GENERAL INFO:
Email: mike.lovato@magonline.com
Phone: 689-5700 ext. 200
job title: Minister to Students
hometown: Oxnard, CA

family info: Married to Nicole for 5 years in May. No kids, no pets.

how did you come to MABC? I came as a college student looking for some ministry experience, left for a while, and came back to lead the jr. high and high school ministries. Guess I couldn’t stay away!

ministry passion: Helping young leaders figure out ministry.

biggest influence in your life over the past year [2005] and why: My wife. She is the best picture on earth I’ve seen of God’s grace and kindness.


FUN STUFF:
travels: Brazil, Kenya, NYC

hobbies: reading, traveling, blogging

what you do for fun: drink coffee, watch movies, listen to music

what makes you laugh: StrongBad e-mails at www.homestarrunner.com


FAVORITES:
books (not including the Bible): Blue Like Jazz, Purpose Driven Life, Visioneering, Next Generation Leader

1960’s Band: um….hmm…..yes, I’ve been told they had music back then…

music: U2, switchfoot, weezer, U2, coldplay, mxpx, postal service, and U2

Movies: Napoleon Dynamite, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Dead Poets Society,

tv: 24, lost, grey’s anatomy, CSI: Miami, Amazing Race

theatre: Regal Cinemas :)

website links: mikelovato.blogspot.com


Now, the Youth want to know:
Have you ever fallen asleep during a worship service? Yes, but not since I’ve worked at Mag…I hope.

Aren’t you Kareem Abdul Jabbar? That is correct.

Have you ever toilet papered a house? Several…you can’t prove anything though!

Would you rather have a VW bus or a pinto? VW bus all the way. The more people you can jam in, the better the ride.

Do you prefer cats or dogs? Turtles or rabbits? I’d prefer an electronic pet, but if I must choose…dogs and turtles.

What’s your favorite HS memory? Hmm…graduating?

What kind of car did you have in HS? 1988 Nissan Sentra…no power windows, no power locks, no power steering, no A/C…with a wooden block for a rewind button and a coat hanger for an antenna….I am not making any of this up.

What was your best subject in HS? (Are you available to tutor?) English and drama (you don’t want me to tutor you)

What is something interesting about you that you don’t think anyone knows about? (Except family)
I go to a 24 costume party at the end of each season.