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Ragamuffin Readers…What’s Your Day Job?

Posted on 08. Apr, 2008 by loswhit in Authenticity

I think there is this common perception that most of the 4000 or so readers a day that come by here or RSS in are in the church creative world.
I highly doubt that.
I know LOTS are.
I know LOTS are not.
So let’s find out.
Lurkers come out.
Everybody…
What’s your day job?

Los

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Sarah

08. Apr, 2008

High school English teacher…
Chadwick

08. Apr, 2008

Insurance agent. We’re on the “dark side” - no where close to the church creative world.
Jonathan

08. Apr, 2008

Full-Time Churchy person…
TD

08. Apr, 2008

Web Developer for a consulting company.
Wes H.

08. Apr, 2008

Stay-at-home Dad…by day
Athletic Trainer…by night
Leah Moreton

08. Apr, 2008

Intern Coordinator/Hotel Relations for BigStuf Camps
Susie

08. Apr, 2008

Stay at home mom, but I am married to a Creative Arts Pastor.
jmac

08. Apr, 2008

Outside Sales
Blake Wingo

08. Apr, 2008

work for a company that develops CMS for web hosting
hodge

08. Apr, 2008

Church guy
Jamison

08. Apr, 2008

I work for the local school board tv station. Filming/editing all of the big school productions.
Help keep the local channel up and running.
I am sure we keep at least 3 people entertained!
Todd

08. Apr, 2008

Currently, digital strategerist at an ad agency. Formerly a church marketer in the ad world. Constantly a fan of Carlos.
Geri

08. Apr, 2008

retired nurse,full time artist,nana!
Louis

08. Apr, 2008

Worship guy by day, by night, by weekend…
Lindsay Best

08. Apr, 2008

I’m a loan documentation specialist and the receptionist of a commercial loan division at a bank in Tulsa, OK.
Rita

08. Apr, 2008

I work full-time at a traditional First Baptist in a small town near Charleston, SC. But my husband and I are on a team of about 25 people who are planting a new church in a town 30 minutes or so away. (Not that that has anything to do with my employment, except to say that I work at a church that I do not attend. It’s interesting.)
ryan

08. Apr, 2008

worship leader
Irene

08. Apr, 2008

Registered Nurse
Volunteer Jr. High Sponsor
Rodge

08. Apr, 2008

graphic designer,
musician,
church music director
tony sheng

08. Apr, 2008

database engineer by day. student missions by hobby.
elizabeth

08. Apr, 2008

i live in new york city and work in fashion! it sounds cooler than it really is, but i totally love it.
Dustin

08. Apr, 2008

software developer / business owner
laura

08. Apr, 2008

production manager for Thomas Nelson publishing company, formerly a missionary teacher
John Fones

08. Apr, 2008

Director of Video Operations, a church in Austin.
Paul Brown

08. Apr, 2008

IT guy working for the Man by day. random web developer and church media guy on the side.
Stephanie

08. Apr, 2008

Full-Time Graphic Designer, and I’m the worship director of my church. We are small, so it’s not a full-time position.
cindy

08. Apr, 2008

finance/operations asst.@ a church - numbers and such get pretty boring, this site gives me my creative boost daily.
Kent Kingery

08. Apr, 2008

Software developer
andy kuhn

08. Apr, 2008

sports reporter/columnist for my local newspaper
Chad Wright

08. Apr, 2008

I own a photography/design studio. And write. And do marketing. Pretty much anything in the creative field.
Sean Pritzkau

08. Apr, 2008

High School Senior
Marlow

08. Apr, 2008

church planter/social entrepreneur
amanda

08. Apr, 2008

I am a stay at home foster mom and i also work part time at my church for the childrens ministry
Brian in Las Vegas

08. Apr, 2008

Health Insurance by Day… worship team, media tech, home group guy by night.
jen

08. Apr, 2008

Stay-At-Home Mom masquerading as a Freelance Writer… or is it the other way around?
Kyle Reese

08. Apr, 2008

Medical Profession - Day Time
Church Plant Team Leader - Evening Time(+ any other available time)

…located in Muncie, IN

http://www.vagabondrunn.wordpress.com
tp

08. Apr, 2008

i be a teknicle rite-er
Isaac Downing

08. Apr, 2008

I’m with the legislative & public policy department for a Christian health care sharing company.
mariana

08. Apr, 2008

college student pursuing full time ministry in worship and intercession (I also teach english on the side)
Susan P.

