Rita Bosico's Resume

Pastor

6/2008 – 1/2009  United Methodist Churches at Allen and Gerty , OK

Local pastor leading the two congregations in small town and rural settings respectively. Preached at Sunday services and a Bible Study in Allen on Wednesdays. Outreach to the local students and the nursing home. Created a website (www.allenumc.1hwy.com) and a Facebook Group for the Allen UMC.

Pastor and worship leader

7/2007 - 6/2008  United Methodist Churches at Stuart and Gerty , OK

These churches both have long-established congregations with valuable traditions. I served these congregations by leading them in worship, preaching sermons and lessons, and praying for and with them.  In many aspects, I helped to renew their attention to their current needs and effectiveness in fulfilling their purposes, and to offer them opportunities to participate in the connectional aspects of the United Methodist Churches (activities, special UMC offerings, and Holy days in the church year). I created a website for both churches and produced newsletters to increase communication beyond and among the rural areas.

I transformed Stuart’s outdated fellowship hall into a 1950’s-themed Community Coffeehouse (called “The Rev”) to provide opportunities for us to meet the people, serve them in kindness, meet their connectional needs (since there was no place for the town’s youth to hang out), and by building relationships help to welcome them into the family and fabric of our congregation. Every Sunday afternoon, I taught free guitar and piano lessons as another opportunity to build relationships, express God's love for them and encourage them in their talents.  To reach the 300 students at the school down the street (Pre-K through 12^th), I created several outreach events to invite the youth for fun, recreation, and building community among us. This was very successful among the middle-school aged students. I made inroads to establish a youth band (“Full Throttle”) and youth group (“Tread”) where they could have their own expression of faith and worship, encountering God and learning His truth in a way that reaches them effectively.  From this group, and partnering with the school's Future Farmers of America, I aimed to impact the town by establishing a food outreach, and even establish a student-maintained community food garden.  This would build an investment into people's lives, helping people at their basic needs, and making connection to the community through expressions of compassion and restoration. In this way, I planned that the church would mature in faith and express the nature of God in their lives, by expressions of people loving people, intentionally modeling and emphasizing John Wesley's directive to "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." Among my future goals were to reach out to the untapped mission field of the influx of truckers and field hands working to build the natural gas wells and plants booming in both towns and the surrounding radius.

Assistant to a Certified Financial Planner / Client Rep

7/2006 - 5/2007  Premier Investment Advisory Services, Ada , OK

Received clients’ corporate retirement funds, established disbursements, and did status reports on stock market activity and 401K values.

Director of Food and Clothes Mission Matthew 25 Mission of Ada, Inc.

12/2003 - 3/2007  Matthew 25 Mission of Ada, Inc., Ada , OK (St Luke's Episcopal Church)

I directed the monthly food outreach of St Luke's Episcopal Church. Under my management, we more-than-doubled the number of households served, reaching over 400 households per month. I was involved in the entire operation of the outreach from start to finish: ordering the food from the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma , coordinating volunteers, directing the food load-in, sacking the food, and directing the registration and distribution to hundreds of households that came to our site. I computerized the inventory, registration and ordering to create efficient statistics for client service. Over the years, I was successful at making good rapport with many community helping agencies, groups, and churches of different denominations. I created and presented public relations material for the mission and brought awareness to the community by participating in the county’s helping agencies meetings, Ada Regional United Way events, and the Community Needs Awareness Council. I created several income streams, arranged us to be United Way agency, and incorporated the organization as a 501(c)3 non-profit, and won a grant award of $10,000 for the expansion of the outreach

Parish Secretary for Church of 100

4/2004 - 7/2006   St Luke's Episcopal Church, Ada , OK

Supported the parish rector, managed all parish office responsibilities, and daily helped the general public. Maintained the church website, produced the monthly newsletter and directed the church’s Matthew 25 Mission.

Secretary for Director of Campus Ministry

1/2006 - 5/2006  United Campus Ministry, Ada , OK   (a former Wesley Foundation)

Supported director (Rev. Scott Spencer) of this ecumenical ministry at East Central University . 

Computer Tech Support & Customer Relations

8/1999 - 1/2004  Sykes Enterprises Inc, Ada , OK

Worked over 4 years in a call-center taking in-bound calls of customers of PeoplePC, Toshiba computers, and DSL service solving their computer problems, or providing practical solutions to resolve customers’ complaints.

Bible Institute Director, Teacher, Administrator

8/1999 - 3/2003  Victory School of Ministry, Ada , OK  (at Victory Life Fellowship- Foursquare)

Raised up a new Bible Institute to train people in the church for ministry, as well as additional education in theology and the Bible. Initially I, collaborated with the original director to be a satellite campus of LIFE Bible College using their curriculum. When that proved too expensive for the students, we established our own curriculum and taught those classes ourselves.  After 2 years, I remained as the sole director and forged a relationship with the ORU School of Lifelong Education to establish a Diploma Program. I continued as a teacher, administrator and registrar.  I acquired a ministry library and a computer lab for the students and I created a website, www.vsom.1hwy.com, for news, registration, and a future archive for online classes.

College Ministry Minister

7/1999 - 3/2002  LifeHouse, Ada , OK

Helped the director to minister to students of East Central University to develop their faith by mentoring them, preaching, playing music, and offering spiritual guidance and encouragement.

Office Secretary

8/1997 - 9/1998  The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma , Tulsa , OK

The company was the Oklahoma chapter of an international organization (tnc.org) which is committed to preserving certain lands that hold local ecology intact as well as broader ecosystems that depend on its stability.  Supported the director, her associates and the Board of Directors.

Grad Student - Head Teaching Assistant

8/1994 - 5/1997  Oral Roberts University Seminary, Tulsa , OK

After 1 semester of being a TA, I was promoted to lead a team of 12 TA's for the Old and New Testament Bible Classes (of 600-800 undergraduate students) for 4 years. I taught the classes in the teacher's absence, and frequently addressed and guided the students.  I Coordinated the TA training classes and assigned the TA class schedule and seating charts in our auditoriums, kept attendance, prepared the students for tests, led the group tests, and oversaw the grading and post testing procedures.  I created the department's first computerized grade book for the TA’s, complete with formulas, for accurate and easy grade calculations, attendance tracking and notes on students. Because of this, our TA's were more efficient and the information was able to be printed out neatly, was archiveable, and maximized time management.

Newspaper Columnist and Photographer

2/1993 - 5/1996  Oral Roberts University "The Oracle", Tulsa , OK

I created a weekly column called “A Good Report” about the spiritual events on campus.  It featured interviews, as well as photos of our chapel, revival and conference speakers, and special university events.

Campaign Worker

Have 12 years experience working on political campaigns for local governement, as well as a gubernatorial campaign in New York.