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Pastor three congregations - Charlotte and Hickory, NC and Columbia, SC. Travel and visit members and prospective members across Western North Carolina and all of South Carolina. Conduct church services every week on the Saturday Sabbath, often in multiple locations on the same day. Counsel members and non-members for spiritual, emotional, mental, physical and financial challenges. Teach post-exilic course at Ambassador Bible College. Festival Coordinator for Feast of Tabernacles in Panama City Beach, FL 2020 to present.Editor-in-Chief of Compass Check, UCG's teen publication in both digital and printed magazine form.

Worked alongside Lead Pastor to learn how to assist people in their faith journey. Taught classes at Ambassador Bible College on adjunct basis. Developed counseling skills for those dealing with spiritual, emotional, mental, physical and financial challenges.

Oversee engineering department, including 2 full time positions. Responsible for design and development of new products and new product lines. Design and test custom compressed air products for a variety of industries including automotive, pharmaceutical, food, packaging.

Responsible for design and development of new products and new product lines. Design and test custom compressed air products for a variety of industries including automotive, pharmaceutical, food, packaging.

Work with air tools such as impacts, air ratchets, drills, nailers, spray guns and air compressors. Worked with oversee suppliers to ensure quality of products and timing of large shipments for promotions such as Father's Day and Christmas. Work with customers such as Canadian Tire, Grainger, Sears, Lowes, Home Depot and Tractor Supply to create custom designed products and packaging. Visit factories to ensure quality assurance practices i place an dmeet with current technology of the day.

Design, development and test of petroleum handling equipment such as gasoline and diesel dispensing nozzles, breakaway valves, transfer equipment, swivels and hoses. Fluid flow analysis, both compressible and incompressible fluids.

Maintain existing designs of propane, liquified petroleum (LP), natural gas and anhydrous ammonia safety and transfer valves, as well as limited exposure to pressure regulators. Designed and created test bench with automated data acquisition and flow measurements.

Worked as engineering co-op (cooperative education) to assist engineers in design, development and test of petroleum handling equipment such as gasoline and diesel dispensing nozzles, breakaway valves, transfer equipment, swivels and hoses.