Leadership

Here are a few of the people that make things happen at Journey. Feel free to contact any of us!

Joe Darago // Lead Pastor: Places: Woods, Underwater, Copper Mountain, Ben Avery
iPod: Incubus, Lincoln Brewster, Doyle Dykes, Linkin Park, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Books: 3 Cups Of Tea, The Last Lecture, Spiritual Leadership, Courage
TV: Dbacks baseball, Survivor Man, Deadliest Catch
Movies: Matrix, Taken, School Of Rock, Gran Torino
Sports: Dbacks
Hobbies: Hunting, Scuba, Clay Targets
Dislikes: pc's, germs, self righteousness
Odd: I have 5 sisters, my son is 13 and my height, I still think the 80s was a few years ago
Bible: Luke 15

Jarrod Kinman // Worship Pastor: Places: White River, Gooseberry Springs, Home with my family
iPod: As Tall As Lions, Glen Hansard, John Mayer, Coldplay, Bon Iver, John Mark McMillan, Alpha Rev, Hillsong United, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Jeremy Riddle
Books: Psalms, Getting Things Done, Pure Praise, Leadership Gold
TV: 24, Heroes, Sledgehammer, McGyver, & A-Team
Movies: Matrix, Spaceballs, Nacho Libre, August Rush, Once
Sports: Cards & Dbacks.... I am a native Arizonan!
Hobbies: guitar, singing, piano, techie stuff, mac nerdiness
Dislikes: pc's, microsoft windows, cockroaches, & coconut
Odd: I weighed 125 lbs when I betrothed my wife, I decorate my kids birthday cakes every year
Bible: psalm 40:1-3, John 4:23

Johnny Martinez // Student Ministry Pastor: Places: The beach and hanging out at home with my family
iPod: Skillet, Red, The Fray
Books: The Tale of Three Kings, Velvet Elvis
TV:Pawn Stars, King of Queens, Wife Swap
Movies: Dumb & Dumber, The Notebook
Sports: Dallas Cowboys
Hobbies: Running, hiking, working out
Dislikes: Rude customer service
Odd: That I don't have a middle name
Bible: 1 Timothy 4:12

Joy Herring // Executive Assistant: Places: East Fork of the Black River, San Francisco, & with my family and friends
iPod: Jeremy Riddle, Matt Kearney, Carrie Underwood, David Crowder
Books: The Shack, The Scarlet Thread, & Redeeming Love
TV: past or present - Friends, CSI, Lie to Me, The Mentalist
Movies: The Count of Monte Cristo, Pride & Prejudice, Office Space
Sports: Arizona Diamondbacks
Hobbies: Hiking, spending time with family & friends, reading, scrapbooking
Dislikes: mushrooms, artificial sweeteners, & spiders
Odd: Caffeine makes me sleepy
Bible: Jeremiah 29:11

Lisa Engstrom // Pre-School Coordinator: Places: The pines, Disneyland, Catalina Island, or on a date with my hubby!
Books: The Bible, Heaven, The Power of a Praying Wife, The Politically Incorrect Wife, books about Old Testament history and books about raising children
TV: Seinfeld, Semi-Homemade Cooking, 18 Kids And Counting and Discovery's Shark Week
Movies: Steel Magnolias, The Proposal, Finding Nemo
Hobbies: scrapbooking, cooking, spending time with family & friends
Dislikes: I dislike scorpions, blue cheese & being unorganized
Odd: I spent my second birthday in the hospital because my dad broke my femur
Bible: Psalm 27:4, Proverbs 3:5-6, Jeremiah 29:11, Matthew 28:20 And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age, 2 Corinthians 4:18

Ranelle Paladino // Administrative Assistant: Places: I like to be anywhere the sun is shining and the sky is clear blue.
iPod: Casting Crowns, Matt Redman, Green Day
Books: I love fiction--any kind.
TV: CSI, NCIS...any of the investigative shows
Movies: I really liked both the Transformers movies.
Sports: Okay...I have to admit that I am a Husker fan, but I am coming around to the Cardinals too.
Hobbies: Reading, Crossword Puzzles, Baking
Dislikes: humidity and scarey movies
Odd facts: I share my birthday with my husband.
Bible: Philippians 4:4

Ty Beal // Sound: Places: Portland, Seattle, Chigaco
iPod: an ipod case
Books: Blue Like Jazz, Mere Christianity, A Long Way Gone, Night, The Great Divorce, Walking From East To West, Searching For God Knows What, The Brothers Karamazov, Ten Little Indians
TV: Past Or Present: Friends, The Office, Seinfeld, Lost, Arrested Development
Movies: I Am Sam, Gladiator, Amelie, Spanglish, Forest Gump, Before Sunrise, Stranger Than Fiction, Blood Diamond
Sports: Suns, Cardinals
Hobbies: base jumping in a wingsuit
Dislikes: materialism, pop culture, politics
Odd: some people think i am a black belt in Taekwondo
Bible: Ecclesiastes 1, Acts 7: 54-60, Philippians 2: 1-18, Philipians 4: 4-7, 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24, Romans 12