Mark Lepper Email & Phone Number

Benedictine Sisters Of Mount St Scholastica

Hospitality Coordinator at Sophia Spirituality Center, a retreat center run by the Sisters of Mount St Scholastica. In this role, I welcome and host retreat guests; coordinate guests' stay with us; help in the kitchen; support retreat leaders, staff, and executive director; facilitate and lead retreats; other duties as assigned/requested 😁

Overland Park, Ks

As an assistant, I live full-time in the home with 3-4 core members [adults with intellectual disabilties] and 1-2 assistants [community members without disabilities]. As a live-in assistant I:Maintain the house, cook meals, provide transportation, administer medications, assist with daily hygiene, attend meetings and assessments, plan anniversary and birthday celebrations for the entire community, accompany to doctor visits, maintain financial ledgers for the house and core members, and help plan and achieve goals.Sing songs, laugh, have napkin fights, participate in dance parties, bake cookies, give hugs, receive hugs, grow in love.During my time as a live-in assistant, I have lived in 3 of our 5 homes. I was also the founding assistant of Mercy House, which we opened in 2012, where we moved two core members from one of our other homes and welcomed a new core member who is Deaf. As a founding assistant, I was responsible for supporting the core members as they adjusted, establishing routines and traditions, and helping them have the highest quality of life possible. I also took the initiative to seek out and apply for a course in American Sign Language at the local community college so that I could more effectively communicate with everyone in the home.

Overland Park, Ks

Founded in 1964, in a small village in France, L'Arche now has 149 communities and 20 projects in 38 countries worldwide where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together.Here at L'Arche Heartland, I served for two years as part of the leadership team with our Community Leader, co-Community Coordinator, Day Program Coordinator, and Office Administrator.As Community Coordinator my work with the core members and assistants in our five homes included:Attending to the goals and support plans for core members, coordinating their medical care, participating in their annual assessments, assuring a high quality of life, building relationships with them.Welcoming, training, and orienting assistants, supporting them in their growth and development, coordinating schedules, providing functional accompaniment, conducting First Aid/CPR training, supervising them in managing the homes, building relationships with them.

Dubuque, Ia

Met with prospective students, traveled to synod assemblies and church camps to represent Wartburg, had conversations about seminary, aided others in discernment, worked as part of an amazing team of wonderful people.

Belle Plaine, Mn

Preached, taught, administered the sacraments, hospital visits, funerals, weddings, premarital counseling, youth ministry, nursing home visits and services, ate lunches with the quilting ladies, drank a lot of coffee.

Ashland, Ne

For four summers (1997-99, 2001) I served as a camp counselor at Carol Joy Holling Camp, part of Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries. In that role, I worked with youth of all ages, from early elementary to high school, leading Bible Studies, team building games and activities, planning and leading worships, working with pastors and other church leaders, leading big group games and sing-a-longs, and being in charge of the well-being of a tent or cabin of 4-7 campers for the week.

Lincoln, Nebraska

Organized and led educational and social ministry events for youth and young adults in a congregational setting.

Graduate Certificate, Benedictine Spirituality

Certificate In Spiritual Direction

Master Of Divinity (Mdiv), Concentration In Youth, Culture, And Mission

Activities and Societies: Wartburg Association of Students co-vice president 2005-06 / Youth Ministry Committee co-chair 2002-2004 /.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Youth Ministry

Activities and Societies: Campus Ministry / Student Senate / Newspaper / Campus radio station / Choir / Drama / Campus Chapel