Bard Letsinger Resume

Bard Letsinger 203 Green Gable Dr., Victoria, TX 77904 Home 361-485-0055 Cell 361-571-1282 e-mail [email protected]

PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT To use contemporary, innovative methods to help seekers become believers and believers become fully devoted followers of God. I am seeking a church or group who is not bound by the tradition of “we have never done it that way before”, is not scared to take chances and is willing to do whatever it takes to reach people for Christ.

PROFILE Over 25 years experience acting and public speaking. Over 20 years experience in the church serving in positions varying from Lay Youth Leader in a 100 member Bible Church to Couples Pastor at Fellowship of The Woodlands (now Woodlands Church), one of largest and most innovative churches in the United States. Over 15 years Teaching, Leading Small Groups/Mentoring, Developing and Implementing Communication Strategies, Developing Internal and External Communication Materials, Marketing, Public/Media Relations and Leading Volunteers.

EXPERIENCE Pastor of Spiritual Development/Connection Parkway Church (1000 Adv. Weekend Attendance) 4802 John Stockbauer Dr. Victoria, TX 77904 • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

February 2006 – February 2009

Taught main service and led communion, baptism and baby dedication services various times during the year. Did welcome, sermon intro, offering, announcements and closing or a combination of those elements for most services. Part of the “Creative Team” that developed weekend sermon series and package consisting of music, graphics, writing in house produced videos, creative illustrations and set design. Developed Special Christmas and Easter Services with Creative Arts Pastor, including recruiting and developed teams of actors, singers, tech teams, greeters, etc. Taught the “101-Membership”, “201-Discipleship”, and “301-Spirtual Gifts” class. Developed strategic plan for connecting people in small groups and reorganizing Small Group Coaching structure. Researched Small Group and Christian Education materials and oversaw development and reorganization of Parkway’s Resource Room. Organized and oversaw Greeters and Bulletin ministry. Developed graphic packages and promotional campaigns (internal & external) for special services and events. Handled and developed church media relations. Became one of the pastors local media came to for interviews. Created “Parkway University” with classes to help the congregation in their spiritual development. Organized and hosted conferences such as I Promise and Fireproof as well as developed special community assimilation events such as fish fries and movie nights. Together with my wife did counseling, especially couples counseling and marriage preparation. Redesigned weekly bulletin announcements insert to grab reader’s attention and promote better awareness of church activities and events. Assisted in development and printing of annual Fall Small Group campaign where we produced and published our own study that was done simultaneously by all the churches small groups and coincided with Fall sermon series.

Examples of teaching style found at http://www.vimeo.com/album/113147 Examples of creativity and humor http://www.vimeo.com/album/114155

Couples Pastor: Small Groups September 2004 – February 2006 Fellowship of The Woodlands/Woodlands Church (13,000 Adv. Weekend Attendance) 1 Fellowship Dr The Woodlands, TX 77384 • • • • •

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Assisted Pastor of Small Groups in implementing church wide small group initiatives. Co-led bi-weekly study and meeting of church’s Division Leaders (Deacons). Organized Couples Small Group Connections to help connect couples with a small group. Trained and developed new small group leaders. Organized and developed special Small Group services, Small Group breakouts at FOTW’s Innovative Impact Conference, and helped host Saddleback Small Group conference on our campus.

Assist Executive Pastor with strategic planning and organizing Men’s Wednesday morning Bible Study “Iron on Iron” as well as prepared and taught lessons two or three times a semester. Wrote devotionals for Relational page of thelifecoach.org (now OneMonthtoLive.com) Taught “201-Discovering Spiritual Maturity” Class. Oversaw Communion and conducted Baptisms after every service.

Administrative Assistant / Registrar / Recruiter July 2002 – September 2004 Grace School of Theology 5800 Alden Woods Drive The Woodlands, TX 77384 (Held this position while attending seminary) • • • • •

Assist new students with their Admissions Applications and Register students for class at the start of each semester. Record student’s grades, update transcripts, and mail out grade reports. Manage schools office, phone list and student and donor databases. Development promotional materials and mail outs to promote school throughout the community. Respond to potential student questions via phone, letters,and e-mail.

