Five Minutes With... David Lown

Five minutes with T.J. Lewis

T.J. Lewis has spent 25 years in student ministry, the last eight as youth pastor at Lake Church in Arlington. “I love Jesus, the state of Texas, baseball, smoking meat, Christmas, reviewing movies, and the nachos at the various student events I attend,” Lewis says. He added that it’s possible he created the bacon-wrapped Oreo 15 years ago, a Father’s Day tradition at the church. T.J. and his wife, Bekah, have three teenage children. …

Five Minutes With... David Lown

Music has always been more than a passion for David Lown—it’s been a calling, a career and a lifelong pursuit of excellence. Since joining Carroll ISD, Lown has built one of the most respected high school jazz programs in the nation. A GRAMMY nominee for Music Educator of the Year and Carroll ISD’s 2013 Teacher of the Year, he has already led the Carroll Jazz Orchestra to the finals of the Essentially Ellington competition an extraordinary six t…