SHAWN STROUT 4087 Championship Court Annandale, VA 22003 (202) 288-6442 sstroutdc@yahoo.com EDUCATION Ph.D., in Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (currently enrolled as of Fall 2014). Primary academic area: Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology Secondary academic area: Religion and Culture M.Phil., in Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. 2016 Primary academic area: Liturgical Studies/Sacramental Theology Secondary academic area: Religion and Culture M. Div. cum laude, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA. 2012. Senior Honors Thesis entitled A Cart without a Horse: The Ecclesiological Implications of Communion without Baptism for the Episcopal Church. M.A. in Professional Counseling, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA. 2008. M.A. distinguished graduate, in Human Resources Development, Webster University, St. Louis, MO. 1998. B.A. in Bible, Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, FL. 1993. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Adjunct Faculty, The Stevenson School for Ministry, February 2017 present Engaging the Mystery: A Methodology for Liturgical Theology This course is a hybrid course involving two capstone weekends with online engagement between the sessions using a Moodle softward platform. Teaching modalities include lecture, in-person discussion, online discussion both asynchronously and synchronously, field observation, and group presentations. Teaching Fellow, The Catholic University of America, January 2017 present TRS 342 Sacraments of Initiation an undergraduate theology course. Teaching modalities include lecture, in-class discussion, online engagement through Blackboard and a field observation project Teaching Assistant, The Catholic University of America, September 2015 May 2016 Assisted professors of two classes: World Religions and the Mass. Responsibilities included lecturing, grading papers and examinations, and handling student questions. Worked extensively with Blackboard online learning management system.
Research Assistant, The Catholic University of America, September 2014 May 2015 Assisted professor with research on a new book and a major revision of an existing book. Teaching Assistant, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA. April 2010 December 2011. Teaching assistant for Introduction to Anglican Worship course during the fall semester and five Doctor of Ministry courses over the summer period. CLERICAL STATUS AND EXPERIENCE Ordained in the Episcopal Church, USA. June 2012 (diaconate), January 2013 (presbyterate) Canonical residency: Diocese of Washington. Assistant Priest, St. Paul s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. February 2016 present Primary responsibilities include development, promotion and organization of adult Christian formation ministries including weekly Sunday Forums and six terms of Wednesday evening programs; revitalization of campus ministry to George Washington University students; preparation for sacramental ministries including baptism, confirmation, matrimony and funerals; coordination of pastoral care ministries, preaching and liturgical leadership for Sunday and daily masses. Assistant Rector, Ascension and St. Agnes Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. October 2014 January 2016 Provided all sacramental, pastoral and educational activities during rector s permanent disability and eventual death. These responsibilities included preaching, presiding, liturgical planning, baptismal preparation, pastoral care, adult education, supporting youth and children education, community outreach and supporting the vestry. Assistant Rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington, MD. June 2012 July 2014. Responsibilities included developing and supporting leadership for the children and youth ministries, preaching, liturgical leadership, pastoral care and overall parish leadership in the rector s absence. Also, coordinated a full redevelopment of the parish website using WordPress. RELATED MINISTRY EXPERIENCE Seminarian and Youth Coordinator, Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington, MD. February 2010 May 2012. Worked as intern assistant in large suburban parish. Responsibilities included preaching, liturgical leadership, and adult education. Also coordinated children and youth ministries. Clinical Pastoral Education Intern, Goodwin House, Baileys Crossroads, VA. June 2010 August 2010. Provided pastoral care for residents in assisted living and memory support units. Preached and assisted in weekly worship.
