Joseph L. Porter 3401 W. Parmer Lane Apt. 1221 Austin, TX 78727 Phone: (575) 693-7073 E-mail: jporter252@gmail.com Vision For Ministry: Using the passion, personnel, tools, and talents that God provides, it is my desire to impact the lives of every person within the city and surrounding area of my ministry with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I seek to accomplish this by using the musical ability that God has given me to lead Him to the people and the people to Him in worship. It is my hope to always create an atmosphere conducive to worship where people feel the freedom to express their love, joy and gratitude for the Lord with their whole heart. Personal Information: Birth Date: June 19, 1982 Married: February 13th, 2016 Licensed: Ordained: July 7, 2002, First Baptist Church of Clovis, NM April 14, 2013, Highland Baptist Church of Clovis, NM Education: Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, Spring 2017- Present Interdisciplinary Music Studies South Plains College, Levelland, TX 2005-2007 Completed 3 Semesters of Commercial Music Program Clovis High School, Clovis, NM, Graduated May, 2001 Ministry/Work Experience: The Well Community Church Worship Leader/Small Group Coordinator, February 2015 - February 2016 (part- time) - Staff and maintain a worship team consisting of musicians and vocalist - Hold a weekly practice for praise team - Plan the order of Sunday morning service - Plan the order of special services such as Christmas Eve, Easter, etc. - Lead Sunday morning worship with an acoustic guitar - Create and maintain a yearly budget for the music program - Enlist small group teachers - Create weekly small group questions based off of sermon series for group discussion - Help meet the needs and address the concerns of the small group leaders
Highland Baptist Church, Clovis, NM Worship Pastor, May 2011 November 2014 (part-time) - Select music for Sunday morning & Wednesday night worship services - Staff and maintain a worship team consisting of musicians and vocalist - Hold a weekly practice for praise team - Plan the order of Sunday morning and Wednesday night services - Plan the order of special services such as Christmas Eve, Easter, etc. - Lead worship with an acoustic guitar - Maintain the sound system, audio visual equipment and all musical instruments owned by the church - Lead worship for Celebrate Recovery program when needed - Create and maintain a yearly budget for the music program - Teach weekly Sunday school for college age students - Teach weekly small group for college age students - Maintain all computer, printer and internet equipment in the church office Protex Technologies, Austin, TX Residential Alarm Installation Technician February 2015 - Current Myers Electric, Clovis, NM Low Voltage Tech November 2010 - November 2014 First Baptist Church of Clovis, NM Contemporary Service Worship Leader, July 2007 - March 2009 (Part Time) First Baptist Church of Clovis, NM Associate Student Minister, September 2002 - December 2005 (Part Time) The Master s Parable Christian Store, Clovis, NM Bookstore Manager, July 2003- October 2009 Missions Experience: Prague, Czech Republic January 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 : traveled with a team from Texas to staff the annual MKR (Missionary Kids Retreat) for the teenage children of our Southern Baptist Missionaries in Europe and the surrounding region. Led the morning, afternoon and evening worship time, small group discussions, excursions into the city, as well as late-night activities. All designed to refresh and renew our missionaries out in the field. New York City, NY March 2007 I joined a team of 7 to do work with Urban Impact Ministries in Brooklyn for 8 days. We worked in Muslim communities to establish and continue Urban Impact s relationships in order to share the message of Jesus with immigrants from West Africa. We accomplished this by doing children s after school programs, youth-centered activities, prayer walking, helping renovate missionary housing, teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, and much more.
Clovis Week of Missions 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, Worked for local ministries to improve their facilities, as well as serving meals, washing cars, sorting food, raising money to buy Bibles for soldiers in Iraq, raised money to send a missionary team to Africa, all in an attempt to share the Gospel with people in our city. M-FUGE Mission Week 2003, Denver, CO Worked with groups from all over the country in an inner-city area. Worked at Boys/Girls clubs, Project Cure, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, elderly residence centers, in order to share the Gospel. Beach Reach 2003, South Padre Island, TX Joined a group of college students to work with BSM groups from all over Texas to minister to tourists during Spring Break. Ran a bus service, provided meals, provided counsel and ministry to those vacationing there. Street Reach 2002, Ft. Smith, AK Ran back yard Bible clubs for 3 different housing developments in the city. Did door to door outreach, as well as teaching and running the Bible times. References: Kevin Welborn Bill Muench (Pastor that I have worked under) (My Current Pastor) Pastor Lead Pastor Highland Baptist Church Redemption City Church 2201 N. Main St. 3412 Pine Needle Circle Clovis, NM 88101 Round Rock, TX 78681 (903) 285-4279 (512) 560-3580 bill@redemptioncity.church Steve Cloud Tory Mayo (Pastor I have worked under) (Pastor I have worked under) Youth Pastor Senior Pastor First Baptist Church The Well Community Church 112 N. Alameda St. 6911 Dubuque Ln. Carlsbad, NM 88220 Austin, TX 78723 (575) 689-7938 (248) 342-6877 Tammy Garner (Business Owner) The Master s a Parable Christian Store 1917 Raintree Clovis, NM 88101 (575) 693-9074