DIANE FREEMIRE

• Developed engaging programs for youth, fostering spiritual growth and community involvement.
• Coordinated weekly meetings and activities, ensuring alignment with church mission and values.
• Established partnerships with local organizations to enhance outreach and service opportunities for youth.
• Trained volunteer leaders to support youth engagement initiatives, promoting teamwork and collaboration.
• Organized retreats and events that encouraged leadership development among participants.
• Managed communication channels to keep families informed about youth activities and updates.
• Facilitated discussions on faith-related topics, creating a safe space for open dialogue among youth.
• Led integration of youth into worship and other ministry areas at church and church events.
• Implemented bible study and faith and life issues and social responsibility topical studies to foster effective ministry for youth education.
• Managed budgets effectively, allocating resources efficiently towards program development and improvement initiatives.
• Identified and recruited potential volunteer workers.

• Coordinated and attended annual church events to foster and build intergenerational fellowship and outreach.
• Managed budgets effectively, allocating resources efficiently towards program development and improvement initiatives.
• Implemented bible study and faith and life issues and social responsibility topical studies to foster effective ministry for youth education.
• Enhanced communication between Christian School and Church - both part of the church.
• Enhanced communication among team members, parents, and students by implementing a centralized information platform.
• Led integration of youth into worship and other ministry areas at church and church events.
• Facilitated discussions on faith-related topics, creating a safe space for open dialogue among youth - lead church leaders and walked with the parents of girl through first teen pregnancy in church. Also lead church leadership through discussions upcoming culture of homosexual acceptance.
• Established first ever youth missions trips
• Coordinated weekly meetings and activities, ensuring alignment with church mission and values.
• Trained volunteer leaders to support youth engagement initiatives, promoting teamwork and collaboration.
• Prepared, coordinated and distributed information about yearly schedule of activities and classes.
• Built, managed and upgraded K-12 educational program.
• Raised congregational awareness of needs and contributions of youth to church life and operations.
• Planned weekly groups as well as special events and overnight retreats.
• Oversaw youth ministry budget and tracked all expenses.
• Built lasting relationships with youth and parents or guardians.
• Attended staff meetings and submitted announcements to church newsletter and calendar of events to facilitate open communication with church congregation.
• Led training sessions for staff members to ensure they were equipped with essential knowledge in areas such as youth development best practices and conflict resolution strategies.
• Collaborated with area youth pastors to develop interdenominational events with each other.

• Lead the organization from being under the care of church denomination to becoming a independent 501(c)(3) Non-Profit organization in 2013.
• recruited men and women to serve on the Board of Directors and developed job titles and responsibilities.
• planned and executed plans for a week long camp and weekend retreat for up to 280 participants including securing site for event, hiring speakers, musicians and overseeing all aspects of the event.
• developed and met budget for each event year to year
• developed and trained leadership for roles needed to execute events.
• lead training and mentoring sessions for youth leaders who attended camps
• developed and implemented a "leadership track" for recommended youth attending camp and retreat
• raised funds and support for non-profit.

After my home church, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Lake in the Hills, IL (PCA), folded under the direction of Presbytery of Northern Illinois, I assumed leadership of the vibrant youth ministry and continued to meet. Most of these students were unchurched and friends of students who had belonged to Redeemer.

The pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church and their Elders, oversaw me and the ministry.

After meeting at my home with 20+ youth I secured a place for us to meet free of charge at a local Christian School. There we grew to over 30 students. I implemented a program to work with area churches to plug the unchurched students into a church community. After about 6 years most students had either graduated or found a home church and we discontinued meeting.

• Supported Chair of the Education Department developing and implementing policies and procedures to align with state requirements.
• Monitored and controlled office inventory to ensure adequate supply levels, timely product ordering and efficient management of company resources.
• Prepared departmental budgets through in-depth analysis of historical data and projected spending against actualized costs.
• Evaluated and identified ineffective workflow processes to devise and implement solutions that achieved greater productivity and personnel performance.
• Interviewed, developed and oversaw daily activities of 3-4 administrative office personnel.
• Coordinated materials for Division Chair's needs, including physical files, tracking spreadsheets, Credit Card coding and update reports.
• Spearheaded special projects and efficiently carried out through effective problem-solving.
• Managed new files and retrieval requests quickly
  Streamlined operations by organizing files and documents to implement improved workflow and organization of the Division of Education.
• Developed, enforced and carried out in-depth confidential administrative protocols and procedures.
• Strengthened and developed organization systems for records, reports and agendas.
• Organized Education Faculty Committee and office meetings for up to 10 team members.
• Facilitated workplace communication, informing colleagues about specialized requests and needs.
• Successfully planned and executed meetings, lunches and special events for groups of up to 120.
• Built strong and lasting rapport with area School Administrators.
• Maintained all office files, both electronic and hard copies.
• Oversaw confidential filing systems and scanned documents to manage physical and electronic documents and information.
• Spearheaded a cleaner way of keeping and tracking confidential and important files.