David Pattee Email & Phone Number

Irvine, California, United States

•318 member congregation (173 average Sunday worship attendance) with one full-time pastor, a four-person program staff, and three support personnel. Traditional pastoral duties.•Led developmental tasks of interim ministry, including review and revitalization of congregation’s mission priorities, and reinvigoration of its Diversity & Inclusion Task Force.•Coordinated the adjustment of all ministries during the COVID-19 crisis, including online worship, study, fellowship groups and pastoral care, emergency support for persons in need, and continuity of administrative functions.

•Leader of four-member professional staff for an historic congregation in an outer suburb of Chicago. (1000+ members/175 average Sunday worship attendance.) Traditional pastoral duties.•Initiated and shaped process toward a five-year plan adopted by the congregation.•Updated and regularized personnel and administrative procedures.•Cleaned church membership rolls.•Introduced “blended” worship. Recruited and organized a team of professional music leaders.•Revised the SEM (Summer Experience in Ministry) internship for college-age members of the church interested in ministry. Solicited and secured a major financial gift to permanently endow the program.

Kent, Ohio

•Leader of five-member program staff facilitating ministry of very active and visible congregation (555 members/225 average Sunday worship attendance) in university community. Traditional pastoral duties.•Initiated congregational renewal effort known as “Mission Movement,” focused on enriching worship, youth, and social service ministries: Increased Sunday fellowship meals and added a “community outreach dinner” for clients of local social service agencies; Reorganized leadership for worship and youth ministries, adding Whole Body Sundays as a monthly occasion of worship involving all generations and drawing from a wide variety of arts and liturgical styles; Expanded religious education offerings to include study and reflection on sexuality, interfaith relationships and other timely topics; Began weekly men’s fellowship breakfast. Started Stephen Ministry and reorganized leadership for pastoral care. Raised funds for and completed renovation of kitchen and pipe organ.•Rebranded church programs and communications to better reflect mission identity, redeveloping website and creating a social media network.•In our third year together, shifted to net membership growth after more than ten years of net decline.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

•Chief advancement officer and advisor to the president and trustees, responsible for organizing “friendmaking and fundraising” in support of the seminary’s mission.•Architect, director and lead solicitor in $14 million fundraising campaign, completed Fall 2005.•Leader of Development & External Affairs Team, including four-person professional staff, support staff, and volunteers.

•Major gift cultivation and solicitation.•Organized leadership (“quiet”) phase of fundraising campaign projecting $12 million goal.•Developed and directed Planned Giving program.•Developed and directed Legacy Scholarships Program.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

•One half of two-person professional staff hired to rebuild seminary’s institutional advancement effort, including business plan, management structures, and information systems.•Director of Annual Fund.•Director of Church and Alumni/ae Relations.

Frankfort, Illinois, United States

•720 member congregation (270 average Sunday worship attendance) with four-member professional staff. Traditional pastoral duties.•5% net membership growth, 35% increase in average Sunday morning attendance, and 30% increase in giving during my tenure.•Began cable TV broadcast of worship services, winning regional awards for “Program Excellence” in 1996 and 1997.•Dramatically expanded Confirmation Program and High School Youth Ministry through recruiting, training and organizing young adult volunteers.•Established Parish Nurse program in partnership with Advocate Health Care.•Extensive repair to buildings and updating of equipment, including refurbishment of the sanctuary and rebuilding its pipe organ.

Master Of Divinity (Mdiv)

B.A., History