James K. (Jamie) Risser of Sterling, Va., will begin July 1 as
director of Brethren Disaster Ministries, working with Roy Winter,
associate executive director of Global Mission and Service. Risser will
work out of offices at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.
Coming from a farm background, he has worked in various aspects of
home construction including carpentry, drywall, electrical, roofing, and
siding. His construction experience includes volunteering with Habitat
for Humanity starting in high school and continuing in college when he
was a Habitat volunteer and chapter president as well as a local member
of the board. He has served as a board member for the McPherson Area
Habitat for Humanity.
An ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, he has training
in clinical pastoral education. Most recently he pastored Dranesville
Church of the Brethren in Herndon, Va. He also has served churches and
chaplaincies in Pennsylvania and Minnesota. He holds a bachelor’s degree
in philosophy and religion from McPherson (Kan.) College, and a master
of divinity degree from Bethany Theological Seminary. He completed a
year of Brethren Volunteer Service at Koinonia Partners in Americus, Ga.
His previous professional positions have included service as a
residential supervisor with Multi Community Diversified Services in
McPherson, working with individuals living with disabilities, and a
position as chaplain with the Valley Hope Association in Moundridge,
Kan. He is currently a staff chaplain at Washington Adventist Hospital
in Takoma, Park, Md.
Source: 6/25/2014 Newsline
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