MAIN SESSION SPEAKERS
BEN FITZGERALD
Ben Fitzgerald is a passionate lover of Jesus and the senior leader of Awakening Europe and Awakening churches, a movement that champions the Gospel across Europe through stadium events, city-wide outreaches, and training schools, where thousands have come to Christ. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Pastor Ben met Jesus in an encounter that deeply changed him in 2002 while he lived in deep brokenness. Since then he has lived passionately about one thing – showing the world Jesus in his everyday life and taking the good news of the Kingdom to the nations. He and the team are helping many people be equipped to share the Gospel, plant new churches, and raise up a company of pure worshippers in Europe.
Galatians 5:1 says “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” In line with that mission, Ben loves to equip people to live in God’s fullness of freedom and identity. He has a deep conviction that the future of nations will be transformed by radical believers living free and proclaiming Jesus boldly.
JULIE YODER
Julie Yoder has served as Co–Senior Pastor alongside her husband, Mike, at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois since the fall of 2019. Together, they are committed to partnering with Jesus in building a church where everybody gets to play and where Christ is truly the Head.
Since July 2024, their leadership has been marked by a beautiful and unmistakable move of God across their church family. Week after week, people have been encountering the Holy Spirit in fresh ways—experiencing healing, freedom, restored relationships, and a renewed hunger for God’s presence.
Julie and Mike have carried this season with deep humility, stewarding revival by creating space for God to move, championing prayer and worship, and equipping their church to respond to what the Lord is doing. They are incredibly grateful for the men and women who serve alongside them, helping nurture a church family that passionately loves God, loves one another, and joyfully embraces the work of the Spirit in their midst.
MICHAEL FEHLAUER
Pastor Mike Fehlauer has been the lead pastor of New Life Church in Corpus Christi, Texas since 2011. After Mike’s personal encounter with the Holy Spirit, New Life Church experienced a sudden outpouring of God’s power in 2018. Since 2018, NLC has become a center of revival—they have seen over 7,000 spontaneous water baptisms and over 10,000 salvations.
Both Pastor Mike and his wife, Bonnie, desire to see Corpus Christi and the nation transformed by the power and love of God. Through their leadership, the fire of revival that initially began inside the walls of NLC is now being experienced within the public schools in Corpus Christi. Several hundred students attend Bible clubs each week, as well as several hundred college students experiencing an awakening at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi through weekly life groups.
DIANNE LEMAN
Dianne Leman left her career in education after a life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit and a miraculous healing from infertility. She and her husband, Happy Leman, soon entered full-time ministry, founding The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois, where they served as Senior Pastors for decades.
For more than forty years, Dianne has been a prophetic voice and spiritual mother within the Vineyard movement. Her ministry has been marked by a profound love for the Holy Spirit—welcoming His presence, teaching others to hear God’s voice, and creating space for healing, freedom, and transformation. She has served on the Vineyard USA Executive Team, led both the Women in Leadership and Renewal Teams, and traveled widely, sharing God’s love and power around the world.
Dianne is also an accomplished author. Her books include “Hello, Holy Spirit”, “We’re Pregnant!”, “Jesus Heals Today”, and “Wrecked for God”.
She continues to champion a life of intimacy with Jesus and joyful partnership with the Spirit, encouraging believers everywhere to step boldly into the fullness of the Kingdom.
KEIRSTYN WORDEN
Having grown up as a pastor’s kid, Keirstyn Worden has a lifelong and storied love for Jesus and His church. Now with more than a decade of experience pastoring youth herself, she continues to fan the flames of both personal and global revival. With a message of fervor and devotion, she seeks to see every believer awakened to their first love and empowered to do the works of Jesus. Her leadership is marked by confidence and faith in the next generation, a strong prophetic gifting, and a love for the Holy Spirit.
Keirstyn co-pastors the youth ministry at the Vineyard Church of Central Illinois in Urbana with her husband, Samuel Worden. They are also currently serving as the Vineyard Youth USA Midwest Central Mobilizer. With Samuel, she has the honor of raising their three kids, Kaedynce (9), Everleigh (6), and Judah (4).
DANIEL GOULET
After encountering Jesus and being set free from addiction, Daniel Goulet has devoted his life to helping others experience healing, freedom, and lasting transformation through the power and presence of God. He has a deep heart for freedom and deliverance and ministers through both word and worship in a way that helps people encounter the Father’s love and walk in wholeness, sonship, and Spirit-empowered discipleship. At the core of his calling is equipping the Church in identity, intimacy with God, and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit with maturity and humility.
Daniel has served as a pastor at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois for over 19 years and currently serves as Director of the School of Kingdom Ministry (SoKM), a global training movement that has equipped over 9,000 graduates in more than 200 locations worldwide to live as naturally supernatural disciples of Jesus. He and his wife, Katie, have three energetic sons and one beautiful daughter, and as a family, they love house projects, scooter rides, backyard adventures, and life with their dog, Gracie.
BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS
THURSDAY
JORDAN DIMARCO
About the Session: Christ invites us to bring our weaknesses to Him rather than hiding or managing them through the wisdom of the world. In this breakout session, we’ll explore what Scripture teaches about weakness, surrender, and dependence on God, and how receiving Christ in our weakness leads to deep inner freedom and transformation.
Jordan Dimarco, mostly known as Kristene’s husband, pastored at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry from 2013 - 2023. He is now the executive pastor of Jesus Culture San Diego. Jordan is focused on the Holy Spirit, seeing the Lord come in power, on the constant pursuit of truth, and on seeing the Bride of Christ be His reward. Jordan wants the Church to know its roots of revival and prepare for the next outpouring. Jordan is a father to two wonderful children Lorelai and Nico, who when asked to described him said: “he is cool and likes doing fun stuff.”
JUSTIN ALLEN
About the Session: In this breakout session, Justin Allen shares a significant encounter in which the Lord released a strategy for the harvest and a call to courageous Kingdom advance. Rooted in intimacy with God and the fear of the Lord, this session invites participants to discern the times and seasons in which they live and to respond with bold faith, obedience, and spiritual authority. Expect prophetic insight, clarity for this moment, and practical direction for partnering with what God is releasing now.
Justin Allen is a globally respected speaker, author, and advisor, dedicated to serving leaders across diverse sectors. After nearly a decade of traveling the world and ministering to people from all walks of life, he founded Times and Seasons Coaching. Driven by a desire to guide others from darkness into light, Justin excels in identifying the critical times and seasons of life, offering invaluable counsel to those who seek his guidance.
SAMUEL WORDEN
About the Session: Every believer is invited to grow in faith for the miraculous—but what does that actually look like in everyday Kingdom living? In this breakout session, Samuel Worden will explore how faith is formed, strengthened, and activated through intimacy with God, obedience to His Word, and partnership with the Holy Spirit. This session will stir hunger, ground expectations in Scripture, and call participants to step into a lifestyle in which miracles, healings, and the power of God are a normal expression of following Jesus.
Samuel is a husband, father of three, and Co-Youth Pastor with his wife at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois. He burns with unrelenting zeal for revival, longing to see the Church fully alive and awakened by the presence and power of God. He carries a deep love for theology and church history as the living story of God's faithfulness that fuels his heart to bridge generations and ignite a multigenerational move of God. His passion is to see the full Gospel demonstrated as the first disciples lived it—Word and Spirit, Holiness and Hunger, Truth and Fire—and to train and send a generation so deeply rooted in the love of the Father, so captivated by the beauty of Jesus, and so filled with the Spirit's power, that they carry Revival wherever they go.
SPARKLE SANDERS
About the Session: Are you constantly leading yourself and others from a place of anxiety and fear, worried that you're not good enough and don't have what it takes to lead? Has this thinking caused you to shrink back in doubt, questioning the very call and purpose God has on your life? It's time to dispel the lies of the enemy and get free! God created you perfectly. He has made no mistake in how you are wired and how He has designed you to lead. In this power-packed session, you will learn the keys to embracing your God-given personality and leadership style and discover how to walk in your God-given authority and power, giving you greater confidence as a leader. This session will be two-fold: you'll spend time learning the keys and then applying them to your leadership.
Sparkle Sanders is a long-time member of The Vineyard Church, serving as one of TVC's Kingdom Unity & Diversity Coordinators, a member of the Pastoral Advisory Committee, and a leadership consultant to the pastoral team. She is a certified Leadership Consultant, Coach, and Speaker with Maxwell Leadership and owns Addspark Consulting, Inc., where she helps businesses, ministries, and organizations with leadership development, executive coaching, and strategic planning. Sparkle is also the Founder & Speaker of Beautiful Truth, a global encouragement ministry that uses God's word to encourage people through social media, devotionals, Bible studies, and retreats.
JOEL REICHLIN
About the Session: This first session centers on beholding Jesus as the Lamb of God. Through biblical teaching, prophetic ministry, and impartation, participants will be invited into a deeper place of encounter—learning to minister prophetically from intimacy, not striving.
Founder of Real Love Ministries and father of 2 beautiful daughters. Jesus is the great reward of the Gospel. Our Teams have been privileged to walk with Jesus throughout the Nations of the World. We host conferences and gatherings centered around God’s presence and the prophetic ministry of the Holy Spirit. Discipleship with a focus on Holiness, Biblical Integrit,y and Holy Spirit power is burning in our hearts. Our vision is the see the world awakened by the love and Presence of Jesus.
