An
important fact about me is: I love Guyana!
Date
of Birth: January 13, 1986
Place
of Birth: Georgetown, Guyana
Married
to Ernella Garner, April 24, 2010
EDUCATION
2018 Certificate
of Participation in Public Procurement Commission’s
Workshop/Training
in Procurement Planning
2013 – 2016 The United Theological College of the West Indies
(UTCWI)
Master
of Divinity
(I
completed this 4 year program in 3 years and earned five (5)
awards
including “Student of the Year”)
The Awards are as follows:
- The Fitz
John Prize in Hebrew and Old Testament
- The Malko Young Prize for Biblical
Studies
- The Meta
Bogle Prize
(For final year student who scored A’s in at least 75% of twenty best
courses for the Diploma in Ministerial Studies, and B’s in all the others)
- Student of the Year
- Church and Community Service
2013 – 2016 The United Theological College of the West Indies
(UTCWI)
Diploma
in Ministerial Studies
2010 – 2016 Guyana Bible College
Advanced Diploma
in Bible and Theology
2015
– 2015 National HIV/STI
Programme in collaboration with the Epidemiology Research and Training Unit
(ERTU)
Certificate
for Voluntary Counselling and Testing Course
(Conducted
in Kingston, Jamaica December 12-17, 2015)
2008 – 2009 Institute of Commercial Management (ICM)
Advanced Diploma
in Project Management
(Including three
(3) distinctions)
2003 – 2007 University of Guyana
Bachelor of
Social Science degree in Management
2006
– 2006 USAID/GHARP
Certificate of
Participation in Abstinence and Refusal Training and Certificate of Attendance
in HIV/AIDS/STI Counseling Skills
2005 – 2007 Royal School of Music
Passed Theory
levels I -3 with distinction and Piano (Practical Examinations) grade 1, with
Merit
2004 – 2004 The Georgetown School of Public Speaking
Certificate
for the “Professional Speech Craft Program” and recognition for regular
attendance, dedicated and motivational class performance
1997 – 2002 Richard Ishmael Secondary School
Earned seven subjects
at Caribbean Examination Council (C.X.C)
(i)
English
Language- Grade 3
(ii)
Mathematics-
Grade 3
(iii)
Principles
of Accounts - Grade 2
(iv)
Principles
of Business - Grade 2
(v)
Office
Procedures - Grade 2
(vi)
Social
Studies – Grade 2
(vii)
Information
Technology – Grade 4
Awards received:
1.
Best Male
Prefect
2.
Best Business
Student
3.
2nd
Best Graduating Student
1992 – 1997 St. Margret’s Primary School
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
2018 Presiding Officer
Constituency #3 Polling Station # 413233C
Local Government Elections
Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)
2017
– 2018 Senior Officer
Within a Government
of Guyana Ministry
2007
– 2013 Administrative
Executive (two years) then Procurement Executive (over 3 years)
Barama
Company Limited (manufacturers of Plywood and Sawmill Complex).
·
Handled
administrative matters
·
Handled
all overseas purchases
·
Purchased
all fuel, oil, lubricants and stationery
2002 – 2003 Accounts Clerk
Guyana
National Shipping Corporation
2002 – 2002 Accounts Clerk and Data Entry
Clerk (Work Study)
Ministry
of Agriculture
2001 Transit Shed Clerk
(Work Study)
Guyana
National Shipping Corporation
Church
& Pastoral Activities
Guyana & the Caribbean
July 18, 2018 Bible Study on Marriage (Ephesians 5:21-33) at Bedford Methodist Church (Camp & North Road, G/Town)
July 2018 Webinars on Relationships
For the
Caribbean Baptist Fellowship Youth Department
Live on Face Book (Every Thursday in July 2018, 7pm Guyana/Eastern Caribbean Time & 6pm in Jamaica)
2016 – Present Pastor on Probation at
the Long Creek Baptist Church –
Guyana
Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC)
2016
– 2017 Writer of Bible
Backgrounds for the Teacher Guide
Caribbean
Bible Lessons – Enquirers – Youth – Age 13-18
Caribbean
Christian Publications (CCP)
2013 – 2016 Minister of the Guyana
Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC)
2008 – 2013 Deacon
Mt.
Zion Baptist Church (GMBC)
2010
– 2012 Sunday
School Superintendent
Mt.
Zion Baptist Church (GMBC)
2004 – 2012 Choir
Master
Mt.
Zion Baptist Church (GMBC)
2004
– 2012 Sunday School
Teacher
Mt.
Zion Baptist Church (GMBC)
Jamaica
Over a period of three (3) school years God blessed me with the opportunity
to serve various circuits and church organizations/groups in Jamaica.
It was privilege for me to serve the following circuits, churches,
groups/organizations:
1.Stokes Hall Circuit of Baptist Churches in St. Thomas (2014-2016) – Stokes
Hall Baptist, Moses Baker Baptist, Faith Baptist, and Providence Baptist
Church.