08. Apr, 2008

Full time church worker in Children’s and Web Ministry. Also wife, mother of 3, child of God surviving and thriving by the grace of God!
Israel

08. Apr, 2008

IT Manager
Michiel

08. Apr, 2008

I’m a Marketing & Communications officer / webmaster at an institute for Higher Education in the Netherlands…

(And that sounds a lot cooler than it really is…)
Karl Fisher

08. Apr, 2008

I’m a middle school and college aged ministry director. And a musician and drinker of fine coffee.
jason

08. Apr, 2008

worship leader for a month and a half old church plant
Leftysings429

08. Apr, 2008

IT Supervisor by day, though feeling called to go into full-time ministry.
Rich S.

08. Apr, 2008

Software developer. I live my creative life vicariously through my brother Danny Stephens
Jess

08. Apr, 2008

SAHM of 4 boys ages 6 and under
Davis

08. Apr, 2008

Stay at home mom & I paint things for people.
Caleb

08. Apr, 2008

Intern @ Teen Mania Ministries–in School of Worship–

My responsibility/job/”Ministry Placement” is to keep the auditorium up and rolling. -Currently running/learning lighting.

-cD
Ryan Lipert

08. Apr, 2008

Petroleum Contractor…
Starr

08. Apr, 2008

stay at home home….part-time speech-language pathologist…wife of children’s pastor
Amy Storms

08. Apr, 2008

stay at home mom of three, and a freelance writer (sort of)
Dan White

08. Apr, 2008

one of the few males working in womens imaging at northside….but also a production junkie
Celesta

08. Apr, 2008

Happy Mama, Happy Writer.
Ryan

08. Apr, 2008

I’m a Youth Pastor and Events Co-ordinator
Adam S

08. Apr, 2008

Non-profit consultant (mostly church based stuff) and full time uncle (daycare).
Aaron W.

08. Apr, 2008

Programmer Analyst for a Health Care Company in Virginia Beach.
Amy Storms

08. Apr, 2008

I forgot to say, I’m a children’s pastor’s wife. He’s the creative one.
joshua

08. Apr, 2008

video director at a church
Matt R

08. Apr, 2008

Civil Engineer/City Planner with emphasis on Transportation
Celesta

08. Apr, 2008

Happy Mama. Happy Writer.
Jinx

08. Apr, 2008

Work in the oil & gas business…mostly office/paper work, some in the field work. Also a photographer on the side and musician (lead guitar) for several churchy groups.
leenie

08. Apr, 2008

arts administrator, fitness instructor.
Sheila

08. Apr, 2008

Middle School Science Teacher
Akash

08. Apr, 2008

Software Engineer
Jam

08. Apr, 2008

I’ve been called CFO, Staff Accountant, Office Manager. Not sure what my actual title is. But I control all the finances/money for a Pro Audio Store in Atlanta. The Northpoint churches are good customers to us. We also do lots of business with every wanna be rapper in the ATL. I hear a lot of crunk music in my day job.
Tara

08. Apr, 2008

Started in ministry at mega church…
Then worked in church plant…
Now overseas in Asia on the mission field.
Warren

08. Apr, 2008

IT Consultant for now, soon-to-be law student
Roland

08. Apr, 2008

Chef Manager of an employee cafe for Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jonathon Burns

08. Apr, 2008

Market Analyst for Yamaha Marine
balloonpastor

08. Apr, 2008

Children’s Pastor
kelly

08. Apr, 2008

IT Consultant for an Internation software company
The Mrs. M

08. Apr, 2008

Marketing (Executive) ROCKSTAR!
Clayton Bell

08. Apr, 2008

Account Executive for an integrated communications firm in Tallahassee, FL
Kendra

