J. Muckenfuss
Role at Yates: Minister of Children's Discipleship
Date started on staff: June 2007
What I love about Yates:
Our Sunday school class is loaded with lots of great people! We and our kids have been able to make great friends.
Family: Married to Robbi Leathers Muckenfuss in 1992
Triplets, born November 1998:
Katie (the best dancer in the world)
Anna (the next great Broadway star)
Alex (already practicing his winning field goal for a future Superbowl)
Education:
Ragsdale High School, Jamestown, NC
Campbell University, B.A., Religion, 1991
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div./Christian Ed., 1996
Clinical Pastoral Education, Duke Medical Center, 1996-1998
For fun I enjoy:
Sci-fi books and movies
Losing at FIFA ’08 or Wii tennis to my son
Cooking, especially if it involves learning something new
Fantasy Football
Clowns, magic, and puppetry
Watching Manchester United games
Favorite Bible passage:
Mark 4:35-41 (Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, "Quiet! Settle down!" The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith at all?” –vv39-40)
Favorite movies:
1. Star Wars (any and all)
2. The Sting
Favorite restaurant:
Carter Brothers BBQ
Favorite books (after the Bible):
Alton Brown, Gear for Your Kitchen
Ron Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
Robert Wolke, What Einstein Told His Cook
Eugene Lowry, The Homiletical Plot
Favorite team:
Carolina Panthers, Duke Blue Devils
Previous job people should know about:
I once spent a summer working in a factory assembling gas pumps.
Favorite donuts: Hmmm… Give me a dozen of each, and I’ll let you know.
