Leadership

Elders

Mark Strait
Mark Strait
Elder

Family: My wife Alaina and my two kids, Jackson and Carah

Saved: At the age of 5 right before I started Kindergarten because Mom didn’t want me to go to school without Jesus.

Education: Sabine High School 1993; Kilgore College Associate of Arts 1996; LeTourneau University Bachelor of Business Administration 2001

Previous line of Work: Sales Management for Best Buy Corporation, IT Technician, IT Management, and IT General Management for various companies.

What I find fascinating: Is how complicated we, as humans, can make even the simplest of tasks.

FAVORITE

Book: Assuming the Bible is a given here, so I’ll go with a recent favorite: The Way of the Shepherd
TV Show: Knight Rider (the original)
Music /Artist: Really digging Jason Upton, Lincoln Brewster, and Leeland
Food: TexMex/Mexican
Snack Food: Junior Mints
Time of Day: Just before dawn (especially when I’m out jogging)
Place to pray: In the living room, usually after everyone else is asleep.
Place in the world: I’m a huge fan of the Hawaiian Islands.
Season: Spring (all 2 weeks of it around here)
Recreational Activities Hobbies: basketball, jogging, playing the drums, playing with my kiddos, and spending time with my beautiful wife
Scripture(s): Psalm 23 has always been a favorite; Matt 5:37; 2 Cor 4:16-18; many more
Sports team: Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys
Sport: Basketball

LEAST FAVORITE

Food: ONIONS!
Movie: A Christmas Story
Snack Food: Celery
Time of Day: mid-afternoon
Season: middle of summer (when it’s 100+ outside every day)
Sport: hockey
Sports Team: pick a hockey team, any hockey team.

Life motto: Don’t sweat the small stuff. (Note: Everything is small stuff.)

Three people I would like to meet: Jesus (no brainer there), Moses (I think we’d have a lot in common), Dirk Nowitzki (Jackson would want to come too)

My Hero: Easy one – My Dad

One of my greatest experiences with God: The night at my Dad’s church when he straightened me and my life back out and set me on His path for good.

Most people don’t know this about me: At my heaviest, I weighed 275 lbs. in high school. That’s a lot of Mexican food and Double Quarter Pounders with Cheese!

Weekly Services

Sundays at
10:00am

Children’s Ministry and childcare provided.