08. Apr, 2008

Fulltime Mom
La La Lollipop

08. Apr, 2008

Small Business Owner (you know you want to visit: http://www.lalalollipop.etsy.com or thatssewlala.blogspot.com)
ben

08. Apr, 2008

bible college student by day…and late night.

but if it counts, i’m in school to be in creative church things.
Terry

08. Apr, 2008

home educator, mom to a graphic designer
Curt

08. Apr, 2008

Long-term Missionary…La Paz, Bolivia
Traci

08. Apr, 2008

Video director/editor at a church in Southern California.
Patrick

08. Apr, 2008

Creative Arts/Worship Pastor
Joel

08. Apr, 2008

part time church creative guy, full time print and mail manager
Spencer

08. Apr, 2008

worship leader/ student pastor
Matty

08. Apr, 2008

Facilities/maintenance/English and athletics teacher/chauffeur/fundraiser/missionary with my wife and boy at a camp facility in Kerch, Ukraine.
Angela

08. Apr, 2008

Now, stay at home Mommy…
Former Delta flight attendant
Dave

08. Apr, 2008

Pope
Anna

08. Apr, 2008

eMarketing Manager for a hotel chain - I’m not at all religious, but am an admirer of faith.
Jennifer

08. Apr, 2008

Full time Youth Director. So yes, I am a churchy creative person.
Patrick Murphy

08. Apr, 2008

I am one of the Music Directors at http://www.originsnyc.com
I am also a Theater Presenter at the Apple Store in SoHo NYC
john in colorado

08. Apr, 2008

children’s ministry director.
Amber Cox

08. Apr, 2008

Project Manager @ Designvox in East Grand Rapids, MI
Josh Young

08. Apr, 2008

Civil Engineer by day.

Web and Graphic Designer, Musician, and Co-Worship and Creative Team Director by night and weekend.
Tracy

08. Apr, 2008

Multimedia Designer/Creative Kid at a church.
sarah

08. Apr, 2008

director of kidstuf
oakbrook community church
kokomo, in
Teddy Winter

08. Apr, 2008

Youth and Activities Pastor in Asheville
Ben

08. Apr, 2008

Production Designer (motion graphics/video/etc.) at NewSpring Church. Before that I was a full-time t-shirt designer.
Lori

08. Apr, 2008

Stay at home mom, go to a very creative church.
john

08. Apr, 2008

I am a computer systems administrator for a mid-sized financial institution by day.

I am also a worship leader, and a member of a band called Silencing the Stones (www.stsband.com).

You can call me bi-vocational, because unfortunately, I do not make my living in the creative arena, but do a lot of work in that arena.
Mandy

08. Apr, 2008

WANTED - Full time, no pay, cooking, cleaning, sanitation engineer, taxi driver, events coordinator, must speak several unknown languages.

POSTION FILLED BY ME! I don’t have time to work outside the house.
emily

08. Apr, 2008

Home educating mama of 6
Kyle P.

08. Apr, 2008

I’m a drug dealer……..no, really! I’m a compounding pharmacist. I literally make every prescription I dispense by hand. It’s a lot of fun!
ruthie o. unaegbu

08. Apr, 2008

Grad student & actress.
Bernard Shuford

08. Apr, 2008

Automation Engineer
Judith THomas

08. Apr, 2008

Global Marketing Specialist, ProLogis
C.Harv

08. Apr, 2008

UPS at night, volunteer Youth leader at a Hispanic Church
Susan

08. Apr, 2008

I am a restaurant owner.
tunz

08. Apr, 2008

bookkeeper by day, sports photojournalist by night and weekend, musician other times when not sleeping.
Susan

08. Apr, 2008

I am a restaurant owner…but secretly wish I could be a pastor/churchplanter.
Robert

08. Apr, 2008

church guy - lead pastor, inner-city.
Carole Turner

08. Apr, 2008

I don’t get “paid” to do anything really exept the occasional web manager gig I do as needed for Baton Rouge Christian Counseling Center but I homeschool my kids, and work at the Baton Rouge Dream Center which is the innercity outreach arm of Healing Place Church.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my jobs!!
mark

08. Apr, 2008

community life pastor [small groups]
church planter, cleveland, ohio
Jason Curlee

08. Apr, 2008

Principal by day…campus pastor by night…oh yeah don’t forget husband and father in there.
Emily

08. Apr, 2008

Teacher, Colombia, South America.
Cole

08. Apr, 2008

Connection Specialist
Jon

08. Apr, 2008

Application Developer for call center at a major bank / Part of new church plant in Providence, RI
Marshall

08. Apr, 2008

I run a software company that specializes in compliance and surveillance tools for the financial services industry.

