Meet the Expand Team
Sean Thomé
Executive
Director
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In 1995, Sean married Angel, the love of his life. They now have four children together: Annabelle, Anthony, Emily, and McKenna, as well as an amazing son-in-law, Taylor. Born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sean moved to Orange Country, California where he was introduced to Jesus as a teenager. Having his path radically altered by the life-changing hope of Jesus, he made the decision to attend Hope International University, where he earned a BA in Biblical Studies and Church Growth.
Sean served for ten years as a student ministry pastor in both Northridge, California and Tigard, Oregon. In 2004, Sean and Angel planted a church with Expand Northwest where he served as the lead pastor for ten years. Sean has been the Executive Director for Expand Northwest since 2011.
Sean and his family live in Tigard, Oregon. He enjoys a strong cup of bold roast coffee, a good day of surf at the Oregon coast, and spending quality time with his family. His passion is to see Jesus Christ exalted and the kingdom of God expanded through encouraging and equipping of God’s people.
Gary Barrett
Director
of Operations
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Gary has been the Treasurer since 1999. He is an accomplished business owner / consultant and teaches as an adjunct professor at George Fox University. Gary serves on the staff at Canby Christian Church as a Financial Administrator. Gary and his wife, Ellen, live in Canby, OR, and have two grown children and two beautiful grandchildren.
Summer Shore
Pastoral Encouragment Team
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Summer Shore is co-founder of Revive Ministries, a writer, speaker, and co-host of the Experience Revival podcast. She has been on-air personality in Christian radio for the past 6 years. Summer has been speaking and teaching for 18 years, using humor and real-life experiences to connect with women, speak to their hearts and draw them closer to God. She also enjoys singing and leading worship whenever she can. Summer and her husband, Jake, have been married for almost 20 years and have 3 boys that keep her on her toes! Summer loves spending time traveling and going on adventures with her family, especially if it involves going to her favorite Cuban restaurant. When she’s not on the air or working with Revive, you’ll find her curled up in a fuzzy blanket with mug of chai tea and, you guessed it, a Hallmark movie.
Melissa Campbell
Pastoral Encouragment Team
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Melissa is a writer, speaker and co-founder for Revive Ministries, as well as, co-host of the Experience Revival Podcast. Melissa has a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from the Austin Graduate School of Theology and spent 12 years church planting in Oregon with her husband, Jason. She has 20 years of experience in leadership development, event planning, small group discipleship and establishing women’s ministries. She enjoys hiking and kayaking the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two teenage daughters. Melissa has a passion for helping others experience God’s kingdom and desires to equip God’s people for their calling.
Tammy Adams
Pastoral Encouragment Team
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Tammy has served in the Kingdom for over 40 years. Her favorite role was pastoring alongside her husband, Dave, for 33 years until he received his heavenly call. Today, Tammy seeks to serve, encourage and pray for pastor’s wives as they serve in their unique roles. Tammy loves a great cup of tea and listening to women’s hearts through one on one conversations.
Wilson Parrish
Director of Pastoral Encouragment
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Wilson’s passion to come alongside, befriend, and prayerfully support pastors grows from his own twenty-five years in church ministry. He served as a college pastor for a total of fifteen years, and then as a church planter for ten years. Most of those last ten years overlapped his present career as a law enforcement chaplain which began in December of 2010. Wilson has a Masters in Ministry from Pepperdine University, and is certified as a Master Chaplain by the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC). He has been married to Kristen, a first grade teacher, since 1994. Kristen and Wilson are presently members of Northwest Christian Church. They have two amazing, Christ-following adult children and one equally amazing son-in-law.
Naomi Federiuk
Leader
Ministry Team
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Naomi is a compassionate leader and storyteller, driven by her dedication to foster meaningful connections. She loves Jesus and believes she is called to be in the community helping, protecting, and advocating for the most vulnerable. Naomi lives in Tigard, Oregon with her husband, two children and rambunctious Boston Terrier, Opal. She loves nature and spends her free time walking, hiking or in her garden.