Position
Student Ministries Associate
Verse
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
-Ephesians 2:10
Info
Born: October 7 in Jackson, MS
Education: Masters of Education from William Carey
Siblings: One brother and one sister
Hobbies & activities: I love to read, watch movies.
Favorite music: I don’t really have one favorite – I like a lot of different types of music.
Favorite movies: All 3 Pirates of the Caribbean, All 3 Spiderman movies, Night At The Museum, The Bourne Movies
Favorite Starbucks drink: I am not really a coffee drinker but I love Starbucks hot chocolate!
Life Story
I was born in Jackson, MS and moved to McComb, MS when I was in the 2nd grade. I am the oldest of 3 children – I have a younger sister and a younger brother. I grew up in church – if the doors were open for any reason, we were probably there. I became a Christian at the age of 15 at a youth camp. I think God has used that to give me a heart for Student Ministry.
I went to Southwest Mississippi Community College and then to Mississippi College to get a degree in secondary education. I came to Hattiesburg in the fall of 2000 to get a Master’s Degree in Education at William Carey.
Sensing a Call
I have always loved student ministry. I worked as an intern in the Youth Ministry at FBC McComb and I took a course in Youth Ministry while at Mississippi College and began to feel like God wanted me to work in Youth/Student Ministry in some way.
I began working at FBC in the fall of 2000 when I first moved to Hattiesburg. I worked as an intern first in Children’s Ministry and then in Youth Ministry. I graduated from Carey in 2002 and knew I had to get a full-time job. I had been praying about it for sometime that God would open up doors for me if he wanted me to continue working in Student Ministry. Not long after I graduated from Carey, the opportunity to become the Youth Ministry Associate here at FBC opened up and I jumped at it. I absolutely love what I do and can’t imagine a better job in the world!
Vision
I think our vision as a Student Ministry is simple – leading students to know, love, and follow Jesus.
