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James Gruben
A/V Technican & Sound Engineer
 
James
Gruben was born on September 14, 1984 in Plano Texas. He lived in a house in Richardson until he moved to Garland, Texas
where he lived until he moved when he was about done in 7th grade where he finished his 7th grade and 8th grade years up at
Winston Campus in Palatine, Illinois.
James went to Palatine High School and that’s when he got involved
with the audiovisual ministry at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Palatine, Illinois. He helped out working the 16
channel sound booth that used to be back in the sound room behind the sanctuary and also working the lights which used to
be dimmer knobs and light switches. He worked the sound and lights all through high school.
After high school,
James went to Concordia University in River Forest Illinois where he was there for about 2 years going for his Bachelors in
Music Education. Later before he left Concordia James switched his major to Computer Information Systems. After
Concordia, James transferred to Harper where he got his Associates in Computer Information Systems and then went off to Roosevelt
University in Schaumburg were he got his Bachelors in Information Technology in December of 2010.
James just
recently took over the Technical Arts Ministry at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and he also does the audiovisual behind
the scenes stuff for Fuel, which is the high school ministry at Prince of Peace. “I thank God every day for the
wonderful gifts he has given me and all the wonderful people he has placed in my life.”
He explains his unique bond with musical partners Kevan & Mike, "The two people I am definitely blessed
to have in my life are Kevan Bauman and Michael Dailey. I met Mike one evening at Prince of Peace during our college
age youth group and I had seen Kevan a few times before when the youth group was just starting up before it was taken over
by someone else but I never really new him until I was introduced to him by Mike after the Ignite fall retreat before Fuel
one evening. We all started hanging out and before long, I was a part of their group as the technology and sound engineer.
I enjoy working with these guys. They are more like brothers to me now then just friends. They are my family."
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