> services > staff > site map	family Rebecca - wife Mark - son Sara - daughter Ana - daughter Timothy - son education Dallas Baptist University position Music minister - Westland Heights Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas ministry Madrigal Singers - Tarrant County College University Ringers, Dallas Baptist University Music minister (supply) - Westridge Baptist Church Music minister - Lebanon Baptist Church, Cleborrn, Texas miscellaneous Edmund F. Boetcher Vocal Scholarship The National Dean's List The National Scholar's Honor Society Alpha Sigma Omega Honor & Leadership Society testimony  I was born in Fort Worth and raised in the church as the son of a former pastor and current deacon at Shady Oaks Baptist in Hurst. At age 9, I accepted Christ as my Savior, but began to slip away as my youth years rolled on. After graduating from high school, my life changed completely. One year after graduation, I found myself married and quickly becoming a father with all the responsibilities those require. As the years passed, I struggled financially to raise my growing family and spiritually to find meaning in my life. Upon revisiting the church I grew up in, the children’s minister approached me and asked if my wife and I would consider teaching the 4th grade Sunday school class. Up to this point, we had not been faithful in attending church, but accepting this offer gave us the excuse to become more involved in the church. After a year of teaching, I began to grow restless with my career and entered into a year of prayer asking God to reveal His purpose for my life. At the conclusion of that year, my prayers were answered with the instruction to give my life to the ministry and to enroll in college pursuing a degree in music. Doing this required a huge leap of faith. In order to follow this plan, I would have to reduce my work schedule from full-time to part-time – without any promise of additional income. God showed his faithfulness to us through those school years and even now as we have consistently had exactly what we needed, when we needed it. I am now thankful for where I am in life and anxiously look forward to what God has in store for my family and I as we continue to serve Him.