Pastor Ted Pecot's Resume

Ordination: United Methodist Ministry

• 1980 Deacon's Orders, California Nevada Annual Conference.
• 1982 Elder's Orders, California Nevada Annual Conference.

Schooling:

• 1971 Graduated from Cubberley High School, Palo Alto, CA.
• 1971 to 1973 Foothill Junior College, Los Altos Hills. Degree: Associate of Arts Major: Liberal Arts. Major area of Focus: Music..
  
• 1974 to 1976 California State University at Northridge. Degree: Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. Major: Religious Studies. Major Area of Focus: Judaic and Biblical Studies,.and Dance
  
• 1976 to 1979 Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Degree: Master of Divinity, Honors Program, magna cum laude. Major Area of Focus: Religious education. Honor's study and thesis in religious philosophy and psychology as it pertains to imagination processes in Alfred North Whitehead and Carl Jung..
  
• 1980 Wellspring Orientation at the Church of the Saviour
• 1992-94 Academy of Spiritual Formation: Board of Discipleship

Ministry Experience:

• 1974 to Summer 1976 Youth Director of the Granada Hills United Methodist Church.
• 1977 to Spring 1978 Student teacher, Historical Theology core class.
• 1978 to December 1978 Student Staff of Pitts Theological Library. 1979 to 1985 Appointment to Trinity Center, a Mission and Arts Center in Berkeley California
• 1985 to 1989 Associate Minister at Hayward First United Methodist Church.
• 1989 to 1993 Minister of Boulder Creek United Methodist Church
• 1993 to 1996 Half Time Minister of Fort Bragg United Methodist Church
• 1996 to Present Minister of Morgan Hill United Methodist Church

Other Experience:

• Musician guitar, songleading, conducting, singing, fiddle and composing. Some piano, drums, mandolin, recorder
• Teacher and Curriculum Development About 10 educational designs
  • "A Course in Pilgrim Companionship" Six Week Introduction to Spiritual Direction
  • "Money and Spirituality" Eight Week Course looking at money and spiritual growth
  • "Wesleyan Hymns" Five Week study on Methodist theology using the hymns of Charles Wesley.
  • "Moses" Five week study on Moses
  • "King David: Not Who You'd Think" Ten Week Comprehensive design for teaching the story of David in a church. Includes adult sunday school educational outline, sermon and worship outlines.
  • "Philippians"
  • "The Gospel of Mark"
  • "Genesis" A Ten Week Study on Covenant
  • "Elijah"
  • "The Revelation" A Five Week Study of Passion and Worship
  • "Prayer Development" Five Week Comprehensive design for teaching prayer in a church, includes adult and children's sunday school educational designs, midweek intergenerational prayer course, sermon and worship outlines.
• Potter
• Computers Enjoyment of both IBM and MAC; word-processing, graphics, and many programs.
• Writer Several unpublished books finished more in the works.
  • "From an Inside" Poems on My Minstry Style
  • "You'll Fit Nicely" (children's story)
  • "Nine Rules of Spiritual Direction"
  • "Relational Quadrants" (eight arenas of continual need around which either intimacy or addiction form).
  • "Pilgrim Companionship" A process for teaching a beginning level of spiritual direction.