Ministry Experience:
- Karis Revitalization Resident
- Youth Ministry Director: 2 years (Karis)
- Youth Ministry: 5 years (Compass & Karis)
- Missions Ministry Deacon: 3 years (Compass)
- Church Board Member: 3 years (Compass)
- Karis Staff: 2 Years
- Karis Pastoral Intern: 2 years
- Missional Community/Small Group/Fellowship Leader: 5 years (Karis, Compass, and Faith Family)
- Sunday School/Discipleship Development Leader: 5 years (Compass & Faith Family)
- MC Co-Leader (Karis)
- Communication Team 4 years (Karis, Compass, & Faith Family)
Compass Evangelical Free Church (2010-2015)
Youth Ministry:
Compass Youth Group Leader & Teacher 2014-2015
- Axis Ministry Teaching Team
- Core Group Co-Leader of 9th-grade boys 2014-2015
- Youth Outreach: Food Bank volunteer/leader (2012-2015)
- Lock-In leader 2014-2015
- Axis Camp 2014 - Leader, photography, video, slideshow, and van driver
- Youth Men’s Retreat 2015 leader and teacher
- 2015 Axis Summer Class development and teacher: Intersecting Jesus
- Axis Camp 2015 - Leader, MC, teacher/preacher, and van driver
- Photography and videography
VBS 2012
- Set building
- Emcee and acting
- Assisted, directed, and acted with youth in daily VBS skits
- Designed VBS slide show presentation to church
Communications:
Missions & Mission Deacon/Pastor
Theological Trainging & Teaching:
- Compass EFC Communications Team 2014-2015
- Photography and Videography for church communications
- Themes, posters, and materials design for church communications
- Evangelical Free Sermon website implementation
- Dramatic skits: Actor: Good Friday, Christmas, VBS presentations; Writer & Director: Spoken Word at Mission Sunday 2013 performed by Compass Youth
Missions & Mission Deacon/Pastor
Compass Mission Ministry Team Leader 2012-2015
- Presented suggested initial budgets and worked with Mission Team and Compass Board on finalizing budgets
- Oversight of Mission Ministry budget (Mission budget being 13% of total church budget and one of the largest budgetary line items)
- Implementation of yearly mission trip program
- Implementation of $3 missional book cart
- Implemented and created Mission Communication Board
- Created, designed, and implemented missional focused theme of “I Am A Missionary” with “Mission: Here and There” focus
- Formulated helping local families program with Mission Team and delegated Mission Team member as leader of that program
- Coordinated Mission-Focused Sunday events 2013 & 2014
- Preached sermon on being missional focused
- Coordinated meals
- Coordinated music
Honduras Mission Team Leader/Pastor 2013, 2014, 2015
- Coordination and logistics of trips
- Recruitment
- Team communications
- Team building and communion
- Evangelism training
- Music
- Delegating duties to team members with gifts and talents
- Implementation of Youth Discipleship strategy
- Implementation of Munchies with a Mission Sunday fundraiser
- Design of travel and information guides
- Coordination of fundraising events
- Coordination and over-site of funds, budgets, and purchases.
- Coordination of church-wide Honduras Mission communications
- Purchase, design, and implementation of ChristShine.com website for communication and recruitment
- Media relations
- Photography and videography
- Brigade Site: Evangelism, concrete, children’s ministry, pharmacy, and prayer
- Design
- Slideshows
- Coordination and implementation of Honduras Sunday Presentations
- Pastored during evening meetings in Honduras
Honduras Mission Team member 2012: Evangelism, concrete, and children
Restore Joplin Mission Trip
Restore Joplin Mission Trip
- Restoration mission worker
- YouTube slide show 2011
Theological Trainging & Teaching:
- Theology Group 2010-11
- Men’s Group: Participant and Teacher
- Small Group Leader and participant
- Study to Be Approved Sunday School Class 2010-2011
- Potter’s Clay Sunday School Teaching Team: Administrator and Teacher 2012-2014, Participant 2011-2014
- iLife Teacher and Team Leader (Marriage, 2012; Radical, 2013)
Faith Family Fellowship Church (2005-2010)
- LDI (Life Development Institute) participant 2005-2010
- LDI Teacher/Facilitator: Marriage 2008-2009
- LDI children’s area 2009
- Men’s group special event: Special Testimonial speaker 2008
- Faith Family Columbia Fellowship Co-Leader 2008-2010
- Faith Family Columbia Fellowship Men’s Group Co-Leader 2008-2010
- Usher Team member 2006-2010
- VBS Leader 4th grade boys: 2008
- VBS Leader 4th grade boys: 2009
- VBS Emcee & Main character skits: 2010
- Faith-Family.org website design, implementation, and administrator 2005-2010
- Church communications design
- Sermon series logo design