- I’m a member of the United Methodist Church, and a certified lay speaker, which means I am not an ordained minister but am prepared to preach from time to time, such as filling in for an ill or vacationing minister.
- I am a volunteer and former long-time board member for Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project), which places volunteers into the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee for camps at which they do home repair or provide programming for children and youth from remote mountain communities.
Here is a link to a series of posts about Mountain T.O.P.’s Adults In Ministry program. - I take foreign mission trips through LEAMIS International Ministries and formerly served as a board member.
Here are links to some of the newspaper stories I’ve written about my LEAMIS trips:2004 Kenya trip:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 52005 Kenya trip:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 52006 Kenya trip:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 52007 Bolivia trip:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 62008 Costa Rica trip:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5