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SHALLOWFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Atlanta, GA, June 2014 – present
Associate Pastor for Mission & Discipleship - Coordinated and deepened twelve mission partnerships to broaden and empower the congregation’s volunteer service, resourced eight exiting and developed four additional Sunday school classes, scheduled and expanded the Wednesday night dinner and speaker program, led the liturgy and regularly preached for Sunday morning services, supervised Director of Children’s ministries and Education & Programs Administrative Assistant, and staffed the Christian Education and Mission Committees. Congregation size: 1,000; Community type: Suburban.
Associate Pastor for Young Adult Ministries – Preached, supervised staff, and led volunteers for the Sunday evening worship service, created and coordinated young adult ministry with Sunday school classes, Bible studies, service opportunities and fellowship events for six life-phases in young adulthood (ages 18-40), collaboratively participated in pastoral and departmental leadership teams, led the liturgy of Sunday morning services, staffed and facilitated Young Adult Ministry Committee meetings. Church size: 4,200; Community type: suburban.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dallas, TX, August 2010 – July 2012
Lilly Resident Pastor – Collaboratively crafted and led the liturgy of the two Sunday services, regularly taught church school for all ages, fully engaged in the fellowship and life of the congregation, preached quarterly, continued learning through bi-weekly seminars with the Dallas Lilly Resident cluster and designed a church and city-wide Presbyterian young adult ministry. Church size: 1,500; Community type: urban
BEYOND HOLA! PROJECT, Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA, May 2005 – July 2010
Project & Seminar Director, Curriculum Researcher & Developer – Authored and published church curriculum, directed two conferences and taught multiple classes to encourage informed partnerships between established churches and new Latino Immigrants in the American South. Procured and managed over $30,000 in grant funding from the Practicing Our Faith Valparaiso Project (Lilly Endowment).
COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Decatur, GA
Intensive Greek Preceptor, Summer 2009 and Summer 2010
Instructed one-hour language review class for ten students five days a week, collaborated with five-member teaching team, created curriculum summaries, supported professor, graded tests and eased new students’ transitions into seminary.
Scripture Reading Practicum Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008
Coached two classes of six first-year students in public speaking and scripture reading for two hours a week.
GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Atlanta, GA, October – December 2009
Chaplaincy Intern – Provided pastoral care for patients and their families in the Emergency Room, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Postpartum floor. Grady is Georgia’s largest hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. Its clientele is 80% African American and 12% Hispanic.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, Atlanta, GA, February – May 2009
Immigrant Legal Services and Refugee Resettlement Intern – Translated for and accompanied clients to social service organizations, supervised and tracked unaccompanied minors and researched international political situations for refugee and asylum cases.
GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ELECTED OFFICIALS, Atlanta, GA, February – December 2008
Urban Ministries Intern – Designed and executed strategy to engage the Atlanta faith community around immigration issues, facilitated bi-monthly Latino leadership course, created video interviews for organizational website and supported preparation and execution of public events.
COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Decatur, GA, Summer 2008
Supervised Ministry Intern – Co-led worship services, taught Sunday school classes and visited sick members of a 100-member, middle-class, suburban church.
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, Bristol, England, Oct. 2006 – May 2007
Senior Caller – Spring 2007, Managed sixty person call center team and administered all call reports for seven hours a week.
PRESBYTERIAN UNITED NATIONS OFFICE, New York, NY, September 2005 – September 2006
Seminar Program Coordinator – Engineered and facilitated educational workshops, monitored the UN agenda, represented the Presbyterian Church in collaboration with UN non-governmental organizations and created UN resources for Presbyterians.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, NC
Spanish Assistant Teacher – Fall 2004 & Spring 2005, Designed and taught language drill sessions twice weekly.
Annual Fund Paid Caller – Spring 2004, Built rapport with and requested donations from alumni for four hours each week.
Davidson College Dance Ensemble (Fall 2001 – Spring 2005): President (2004), Co-President (Spring 2003), Technical Director, Stage Manager and Choreographer. Directed 160-member, entirely student-run dance company, managed $15,000 budget, directed weekly board meetings and represented the organization to the college community.
NORTHSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Chattanooga, TN, Summer 2004
Lilly Ministerial Intern – Co-created and led worship services, designed and taught Sunday school classes for all age groups, co-directed and interpreted for mission trip to Mexico, taught weekly preschool chapel, orchestrated and chaperoned youth fellowship opportunities, including rafting and group dinners, and visited homebound members.
BAYLOR SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, Chattanooga, TN
Development and Communications Intern – Summer 2003, Solicited contributions from major givers, provided voice talent for the school’s promotional DVD, researched successful development campaigns of parallel institutions, wrote press releases and assisted in the production of the Annual Report.
Development Intern and Grant Researcher – Summer 2002, Solicited contributions from alumni, organized alumni class leaders for campaigns, ran and analyzed statistical reports on contributions and researched grants for school projects.
