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Mark Duvall |
| Position: Lead Worshiper, Worship Arts Director, “Music Guy” | |
| Email: marksongs@yahoo.com | |
| Ministries: Worship Band | |
| (310) 328-5360 x1817 | |
| How I Came To Do This: |
| I played in worship bands (and fronted other original bands) for more than 20 years before finding a home at TFB in 2002. I was encouraged to lead corporate worship by my longtime friend, co-writer and worship leader/mentor, Dave Detwiler. It was Dave who recognized that my gifts and talents were a great fit for leading musical worship. Once given opportunities, it became clear to me that this was a calling that I had long ignored. |
| Background: |
| Other than a few years in college, I am a
lifetime resident of Torrance, CA. and an English teacher right next
door at Torrance High School. I played in worship bands (and other original rock and country bands) for more than 20 years before finding a home at TFB in 2002. I was encouraged to lead corporate worship by my longtime friend, co-writer and worship leader/mentor, Dave Detwiler. It was Dave who recognized that my gifts and talents were a great fit for leading musical worship. Once I started filling in, it became clear to me that this was a calling that I had long ignored. As a dedicated songwriter, I write many of the songs we play here at TFB. |
| Family: |
| I am happily married to the fetching Casie Duvall with whom I have two incredible children, Gibson and Haley, and a sweet and crazy Labrador named Molly. |
| Education: |
| BA (Communications with an emphasis in film) CSU Fullerton, also attended Biola, CSULB, CSUDH, I teach English at Torrance High – right next door to TFB |
| Hobbies: |
| songwriting, fly fishing, body surfing, knitting (Oops, that’s not mine.) |
| Favorite Places: |
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Eastern Sierra, Alaska (Kenai, Russian and Talkeetna Rivers), almost any river in the Rockies, Hawaii, the Portland Japanese Garden, my house |
| Coffee: |
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Dark roast, black |
| Baseball Team: |
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The California…, errr The Anaheim…, errr The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim …Go Halos! |
| My List of the Best Guy Movies: |
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Shane, Braveheart, Gladiator, A River Runs Through It, Field of Dreams, Jeremiah Johnson, The Natural, Raising Arizona |
| Books I’m Finishing, Reading or Intending to Start |
| Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Wild at Heart by John Eldrige, Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, Wooden by John Wooden |
| On My iPod: |
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Chris Tomlin’s See the Morning, Robbie Seay Band, Jars of Clay, Calexico, Johnny Cash, Jeffrey Foucault, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, Trespassers William, Billy Cerveny, Matt Redman, David Crowder Band, Grant Phillips, Say Zuzu |
| Favorite Verse: |
| “For I know the plans I have for
you, “ declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you a hope and a future.” Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." Jeremiah 29:11 |
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Gear (aka Geek Corner): |
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Acoustic: an all koa wood Martin (D16K), an 80s maple Guild Jumbo, a 12 string Takamine (Martin copy) from the 70s, and a cherry and cedar concert size Norman salvaged from a pawn shop and refurbished.
Electric: a reissued ’69 Fender Telecaster Thinline, and a Guild T-50 (60s) both played through a little 3.5 watt tube amp modeled after an old 60s Fender Champ in a homemade swamp cypress cabinet, with a modified Ibenez Tube Screamer and a Marshall vibrato pedal |