Michael Rowntree

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About Michael

Joined Wellspring Staff: April, 2005

Areas of Ministry: Lead Pastor

Family: Names and relationship (wife/husband/son/daughter): Alicia, Anna (9/25/07), Hudson (10/7/09)

Age when saved: 17

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, The University of Texas

(National Champions in football in 2005,and many other years, which is something tiny TCU has failed to do since pre-WWII. There are a lot of UT-haters and TCU-lovers here in the metroplex, and I see that part of my role as pastor is to chase down these strays who have fallen into delusion.)

Previous Line of Work: Financial Analyst, Sabre Holdings

Michael’s Favorites

Book: Where do I start?

Food: The Sopes Dinner at El Paisa—an old Dairy Queen building that was converted into a Mexican Food restaurant.  Total cost =$5.  Also, I love all sushi, which costs much more.

Snack Food: Nilla Wafers

Movies: Most recently, Avatar.  I didn’t think I’d like a movie about blue people, but it was awesome.

TV Show: My kids are my TV.

Musician: Delirious, John Mark McMillan… And I know this is very non-masculine of me, but I like Taylor Swift

Actor: Scott Heaton—he always tries to act like me, so I call him Xerox

Actress: Whoever’s on

Time of Day: morning

Season: Fall

Place in the World: Scotland, Santorini, and 3 Trees Ranch

Place to Pray: My man chair

Recreational Activities/Hobbies: All sports, but especially basketball, football, ultimate frisbee, ultimate foursquare, handball, and sometimes golf but it’s too expensive and takes too long

Scripture: John 15:1-8

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunesso that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Sports Team: Texas Longhorns

Sport: Football

Other Interesting Stuff

Best Thing Someone Said to You: I enjoy you.

Three People I’d Like to Meet: Bill Cosby, the Apostle Paul, and Goliath (I just want to see somebody that’s over 9 feet tall)

Most People Don’t Know This About Me: When I was a kid we made a catapult that shot golf balls, and in the test-run, the golf ball pierced through two and a half fences.

Favorite Childhood Memory: Making forts, 24/7

Pet-peeve: Indirect communication

Secret Talent: I can roll my stomach like a wave.  Also I can suck it in, while simultaneously sticking out my abdominal muscles, resulting in a freakish-alien look.  Many people know that I have a great raptor impression too.