John Hernandez
Submitted by azpapi on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 00:44.
Senior Pastor
john@tempevineyard.com
Hometown:
Tempe, AZ
Activities:
- playing guitar
- family
- watching my children do their music and theater stuff
Interests:
- music
- Reading Cormac McCarthy
- Sports
Favorite Music:
- Worship
- Vineyard
- U2
Favorite TV Shows:
- Lost
- Heroes
- Hannity and Colmes
- 24
Favorite Movies:
- Lord of the Rings
Favorite Books:
- The Jesus Creed
- Bible
- The Pursuit of God - Tozer
- Frankly, even the finest Christian Literature seems empty compared to the Word of God
Favorite Quotes:
“That which we are, we are, made weak by time and by fate but strong in will to strive to seek and to find and not to yield.” - Tennyson
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -
Vince Lombardi
About Me:
Grew up in Bagdad, AZ and a die hard Green Bay Packer fan for the past 40 years...
Family: married for 25 years to Jessica and blessed with four great kids; John-Josiah 20, Tess 18, Anya 16, and Mykah Joy 12
Introduced to the Vineyard: 1984
What got my attention at my first Vineyard meeting?: The Presence of God and the simple worship
Strange Family situation: We have four dogs...lot of poop scooping!
Best Book recently read beside the Bible (clarified for you Pharisees): The Jesus Creed by Scot McNight
Neatest Miracle I’ve participated in (yes I know He does it through us...another clarification for you special Christians): 9 year old girl receiving her sight...
Favorite Sports Team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite Worship Leader: Micah Hammond of the Tempe Vineyard...distant second Jeremy Riddle
Favorite Super Hero: Captain America (I know...He died)
Spiritual Heroes: Doug Rice and Mark Grady...my fellow pastors...these guys love people, God and are living it!
Life Mission: To raise up a people who love His Presence and get people to believe that God can use them to bring His Presence into the lives of others!
Plans for Retirement: to plant a church in a retirement community and do it all again!