Monday, October 27, 2008

Staff Bio - John Mullis, Children's Ministry Director

Here is some random information about John:

John has been the Children’s Ministry Director at Arvada Covenant Church since 2006.  He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Northern Colorado in 1990 and a Post-Bachelor Certification in Music Education in 1992.  While teaching instrumental music to 5th and 6th graders for 10 years in Chandler, Arizona he earned a Master’s Degree in Education emphasizing elementary curriculum and instruction.

Currently he is responsible for providing vision and leadership for the entire birth-5th grade children’s ministry at Arvada Covenant Church.  Over the past 10 years, John has run children’s ministries at churches in size from 150-4000.

He and his wife Laura have been married for 18 years and have 4 kids from 11-16 years old.

His music degree was in trombone performance.  He taught 5th and 6th grade band. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He’s lived in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona.

Favorite book of the Bible right now is Colossians.   Thinks Gideon was cool even though he wasn’t a great leader to start out.  Favorite authors are John Piper, Brennan Manning and Henri Nouwen.

Has read about 10 books on Ernest Shackleton and is fascinated by story of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Has to repeat Proverbs 3:5-8 to himself often.

He is an avid road cyclist and mountain biker and has been since he was 12.

He likes cats and hopes you’re okay with that.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Josh is o.k. with you liking cats. I am not.

K.Shoe