2.Thompson Town Circuit of Baptist churches in Clarendon – Thompson Town
Baptist, Bloomwell Baptist, Elgin Baptist and Bethel Mission (2014)
3. Mineral Heights Baptist Church in Clarendon (2014)
4. Grace Baptist (May Pen, Clarendon) which use to be a circuit with Mineral
Heights Baptist (Bible Studies and preaching engagements) (2014)
5. Bethel Baptist Church (Half Way Tree) (2016) – Feeding the homeless
ministry
6. Chaplin for the “Kingston St. Andrew Baptist Association Youth Arm
(KSABAYA) RETREAT” – April 8-10, 2016
7. Hanover Street and Gardner’s View Baptist Churches Youth Fellowships
“Bible Study” in Hope Gardens – Kingston (Saturday, February 6, 2016)
8. JBU Horizon Home for the Aged (2015)
Churches
in which I fulfilled preaching assignments included:
1. Jubilee Baptist Church (Toll Gate Circuit) – Clarendon (April 3, 2016)
2. Kitson Town Baptist Church (Kitson Town Circuit) – St. Catherine
(morning, March 27, 2016 – Easter Sunday)
3. Eltham Baptist Church – St. Catherine (evening, March 27, 2016 – Easter
Sunday)
4. Bethel Baptist Church (HWT) - Kingston (March 13, 2016)
5. Dover Baptist Church – St. Catherine (March 6, 2016)
6. Barbican Baptist Church – Kingston (November 29, 2015)
7. Burnt Savannah Baptist Church (Santa Cruz Circuit) – St. Elizabeth
(November 8, 2015)
8. Bermaddy Baptist Church – St. Catherine (September 13, 2015)
9. Jericho Baptist Church – St. Catherine (September 6, 2015)
10. Freeman’s Hall Baptist Church – Trelawny (March 8, 2015)
11. Arcadia Baptist Church – St. Thomas (2015)
12. Gordon Town Methodist Church – St. Andrew (2015)
13. Old Habour Baptist Church – St. Catherine (May 11, 2014)
14. Epson Baptist Church (Annotto Bay Circuit) – St. Mary (April 13, 2014)
15. Clonemel Baptist Church (Annotto Bay Circuit) – St. Mary (March 16,
2014)
16. Wilson Valley Baptist Church (Spring Garden) – Trelawny (April 20, 2014)
17. Glade Baptist Church (Gregory Park Circuit) – St. Catherine (March 9,
2014)
18. Bethbara Baptist Church (Buff Bay Circuit) – Portland (February 9, 2014)
During the
period of my student pastorate my duties included preaching, teaching bible studies,
counselling, visitations, presentations on topics such as prayer and spiritual
empowerment, and I chaired various meetings including officers, deacons, and
members’ meetings.
Presentations I have done
Presentation Topic:
Plug into His
POWER (Prayer, Others, Word, Equipped, Response)
Presented at –
Kingston St. Andrew Baptist Association Youth Arm (KSABAYA) in association with PASSOBY
PARISH RETREAT 2016
Theme: Living the sacrificial life: Doing it BIG (Boldly, Intelligently & Godly)
Sub-theme: Plug into His
POWER
Location: Bethel Camp Site Newport, Manchester, Jamaica
Retreat Date: April 8-10
Presentation Date: Sunday, April 10, 2016
The Guyana Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC) Youth Seminar
Theme: Ignited and ready: Empowering youths for the future
Location: M.L Wilson Baptist Church, Kuru Kururu, Linden Soesdyke Highway,
Guyana
Date: Saturday 9th
July, 2016
The Guyana Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC) Third Annual Youth Leaders Retreat
Theme: Empowered to live: Plugged into the POWER
I did presentations IV and V: Plugged in
and fully Equipped, and Responding to the POWER
Location: Rose Ann Fun Park, Parika,
East Bank Essequibo, Guyana.
Retreat Date: February 23-25, 2018
Presentation Date: Sunday February 25, 2018.
Presentation Topic:
The Listening
Aspect of Prayer
Presented at –
Tarrant Baptist
Church Youth Fellowship
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Trinity Methodist
Church Adult Fellowship
Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2016
Presentation Topic:
Sexual Purity-
Living out my call to abstain (I spoke to the male youths)
Presented at –
The Methodist Church Youth
Retreat
Location: Camp Wesleyana, Linden, Soesdyke, Highway, Guyana
Date: Saturday, April
22, 2017
My work on Human Trafficking
Thesis (Make contact with me for this)
Guyana Missionary Baptist Church Camp 2016
Power Point Presentation: Human Trafficking & what you can do to stop it
Bible Studies on Human Trafficking was done in Jamaica at the churches listed below:
Mineral Heights Baptist Church
Stokes Hall Baptist Church
Moses Baker Baptist Church
Faith Baptist Church
Providence Baptist Church
Hanover Street and Gardner’s View Baptist Churches Youth Fellowships
“Bible Study” in Hope Gardens – Kingston (Saturday, February 6, 2016)
Liturgy (Worship Service) and Sermon on Human Trafficking
View it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XAkfpj09jc&feature=youtu.be
Article on Human Trafficking: Let us stop Human Trafficking (It is our responsibility to God and Humanity)
Note:
Civic Involvement
2016 – 2017 Parent
Teachers Association President
Helena Best
Daycare (AME Church)
2016 Returning/Chief
Electoral Officer for the Students’
Association
Elections
United
Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI)
2015
– 2016 Member of the
Electoral Committee for the Students’
Association
Elections
United
Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI)
2015
– 2016 General Secretary
Baptist
Student Community at the United Theological College of the
West Indies
(UTCWI)
2014
– 2015 Treasurer
Baptist
Student Community at the United Theological College of the
West Indies
(UTCWI)
2014
– 2015 Volunteer in the
Library
United
Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI)
2014 Certificate of
Recognition for outstanding service to the UTCWI
(for
Volunteer teaching at Citizen’s College)
From the University
of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Guild of Students
2001 – 2002 Head Prefect of the Student Body
Richard
Ishmael Secondary School
Head
of Section – Form 4 (Prefect)
Richard
Ishmael Secondary School
Class
Monitor (when I was in form one)
Richard
Ishmael Secondary School
Social
Media, Channel, Blog, and Collections (websites):
Google
Collections –
Other:
2013 Certificate of Recognition of Caribbean Community Skills Qualification
Certificate No. 233/13
