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NORMAL.DOTM 0 0 1 275 1572 UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 13 3 1930 12.0 0 FALSE 18 PT 18 PT 0 0 FALSE FALSE FALSE STYLE DEFINITIONS */ TABLE.MSONORMALTABLE {MSO-STYLE-NAME:"TABLE NORMAL"; MSO-TSTYLE-ROWBAND-SIZE:0; MSO-TSTYLE-COLBAND-SIZE:0; MSO-STYLE-NOSHOW:YES; MSO-STYLE-PARENT:""; MSO-PADDING-ALT:0IN 5.4PT 0IN 5.4PT; MSO-PARA-MARGIN:0IN; MSO-PARA-MARGIN-BOTTOM:.0001PT; MSO-PAGINATION:WIDOW-ORPHAN; FONT-SIZE:12.0PT; FONT-FAMILY:"TIMES NEW ROMAN"; MSO-ASCII-FONT-FAMILY:CAMBRIA; MSO-ASCII-THEME-FONT:MINOR-LATIN; MSO-FAREAST-FONT-FAMILY:"TIMES NEW ROMAN"; MSO-FAREAST-THEME-FONT:MINOR-FAREAST; MSO-HANSI-FONT-FAMILY:CAMBRIA; MSO-HANSI-THEME-FONT:MINOR-LATIN;} “FOLLOWING JESUS. SINGING AND PLAYING STUFF AS I DO IT.” BORN AND RAISED IN MEMPHIS, TN, GRAHAM WAS EXPOSED TO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC AT A YOUNG AGE. THOUGH HE DIDN’T TAKE TO MAKING HIS OWN MUSIC UNTIL HE WAS 17, HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS CHILDHOOD TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY, THE INMANS, SINGING SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC. HIS MUSICAL ROOTS RUN DEEP.  GRAHAM MET JESUS AT A YOUNG AGE, BUT DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT TO START FOLLOWING HIM UNTIL HIS TEENAGE YEARS. AS HE GREW PHYSICALLY MENTALLY, HE SEEMINGLY GREW IN GREATER LENGTHS SPIRITUALLY. HE HAS BEEN PRIVILEGED TO ENGAGE IN MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN SUPPORT ROLES OF MANY MINISTRIES WHILE GROWING UP, AND HAS BECOME A “UTILITY PLAYER” IN A LOT OF WAYS. GRAHAM IS WHO HE IS TODAY BECAUSE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CHOSE TO POUR INTO HIM EVEN WHEN HE WAS “YOUNG AND DUMB”, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE HAS A GOD-GIVEN PASSION FOR DISCIPLESHIP AND RELATIONAL MINISTRY.  GRAHAM BEGAN LEADING WORSHIP FOR THE COLLEGE MINISTRY AT FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH OF BARTLETT, JUST OUTSIDE OF MEMPHIS, WHEN HE WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE. HE DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE A MUSICIAN, AND NEVER REALLY HAD A MOMENT WHERE HE FELT THE DIRECTION SHIFT AND LIFE TAKE A TURNHE SIMPLY FILLED A GAP THAT NEEDED TO BE FILLED IN AN AREA OF MINISTRY IN THE LOCAL CHURCH. NOW ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER, GRAHAM IS SERVING AT FAITH BAPTIST IN A WORSHIP ASSOCIATE ROLE, LEADING THE WORSHIP EFFORTS IN ALL FORMS OF MINISTRY; COORDINATING WORSHIP LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENT MINISTRIES, LEADING WEEKLY FOR THE SAME COLLEGE MINISTRY HE BEGAN WITH, AND LEADING THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE IN CORPORATE WORSHIP.  GRAHAM IS A PASSIONATE GUY WHO LOVES JESUS AND LOVES PEOPLE. WHILE HE CONTINUES TO SERVE IN HIS LOCAL CHURCH, HE LOVES OPPORTUNITIES TO WORSHIP WITH BELIEVERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. “I JUST WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE IN A WAY THAT CAUSES THE WORLD TO SEE YET ANOTHER REASON TO WORSHIP THE LORD.”
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