BRIYANT HINES
Willoughby
Summary
A goal-oriented, ambitious, honest, and diligent interfaith chaplain with years of experience working in interfaith settings and with diverse populations.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Youth Director
Mentor United Methodist Church
12.2023 - Current
- Increased youth engagement by developing and implementing innovative programs tailored to their interests.
- Strengthened community ties through the organization of outreach events and collaborative projects with local organizations.
- Enhanced communication among team members, parents, and students by implementing a centralized information platform.
- Developed comprehensive curricula for various age groups, ensuring developmental appropriateness and inclusivity.
- Revitalized youth ministry by developing engaging programs and activities focused on spiritual growth.
- Enhanced community outreach efforts by organizing mission trips, volunteer projects, and fundraising events.
- Mentored young adults through one-on-one counseling sessions, fostering personal development and spiritual growth.
- Increased youth group attendance by creating dynamic worship services tailored to engage a younger audience.
- Collaborated with church leadership to develop strategies for growing the congregation's youth ministry program.
- Improved communication among youth group members with regular social media updates, newsletters, and announcements about upcoming events.
- Developed strong connections within the local community by partnering with schools, organizations, and other churches on various initiatives.
- Empowered young people to take ownership of their faith journey through small group discussions and Bible study sessions.
Adjunct Professor
Beulah Heights University
04.2023 - Current
- Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
- Used exams, quizzes and assignments to assess student comprehension.
Spiritual Health Chaplain Resident
Emory University Hospital
05.2022 - Current
- Worked at a Trauma Level II, 679-bed, academic university hospital.
- Provided spiritual support for patients, family members, and staff through attentive listening, sensitive emotional support, counseling, prayer, and other spiritual practice interventions.
- Trained in Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT).
- Member of hospital-wide Code Blue response team.
- Offered End of Life ministry, and assisted patients with Advance Directives.
- Primary chaplain for Cardiovascular, Vascular Pulmonary/Thoracic, General Surgery, and Transplant units.
- Participated in interdisciplinary meetings with nurses and doctors on assigned units.
- Counseled employees requesting emotional or spiritual support. Provided staff care that included Code debriefs and "Tea for the Soul," a group staff support program.
- Was routinely in charge of triaging all calls to the Spiritual Care Department.
- Liaised with outside clergy support (Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslims, etc.).
- Trained in research literacy, and was a participant in a clinician research study conducted by the Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center.
- Position required high-level self-supervision and time management skills.
- Participated in the Spiritual Health Research Study.
- Created and used spiritual assessments for crisis management, intervention, bereavement and care.
- Delivered individualized approaches considering situational and population-specific needs.
- Comforted family members, offered attentive listening and high level of emotional support. Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling and prayer.
- Utilized crisis intervention skills in emergency situations and in patient deescalation situations.
- Worked overnight and holiday shifts.
Project Manager Intern
Emory University Center For Advancement (ECAN)
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Reviewed, classified, and recorded survey data in preparation for computer analysis.
- Conducted research to gather information about survey topics.
- Conducted surveys and collected data, using methods such as interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, market analysis surveys, public opinion polls, literature reviews, and file reviews
- Prepared works in appropriate format for publication, and send them to publishers or producers.
- Planned project arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.
- Attended book launches and publicity events, or conduct public readings.
- Established programs
Chaplain-Intern
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Worked in a 295-bed, Level-I Trauma pediatric hospital.
- Provided spiritual support for patients, family members, and staff through attentive listening, sensitive emotional support, counseling, prayer, and other spiritual practice interventions.
- Prayed and promoted spirituality for the families of patients.
- Participated in interdisciplinary meetings with nurses, social workers, department heads, and doctors.
- Prepared and delivered sermons or other talks for chapel services.
- Planned, organized, and lead regular religious services for the patients and their families.
- Participated in interdisciplinary family meetings.
- Visited patient's rooms.
- Administered religious rites such as baptism.
- Referred people to community support services, psychologists, and or doctors.
