Scott is the pastor of Advance responsible for preaching, worship, leadership development, and vision alignment. He and his wife, Heather, live in Gibsonia and have five daughters.

He has been in full-time ministry in Western Pennsylvania since 2000. He is an active learner who enjoys getting things done, caring for people, teaching doctrine and Bible studies, leading worship, as well as local and global church planting. As time allows, he enjoys playing golf and preparing dinner on his backyard fire pit.

Evan has served as the Associate Pastor at Advance since the Summer of 2022, and is grateful to get to be part of this community and God’s work in it.

He married his wife, Halle, shortly after graduating from Penn State, and they have two daughters, Lilah and Josefine.  After a short stint teaching middle-school, God led Evan and his family into vocational ministry in 2018. Evan lives to see Jesus Christ glorified as people receive His gospel and rejoice in Him. Evan holds a Master of Divinity degree from Denver Seminary.

Claudine works in the church office assisting the Pastors, Staff, Leadership Team and Ministry Leaders with their various projects and ministries.  She has a bachelor's degree from Duquesne University.

Claudine is a Mom of 3 adult children and a 4 year old cockapoo. She enjoys crocheting and reading on her porch. Claudine loves Jesus and studying the Bible.

Since the earliest days of Advance, Heather has led children's ministries. Her organizational skills and vision for robust discipleship continues to be a gift to the church. In more recent years, she has developed an effective women's ministry designed to connect women of all ages and backgrounds with each other and with the Lord.

Heather earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education with a Youth Ministry Minor from Geneva College. She also holds a Master of Education from Slippery Rock University. She enjoys reading and spending time with her family - especially at the beach!

Shannon has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting and Finance from the University at Buffalo. She worked as a CPA for KPMG and UPMC in her pre-mom years. She lives in Gibsonia with her husband and they have 2 children.

She enjoys yard work, exercising, bonfires, snow-blowing, going for walks...basically anything outdoors. She also loves hanging out and laughing with her family.