Currently serving
Vitas Innovative Hospice
Hospice chaplain
Presbytery of Southern New England
Committee on Ministry

Past experience
More than 15 years’ local church ministry experience
First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich (Greenwich, Conn.)
Designated Associate Pastor of Mission and Nurture
Choice One Women’s Resource Center (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Counseling intern
First Presbyterian Church of Olney (Olney, Pa.)
Pastoral intern
Center City Churches (Hartford, Conn.)
Urban resident: served urban church, 30-person HIV/AIDS residence, 100-person soup kitchen
Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Wichita, Kan.)
Director of middle school ministries
Colonial Presbyterian Church (Kansas City, Mo.)
Director of middle school ministries

Married to Neil Arner
Mother of Evangeline (2)
B.S.N in Nursing, Wichita State University (1998)
M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary (2006)
Two units Clinical Pastoral Education

We live in a terrifically fast-paced world full of options and opportunities. While there are schools of training in theology, there are rarely schools that can train in self-knowledge, personal calling and developing one’s own vocation. The Creel Model helps us develop the ability to know ourselves and edit our lives based on the life of Jesus. I have found no other tool more useful to my ministry, personal growth and gifts than the Creel Model.

Currently serving
Lead pastor of City Life Church (Wichita, Kan.)

Past experience
More than 12 years’ local church experience
Director of student ministries
Minister of community and young adults
Leadership of multi-staff
Leadership of hundreds of volunteers
Strategic development of key leaders
B.S. in Biblical Studies (Boyce College)
M.A. in Christian Education (Southern Seminary)
Ph.D. in Leadership (Southern Seminary)

Married to Amy Casamento
Father of two children: Elliott (5) and Ruby (2)

I’m convinced God’s strategy for accomplishing his purposes is through the process of multiplying leaders. Every follower of Christ is a leader. God’s purpose for all believers is to lead well where he has planted them. The Creel Model is a tested and effective model in leading people through the process of strategically aligning their lives with God’s purposes for them, and I believe every Christian leader needs to experience it.

Currently serving
Creel Institute coach and resource director

Past experience

Bible Study Fellowship graduate and group facilitator
Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Wichita, Kan.)
Director of Community and Membership Involvement
Coordinator and Trainer for LOVE Wichita
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Director of Women’s Ministries
Abilities First Foundation (Middletown, Ohio)
Director of Fund Development

Married to Bryan Derreberry
Mother of three adult children
B.S. in Business Administration, Wittenberg University (1982)

I have continuously experienced God opening and closing doors in my life, whether through a move across the country or a job change. Each time there has been opportunity to rediscover God’s plan for my life, personally and professionally. In prayer and reflection I know God created me for his purposes. When I am obedient to his direction I am at peace, stretched and blessed. I am called and equipped to walk alongside others who want to discover or rediscover who they are in Christ and the purposes he has for their lives.

Currently serving
Classical School of Wichita (Wichita, Kan.)
Operations and administration oversight committee
Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Wichita, Kan.)
Leader in Women’s Ministries:
Teacher in Hannah Circle (ministry to young moms)

Past experience

Colonial Presbyterian Church (Kansas City, Kan.)
Middle school youth director
Helped to lead a large (25 college students) intern program each summer
Planned and led missions trips
Developed a youth worship service  
Budapest, Hungary
Taught British and American literature
Served as an area director for Educational Services International with her husband, Alex
Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Wichita, Kan.)
Youth volunteer
Speaking/teaching

Leader in Women’s Ministries:
Small group facilitator, co-chairperson and teacher in Hannah Circle (ministry to young moms)
Missions committee
Worship committee
Search committee for children’s ministry director
Launch committee for a new service
Pregnancy Crisis Center (Wichita, Kan.)
Member of board of directors
Former board president
Junior League of Wichita (Wichita, Kan.) Sustainer
Project development committee
Leadership nominating committee
Multiple volunteer placements

Married to Alex Kice
Mother of three children: Fletcher (10), Max (7) and Greer (5)

B.A. in Secondary Education Literature, Kansas State University (1994)

The following quote from Minding the Gap really challenges me:

What has God given you to use for his renown, joy, praise, and honor? You are accountable to this gift, to make room for it, to allow your life to be guided by it, and to return it to the giver. The greatest testimony to your blessing is the evidence long after you’re gone that God’s work through you survived you to keep on pointing to him. (p. 72)

I want to invest my life in what really matters. I want to be at work building the Kingdom of God with all that I have for my whole life. It excites me to coach believers to hear God’s voice clearly, to step out in faith using their gifts and abilities, to glorify God and build his Kingdom. What a phenomenal task. Here am I. Send me!

Past experience
Bible Study Fellowship graduate and group facilitator
Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Wichita, Kan.)
Youth ministries advisory committee
Eastminster Presbyterian Women president
Women’s ministry visionary steering committee
Speaking
Event and program chairman
Christian Youth Theater Wichita Inc. (Wichita, Kan.)
Chairman of steering committee organized to establish organization
Business process executive
National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (Wichita, Kan.)
Instructor of public speaking
League tournament director

Married to Rick Schaulis
Mother of three children: Tori (20), Greg (18) and Gwen (15)
B.A. in Psychology, Biblical Institute of Los Angeles (BIOLA) University (1988)*
*Concurrently served as a lay counselor for one year for Sierra Madre Congregational Church in Sierra Madre

The Creel Model is a personal strategic plan to identify God’s brand on your life and provide you with navigational tools to confidently experience both freedom and purpose in Christ. As a Creel coach, I’m committed to empower others to identify God’s unique calling and develop confidence while walking in response to faith.