Dustin Jernigan

HOMETOWN:  Richmond, VA

SPOUSE NAME:  Caroline

CHILDREN:  Julip (2010)

SERVING AS:  Director of High School Ministries

DUTIES:
Faithfully and passionately teaching the Word of God, hanging out with students as much as possible, planning service opportunities and special trips, leading a wonderful group of volunteers, managing a holistic, quality youth ministry, giving the students opportunities to grow into the men and women God is calling them to be, and serving families as best as possible.

PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY & LIFE:
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10

EDUCATION:
B.A., English & Political Science, Ole Miss, 2007
M.A., Reformed Theological Seminary, 2009
M.B.A., University of Alabama in Huntsville (incomplete), 2010

PASSIONS:  Spending time with students, exploring St Louis, hiking through mountains, reading, eating breakfast outside, playing guitar & banjo, going on road trips, cheering for the Cardinals

QUOTES:
“Now the easiest way to grasp an idea is to see that idea embodied in a person. In a sense, every great word must become flesh.” - William Barclay

“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.”
- 1 Tim 1:15

“The design of God in all his providences, both mercies and judgments, and in the memorials of them, is to take away sin and prevent it… All the bitter potions He gives, and all the sharp methods He uses with us, are for the cure of a disease which otherwise would certainly be fatal.” - Matthew Henry

“All wisdom, insofar as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists almost entirely in two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.” - John Calvin

“The Christian cannot see his life as a series of principles, but only in relation to the living God.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Jesus’ resurrection marks the beginning of history’s end.” –Richard Pratt

“No man can give the impression that he himself is clever and that Christ is mighty to save.” - James Denney

MUSIC:
U2, Sufjan Stevens, Adele, Florence + the Machine, Wilco, Bach, Radiohead, Ryan Adams, Coldplay

MOVIES:
How to Train Your Dragon, Kung-Fu Panda, Up, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Darjeeling Limited,

FOODS:
Pizza, Chinese, Mexican, Indian, Fried pickles, anything organic/local, and anything my wife makes! 

STRANGE BUT TRUE:
I once broke my arm. Playing ping pong.