FRIDAY
KRISTENE DIMARCO
About the Session: In this breakout session, Kristene DiMarco will explore what it means to lead worship from a place of dependence on the Lord. Drawing from personal experience and the biblical story of Gideon, she will share how trusting God’s strength rather than our own shapes the way we lead people into His presence with humility, faith, and obedience.
Kristene carries a powerful anointing to lead people into deep encounter with the presence of God. Known for songs like “It Is Well,” “Take Courage,” and “I Will Follow You,” her worship invites honesty, freedom, and a renewed trust in God’s goodness.
Her heart beats for authentic worship that draws the Church into intimacy with the Father—exactly what this year’s theme is all about. As we gather under the banner of Isaiah 61, we believe God will use these moments of worship to bring healing, restoration, and freedom across the room.
JORDAN DIMARCO
About the Session: God’s correction and discipline are expressions of His goodness as a loving Father. In this breakout session, we’ll explore how leaning into the Father’s discipline as sons and daughters leads to growth, healing, and freedom, helping us better recognize His care, guidance, and forming work in our lives.
Jordan Dimarco, mostly known as Kristene’s husband, pastored at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry from 2013 - 2023. He is now the executive pastor of Jesus Culture San Diego. Jordan is focused on the Holy Spirit, seeing the Lord come in power, on the constant pursuit of truth, and on seeing the Bride of Christ be His reward. Jordan wants the Church to know its roots of revival and prepare for the next outpouring. Jordan is a father to two wonderful children Lorelai and Nico, who when asked to described him said: “he is cool and likes doing fun stuff.”
JOEL REICHLIN
About the Session: This session builds on Thursday’s session by exploring how prophetic ministry flows naturally from our union with Christ. We will focus on hearing God’s voice from a place of love, presence, and surrender, followed by prophetic activation and practical ministry time for those in attendance. Joel’s combined sessions are designed to move you from encounter to expression—from beholding Jesus to ministering prophetically out of His love and presence.
Founder of Real Love Ministries and father of 2 beautiful daughters. Jesus is the great reward of the Gospel. Our Teams have been privileged to walk with Jesus throughout the Nations of the World. We host conferences and gatherings centered around God’s presence and the prophetic ministry of the Holy Spirit. Discipleship with a focus on Holiness, Biblical Integrit,y and Holy Spirit power is burning in our hearts. Our vision is the see the world awakened by the love and Presence of Jesus.
DANIEL GOULET & DIANNE LEMAN
About the Session: Jesus sends us to cast out demons with both power (dunamis) and authority (exousia)—power that comes from the Holy Spirit, and authority rooted in what Christ has given us in His name. In this breakout session, we will explore what it means to minister deliverance from the authority Christ has given us, empowered by the Spirit, bringing freedom to those bound by demons. “Jesus called together His twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to heal all diseases.” Luke 9:1
Daniel has served as a pastor at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois for over 19 years and currently serves as Director of the School of Kingdom Ministry (SoKM). Having personally encountered Jesus and experienced freedom from addiction, Daniel carries a deep heart for deliverance and equipping the Church to minister in the power and authority of the Holy Spirit with humility, maturity, and love.
For more than forty years, Dianne has been a prophetic voice and spiritual mother within the Vineyard movement. Her ministry has been marked by a profound love for the Holy Spirit—welcoming His presence, teaching others to hear God’s voice, and creating space for healing, freedom, and transformation. She has served on the Vineyard USA Executive Team, led both the Women in Leadership and Renewal Teams, and traveled widely, sharing God’s love and power around the world.
JOANNA MACHEN
About the Session: Our dreams are a gift from God, yet they are often ignored because they can feel confusing or difficult to understand. In this breakout session, we’ll explore the basics of dreams and how to approach interpretation in a simple, biblical, and Spirit-led way, helping participants grow in confidence as they learn to recognize how God may be speaking through their dreams.
Joanna is the Healing Ministries Director at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois. She is passionate about training believers to hear God’s voice and minister in the power of the Holy Spirit, with a particular heart for praying for physical and inner healing. Her ministry focuses on helping others find wholeness and freedom through the work of the Spirit.
JUSTIN ALLEN
About the Session: In this breakout session, Justin Allen shares a significant encounter in which the Lord released a strategy for the harvest and a call to courageous Kingdom advance. Rooted in intimacy with God and the fear of the Lord, this session invites participants to discern the times and seasons in which they live and to respond with bold faith, obedience, and spiritual authority. Expect prophetic insight, clarity for this moment, and practical direction for partnering with what God is releasing now.
Justin Allen is a globally respected speaker, author, and advisor, dedicated to serving leaders across diverse sectors. After nearly a decade of traveling the world and ministering to people from all walks of life, he founded Times and Seasons Coaching. Driven by a desire to guide others from darkness into light, Justin excels in identifying the critical times and seasons of life, offering invaluable counsel to those who seek his guidance.