Ministry Experience

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
Children's Ministry:
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:

  • 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

  • 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

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