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EDUCATION:
Belmont University - B.S. in Business Administration with a Marketing minor.
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Master of Divinity, Master of Religious Education.
Clown School, Henrico, County, VA. - Performs as Slow Beau the clown.
WORK BACKGROUND:
Served as Interim Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in King William County, Virginia.
Owns Lee Clowning Ministry.
International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Served as Systems Analyst, Senior Computer Analyst, end user trainer, and trouble-shooter of computer hardware and software.
YMCA in Kansas City, KS., Adult Sports Director & Night Supervisor.
North American Mission Board of the SBC. Served as a Christian Social Ministries intern at the First Baptist Church of Bethel, Kansas City, Kansas.
Held a variety of computer jobs for a bank, insurance company, computer service company, and telephone company.
PERSONAL SKILLS, INTERESTS, & ACTIVITIES
Owns Lee Clowning Ministry which specializes in Christian Clowning; entertaining educational programs for children, youth, & adults; and church leadership training for adults.
Skilled in using entertaining skills associated with humorists, clowns, and magicians to educate, entertain, and uplift children, youth, and adults.
Ordained Southern Baptist minister.
Led a clown team on an evangelism clowning mission trip to Trinidad, WI, in 1993.
Led clown training conferences for the Baptist Sunday School Board's National Drama Festival in Nashville, Tennessee, in November, 1994.
Led clown training conferences for the Virginia Baptist General Board & church related organizations since 1991.
Enjoys cooking and has received first place Blue Ribbon awards for cucumber pickles and pickled okra at the Virginia State Fair. Has received additional ribbons for pickles, carrots, coconut cake, chocolate chess pie, cornbread, and cookies.
Enjoys gardening, growing plants under lights, sports, experimenting with hot peppers, and eating popcorn.
Experienced computer analyst, trainer, and microcomputer trouble-shooter.
Member of the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia.
Member of Clowns of America, International.
Member of Fellowship of Christian Magicians.
Member of Virginia Baptist Christian Educators Network.
Member of Richmond Christians Who Write.
Kansas City Community College - Associate in General Studies, Associate in Arts.
Virginia Commonwealth University - B.S. in Information Systems.
Clown School, Henrico, County, VA.- Performs as Little Lee the clown.
WORK BACKGROUND:
Current - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
Previous positions
PERSONAL SKILLS, INTERESTS, & ACTIVITIES
Experienced leader of choirs for children & youth.
Former Director of Fort Lee Jubilee, an adult vocal ensemble.
Enjoys gardening, cake decorating, and experimenting with habanero hot pepper powder.
Received ten first place Blue Ribbon awards for tomato ketchup, cookies, walnut syrup, pies, and peach jam at the Virginia State Fair. Received additional second and third place awards for a variety of good tasting baked and canned goodies.
Fan of the Duke University and University of Kansas basketball teams.
Fan of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Kansas City Chiefs football teams.
Led clown training conferences for the Virginia Baptist General Board & church related organizations since 1991.
Experienced computer trainer, computer trouble-shooter, and project manager.
Member of the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia.
Member of Clowns of America, International.
Member of Fellowship of Christian Magicians.