Experience

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  Renaissance Vineyard Church

  • Sound Technician

    • Oct 2013 - Present

    In addition to managing volume and quality of the mix, primarily responsible for facilitating a balanced mix, congruent with being sensitive to discern the flow of the Holy Spirit. Some mornings are train wrecks, others are akin to aural nirvanna. The job well done is when no one knows I'm there.

  • Worship Team/Guitar-Vocals

    • 2010 - Present

    Member of an ensemble of musicians privileged to lead Sunday worship services at Renaissance Vineyard Church.

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  Prison Creative Arts Project

  • Published Author

    • Apr 2011 - Present

    "I've Somehow Swallowed The Night" published in an anthology of short stories in 2011.

  • Literary Review

    • Jun 2001 - Present

    As a member of an editing team, PCAP’s Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing seeks to showcase the talent and diversity of Michigan's incarcerated writers. The review features writing from both beginning and experienced writers - writing that comes from the heart, and that is unique, well-crafted, and lively. This collective endeavor produces an anthology of short stories published annually.

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  City of Warren, MI

  • Operator Technician

    • Jun 1996 - Sep 2003

    Operated Primary, Secondary & Tertiary treatment processes of an EPA award-winning 100 MGD Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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  City of Detroit

  • Employee Assistance Program Director

    • Mar 1976 - Mar 1993

    Designed, implemented & directed an in-house EAP providing education, counsel, referrals and after-care follow-up for a client base of 1200 employees. Proctored an accredited Substance Abuse Training course, exceeding compliance provisos of the Federal Drug Free Workplace Act achieving a red...