Major: Marketing
Year: Junior
Hometown: Arnold, MO
Home church: Canaan Baptist Church
Favorite restaurant: Mr. Goodcents and Macaroni Grill
Favorite food: chocolate and sweet tea
Favorite group: Avalon, Shane and Shane
Favorite verse: Jer. 29:11
I was very blessed to be born into a big Christian family where I was raised in church. My family is a huge part of my life and one of the main reasons I am who I am today. I sang my first solo in church when I was three years old, so singing has always been a passion of mine. I was saved at age nine and ever since then God has been working in my life to make me into the person He wants me to be. It hasn’t always been easy, but I know God has been with me every step of the way.
Major: Worship Arts
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Marion, IL
Home Church: Second Baptist Church
I lost my Dad at 16 and had two choices – to run FROM God or run TO Him. I chose the second. There have been many times in the past two years when I didn’t have the strength or desire to go on, but the Lord was my strength in those times, constantly expressing His love and will for me. I am so ready to allow God to fully reign over me because all my will does is complicate things. God is good all the time!
Favorite song: Love Them Like Jesus
Favorite group: Casting Crowns
Favorite verse: Jeremiah 1:4-19; Exodus 23:20-25a
Favorite saying: "The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who profess Christ with their lips and deny Him with their lifestyles. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable." –DC Talk
Favorite food: chocolate cream pie
Favorite restaurant: Tequilo’s
Favorite movie: Remember the Titans
Major: Religious Education Minor: Psychology
Year: Freshman
Home Town: Overland Park, KS
Home Church: First Family Church
I grew up in a Christian family and went to a Christian school. My Dad asked me when I was five if I wanted to be a Christian. I said yes. I don’t think I fully understood what it all meant until I reaffirmed my commitment when I was 12. That was also when I was baptized. Recently, God has been revealing to me struggles in my life. I can see how He has changed my life and constantly draws Himself closer to me as I draw near to Him.
Favorites
Group: Mae
Verse: Hebrews 4:12
Saying: Oh well.
Food: Mom’s blackberry pie
Restaurant: Fiorellci’s, Jack Stack BBQ
Movie: Gladiator, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, John Q
Bible Character: Timothy
Sport: Soccer, Hockey
Major: English w/Secondary Education certification
Year: Sophomore
Home Town: Arnold, MO
Home Church: South County Christian Center
Honestly, being a “church kid,” my relationship with God was never anything that was fresh or exciting. It just was. That changed six years ago on my 18th birthday. God revealed Himself in an entirely new way – all of a sudden I had this intense hunger for the Lord, and I knew there was no thing, person or action that could satisfy what I deeply craved. I decided to enter into a deep, meaningful relationship with Jesus. I have never been the same. It is my desire to never settle for a “title-only” mentality… “Yeah, I am a Christian.” Instead, I truly strive to be a genuine follower of Christ, depleted of pride and confident in Him, even in my weakness. If we do not know Him and make Him known, what are we here for?
Favorites
Song: Jesus Paid It All
Group: United, Israel Houghton, Coldplay
Verse: 1 John 3:18-21
Saying: Well, thanks for that…
Food: Thai
Restaurant: King and I
Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Any other favs you want to include.
I am obsessed with coffee.
Major: Music
Year: Freshman
Home Town: St. Louis
Home Church: Grace Church – St. Louis
I have grown up in a strong Christian home my whole life. My parents and especially my mom have influenced my growth in God. Honestly, the reason why I sing to God is because of people in my life, like my mom, who have encouraged me in singing and music, because I never wanted to. But God had other plans in mind for me. Right now I’m learning how to obey God right away even if I’m afraid or don’t think I can do whatever He asks. I just need to do it, or I might miss something. I know that if I hadn’t started singing at church or at school, I probably wouldn’t be in Spirit Wing today, and I would have missed out on meeting the most amazing people.
