Pastor Gary Emmons
Associate Pastor

  Gary Emmons - Associate Pastor

Gary Emmons was born on November 11th, he was born in Ohio and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1957, he is the youngest of three children. He married his wife, Kathy on April 5th, 1980. He has two grown children Jessica and LeeAnn, both of whom are involved in various ministries.

Gary is the Associate Pastor of Christ's Church of Fountain Hills where he has ministered since 1991.

Growing up in Scottsdale Gary was active in Little League, school sports and Boy Scouts. He attended Tonalea grade school and graduated from Coronado High School. In 1977, Gary graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. While pursuing his degree he was involved with off-road racing, which led to building and racing a car in the Firecracker 250, Barstow, California, in 1976.

During his college career, he accepted the Lord at a Billy Graham Crusade and for the first time began reading the Bible. After graduating from ASU he moved to Denver, Colorado and worked for Midwest Iron and Steel, building bridges and high rises. While in Denver, he did what everyone in Denver does, he went skiing every weekend. As Gary states "Life was good, but my spiritual life was lame."

Eventually he moved back to Tempe, Arizona and married his college sweetheart, Kathy. In 1980 he started his own company, Emcon Printed Circuits. Several years later their two beautiful daughters were born, Jessica and LeeAnn. As Gary states, "Family…great! Business…great! Personal life…lousy!" Jesus Christ finally got his attention. He no longer tolerated Gary just knowing about Him. He wanted Gary to know Him. He wanted Gary to trust Him. He wanted to become real in Gary's life. Now Gary says, "Life is great!"

At the urging of Pastor Don Lawrence, Gary went back to college and graduated in 1991 from Pepperdine University with a Master's Degree in Ministry. In March, 1991 he began his full-time ministry, sold his business, and joined the staff at Christ's Church of Fountain Hills. He has worked as the children’s pastor, high school pastor, administrator, and currently works with adults. Life is an adventure!

Gary's community involvement has included:

> Cattle Guard Alliance
> St Dominic’s Food Bank
> Adopt-A-Street
> Fountain Hills High School - SADD
> Great Fair
> Sunrise Kiwanis
> Midnight Madness
> Church Softball League

FAVORITES

Motto
“Rejoice in the Lord.” Life is short

Sport Teams
Denver Broncos, Phoenix Suns and Pepperdine Waves

Outdoor Activities
Golf, Surfing (not much these days), Camping

Hero
King David…the highs and the lows

Magazines
Biblical Archaeological Review and Mad Magazine

Board Games
Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble

Books (other than Bible)
“Waking the Dead”, by John Eldridge

Snack Foods
Potato Chips

TV Shows
The Andy Griffith Show; Lost

Candy Bars  
Peanut Butter Cups

Movies
It's a Wonderful Life; ET; How the West was Won

Cereal
Raisin Bran and Captain Crunch

Singer/Band/Music/Other
Switchfoot; Jimi Hendrix; Any Broadway Play

Color 
Ocean Blue