Michael Alfred
Youth Pastor
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Michael Alfred was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating college with a degree in Church Music, he came to Nashville to work for Mercy Ministries of America. In March of 2006 he joined the Christ Church family to work with the Jr. High. Since then he has completed his Master’s in Theology and now heads up the CC youth dept. Michael is married to his lovely wife Shelly, whom he confesses is “way out of his league!” and they have one beautiful daughter, Nadia, who is 3 years old. They also have an Australian Shepherd named Levi.

Favorite Books: Non-Fiction: The Miracle in a Dad's Hug, Eusebius - The Church History, Kingdom of the Cults, Christianity's Dangerous Idea Fiction: The Mark of the Lion Series, Chronicles of Narnia Series
Favorite Movies: The Last Samurai, Luther, The Vernon Johns Story, Rocky III and IV, Chronicles of Narnia, the Great Debaters, Remember the Titans, and Fireproof
Favorite Activities: Tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, bowling, reading, hip hop dance, Frisbee golf (MC Style), singing, biking, chess
Favorite Food: New Orleans Seafood (but especially boiled crawfish!)
Favorite Quotations:
If you wish to learn and appreciate something worth while, then love to be unknown and considered as nothing.
- Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

The saving of souls, if a man has once gained love to perishing sinners and his blessed master, will be an all-absorbing passion to him. It will so carry him away, that he will almost forget himself in the saving of others. He will be like the brave fireman, who cares not for the scorch or the heat, so that he may rescue the poor creature on whom true humanity has set its heart. If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let non one go there unwarned and unprayed for.
- Charles Spurgeon

The ethical question "whether something is permissible" faded in relation to the question, "what is the main thing, the essential thing?" The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance - a life defined by the question, "What is permissible?" - felt almost disgusting to me. I didn't want a minimal life."
- John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
- Benjamin Franklin