Merry-Reid Sheffer, M.Div.
Director of Employment Services at Edge Employment- Claim this Profile
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Edge Employment
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Employment Services
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Jul 2023 - Present
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Employment Specialist
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Jan 2019 - Jul 2023
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Project Transformation Tennessee
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Quality Coach
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
Provided on-site training and personal coaching for 27 interns across four programming sites in Nashville, TN. Assessed intern performance based on the organization’s tracking system. Provided on-site training and personal coaching for 27 interns across four programming sites in Nashville, TN. Assessed intern performance based on the organization’s tracking system.
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Intern
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Aug 2016 - May 2017
Responded to all incoming letters from incarcerated people, connecting them with resources, coding and filing their concerns, and adding those applicable to ongoing lawsuits of NEPC. Interviewed the families of those incarcerated in order to add their testimonies to ongoing bills and lawsuits of NEPC. Led and participated in weekly worship services and actions that call for an end to mass incarceration and celebrate the gifts of the Tennessee community that is in its grip. Responded to all incoming letters from incarcerated people, connecting them with resources, coding and filing their concerns, and adding those applicable to ongoing lawsuits of NEPC. Interviewed the families of those incarcerated in order to add their testimonies to ongoing bills and lawsuits of NEPC. Led and participated in weekly worship services and actions that call for an end to mass incarceration and celebrate the gifts of the Tennessee community that is in its grip.
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Site Coordinator
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May 2016 - Aug 2016
Assisted in launching a summer, literacy-based daytime program geared toward underserved children and families in Memphis, TN. Oversaw seven interns and eighty children daily. Committed to intentional Christian community on Christian Brothers University’s campus. Assisted in launching a summer, literacy-based daytime program geared toward underserved children and families in Memphis, TN. Oversaw seven interns and eighty children daily. Committed to intentional Christian community on Christian Brothers University’s campus.
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Intern
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May 2014 - Aug 2014
Programmed and facilitated a summer, literacy-based daytime program geared toward underserved children and families in inner city Nashville, TN. Lived and participated in an intentional Christian community on Belmont University’s campus. Programmed and facilitated a summer, literacy-based daytime program geared toward underserved children and families in inner city Nashville, TN. Lived and participated in an intentional Christian community on Belmont University’s campus.
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Church Street United Methodist Church
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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College Life Intern
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Aug 2011 - May 2014
Organized weekly dinners and Bible studies, service projects, yearly mission trips, community fellowship outings, and college-led Sunday school class for the children's ministry. Participated in staff meetings, retreats and church-wide initiatives.
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Youth Intern
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
Assisted in the planning and implementation of youth mission trips, service projects, and community fellowship outings. Led weekly two Bible studies for middle school and high school girls.
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Education
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Vanderbilt University
Master of Divinity (MDiv), Divinity/Ministry -
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Bachelor's degree, English Literature