Favorites
Song: His Eye Is On the Sparrow, Without Him
Group: Out of Eden, Anointed
Verse: Isaiah 45: 11-12, Isaiah 40:28-31
Saying: Um… I don’t say much, I just laugh.
Food: Cake
Restaurant: Maggianos, Mongolian BBQ
Movie: Remember the Titans, Oceans 12
Major: Business Administration
Year: Senior
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
Home Church: Church of St. Louis
I’m so thankful for the upbringing I’ve had. I’m blessed to have Christians for parents who have brought me up in the Lord. I love the Lord so much and am blown away by how He has blessed me. Especially lately. I have a passion for music and I praise the Lord that He has enabled me to glorify and serve Him through that. Day by day I’m continuing to grow in the Lord and lately He has shown me to toally rely and depend on Him in every aspect of life.
Favorites
Song: It Is Well With My Soul
Verse: Proverbs 3:5
Food: Mac and cheese, cheeseburgers and pancakes
Restaurant: Spaghetti Factory and Waffle House
Movie: Rocky, Goonies, Hitch
Major: Marketing
Year in School: Junior
Home Town: Fenton
Home Church: Twin
Rivers Worship Center
I have been a Christian since I was seven and singing since I was six. I am so glad that God has given me the opportunity to do what I love in order to minister and touch other people’s lives. Like a child who tests their parents, I too have tested God over and over again. But every time, He shows that He is an on-time God full of grace and mercy. I have learned to lean constantly on God for perfect peace in the midst of crazy situations. I would not trade any of the trials that I have endured for anything because I know that they have only made me stronger. I now realize that God has been in the midst of all of them teaching me something about myself and Him.
Favorite Verse: Matthew 6:34 “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Favorite Quote: A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man must be seeking Him in order to find it.
“Be who you are, say what you feel. Because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss
Favorite Food: Brownies that aren’t cooked all
the way, barbeque, Mountain Dew
Restaurant: Starbucks
Movie: Zoolander
Favorite Book: Lady in
Waiting
Major: Business Administration
Year in School: Junior
Home Town: St.
Louis
Home Church: Concord
I am still searching for direction in life, but am trying to pursue my passion in music. Living a life of waiting on God to show me what to do.
Favorite Group: Shane and Shane
Favorite Verse: 1 Corinthians 1:25 “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”
Favorite Food: Sandwiches
Favorite Restaurant: Quizzno’s
Favorite Movie: Labyrinth
Major: Business
Year in School: Senior
Home Town: Kansas
City, MO (it's better than St. Louis)
Home Church: Pleasant
Valley Baptist Church
God has been crazy good to me. I was lucky to grow up in a home in which my parents faithfully follow after Christ. My Dad has shown me what it means to be a godly man, and my Mom has over and over again pointed me back to God. My parents have been a huge blessing and testimony in my life. I was saved when I was eight, and have been growing ever since. I am currently learning what it means to be spiritual leader and especially a spiritual husband. I don't know where God is taking me, but I'll go.
Favorite Group: Shane and Shane
Favorite Verse: "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," (Isaiah 54:10)
Favorite Saying: "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Favorite Food: I just like to eat
Favorite Restaurant: Hi-Boy's
Favorite Movie: Dumb
and Dumber
Major: Music Education
Year in School: Junior
Home Town: St.
Louis
Home Church: Faith Miracle Temple
I was raised in church ALL my life, but I really didn’t know God. I knew a lot of the Bible stories and I knew how to act in church but I really didn’t know God. I got saved at age 13, and my hunger for God grew. Now I am growing, and knowing Jesus more everyday.
Favorite Song: Jesus Genes
Favorite Group: Heaven
Sent Souljas (That’s my group)
Favorite Verse: Psalm
23
Favorite Saying: I WILL NEVER BE……THE SAME
AGAIN….
Favorite Food: Fried potatoes
Favorite Restaurant: Dave
and Busters
Favorite Movie: All the Superman movies.