Austin Payne

Austin grew up in Quito, Ecuador as a missionary kid, which kick-started his passion for seeing people surrender their lives to Jesus. He now serves as the Director of Student Ministries as 3Crosses in the East Bay with his wife, Paige, and two beautiful daughters, Piper and Phoebe. He has way too many hobbies including surfing, dirt bike riding, golfing, and pretty much any lawn game.

Joshua Royal

Joshua Royal is a worship leader from Huntington Beach, CA. He has served in full-time ministry over the last decade for a variety of churches, organizations, and leadership groups. Joshua has a passion for camp ministry and seeing the next generation of worshippers being raised up in the Lord. He and his wife Hannah have been married for 7 years and welcomed their first child, Jack in May of 2024.

Justin Knowles

G. Hall

G. Hall has served Jesus as a worship leader for over 20 years. His passion for leading the body of Christ in Worship has opened countless opportunities to serve alongside local and global ministries. G is a singer/songwriter who has a love for writing music for the Kingdom of God. Currently he is launching a non-profit named Praise Him Different (P.H.D.) which will focus on teaching and creating spaces for all expressions of worship in the body of Christ. He currently lives in Southern California with his wife of 17 years and 4 children.

Jeff Bachman

Jeff brings over three decades of ministry leadership, serving students, families, groups, and         executive teams through pastoral ministry, coaching, and consulting. As an executive search consultant Jeff is passionate about investing in leaders who then invest in others, and multiplying influence for eternal impact. Jeff is deeply committed to fostering healthy, values-driven team environments and thriving staff cultures that align with mission and vision.

Holding a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Equipping from Western Seminary, Jeff blends theological depth with practical application. He loves one-on-one conversations, team trainings, or speaking to groups and gatherings.

Jeff and his wife, Shara, along with their three children, make their home in the Bay Area of California. He enjoys concerts, cooking, podcasting, traveling to new places, and sharing meaningful conversations over a favorite beverage, always seeking to connect deeply and inspire others along the way.

Marra Music

Marra, a name used to address friends, is a project started by three friends: Alex, Miah, and Tommy. The three have all had their own individual journeys growing up in musical homes and serving at their local church. In 2023, the trio began their music journey together while serving at various Christian summer camps in which marked their lives for worship and where creating musical art for the church became a central focus. Marra spends most of their time serving at many different youth and young adult events. Marra seeks to influence culture with Jesus-centered worship that directly ministers to the heart of Jesus while leading the people in the room to Him. The group has a heart for young people hosting the presence of God as a generation.

Justin McVey

Justin McVey has been in ministry for 20 years, working as a Worship Leader, Youth Specialist, and Family Pastor. He currently serves as the campus pastor at Sandals Church East Valley. Justin and his wife Heather have three awesome/crazy kids, Teagan(12), Terek(10) and Tinley(7). The McVey Fam currently lives in Redlands, California with their dogs Ty and Tilley. Justin loves sports (GO CHIEFS!!!), pizza, snowboarding, long walks on the beach and binging on Netflix. Justin is the founder of #NEVERALONE and has a passion to reach others with a message of hope so that they can encounter the power and presence of Christ and connect with local faith communities in a meaningful way.

Rusty Busse

My name is Rusty and I have had the privilege of serving as Music Director at Central Christian Church in Gilbert, Arizona for six years and have been involved with a few worship teams & bands including ACU Worship, Central Music, CSM Music Culture, Bonstin, STOX., and more. So stoked to bring together some of my best friends across those worlds to worship God together, serve Forest Home, and make some new friends at Winter Camp!