Résumé

Education

• Freed-Hardeman University, A.A., Third Year Certificate in Bible, 1966
• Lipscomb University, B.A., 1967
• Classes on counseling, grief, conflict under James A. Jones, M.A., Central church of Christ, Dalton, Georgia, 1982-1985
• Basic Education, Interim Ministry Network, two weeks class instruction, six months field work, 1998, 1999
• Post Graduate Seminar in Family Emotional Process, The Center for Family Process, Bethesda, Maryland, three three-day seminars, October, 2001, January, April, 2002
• Some of the best educational experiences I have had are weeks of isolation where I read, studied, and reflected fourteen hours a day. I did this August 11-18, 2000, November 5-9, 2001, and September 13-17, 2004
• Co-leader of more than thirty workshops, Leadership Dynamic for Dynamic Leaders, 1986-2006
• Additonal training, Interim Ministry Network, March 2007

  Ministry Experience

Interim  

• Collegeside, Cookeville, Tennessee, March 2010-present
• Hendersonville, Tennessee, October 2008-December 2009
• Eddyville, Kentucky, May 2007-August 2008

Full time:

• Berry’s Chapel church of Christ, June 1993-April 2007 
• Sabbatical, June, July, August 2000
• West Nashville Heights church of Christ, July 1988-May 1993
• Central church of Christ, Dalton, Georgia, April 1977-June 1988
• Madisonville church of Christ, Madisonville, Kentucky, December 1968-March 1977
• Yorkville church of Christ, Yorkville, Tennessee, March 1967-November 1968

Regular Sunday appointments while in school:

• Wrigley church of Christ, Wrigley, Tennessee, June 1966-February 1967
• Dorris Chapel church of Christ, Trenton, Tennessee, September 1965-May 1966
• Yorkville church of Christ, Yorkville, Tennessee, June 1965-August 1965
• Northside church of Christ, Corinth, Mississippi, August 1964-May 1965

Monthly appointments while in high school and first year of college:

• Lower Sulphur church of Christ, Centerville, Tennessee
• Little Rock church of Christ, Wrigley, Tennessee
• Wolf Creek church of Christ, Centerville, Tennessee
• Beaverdam Springs church of Christ, Centerville, Tennessee
• Brush Creek church of Christ, Linden, Tennessee
• Farmers Valley church of Christ, Linden, Tennessee

  Hobbies

• I have been practicing ventriloquism since 1955. I do several programs each year for schools, teacher appreciation banquets, and golden age banquets.
• I have been running since 1969. I completed the Country Music Marathon 2004, 2005, 2006.
• I enjoy riding a one-speed cruiser bike. I have completed eight century rides on the Natchez Trace.