Resume of Dan Burgess
Experience / 2009-Present
Lighthouse Church Mt Pleasant, SC
- 2009 Worship Pastor and Youth Pastor
Began working locally at Lighthouse Church the summer of 2009 leading worship for their congregation, and was offered a fulltime position leading worship and leading their Youth Ministry. I am the leader for the Sunday morning congregational gathering and all youth activities, retreats and small groups. Responsibilities include worship leading, leading planning arts meetings, multiple worship practices a week, preaching/teaching and discipleship with Youth, and vision/worship direction for the spiritual development of the church body.
Student Ministry Size: approx 30 Church Size: 1852005-2009
East Cooper Baptist Church Mt Pleasant, SC
- 2008-2009: Interim High School Youth Pastor and Associate of DEW
Assumed the full leadership responsibility of the High School ministry including the development/recruitment of adult volunteers for retreats and to lead discipleship groups of students, supervising our female administrative assistant to develop a focused girls ministry, execution of weekly Sunday school teaching plan and revisions to the D-Team small group model, planning and execution of the Fall retreat and summer missions projects, FCA events/teaching (2 different huddles). Am currently leading worship and starting a second Youth Ministry on our North Charleston Campus, as well as carrying out the responsibilities I held for DEW:
- 2005-2008:Youth Associate of Discipleship, Evangelism and Worship (DEW)
Worked with the Middle School and High School as the associate for DEW. Responsibilities including: Bible study teaching and mentoring in multiple discipleship groups of students (3 currently), the recruitment for and development/discipleship of 4-5 youth worship teams a year (2 MS, 2-3 HS) including: weekly practices and leading worship several times a week, facilitating weekly student setup teams in multiple multipurpose/function church environments (including a year of weekly satellite youth services at a local elementary school), multiple retreats a year for both ministries, MS and HS Missions trips (2 a year including outreach, worship leading, facilitating student work teams, etc), shared Sunday morning and mid week teaching responsibilities.
- 2007-Present: Worship Leader Palmetto Christian Academy
Led and discipled a student led band for all PCA chapels. Responsibilities include setup/teardown/Worship leading for weekly Chapels and Spirit Explosion weeks, occasional teaching opportunities in chapel as well (300 + students)
Additional Ministerial Involvement while at ECBC: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Exchange (Young Adult ministry), Baptist Collegiate Ministries, Campus Outreach retreat worship leading, Prison Outreach, weekly Sunday worship leading in 3 environments, etc.
Student Ministry Size: approx 300 Church Size: 25002004-2005
Jacksonville Chapel Lincoln Park, NJ
- Intern of Worship and the Arts
I had the unique opportunity to join a former mentor of mine (Dale Patrick) when my youth min professor (Jason Stonehouse) invited me to intern in his youth ministry. I was given the freedom to experiment in worship environments, team planning meetings, and learned some basics of video editing as well. Bergen County is an upper class area outside of NYC, and the church averaged 5000 on a Sunday morning. I led worship for their modern worship environment called Emergence as well as their evening high school ministry; One Step Closer. I was commissioned to plan and lead retreats, outreach events (Unplugged) as well as doing discipleship with the high school and college students.
Student Ministry Size: approx 300 Church Size: 4500
2003-2005
Lakeside Christian Camp & Conference Ctr. Pittsfield, MA
- Camp Worship leader and Maintenance Worker:
Worked on the personal disciplines of servant leadership, leading worship 2-3 times daily for groups from 150-275 students and staff. God taught me a lot about humility in doing the behind the scenes maintenance during the day and leading worship in the morning and night, and solidified my calling into ministry. Had to develop a new worship team each summer (usually from scratch) and disciple them through the summer and work them towards a more professional sound and heart of worship.
2003-2004
Yea Soo Won Korean Methodist Church White Plains, NY
Took an opportunity to explore other cultures as the interim youth pastor for English speaking youth of a non-English speaking congregation as they sought out a full time bi-lingual youth pastor. I was responsible for weekly worship, discipleship, bible teaching as well as planning and carrying out special events (concerts, paintball, etc).
2001-2005 Nyack College Nyack, NY
- 2002-2004: Resident Assistant
Formed relationships and led administratively as an RA for 2 years at Nyack. Responsibilities included on call duty, weekly meetings, floor meetings, spiritual mentoring/leadership/discipleship on campus and in the dorm.
Began leading worship primarily for the missions groups during our 3 times a week chapel service, but quickly grew into more responsibilities playing on other teams, playing out for local youth ministries and leading small group worship times all across campus. Personally developed a new team each year with the goal of leading on tour for WMIR.
- 2001-2005: Worship Leading with World Missions in Review
Worked hand in hand with the campus missionary in residence to recruit and train a team for WMIR. Toured over spring Break for WMIR spreading awareness for world missions and ministering to local communities. Learned a lot about sound system setup as well as adapting to be more culturally sensitive in leading worship to different groups of people.
- Youth Ministry Leadership Team
Planned and led several retreats and events in conjunction with several other students for the Youth Min department. Worship leading and discipleship.
1999-2002
Mountain Lake Bible Camp New Preston, CT
- Camp Counselor, Worship Leader
Worked under the direction and mentorship of Al Thyberg for 4 years as a camp counselor, wilderness director, canteen director and worship leader for Mt Lake Bible Camp. My responsibilities included twice daily chapel worship leading, morning and evening bible studies with my cabin of 6-15 boys ages 12-16, daily nature hikes, sporting events, overseeing the canteen finances and stocking/ordering of products and organizing/teaching/worship/service for several off season retreats and conferences. It was at Mountain Lake that I received my calling to youth ministry, and through the direction of the camp recognized the necessity of grounding my spiritual foundation on the Word and centrality of the gospel of Christ.
Education / 2005 Nyack College Nyack, NY
- Bachelor’s of Science in Youth Ministry, Minor in Bible
Classes including Bible Doctrines 1+2, 3 semesters of Advanced Homiletics, Hermeneutics, Sociology Psychology and Urban Youth seminars, Worship Evangelism, Old/New Testament, Christian Worldview
2001
Conard High School West Hartford, CT
- Graduated with National Honors
References available on request
