Mike Helpingstine

uptown Technical  Director

mike@newhopenc.org

newhoper since: 2004

favorite part of my job: Cranking worship tunes in uptown as loud as the kids will allow!

favorite verse of scripture: John 1:1-5 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."

hometown: Lincolnshire, Illinois

family: wife Fran (Pumpkin Head), daughter Alexandra Davis (Alex), son Michael (Mikey), dog Rocky (Beanie) and dog Max (Maxie)

hobbies: Co-leading the JustHisTeam Life Group, visiting patients at Hillcrest, running, lifting, swimming, cooking, pistol shooting, marriage counseling, mentoring men, witnessing for Christ and helping people move.

factoid about me: I was a Co-founder of Johnny T-Shirt, "The Carolina Store" back in 1983 with my awesome older brother, Chuck. I also once saved the lives of three people in seperate incidents in a 48-hour time period.