Mike Hurd

A Bit About Me:

I have been married to my beautiful, talented, extremely smart wife Katy for 15 years.  I definitely “out-punted my coverage.”  We met in college at Virginia Tech (GO HOKIES!!!).  We have two children – Emily (6) and Ike (2) and two dogs (Scooter and Lucy). I met Chris at a church planter’s training program and hope to plant a church in rural Appalachia at some point in the future.

In My Spare Time:

What’s spare time??  Between being a husband, dad, church planting intern, and working at an information technology company, my hours are pretty full.  When I do have spare time, I enjoy watching Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters or tinkering with my many computers  (Macs are AWESOME!) and other technology toys.

Simple Pleasures:

Dunkin Donuts coffee with sour cream donuts; the sounds of a summer storm

I’d Love To Visit:

Ireland and Scotland

Loaded In My I-Pod:

Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas, White Lines – Duran Duran, Careless Whispers  Seether, Her Diamonds – Rob Thomas, I’m Yours – Jason Mraz, Broken Lifehouse, War Pigs (Basement Tape) – Ozzie Osbourne, What I’ve Done – Linkin Park, Exponential 2009 – Francis Chan, The Leaders Capacity to Make Disciples – Matt Chandler

What I Typically Do Around Radiant Life Fellowship:

As the Guest Services/Host Team Coordinator @ RLF, I provide vision and direction to the  ”front door” process &  to our “systems”  and their development.  I like to get my hands dirty with anything and everything going on so that I can learn more about church planting.

Favorite Quotes:

“So I got that going for me…. Which is nice.” – Caddyshack; “It’s only a model!” and “Run away!  Run away!!” – Monty Python’s Holy Grail; “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father & the Son & the Holy Spirit.” – Jesus

Most People Would Be Surprised That…I have an alter ego named “Miguel Grande”. This is my name on all mission trips that I have been on ever since my first one to Honduras several years ago.  It was in Honduras that I earned my reputation as a fierce competitor in “Pato, Pato, Gonso” (Duck, Duck, Goose).