Joe Sciarrino was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His family moved to San Jose in 1963. As a boy, Joe enjoyed baseball, basketball and tennis. At age 12, he taught himself to play the guitar and piano. Joe attended San Jose State University, but left college after 3 years, moved to Santa Cruz and began to pursue a career in music.
He performed as a solo act in California, Arizona and Ohio and in 1979 he formed the Joe Sharino Band which won 19 Best Band Awards in Northern California and performed in 12 states.
Joe also produced events in Northern California and wrote and recorded custom music during his musical career. He wrote theme songs, jingles and soundtracks for GE, Hewlett Packard, Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Owens Corning, the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and many others.
Joe Sciarrino met his wife Sheri in 1979, and they were married in 1982. They have two grown children and two grand children.
Raised as a Catholic, Joe embarked on a spiritual quest during his senior year of high school, reading the Bible and attending Young Life meetings. A few years later, after spending a year memorizing scriptures, things began to change. Joe felt like God was drawing him closer in the early 1980’s. He and his wife Sheri joined a Bible believing church and he taught a Bible study at his home in Aptos, CA at that time.
In 1990, Joe and his family moved to Oakhurst, CA where he began teaching a Tuesday Night Bible study. It continues to this day, both in person and online on Zoom.
Joe has spoken at several different churches in Northern California. In addition to the weekly Bible study, his passion is Apologetics or giving reasons for faith. Joe speaks at general question and answer sessions regarding the Bible and Christianity and at seminars on such topics as the cults, creation/evolution, abortion, world religions and skeptics’ questions.
Joe enjoys leading worship music two or three times a month, and serving on the elder board at Oakhurst Evangelical Free Church.
Favorite sports: Pro football and basketball.
Favorite vacation spots: Mexico, Hawaii, and Europe.
Favorite pastimes: Spending time with family, traveling, writing/recording music, walks at the beach.
Favorite book other than the Bible: The Case For Christ (Stroebel) and any commentary by John MacArthur.
