RESUME
I am Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey skilled in preaching, communications, social media, and family ministries.
EMPLOYMENT
since 2014
Pastor
Christ Lutheran Church, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
clc4u.org
I’m currently serving as a pastor of a suburban congregation in Northern Bergen County. We have two worship services on Sunday, Sunday School, Confirmation, Youth Groups, Social Ministry Committees, a Women’s Group, Community Garden, and more.
2012-2014
Director of Communications
Advent Lutheran Church, New York City
adventnyc.org
Strengthened the Advent community through a rebranding of all print and online communications and developed a worldwide network of social media relationships through a variety of online campaigns engaging upwards of 10,000 people a week.
2012 – 2013
Director of Children, Youth, & Family Ministries
Advent Lutheran Church, New York City
adventnyc.org
Oversaw a Sunday School program with 15-20 weekly participants from ages 4 through 18 while leading Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation classes and recruiting/training 10 Sunday School teachers. Developed two Youth choirs as well as a collaborative team model of ministry with two part-time employees. Saw a 200% increase in fundraising and successfully transitioned the team to a new leadership model for 2013-2014 programming year.
2014
Communications Coordinator
Lutheran Ministries of Higher Education, New York City
thevinenyc.org
In a short-time, developed an online presence for a new ministry initiative aimed towards NYC college students. Created a website and social media communities and basic online communications strategies for the organization to follow. Logos, flyers (for print and online), and e-newsletters were created and used.
2012 – 2013
Internship/Vicar
Advent Lutheran Church, New York City
adventnyc.org
Overlapping with my Communications and Youth/Family roles, I preached monthly, presided over a variety of services (Thursday night alternative worship services, funerals, traditional liturgies, etc), provided pastoral care to the 300+ member congregation, trained/managed the church office, assisted the Senior Pastor, Latino Mission Developer, and other employees in a variety of projects, and organized/ran Adult bible studies.
2010 – 2012
Seminarian (Field Education)
Advent Lutheran Church, New York City
adventnyc.org
For two years, served as the seminarian at Advent. Led/developed Adult education courses, helped with Youth programming, worked with confirmation students, modernized Advent’s communications and online presence, preached, presided, and provided pastoral care to various members of the congregation.
since 2008
Director of Technology
The Clyde Fitch Report
clydefitchreport.com
Built and oversaw the deployment of a website that has grown to over 20,000 visitors a month, 50 regular contributors, and is currently on its 4th design and layout.
2004 – 2010
Freelance
Web Designer and Developer
Worked on a variety of projects including dance studios, non-profits, advocacy groups, and corporations to maximize their online presence. Developed tools and resources to manage the online sales/delivery system for a software company that made multi-million dollar sales a year.
COMMITTEES/EXPERIENCE
2013 – 2014
Innovation Team
Metropolitan New York Synod
A team in the strategic plan developing a mechanism to fund $1 million worth of innovative ministries during the next six years. Coded, built, and launched The Sowers’ Project at the 2014 Synod Assembly.
2013 – 2014
Outreach Committee
Metropolitan New York Synod
2013
Churchwide Assembly
Pittsburgh, PA
Young-Adult lay voting member from MNYS. Worked on resolution to modify Church Capital Campaign to raise $4 million for lay youth and young adult leadership development.
EDUCATION
2011 – 2014
Master of Divinity
General Theological Seminary
2010 – 2011
Certificate of Theological Study
The Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia
2000 – 2004
Bachelor of Science
Cornell University
From the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.
BUILDING
Gospel
Jesus, how sweet you are! Jesus changed my life and made my story his story. Faith is a beautiful thing and needs to be shared out loud!
Inclusion
The inclusive vision of the gospel is a powerful antidote to the reality of sin, destruction, and separation that is part of the human story.
Redevelopment
A new church for the present. All churches are sites for redevelopment to be centers of evangelism and love in their neighborhoods.
Social Media
Online communities are our church community and provide an amazing window into the faith lives of everyone in the world.
Web Design
I’ve been building websites and online communities since the late ’90s.
