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Kelly Osgood
Calgary
Summary
Creative servant leader with extensive experience in community outreach and volunteer leadership. Proven record of creating initiatives that boost congregational engagement with the neighbourhood. Skilled in missional-focused leadership, preaching, pastoral care and collaboration.
Seeking full-time role with a church that loves its neighbourhood while guided by a deep connection to God through the Holy Spirit and is Christ-centred.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Minister
Robert McClure United Church
08.2010 - Current
- Worship Leading: providing weekly Sunday worship, presiding and preaching
- Providing pastoral care and counselling to individuals
- Leadership: providing leadership to the church board and various church committees and groups, including leading and co-leading annual retreats of the Official Board to set the vision and goals for the coming year
- Visionary leadership in church outreach, including growing church food pantry to be one of the largest in Calgary that regularly feeds over 500 people weekly, and organizing and co-coordinating special neighbourhood events with over 500 people attending
- Discipleship: developing Bible Studies and Discipleship programs for congregates and spiritual seekers
- Fundraising: successfully receiving various grants from the United Church Foundation, Chinook Winds Region, Calgary Presbytery, the Edge, Government of Canada's Summer Student Jobs program, and Calgary Foundation
- Organizing stewardship team to conduct fundraising and stewardship programs that see increases in givers and financial commitments
Education
Master of Divinity - Theology
Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON05-1998
Bachelor of Arts - International Development
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, Nova Scotia01-1992
Skills
- Preaching
- Leadership
- Community outreach
- Critical thinking
- Theological knowledge
- Fundraising
- Individual counselling
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem solving
- Healing
Accomplishments
- Established the Pineridge Community Round Table to coordinate with other neighbourhood leaders and agencies to meet the needs of people in Pineridge
- Partnered with two other churches to sponsor a refugee family from Pakistan to come to Canada
- Cast for a season of YES TV’s The Mix, a panel show where hot topics of the day were debated.
Certification
- Ministry Education Supervisor
Interests
Timeline
Minister
Robert McClure United Church
08.2010 - Current
Master of Divinity - Theology
Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts - International Development
Saint Mary's University