Adrienne Stricker Email & Phone Number

Addison, IL, US

Wheaton, Illinois, United States

La Grange, Illinois, United States

Chicago, IL

• Broad scope of accountability, including project management, copy editing, board member communication, event planning, and community engagement. Communicated and liaised with denominational executives, bishops, agency.
• In response to board members feeling a loss of community from cancelling in-person meetings, developed a curriculum for virtual small group devotionals to help members feel connected and spiritually engaged
• Created interactive prayer stations and liturgy for worship services during in-person board meetings
• Accepted additional responsibilities in fall of 2018 and received promotion in January of 2019

Chicago, IL

• Served as primary contact for the church to the outside community. Communicated with parishioners and community members through social media and publications for worship and special occasions. Select Accomplishments:
• Served as consultant and editor for elementary curriculum in the absence of a children’s minister
• Improved relationship with community groups and initiated new partnerships, which brought in $8,000

Chicago, IL

• Responsibilities included oversight of communications, including writing and editing content for social media, weekly newsletter and church website. Liaised with committee chairs, church volunteers and community.
• Recognized need for relevant small group study, resulting in designing and leading a small group study on finding spirituality in the city.
• Developed relationship with an art curator seeking space for a show highlighting racial injustice. Artists utilized unused church art gallery space, which brought in 300 attendees and reaffirmed the church’s.

Evanston, IL

• Responsible for strategic oversight of all Christian Education programs in the church for children and adults, with a primary focus on children. Provided leadership, vision and management of the Christian Education.
• Facilitated a months-long dialogue with parents to understand hopes and goals for their children in the church.
• Designed an elementary-grade curriculum that focused on topics of faith and Bible stories noted by parents as being absent or not well addressed in previous curricula.
• Implemented a new classroom model of learning for all elementary grades, which led to increased participation of children and teachers.
• Initiated the development of Family Ministries, which included children-led worship services, intentional intergenerational gatherings, and increased regular participation of children in worship liturgy.

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General