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Sam Townsend
Lead Pastor
Sam Townsend
Lead Pastor
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 Townsend
Executive Leader
Jessie Townsend
Executive Leader
Jessie is passionate about raising up emotionally and spiritually healthy leaders. She likes to use her administrative skills to support the church by focusing on leadership and church programs. Jessie is also a licensed Foursquare minister and loves doing more behind-the-scenes work. Her background consists of a Bachelor’s in Social Work with a 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. Her full-time job is being a high school counselor and she loves it! She is also passionate about social justice and advocating for those in need.
Pastor Sam and Jessie have been together since 2008 and are excited to be parents one day through adoption. In her free time, she enjoys reading, shopping, going to the gym, and traveling.
Thomas Deang
Executive Leader
Thomas Deang
Executive Leader
Thomas has spent various roles in multiple ministries (youth, college, bible study) since being called to serve 15 years ago. He is passionate about serving people and seeing everyone find their worth in God. Thomas is also interested in building connections in the church where people can live life together and experience God’s love in the day to day. He currently works at Morgan Stanley as an Operations Manager, managing teams around the world supporting the client service teams to deliver outstanding client experience.
In his free time, he likes to hangout with his family (Jessica, Vincent and Isla), play all types of video games, watch sports (Go Jags) and learn world history. Fun fact – Thomas can name all of the countries in the world!
Robert Lee
Executive Leader
Robert Lee
Executive Leader
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), hang out with friends, play volleyball, golf, build legos, build new spreadsheets (financial or personal use) and Candy Crushin’.
Peter Yi
Executive Leader
Peter Yi
Executive Leader
Peter has previously served with many of the executive leaders in various roles serving in ministries for young adults, men and also managing finances / budgets. He appreciates the importance of putting in the work to sharpen and grow in our relationships by being present, reliable and consistent in their lives. As a parent of two toddlers, his current passion is exploring together how we can nurture families with young children, growing together in faith, community and navigating the challenges and joys of parenthood. Peter has a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics from the University of Puget Sound, and currently works in Commercial Finance in the pharmacy automation industry.
His hobbies include exploring new places to play and eat with his family and friends, playing sports and e-biking the Burke Gilman trail like a true Seattle native!
Jee Lee
Executive Administrator
Jee Lee
Executive Administrator
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!
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