Public Information Coordinator May 2000 - May 2002 Food for the Hungry 7729 E. Greenway Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (Held this position while attending seminary) 1-800-248-6437 • Created communications pieces such as brochures, annual reports, press releases, child sponsorship kits, fact sheet, and web pages,on time and under budget. • Managed organization’s printing, including interviewing printers, obtaining bids on print jobs, storage, and inventory of printed materials. • Led Radio Strategy Team. Team members included the Vice President of Marketing, one department head, and three directors, all people who were above me on the organizational chart. • Implemented changes in printing procedures, such as rewording printed materials to give them longer shelf life and using printers that specialized in particular formats, to save organization money. • Developed organizations Five Year Radio Plan and implemented radio campaigns, including two successful promotions with the K-Love Radio Network resulting in largest sponsorship drive in thirty-year history of the organization. • Traveled to Kenya and Guatemala with radio personalities to inspect organizations work first hand. The trips succeeded in turning radio personalities from one-time promoters into long-term supporters of the ministry. • Developed procedures for contacting media in disaster and non-disaster situations to heighten public awareness. • Gave interviews to Mission Network News, Christianity Today, Word Magazine, 48 Hours, as well as newspaper and television stations across the country.

Station Manager March 1995 - March 2000 KXBJ Radio, Victoria, TX (KSBJ Educational Media Foundation) 327 Wilson Road Humble Texas 77338 (281) 446-KSBJ • Prepared yearly operating budget and monitored station expenses. Was responsible for keeping expenses within the budget. • Recruited and oversaw army of volunteers who helped at all station concerts, sharathons fundraisers and special events. • Set agenda and lead station Advisory Board meetings. • Developed and implemented strategies to promote the station in the community with the goal of not only increasing listenership,but also having those listeners take ownership of the station. • Produced and promoted station concerts and other special events including contract negotiations, creating promotional materials and working with local churches to secure their facilities as venues. • Interviewed, hired, and released station employees and volunteers. • Received and deposited listener contributions. • Increased listener financial support of station by over 600%.

EDUCATION My goal in attending seminary was to better equip myself for a of full time ministry position in the church. The majority of my seminary training outside of the Theology and Bible classes has been in Biblical Leadership and examining effective church ministries with a focus on building and leading Small Groups, Discipleship, Education, Equipping, and Assimilation Ministries. I have taken the bible track twice over, once at each school I have attended, to get a better overview of scripture. I am only short Biblical Languages for my M.A. and M.Div, however, I have complete classes in the use of such tools such as Logos, Bible Works. Lexicons, etc., to do language studies for my messages. Grace School of Theology 2002-2004 12 hours left in M.A. Biblical Leadership Program 24 hours left in M.Div. Biblical Leadership Program Phoenix Seminary 2000-2002 M.Div. Biblical Leadership 42 Hours of work completed. University of Houston –Bachelors of Science in Communications 1996

SECONDARY TRAINING Frequently attend conferences and seminars to pick up new ideas and reinforce what I have previously learned. These include the Willow Creek Arts Conference, Saddleback Purpose Driven Church Conference, Willow Creek Small Groups Conference, Fellowship of The Woodlands Innovative Impact Conference, Fellowship Grapevine C3 Conference, and hosted such events as Saddleback Small Groups Conference, Saddleback Church Planters Conference, Gary Smalley’s I Promise Marriage Seminar and Fireproof Marriage Seminar Simulcast.

REFERENCES Randy Reeves – Executive Pastor Fellowship of The Woodlands/Woodlands Church One Fellowship Drive The Woodlands, TX 77384 281-367-1900 Michael Smalley – Author/Speaker/Counselor

9595 Six Pines Dr. Suite 8210 The Woodlands, TX 77380 832- 631-6091 Scott Weatherford – Senior Pastor Fellowship of the Hills Tallahassee 930 Thomasville Road, Suite 106 Tallahassee, FL 32303 850-443-0880 Roe Ann Estevez -Marketing Director for Free Market Foundation 1801 Touch Gold Court Rowlett, Texas 75088 214-235-6713 Mike Hurt – Senior Pastor Parkway Church 4802 John Stockbauer Dr. Victoria, TX 77904 361-572-8340