Meet the team

Pastor | Brandon Hollar


My childhood ambition:

 was to be a doctor or one of the Dukes of Hazzard.


My proudest moment:

 is one continuous moment that began when I became a dad and it continues still today.


I collect:

everything, which my wife clearly sees as a problem.


My Starbucks drink:

is a triple venti zebra mocha or a shaken iced black tea.


My favorite hobbies:

are playing music with my kids, golf, basketball and whatever my wife likes to do.


 

Pastor | Jennifer Hollar


My childhood ambition was:

really just to get through math class!


I collect:

nail polish! You can never have enough colors!!

My most embarrassing moment was:

the time I was 8 months pregnant with my fourth baby (in fact most of my embarassing stories are during pregnancies!). On this particular day I had been all over town running errands. When I got home after a full day's worth of appointments, my loving husband informed me that I had a sticker on my 'backside'. It was a big bright purple sticker that said "AWESOME" on it. Yeah, that was awesome.

My soundtrack for life

is Pride and Prejudice


 

Sarah Swain | Executive Assistant


My childhood ambition was:

to be a doctor, a teacher, or a dolphin trainer at Sea World.


I collect:

coffee mugs from every country I visit.


My Starbucks drink is:

a non-fat, 2 splenda latte. Or a chai. Hot or Iced. I love it all.


My soundtrack for life is:

anything by Dave Barnes or Matt Wertz. They just make you feel good about life.


My favorite hobbies are:

coffee dates with the girls, finding really awesome shoes, and discovering the hidden treasures of Austin.  I love my city!


 

Mary Lou Mendez | Children Ministry


My proudest moment was:

when I graduated my first year of Bible college.


My Starbucks drink

is a Vanilla Latte.


My favorite hobbies

are camping (in an RV of course), fishing, singing karaoke, throwing parties.


My most embarrassing moment

was when I was attending college. (not Bible college) And the instructor was calling everybody up one by one to retrieve their tests. So I got up and tried pushing my chair in with one leg and my leg got tangled up and I fell. There was so much commotion and everybody turned around to look at me. I was totally embarrassed. All I could do was shrug my shoulders and laugh.


My childhood ambition

was to be Miss America. I just loved the dresses, shoes and the big hair.


Tim Turner | Creative Arts


My childhood ambition was:

to be a baseball player and a cowboy like Nolan Ryan.


My proudest moment was:

the day my wife gave me my son, Jet.


I collect:

any book written by CS Lewis.


My soundtrack for life is:

Stevie Ray Vaughn playing "Little Wing".


My favorite hobbies are:

Fishing, hunting, reading, and playing guitar.