MH
Emily

08. Apr, 2008

I nanny for a beautiful 14 month old during the day, but I just launched a listing site,Once Wed, where women can list their new, used, or sample wedding gowns for free.
Elgin

08. Apr, 2008

Student Pastor & CAMA Teen Coordinator (in that order).
Dan

08. Apr, 2008

Web developer/programmer. Guitarist in church worship team.
mudpuppy

08. Apr, 2008

Well, I do graphic design and marketing for Eden Foods as a day job, but I am also heavily involved as a volunteer for a church plant in which I also do graphic design and marketing, and A/V, and worship, and whatever else I can get my hands on.
Rob Walls

08. Apr, 2008

worship arts and youth pastor
Lindsey

08. Apr, 2008

University Residence Life Graduate Assistant
Nigel

08. Apr, 2008

Data Warehouse Analyst for a mid sized bank in Upstate New York.
laura

08. Apr, 2008

Therapist and PhD student in clinical social work
Gretchen

08. Apr, 2008

Part-time vet tech, mom of an alternative-style 17 yr old, and non-church going Christian.
Susan

08. Apr, 2008

Condominium manager in uptown Charlotte, NC
Chad Maag

08. Apr, 2008

Publications/Art Director for my church in Kansas City.
Free Lance Graphic Designer.
Production Nerd.
Billy

08. Apr, 2008

Part time Stay at home Dad
Part time Christian retail manager
Part time Director of First Impressions for http://www.fellowshipholden.com/

I guess you could put a check in both categories.
stephen barry

08. Apr, 2008

lion tamer
Jamie

08. Apr, 2008

Outreach Coordinator in a growing church.

I still haven’t seen any stuntmen that read this blog!?
stephen barry

08. Apr, 2008

better known as worship pastor. but mostly lion tamer.
Mindy

08. Apr, 2008

Teacher’s Aide and Substitute and Internet Campus Pastor’s wife
friedriches

08. Apr, 2008

Student, son, brother, nerd, all-around nice guy.
Brent

08. Apr, 2008

Draftsman for an engineering company.
steve

08. Apr, 2008

buy rags(clothing) for a bargain store chain of a few stores in Tulsa, OK
Nick

08. Apr, 2008

Glorified Secretary @ a church
Publications & Web Stuff
gillie

08. Apr, 2008

Kitchen & Bath Designer/Purchasing Manager/Division Manager for a builder in Delaware. And I teach spinning classes.

But I desperately wish I was part of the church creative world.
Russ

08. Apr, 2008

Media/Music Coordinator
House of Joy
Valdosta, GA
phillip

08. Apr, 2008

middle school orchestra/guitar teacher
Harry

08. Apr, 2008

I make websites for the inter-web.
jP Powell

08. Apr, 2008

Audio engineer and Pro drummer.
Sara

08. Apr, 2008

Student/babysitter/nanny. I graduate with a B.S. in Psychology on May 3, and I have no “real” job lined up.
Stevo28andGrowing

08. Apr, 2008

Brand Manager for The Richards Group (Dallas, TX), but live in Atlanta and work on The Home Depot account. Basically a do what needs to be done guy.

Also a part-time photog when time allows for it.
Ben

08. Apr, 2008

unemployed youth minister
Amy

08. Apr, 2008

I am a Mom, Project Planner/Project Manager for an electrical contracting company, and a cake baker/decorator.
Emily

08. Apr, 2008

College student, Spanish tutor, hoping to become a high school Spanish teacher next year.
Grant

08. Apr, 2008

Brand Manager in the music industry
Adam

08. Apr, 2008

Youth and Education Pastor
Dee

08. Apr, 2008

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