Aspirant to Holy Orders, St. Margaret s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. August 2008 June 2009. Co-facilitated Rite 13 and J2A youth programs. Served as verger and acolyte during Sunday services and major holidays. RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Counselor, St. Luke s House, Bethesda, MD. August 2007 June 2009. Performed 2000 clinically-supervised hours of professional counseling. Conducted vocational and in vivo counseling for persons with serious mental illness and dual diagnoses. Senior Consultant, Primescape Corp., Arlington, VA. August 2005 August 2007. Conduct full analysis of requirements for data warehouse and data mart design and development for HR administrative and bank supervision subject areas. Subject matter expert for HR administrative data marts. Design data models utilizing Embarcadero Studio 7.1 and MS Visio 2003 for staging-in data and staging-out data from source to data warehouse to data marts. Develop full ETL procedures for both staging-in and staging-out data using MS SQL Server data transformation services. Design and develop Business Intelligence interfaces through Business Objects 6.5 Universe Designer and WebIntelligence Provide customer support and training for Business Objects customers. Computer Programmer, Emmes Inc., Rockville, MD. August 2001 July 2005. Manage clinical data via MS SQL Server 7.0 using Transact SQL including views, user-defined functions and complex SQL queries. Assisted database administrator with restoring and backing up databases, creating DTS packages and maintaining user roles in SQL Server 7.0. Develop internet data entry systems and global specimen tracking system using J2EE Java/JSP, HTML, Cold Fusion and Javascript. Responsible for developing SDLC documentation from requirements gathering, use cases, technical specifications to implementation. Responsible for configuration management of global specimen tracking system utilizing Visual SourceSafe 6.0. Deploy systems to JRun and Tomcat Web Server environments. Computer Programmer, Residential Management Systems, Raleigh, NC. January 2000 July 2001. Developed VB 6.0 COM/DCOM in-process and out-of-process components for a real-time interface to TCP/IP messaging infrastructure. Developed VB 6.0 COM objects for use as a middle tier for a web application, utilizing ASP, Javascript, Perl and HTML as the front-end GUI and Oracle 8i, SQL Server 7.0 or Access 97 as the backend database. PUBLICATIONS Jesus Table Fellowship, Baptism, and the Eucharist, Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 98, No. 3, August 2016. Communion without Baptism: A Conversation, The Anglican, Vol. 4, No. 4, Michaelmas 2013. An Old Tradition Revived: Worship in Prayer Hall after a Fire, Church Review in Anglican and Episcopal History, March 2012. CONFERENCE PAPERS The Importance of the Ordo in Sacramental Theology: Communion without Baptism as a Case Study, Societas Liturgica, August 2017.
St. Paul s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC I Believe in God the Son PARISH-BASED LECTURES/SERIES Midwives, Moses, and Mayhem: The Exodus Story Competition, Cunning and Covenant: Jacob as the Progenitor of Israel How Do We Interpret Scripture? Understanding Anxiety Holistically Holistic Strategies for Living with Anxiety Dancing with the Trinity St. Columba s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC The Sacraments: Demystifying the Holy Mysteries A four-part series explaining sacramental theology generally and then each of the seven sacraments/sacramental rites individually. Ascension and St. Agnes Episcopal Church, Washington, DC Mystagogy A three-part series including Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Cyril of Jerusalem and Ambrose of Milan History of the Liturgy A four-part series spanning from the apostolic to the modern period The Origin of Christmas The Origin of Advent St. Monica and St. James Episcopal Church, Washington, DC Explaining the Liturgy A four-part series on the history of the liturgy, the two major sections of the Eucharist: The Word of God and Communion, and liturgical spirituality. Christ Episcopal Church, Kensington, MD Holy Communion and Children Eucharistic Spirituality The Rhythm of the Church the Daily Office The Daily Office A Life of Prayer
ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES Graduate Assistantship. The Catholic University of America. Fall 2014. Includes full tuition scholarship, research assistantship, teaching assistantship and teaching fellowship. Bell/Woolfall Fellowship. Virginia Theological Seminary. Fall 2014. Fellowship to support Episcopal students enrolled in graduate studies with a desire to teach in an Episcopal seminary. Dudley Speech Prize. Virginia Theological Seminary. May 2012. In recognition of demonstrated excellence in the public reading of Scripture and Liturgy. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS North American Academy of Liturgy, visitor since January 2017 Societas Liturgica, member since August 2015 International Anglican Liturgical Commission, member since August 2015 American Academy of Religion, member since June 2014 Society of Scholar Priests, member since September 2013, board member since June 2017 LANGUAGES Reading knowledge of Latin, Greek, French, German and Spanish.