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Christopher's resume

C.V.

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Arts, Literature, Grove City College

Master of Arts, English, majors in Composition and Rhetoric, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Medieval and Renaissance Literature, Miami University

Maintain a blog at WordPress, clcouch123. The blog is spiritual poetry.

Training for certification as a spiritual director, the Shalem Institute of Spiritual Formation in Washington, D.C.

Visiting churches, learning traditions. Taking part in workshops and webinars that promote ecumenical conversation and, where possible, sharpen teaching.

“Lighting Up the Dark Ages,” program delivered for the World Culture Club of Harrisburg, 2011

“The Renaissance as a Movement of Humanism,” program delivered for the World Culture club of Harrisburg, 2010

Programs and units led about the Apocrypha, about our neighbors in Islam and Judaism, about (an adult understanding of) The Chronicles of Narnia, and many teacher-learning tracks while Director of Learning Ministry at Trinity Lutheran Church in Camp Hill, 2004-2011

“My Favorite Bible Verse,” published in The Lutheran magazine, 2008

The Way of the Cross, published on site and on line, trinitycamphill.org, since 2006

Classes taught in Faith and Literature (folklore and mythology), The Writings of the Inklings (proposed), First Year Seminar, young-adult literature, business writing, creative writing, relational communication, public speaking while a professor at Messiah College

Profile of teaching and learning published in The Bridge our of Messiah College

Writing Center Director at Messiah College and director of START, a summer intensive for conditionally-admitted students

Taught writing with international students while at Messiah. Also served as founder and advisor of the Newman Club there. Took part in leading chapel services.

Taught first-year writing, British literature, and technical communication for Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon Valley College, and Penn State Harrisburg

Took course work in exegesis and hermeneutics at Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Indiana, 1994-1995

Conducted a session on asking questions for the Presbytery of Carlisle while serving as Director of Christian Education at Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, 1993

Composed several Lenten monologues to be performed at Second Presbyterian (Carlisle) during the season

“Landfall,” story as sermon delivered at Second Presbyterian Church

Taught first-year writing at the University of Cincinnati, 1989

Served as teacher of English and Dramatics and directed plays for the Summjt Country Day School in Cincinnati, 1989-1990

Taught first-year writing and literature at Miami University, 1984-1988, 1990

“Riddling in The Exeter Book and The Hobbit,” Mythlore 17, 1987

Representative and advisor for ecumenical gathering of students, nationwide and from many countries, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, 1988

Intern, Campus Ministry office, Miami University, 1987-1988

Papers about pedagogy delivered at graduate student conferences, Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987

Took part in ecumenical gatherings in Oxford, Ohio, during the first Gulf War.

Served as Director of Christian Education for First Presbyterian Church, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 1981-1983

Chaired citywide youth ministry for the Presbytery of Cincinnati, 1982-1984
Director of Youth Ministry, First Presbyterian Church, Westwood, Ohio, 1980-1981

Actor, administrator, Lamb’s Players (religious theatre company), National City, California, 1979-1980

While a student at Grove City College, chaired a Faith and Fine Arts Festival. Directed a touring music ministry called New Grace. Led chapel programs. Enjoyed Honors work in Teaching and in Creative Writing. Wrote a play about the birth of drama in the Christian church. Presided over the college chapter of Mortar Board (first male president in the honorary).