My Experience
Background & Expertise
2021 - Present
Executive Pastor, Still Water Community Church
Continued to lead and expanded small group ministry
Led and expanded equipping ministries.
Preached 10-12 time a year.
Led and managed additional lay and paid staff members.
Assisted in developing and launching Young Adult Ministry.
Led and launched marriage care ministry, Re|engage.
Developed, launched, and taught Elder Development and Onboarding Training
Developed, led, and taught leadership/discipleship development program, self-leadership, group/team leadership, ministry (leading leaders) leadership.
Continued all previously held responsibilities as Associate Pastor.
2020 - 2021
Associate Pastor, Still Water Community Church
Support and Assist in guidance of all church ministries
Lead Small Groups Ministry
Assist with visitations
Assist with weddings and funerals
Teach and Preach as needed
Oversee all Business Operations, Administrative Functions and Staff
2017 - 2019
Ministry Coordinator of Operations, Stonegate Church
Planning Center Administrator and guru.
Member of Leadership Support Team, provided support and assisted Elders with miscellaneous tasks, events, and meetings
Managed all office operations, including development, implementation of maintenance of all office policies and procedures.
Responsible for managing all church physical resources.
Managed all church wide communication: email, social media, and website.
Responsible for onboarding all new staff members
Provided human resources support for all current staff members (20+)
Directed Church Safety Team, developed, trained and implemented church safety plan.
Oversaw church contributions
Managed purchases requests
Managed relationship with Luke 9:23 Ministries, church financial firm
Assisted or managed all major events the church hosted
Ensured all ministries had the resources they needed, assisting when needed.
Helped develop and design handout, social media, and website material
2017-2018
Executive Assistant for Lead Pastor, Stonegate Church
Assisted with communication: email, phone calls, letters
Managed Lead Pastors schedule
Assisted in booking travel
Coordinated Church Planting Ministry meetings with 20+ church planters in the DFW area.
Provided logistical and hospitality support to visiting preachers, speakers, and guests.
2016-2017
Ministry Intern, Stonegate Church
Assisted with communications: email, phone calls, letters
Assisted pastoral care, youth, kids, and groups ministries
Developed curriculum and taught Intro to Greek for laypersons, 8 weeks class
Lead and organized Prayer Week for 800+ members.
Developed materials related to the prayer week.
2017 - Present
Owner, Celebration Signs of DFW
Operate sign rental business
2014 - Present
Sports Official, TASO
Football Official
Member of Fort Worth Football Officials
Officiate middle school, JV, and High School football using NCAA rules
Baseball Umpire
Member of Dallas Baseball Umpire Association
Umpire for JV, and High School baseball using NFHS rules
2015 - 2017
Corporate Travel Specialist, Savoya
Efficiently adept at answering inbound phone calls, internal questions, email queues and other requests simultaneously.
Effectively handle escalated situations using troubleshooting and expectation management skills.
Tracks private flights using Flight Explorer in order to ensure accurate pick up times for clients
Creates and monitors group transportation reservations for clients
Develops and modifies manifests for meetings and events for hundreds of passengers
Perform everyday operational duties; trip assignment, QA calls, inbound vendor calls and meeting quality expectations.
Manage reservations with an advanced understanding of the markets, clients, vendors and situational risk; and take action on identified risks to prevent deviations.
Create budget estimates for meeting and event transportation manifests
Receive and solve escalations from all departments with quick results
2011 - 2013
Emergency Manager, USAF
Developed, maintained, or implemented continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Planned, conducted, and debriefed regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Acted as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event. Conducted disaster response plans and recovery actions during Superstorm Sandy at Joint Base Langley Eustis.
Instructed Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear survival skills for use in a wartime environment. Evaluated students on the knowledge and ability to survive in the case of a CBRN attack. Planned, conducted, and debriefed exercises for classrooms to entire installations.
Provided Emergency Operations support for real world disaster response, wartime skills exercises, disaster response exercises, and VIP visits to the area (Ex: POTUS).
2011 - 2015
Dangerous Goods Specialist, Fedex
Memphis World Hub
Responsible for tracking hazardous materials inbound to MEMH departing to various locations. Responsible for the proper loading of hazards materials onto departing planes from MEMH. Briefed pilots on possible hazards and emergency procedures for the hazardous cargo they were transporting.
Dallas Metro Station
Responsible for the inspection and approval of hazardous materials being shipped FedEx out of the Dallas area. Implement current International Air Transport Authority (IATA), FAA, and FedEx rules for the shipment of hazardous material both domestically and internationally. Ensure the proper loading and transport of hazardous materials from the DALA station based on current DOT regulations. Responsible for implementing and carrying out proper spill clean up procedures for local hazardous material spills and coordinating with FedEx Dangerous Goods Administration and the EPA if necessary.
Education
What I’ve Learned
2014 - 2019
Master of Theology (ThM)
Dallas Theological Seminary
2011 - 2012
B.A. Political Science
University of Memphis
2011 - 2013
A.S. Emergency Management
Community College of the Air Force
2007 - 2010
Military Strategic Science
United States Air Force Academy
112 Hours Completed
My Skills
Theology
Advanced
Discipleship
Advanced
Biblical Studies
Advanced
Public Speaking
Intermediate
Technology
Advanced
Operations/Program Management
Advanced
Planning Center Online
Expert
Volunteer Work
Lending a Helping Hand
2017-2019
Home Group Coach
Coached 3-5 Home Groups at a time
Met regularly with leaders to check in and advise when needed
Provided counseling with leaders when difficult situations arose in groups
Ensured leaders were being cared for to prevent burnout
2019
Bible Study Methods Teacher
Taught Bible Study Methods that covered observation, interpretation, and application.
2019
Blastball Coach
Coach for Waxahacie Youth Baseball Association community baseball league.
2014-2015
Evangelism Team Member
Shared the Gospel at multiple college campuses throughout the DFW area
2008-2010
Campus Crusade Student Leader
Lead weekly bible study with other cadets
2006
Campus Counselor
Team Leader for 50+ children
Cabin Counselor for 8-10 children
Aviation
My Long Time Hobby
Since a young age I have loved aviation, getting involved early flying RC planes, to flying gliders, to props.
Outdoors
God's Creation
I've always loved the outdoors and learned to appreciate it through my time in the Boy Scouts.