My faith in my own words:
Relationship... Also a lifestyle of practicing not just professing... I really love Jesus and getting to know the different facets of who He is (eg. Son, Brother, King, Shepherd, Builder, Prophet, Healer etc.) I love Holy Spirit and the transformational work in my life God is cultivating in me as a body of Christ, transforming me every day. I want to learn more daily to love the way He loves us. I'm devoted and really into the lifestyle we are called to live between salvation and Heaven, and am really engaged in that culture of people who live that out. All about co-laboring with Holy Spirit, following Jesus and praying for whoever he wants to reach out to for whatever they may have a need for. I really love spending time in worship and in God's presence in general, and my passions are prophetic evangelism, community outreach, intimacy and cultivating relationship. In 2007 I went to India with Randy Clark and had a life-changing experience with Jesus. It was the first time I had seen Jesus alive the way I had read about in the Bible, doing the same things I read about... Alive, the same yesterday, today and forever. This sparked a fire in me :) In addition I've also been to Mexico with Global Legacy and to the Dominican Republic on an international trip.. Next on my heart-list are the UK, Italy, Australia and Brazil. I have a big heart and really big dreams and I highly value relationship and communication in my relationship with Holy Spirit and with people in my life. While in Philadelphia I have been serving at East Gate church in Pennsylvania with Jamie Galloway the last few years. I have a real heart for people who have been mistreated, wronged or treated like a second-class citizen, to see healing and love & restoration brought to their lives and to see families restored. The two things I dislike the most are when people complain or talk bad about circumstances or other people. I’m really into the fruit of the Spirit and the core lifestyle practices of and lessons taught by Jesus and demonstrated by those who follow him.
What I enjoy doing in my free time:
I love praying for people in the streets. I enjoy exercise and have gotten into running a bit (I love to walk a lot.) I love concerts, pro sports and going to games... I experience crazy favor and encounters when I go to live events (concerts, sports etc.) I love photography and movies, and I love to visit museums/historical sites. I love art and think architectural landscaping is really cool. Also I really enjoy the theater.
I spend time in the live concert scene and interact with and/or interview touring acts frequently. Concerts are a frequent part of my life. I do a lot of cool stuff in the music biz so I have been blessed to interview and hang out with a lot of notable acts and bands, which has been a great way to cultivate relationship within that community.
I really love animals & the environment; I love visiting Zoo's/Aquariums. One of my favorite things to do is to just eat great food and hang out with people I love. I stay pretty busy, so while I enjoy living actively, I hold substantial value for quiet-time, time spent with people I'm close to and the rare Netflix night during the week that I can kickback for some SNL, Parks & Recreation or Portlandia.
My favorite book(s) and why:
Worth mentioning is that Danny Silk's "Loving On Purpose" series are my faves and are what I have implemented into my life since about 2009 as being the basis by which I aim to live and raise a family based on- The workbooks and DVD series are my favorites :) I also really like Beni Johnson's "The Happy Intercessor", Kris Vallotton's "Sexual Revolution" and Danny Silk's "Culture of Honor" because of the transcendent principles and revelations they carry for both the individual and corporate body.
My favorite places to go:
I love to visit my favorite places in LA and NYC and to visit different cities, countries etc. My favorite places to go are concerts, sports games and events and great outdoors type destinations like the mountains and beaches. Really into cultural institutions, museums and historical sights too.
What I am most passionate about in life:
Jesus and the Kingdom, the Bible, music, songwriting and the music industry. I love humility, mercy and grace and I really hate judgment, condemnation, punishment and politics. I love Danny Silk’s "Loving On Purpose", it's my bread and butter. I've taken the "Defining The Relationship" course and "Loving Our Children on Purpose" on multiple occasions, I love the new growth opportunities I experience each time. My primary love-languages are 'quality time' and 'words of affirmation'... So I love positive, audible re-enforcement and encouraging/encouragement and spending quality time with those I hold relationship with- None more so than God, Jesus and Holy Spirit.
