Sam has over 15 years of experience in pastoral ministry. His greatest joy in ministry comes from connecting with people and hearing their journeys through life. There are very few things that are more inspiring than seeing God move through the lives of others. He is passionate about people experiencing the love of God, while discovering who they are. Seeing people empowered and to walk in conviction is a thrill. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Central Washington University, a Master's in Theology and Leadership from Seattle Pacific University, and is an ordained minister through The Foursquare Church.
In his free time, he likes to play sports, golf, fish, read, and spend time with friends. He cannot wait to be a dad someday soon!
Jessie likes to support the church by primarily focusing on leadership and church programs. She is interested in developing leaders that are emotionally and spiritually healthy. Jessie has a Bachelor’s in Social Work and Minor in Education from the University of Washington, a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Northwest University, and a School Counseling degree from City University. As a high school counselor, she loves her job and her students! She is passionate about social justice and advocating for those in need. Jessie is also currently working on her Foursquare licensure.
In her free time, she likes to read, shop, go to the gym, and travel.
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Robert has served with Pastor Sam for over 10 years in various contexts. He loves to reinvent the wheel and put things in order. He has been tasked with many different roles within the church over the years and enjoys the development of leaders and the processes. He works at Microsoft as a Senior Technical Marketing Operations where he builds scalable marketing solution tactics for various Microsoft products (Teams, Surface, M365, Windows and Copilot). He loves to solve problems and provide solutions along with streamlining processes with AI.
In his free time, he likes to spend time with his family (Jee and baby girl Mina), friends, play volleyball, golf, build legos, build new spreadsheets (financial or personal use) and Candy Crushin’.
Jee loves hearing how God is uniquely working in His people by connecting with those in her community through 1:1 conversations. Jee has been in corporate finance and business intelligence for 14 years and feels blessed to be able to serve in the church with her professional experience. She holds a B.A. in Economics and Chinese (Mandarin) from University of Michigan and a Master’s in Information and Data Science from UC Berkeley.
In her free time, she likes to work on large LEGO sets with her husband, Robert, cook Korean food, and play golf when Seattle weather permits!