Formal Education:

M.Div. Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
1983 - 1987 Louisville, Kentucky

B.A. State University of New York at Fredonia
1981-1983 Fredonia New York

A.A. Jamestown Community College
1980-1981 Jamestown, New York

1978-1979 Allegheny College
Meadville, Pennsylvania

Continuing Education/Professional Development

November 2008 Deep and Wide Evangelism Conference
PCUSA Stony Point, NY

April 2008 Executive Leadership Assessment
PCUSA, Richmond, VA

January 2008 NCD Pastor Coach Training (audit)
PCUSA ,Daytona Beach FL

November 2007 Journey Group Final Showcase
Western Theological Seminary, Holland MI

September 2007 Journey Group with Darrell Guder
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ

Interim Pastors Training
Lake Tahoe, NV

February 2007 Journey Group with Phil Kenneson
Charleston SC

April 2006 Journey Group with Eunice Barrett
Galveston TX

November 2005 Journey Group with Ina Grace Diettrich
River Glen Presbyterian Church , Naperville IL

June 2005 National New Church Development Conference
PCUSA, Snowbird, UT

Spring 2005 Barnabas Training
New Church Initiatives, Houston TX

May 2005 Emergent Convention
Nashville, TN

February 2005 Journey Group with Eddie Gibbs and Craig Van Gelder
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena CA

September 2004 Journey Group
Western Theological Seminary, Holland MI

November 2003 “Putting Your Own O2 Mask on First”
Easum Bandy and Associates, Bill Easum
Port Arasas, Texas

October 2003 Acts 16:5 Initiative
Stan Ott
Presbytery of New Covenant

October 2003 Jeff Patton comes to Westminster for a weekend workshop/consultation
Easum Bandy and Associates

June 2003 Houston Presbyterian Cursillo
Camp Allen, Texas

January 2003 Convergence 2003
Easum Bandy and Associates
The Woodlands, Texas

October 2002 Turn-around Pastors Seminar
Easum Bandy and Associates, Bill Easum
Port Aransas, Texas

April 2002 Sakribal Language School in
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
4 weeks, one on one tutoring in Spanish Conversation

Oct 2001 Net Results Online Seminar
with Tom Bandy

June 2001 Mission/Study trip to Guatemala
Presbytery of New Covenant
in partnership with CEDEPCA

Spring & Fall 2001 Spanish Conversation, Composition
Lee College, Baytown, TX

February 2001 Church Redevelopment Conference
Cerritos, CA

January 2001- 2002 Vision and Clarity in Ministry
Presbytery of New Covenant

Fall 2000 Intermediate Spanish
Lee College, Baytown, TX

September 2000 Evangelism Connections 2000
Houston, TX

June 2000 “The Protestant Church in China”
Presbytery of New Covenant
2 1/2 week Mission/Study Tour

February 2000 Missional Church, Darrel Guder
Houston, TX

October 1999 Theology Matters — Confessions
Arlington, TX

Summer1999 Conversational Spanish
Lee College
Baytown, TX

April 1999 Missional Church
Flower Mound, TX

October 1998 Christian Development Conference
Dr. Ben Johnson
Houston, Texas

May 1998 Leadership Development Conference
Willow Creek Association
Barrington, Illinois

December 1997 Mary Pipher
“Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls”
Romulus, Michigan

November 1997 Prepare/Enrich pre-marriage counseling
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

April 1997 Lyle Schaller “Ministry in the 21st Century”
Livonia, Michigan

October 1996 Leadership Development Conference
Willow Creek Church
Barrington, Illinois

April 1996 Herb Miller Workshops on Evangelism and
Church Growth
Farmington, Michigan

March 1996 “Confident Witness, Changing World”
Gospel and Our Culture Network
Chicago, Illinois

May 1995 Herb Miller Workshops on Evangelism and Church Growth
Southfield, Michigan

April 1995 “Preaching for the 21st Century”
Dr. Frank Harrington
Louisville, Kentucky

June 1994 “Understanding and Preventing Violence in Youth”
Livonia, Michigan

January 1994 Stephen Ministry Leader Training Course
Orlando, Florida

June 1993 “Caring, Growing, Healing, Reaching Out,
Renewing through Small Groups”
St. Davids, Pennsylvania

April 1992 Options Clergy Counseling Training
Southfield, Michigan

October 1991 Young Children and Worship
Dr. Sonja Stewart
Livonia, MI

April 1991 Families 2000
Chicago, Illinois

Revised November 21, 2008