J. Muckenfuss
Role at Yates: Minister of 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 (published writer)
Alex (captain of the lacrosse team)
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
Having Triplets, 1998-present
For fun I enjoy:
Sci-fi books and movies
Losing at Madden NFL to my son
Cooking, especially if it involves learning something new
Fantasy Football
Word with Friends
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
3. The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite restaurant:
Carter Brothers BBQ
Favorite books (after the Bible):
Alton Brown, Gear for Your Kitchen
Skye Jethani, The Divine Commodity
Robert Wolke, What Einstein Told His Cook
Eugene Lowry, The Homiletical Plot
Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob
Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christianity
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: The Maple Bacon Bar from Rise Biscuits and Donuts in Durham. Mmmmmm... bacon.
