton, Steve Green, Kenny Loggins and Steve Camp, among others.

Steve has enjoyed a wide variety of experiences in Christian music ministry. He has appeared as a guest soloist and/or worship leader at churches and Christian camps throughout the United States including Hume Lake and Forest Home.

Steve has served as Pastor of Worship Ministries for the past 16 years at The Bridge Bible Fellowship in Reseda, CA. For 15 years prior to this, Steve led worship and directed a 100-voice high school/college worship choir at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, CA.

Steve and his wife, Mary, have been married for 41 years and have two children and two granddaughters.

Manny Pereira

Pastor, Trinity Bible Church
Manny Pereira was born and raised in the Central Valley of California. He served the Roman Catholic Church as an altar boy (altar server) from the age of five to sixteen. God opened his heart to see the glory of Christ and the wickedness of his own sin under the preaching of the gospel in a Protestant church. God graciously granted him repentance and faith in Christ in the summer of 1992.

From a young age Manny has enjoyed and studied God’s creation. He became a student of physics. With two applied science degrees, he entered IBM’s Almaden Research Center. After seven years of success at the Almaden laboratory, he gracefully departed from the science and technology profession to pursue training at The Masters Seminary where he received his Master of Divinity and entered full-time ministry. Manny now pastors Trinity Bible Church in Morgan Hill, California.

Chris Gee

Pastor, City Light Bible Church
As the Lead Pastor of City Light Bible Church, Chris preaches on Sunday mornings and provides the general direction and vision for the church. He was raised in Castro Valley and then moved to LA to attend UCLA where he studied mass communication and English.

Chris attended The Master’s Seminary and earned his Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Ministry in Expository Preaching.