About Us
Julie Wheeler
Julie works with Max Clark to coordinate our team of wonderfully talented and crazy musicians and singers! She grew up in that far-away, exotic place known as Redmond, Oregon. Perhaps some of you have heard of it? Maybe not. It was there that she got involved in Campus Life -- thanks to a tremendously cool director named Neil Robbins. Her freshman year of college she went to George Fox University before transferring to the University of Oregon where she received a degree in music (boy… can she play those keys!). She says, “Throughout all the twists and turns that life has brought, God has been my rock and I’m so thankful for His love.”
Julie feels utterly blessed to have three wonderful kids and three wonderful step-kids. She and her husband Wayde have their own little “Brady Bunch” going... except “I don’t have an Alice to cook and clean for me. Drat!” Julie and Wayde love their Compass family so much and are truly honored to be a part of it!
Hobbies:
Spending time with my family, hiking, biking, playing tennis, composing music, baking (and eating) cookies, reading and writing.
Favorite Actor:
It's a three-way tie between Bill Murray, Steve Martin and Will Farrell.
Favorite Actress:
Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman
Favorite Movies:
The Jerk, The Truman Show, What About Bob?, Elf, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Amadeus
Favorite Movie Line:
“Huh? I am not a bum. I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends and... uh... my thermos.” (Steve Martin in The Jerk)
Favorite TV Shows:
American Idol, Paula’s Home Cooking with Paul Deen
Favorite Singers/Bands:
Mark Schultz, Eva Cassidy, Maroon 5, Earth, Wind and Fire, Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, Chris Rice, Stevie Wonder, Ludwig van Beethoven, Josh Kelley...
Favorite Restaurant in Central Oregon:
Shojis (very fun), Crossings at the Riverhouse (delicious!)
Best Books I’ve Ever Read:
The Bible, The Harry Potter series, Tangerine, The Giver, The Tale of Despereaux, The Red Tent, How to be Good, The Case for Christ, A Wrinkle in Time.
Favorite Verse:
Matthew 22: 35-40 “One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments.’”
People I Would Love To Spend A Day With:
J.K. Rowling, Professor Karpinski, Mozart, Jenn (a dear friend who lives too far away) and Benjamin Franklin