- Offered crisis care and used deescalation skills.
- Liaised with outside clergy support.
- Routinely in charge of triaging all calls to the Chaplaincy Department.
- Worked overnight shifts.
Chaplain-Intern
Emory University Spiritual & Religious Life
08.2020 - 04.2021
- Prayed and promoted spirituality.
- Offered interfaith spiritual resources such as use of sacred texts (Bible, Qur'an, Torah).
- Prepared and deliver sermons or other talks.
- Organized and lead regular religious services.
- Counseled individuals or groups concerning their spiritual, emotional, or personal needs.
- Prepared people for participation in religious ceremonies.
Chaplain Intern
Lee Arrendale State Prison
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Provided spiritual guidance, emotional support and direct care to residents, family members and staff at the state prison facility
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship and service opportunities.
- Comforted family members, offered attentive listening and high level of emotional support.
- Applied knowledge regarding crisis interventions to assist in emergency situations.
- Met with individuals, discussed issues compassionately and determined appropriate type of involvement to meet spiritual needs.
Pantry Chaplain
Grace Community Fellowship Church
09.2018 - 04.2019
- Provided spiritual guidance, emotional support and direct care to residents, family members and staff.
- Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship and service opportunities.
- Met with individuals, discussed issues compassionately and determined appropriate type of involvement to meet spiritual needs.
- Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling and prayer.
- Comforted family members, offered attentive listening and high level of emotional support.
Education
Doctor of Ministry (DMin) - Chaplain Ministry & Leadership
Regent University School of Divinity
Virginia Beach, VA05.2026
Master of Divinity (M.Div) -
Candler School of Theology- Emory University
Atlanta, GA05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Religious Studies
Beulah Heights University
Atlanta, GA05.2019
Associate of Arts - Religious Studies
Beulah Heights University
Atlanta, GA05.2016
Skills
- Pray and promote spirituality
- Counsel individuals or groups concerning their spiritual, emotional, or personal needs
- Spiritual Guidance
- Emotional Support
- Compassionate Care
- Grief Support
- Crisis Response
- Administrative Leadership
- Planning Worship Programs
- Family and Patient Support
- Individual and Group Counseling
- Staff Counseling
Association of Clinical Pastoral Education
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
Summer Intensive Unit (May 2021-August 2021)
1 Unit (Completed in August 2021)
- Emory University Hospital: Main Campus
Chaplain Residency Program (May 2022-June 2023)
3 Units (Completed in May 2023)
- Clinical Pastoral Education Units Total: 4 units
Accomplishments
- Conference Speaker at Emory University's "In The Wake of Slavery & Dispossession" on the subject of Trauma, Restorative Justice, and the American Descendants of the Dispossessed.
- Conference Speaker at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Southeast Region's Annual Conference on Old Testament Prophets & Mental Illness (The Troubled Nevi'im) March 2023
- Class of 2019 Valedictorian
- First Generation College Graduate
- Published teen devotionals with DevoZine (The Upper Room)
Timeline
Youth Director
Mentor United Methodist Church
12.2023 - Current
Adjunct Professor
Beulah Heights University
04.2023 - Current
Spiritual Health Chaplain Resident
Emory University Hospital
05.2022 - Current
Project Manager Intern
Emory University Center For Advancement (ECAN)
10.2021 - 04.2022
Chaplain-Intern
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
05.2021 - 08.2021
Chaplain-Intern
Emory University Spiritual & Religious Life
08.2020 - 04.2021
Chaplain Intern
Lee Arrendale State Prison
09.2019 - 03.2020
Pantry Chaplain
Grace Community Fellowship Church
09.2018 - 04.2019
Doctor of Ministry (DMin) - Chaplain Ministry & Leadership
Regent University School of Divinity
Master of Divinity (M.Div) -
Candler School of Theology- Emory University
Bachelor of Arts - Religious Studies
Beulah Heights University
Associate of Arts - Religious Studies
Beulah Heights University
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