Howard Hinson

Officiated special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, in-home sick visits and nursing home visitations.

Planned and led special programs such as worship, study, fellowship events, community outreach door-to-door visits, clothing closet, food distribution, youth athletic program for males, computer lab for middle school students.

Coordinated programs to empower church members to give service to the local community.

Planned and conducted worship services, Bible Study classes, wrote sermons, advised community leaders, provided Pastoral Counseling for church members and the community.

Trained and worked with church leaders to carry out the church mission.

Served as the Non-profit Church CEO in reporting to the State of Maryland and the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Officiated special services such as weddings, funerals, baptisms, and other special worship services in various institutions.

Planned and led regular Sunday and holiday services, taught adult Sunday School, Bible Class, provided fellowship opportunities and wrote sermons for Sunday worship.

Planned and spearheaded the creation and building of a $1.1 million dollar Community Center.

Planned and led various sports program services for youth in the county including bringing in well known professional sports figures to speak to our youth and serve as role models.

Planned and coordinated programs to empower church members to be involved in a variety of services for all ages within the community.

Participated in various community events and often gave the Invocation and/or Benediction for such events.

Planned and developed a curriculum for teaching and supervising adult student pastors in doing clinical Pastoral Care and Counseling. This included learning to determine the correct diagnosis of persons experiencing problems in their lives and devising an effective treatment plan.

Learning when a client need is beyond one's expertise and making a referral to an appropriate professional.

Taught Pastoral Care and Counseling to 40+ local pastors seeking to complete their bachelor's degree.

Created lesson plans and course content to facilitate classroom discussions and student-centered learning.

Worked closely with the Dean of the Metropolitan College to develop and implement Pastoral Care and Counseling curriculum for improved learning and student performance.

Taught several Bible Classes. Assisted with funerals, baptisms, and a variety of other celebrations.

Served temporarily as Developer for a proposed Assisted Living development.

Developed and led services for clients of the church food program.

Initiated and led a program of visitation to homes in the community.

Raised the awareness of the needs of youth in the community.