Rachel Dow

With approximately 7 years in leadership, I’ve learned valuable interpersonal skills that would serve me well in a variety of roles. My passion lies in cultivating a welcoming, positive atmosphere in which every customer or employee feels heard, understood, and validated.

I am also passionate about helping others share their stories with the right audience. Whether it's a personal memoir, a meaningful social media post, or an engaging newsletter, I'm committed to guiding you through the process of creating the media you have in mind. Need some help getting your digital life organized? Allow me to serve you. I offer Google Calendar color-coding and walk through, Email organization, photo organization, and organization through Notion or ToDoist.

Secretary

Holston Conference Children's Ministry Team

• Took detailed meeting notes, including names, and who contributed what ideas.
• Collaborated with executive team to launch a faith-based initiative to connect parents and kids
• Customized the initiative to participants at Annual Conference to fit their individual needs
• Became knowledgeable of all parts of initiative, using nontechnical language to educate customers
• Created visual representations of initiative through Canva
• Exhibited constant excitement, allowing each customer to have a positive experience
• Efficiently shared all initiative info in a timely manner.
• Trusted and engaged in teamwork with initiative partner to keep lines of people moving through exhibit table

Director of Children's Ministry

Signal Crest UMC

Jun 2019 to Aug 2023 

• Problem-solved with key members of the staff and parents to reach acceptable resolution.
• Led teams to engage in long-term and short-term planning for the organization
• Engaged in conflict resolution between team members
• Cultivated year-over-year growth of the organization by 15%, including families and volunteers engaging in programmatic events
• Oversaw teams of volunteers to execute multi-scale events throughout the year
• Revitalized and created content for social media presence on 2 platforms - Instagram and Facebook
• Managed all expenditures and budgetary needs
• Inspired teams to take ownership of their volunteer area through encouragement and training

Children's Ministry Assistant

Hixson UMC

Aug 2016 to May 2019 · 2 years 10 months

• Created and designed curriculum and creative spaces to aid learning
• Collaboratively worked with all leaders to better serve students
• Maintained safety and security of all children in the organization.

Bachelors of Arts - Spanish

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga