Y'Our Shepherds:
John MCQUARY - Sr. Hebrew Shepherd
John McQuary has been the Congregational Host as well as an elder, teacher, and founder of Becoming One Stick In His Hand – Hebrew Assembly in Houston, TX for more than 12 years. He has been studying and teaching from a Messianic/Hebraic viewpoint of Scripture for over 22 years.
John and his wife, Glenda, have been married for 46+ years, and have raised four sons. John attended college and studied both Theology and Computer Science. Before their wedding, John was already employed at a Fortune 500 company, working in the Computer field. John’s spiritual journey began when he went forward and answered an “altar call”, at the age of 5 years old, to accept Messiah. At age 14, he received a Personal Call to enter ministry during a youth prayer meeting, after which he announced to his family his desire to visit the Land of Israel. He did exactly that 1 year later, at the age of 15. John continued his work in an evangelical church on a volunteer basis while he worked in the corporate world. In 1985, working volunteer as an Assistant to the Pastor and the Co-host of an all-night Christian TV Live Call-in Program, the Ruach called on John once again, this time to enter ministry work Full-time. John awakened to the Hebrew Roots of the Faith about the year 2000, with the Ruach solely speaking to him as he studied from the Torah (aka. Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Bible), “do this, this, and this… ‘through all your generations, as an everlasting Covenant between Me and You, no matter where you live!’”. As a result, he let his minister’s license lapse in 2002 and went full into the messianic walk. He is now an Ordained Ro’eh (Shepherd) and began a “new work” in 2008, in Houston, TX. As a Sr. Hebraic Roots Shepherd, he also teaches classes called, Beginning Biblical Hebrew for Research Purposes, and Intermediate Biblical Hebrew. John strives to maintain a pragmatic and practical approach to ministry, and at the same time developing the heart of a Shamash... (in Hebrew, a Servant). Presently in the Tulsa, OK, area, John is a Sr. Hebrew Shepherd and Teaching classes in Biblical Hebrew.
John and his wife, Glenda, have been married for 46+ years, and have raised four sons. John attended college and studied both Theology and Computer Science. Before their wedding, John was already employed at a Fortune 500 company, working in the Computer field. John’s spiritual journey began when he went forward and answered an “altar call”, at the age of 5 years old, to accept Messiah. At age 14, he received a Personal Call to enter ministry during a youth prayer meeting, after which he announced to his family his desire to visit the Land of Israel. He did exactly that 1 year later, at the age of 15. John continued his work in an evangelical church on a volunteer basis while he worked in the corporate world. In 1985, working volunteer as an Assistant to the Pastor and the Co-host of an all-night Christian TV Live Call-in Program, the Ruach called on John once again, this time to enter ministry work Full-time. John awakened to the Hebrew Roots of the Faith about the year 2000, with the Ruach solely speaking to him as he studied from the Torah (aka. Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Bible), “do this, this, and this… ‘through all your generations, as an everlasting Covenant between Me and You, no matter where you live!’”. As a result, he let his minister’s license lapse in 2002 and went full into the messianic walk. He is now an Ordained Ro’eh (Shepherd) and began a “new work” in 2008, in Houston, TX. As a Sr. Hebraic Roots Shepherd, he also teaches classes called, Beginning Biblical Hebrew for Research Purposes, and Intermediate Biblical Hebrew. John strives to maintain a pragmatic and practical approach to ministry, and at the same time developing the heart of a Shamash... (in Hebrew, a Servant). Presently in the Tulsa, OK, area, John is a Sr. Hebrew Shepherd and Teaching classes in Biblical Hebrew.
Glenda McQuary - co-founder
Glenda McQuary is teaching children for a higher purpose than an earthly one. As a co-founder of Becoming One Stick In His Hand – Hebrew Assembly model congregation, Glenda and John have worked together over the years in various capacities. So far, they have raised four sons: Jason, Chris, Thomas, and Aaron. When son Thomas married his lovely wife Christian, John and Glenda were both over-joyed to welcome their new daughter-in-law into the family! Glenda helped raise the sons as a stay at home mother until the family was older and necessity required that she rejoin the workforce. Glenda holds an Associates of Science degree in Accounting and has worked, most recently, at a single major corporation for over 32 years. In addition to her congregational host duties with John, Glenda functions also as a congregational Children’s Shepherd, & Children's Hebrew Instructor. Additionally, she has worked with children in various capacities since about 1980.