My current occupation or what I do:
So for me this season is really about stepping into the core dreams, destiny's and callings God has planted in my heart. I am open and excited to see more and more what that looks like- Those core dreams are marriage/starting a family, starting a career in music and fulfilling my call to ministry. I feel specifically called to an outpouring of the Kingdom of God in the industry of mainstream music, my long-term vision is to use national/international touring with my band Stereorush as a front for ministry/missions.. To have a band & road crew of fully trained and equipped supernatural ministry school grads and to utilize green-room and post-show interaction to lead those in attendance, other mainstream acts and their road crews into encounters with Jesus. Then the following night, to hold evenings of ministry at local church affiliates connected through the relational network of the Christian Kingdom-paradigm culture, that those who experienced encounters the night prior can go further as well as plug into a local house and church family. Additionally I feel a special calling domestically to L.A., SoCal and the state of California, as well as to New York and Pennsylvania. I have an exciting adventure ahead in life that I am super excited to share and explore with the right person.
I currently am living in Philadelphia and studying at The University of The Arts. My major is Music Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology. My vocational goal is to self-manage a music career while developing and promoting my brand through creative marketing and to develop creative business ideas in the areas of retail, media, theater and film. I'm also getting into screenwriting and playwriting, and I am really into creative digital and social media marketing. I also have a plan for investment/re-investment to cultivate renewable revenue streams to help fund additional ministry, personal and business endeavors. My life is committed to and I am currently in the midst of the pursuit and activation of that dream. I am also exploring the possibility of studying abroad in the United Kingdom for a Summer or semester while in school. In my spare time I've worked in event planning, coordination and programming for some radio stations and music festivals and I also occasionally work on Dinosaur fossils as a volunteer in the paleo lab at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. I eventually hope to head back to L.A./CA after school for to continue to pursue a career in music. I love working on my music and career, I enjoy learning about business and creative strategies for both. While I am here studying, I work at a Live Nation venue, work press as a music journalist writing for a music-centric publication and have booked and coordinated concerts regularly. I have become a very active and involved member of The Recording Academy (known for The GRAMMY Awards) and attend major music events, conferences and professional engagements on a regular basis throughout the year. For example, last year I was meeting with members of congress in Washington DC for GRAMMY's On The Hill's advocacy efforts, I worked various gigs at several music festivals like Firefly and Riot Fest, was awarded scholarships to conferences such as the Future of Music Policy Summit at Georgetown University, took a selfie with Snoop Dogg on Father's Day, visited NFL Films, coordinated a concert series for a major radio station at City Hall and was hired by Live Nation to work in opening their new venue in Philly... That's a handful of examples. In 2016 I traveled to Anaheim for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention as a recipient of the NAMM President's Innovation Award from January 21st-24th, to Dover, Delaware in June on staff with Red Frog Events/Goldenvoice/AEG Live for the Firefly Music Festival and for Goldenvoice (does major festivals like Coachella) on the in NYC at the Panorama Festival. It's not uncommon for me to be in a suit one night at a professional event, then in jeans and a t shirt in a concert crowd the next. I spent the first couple weeks of October last year working for Goldenvoice at the Desert Trip music festival (Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, Neil Young, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd) & I just got back from London and the UK this past January and from CA in April working on the Coachella Music Festival. Most recently I was on staff for the Hangout Music Festival in Alabama, and have been working on the opening dates for tours by Metallica, Kaskade, Lady Antebellum and Dead and Company (which is basically the Grateful Dead + John Mayer) in cities that included Baltimore, Washington DC, NYC, Hollywood, Boulder and Bakersfield where my home church is! It's a unique field to have a chance to pray for and over people in a proximity we normally would not have access to.
My close friends would say my greatest strengths are:
Joy, encouragement and a lifestyle of commitment towards always growing personally and through my divine relationships and experiences in forward momentum.
Who has had the greatest influence in my life and why:
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and the Father's and Mother's He's placed in my life whom I've given complete authority and trust to speak into it.
3 qualities that I'd like to find in another person:
- Tangibly evident relationship and lifestyle with Jesus.
- Sense of humor and shared passion/vision/direction.
- Possessing good communication skills, being attractive and a good cook are all things in the plus column :)