CHRIS WATT 11814 Hickory Creek Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 phone: (540)940-7772 email: cwatt1982@gmail.com

Ministry Experience YOUTH PASTOR (2014 – CURRENT) Riverside Church - Fredericksburg, VA • Prepared weekly sermon studies for main youth service. • Taught Sunday School each Sunday. • Developed a curriculum for Junior and Senior High School age groups. • Planned quarterly parent informational meetings. • Hosted the young adults ministry of the church. • Preached all Sunday services when called upon when the Pastor was away. • Head of media department creating all church graphics and videos. • Planned in and out of state mission trips, activities, and conferences. • Head of media department creating all church graphics and videos. • Represented Riverside Church as speaker at several youth conferences. • Organized and hosted local outreach events. • Played, wrote, and recorded with the worship band. YOUTH PASTOR (2010-2011) Christian Family Church - Sarasota, FL • Prepared weekly sermon studies for main youth service. • Developed a curriculum for Junior and Senior High School age groups. • Planned quarterly parent informational meetings. • Organized monthly staff/volunteer informational meetings. YOUTH PASTOR (2006/2008 / 2009-2010 Meadowland Worship Center First Church Of God- Sarasota, FL • Prepared weekly sermon studies for main youth service. • Developed a curriculum for Junior and Senior High School age groups. • Wrote monthly newsletter articles to teach the word of God and to inform the community of youth events. • Organized monthly staff/volunteer informational meetings. • Recruited and trained students to serve as student-leaders withing the youth ministry. • Planned and organized outreach events and concerts in the community. INTERN (2005) East Side Church Of God- Anderson, IN • Recruited to serve as student ministry intern for Summer 2005 • Prepared weekly sermon studies for main youth service. • Developed curriculum for Junior High boys life group. • Sought out a creative team of students to help redesign youth room and logos. YOUTH PASTOR (2004-2006) First Presbyterian Church- Frostproof, FL • Asked to serve as youth pastor while in college after serving as assistant for one year. • Developed a curriculum for Junior and Senior High School age groups. • Designed an accountability team to peer lead at risk teens.

ABOUT ME

PERSONAL

My name is Chris Watt and I am currently the youth and young adult

pastor at Riverside Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I’m 36 years

old and have been an active Youth Pastor for over 15 years, serving in Frostproof, Florida and Sarasota,

Florida before moving to Virginia. My wife Teresa, daughter Ava, and I strive

to reach the community for Christ. Throughout my life, I’ve been a realtor, been a part of the touring band scene (for long enough to realize that it’s not

what God planned for my life, run a music venue, worked with in an at-risk

teen center, spent time working in restaurants, worked retail, and done graphic design. Each one of these

things has always brought me back to student ministry. It’s the thing I know that God has created me to do. My ultimate goal for the students I am

given the opportunity to serve is that they find Christ and begin to focus on discovering the thing God has created them to do. I am to lead students to a

deeper understanding of God and themselves through topics that are

relevant to them in their current culture while remaining Biblically sound.

WIFE: Teresa Watt - 26 years old Married May 2015

DAUGHTER: Ava Watt - 18 months Born December 27, 2016

INTERESTS: Music, Baseball, Football, Movies (esp. Star Wars), BBQ, graphic

design, floating in lazy rivers, spending time with my family and our dogs.

CHRIS WATT 11814 Hickory Creek Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 phone: (540)940-7772 email: cwatt1982@gmail.com

ABOUT ME

PERSONAL

My name is Chris Watt and I am currently the youth and young adult

pastor at Riverside Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I’m 36 years

old and have been an active Youth Pastor for over 15 years, serving in Frostproof, Florida and Sarasota,

Florida before moving to Virginia. My wife Teresa, daughter Ava, and I strive

to reach the community for Christ. Throughout my life, I’ve been a realtor, been a part of the touring band scene (for long enough to realize that it’s not

what God planned for my life, run a music venue, worked with in an at-risk

teen center, spent time working in restaurants, worked retail, and done graphic design. Each one of these

things has always brought me back to student ministry. It’s the thing I know that God has created me to do. My ultimate goal for the students I am

given the opportunity to serve is that they find Christ and begin to focus on discovering the thing God has created them to do. I am to lead students to a

deeper understanding of God and themselves through topics that are

relevant to them in their current culture while remaining Biblically sound.

WIFE: Teresa Watt - 26 years old Married May 2015

DAUGHTER: Ava Watt - 18 months Born December 27, 2016

INTERESTS: Music, Baseball, Football, Movies (esp. Star Wars), BBQ, graphic

design, floating in lazy rivers, spending time with my family and our dogs.

Personal References

JEFF HAYES Ministry Dept Head Warner University (863) 651-1532 KAREEN PICKETT Director of Alumni Relations Warner University (863) 638-1426 SUSAN BRADY Salvation Army Former Youth Parent seeyainheaven@yahoo.com

SETH WINKEL Lead Teller – Chase Bank Former Youth Assistant (941) 737-0998 JEFFERY FRAYER Board Of Directors Nightlife Teen Center (941) 706-5059 JAYME HENNESSY Youth Director – Kitty Hawk Baptist Church Former Youth Parent (571) 318-3262

Education Experience WARNER UNIVERSITY (2001-2004 / 2005-2008)

Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies - Lake Wales, FL (INCOMPLETE) ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (2005)

Church Ministries - Anderson, IN

Other Experience REAL ESTATE AGENT (2015-CURRENT)

Green Tree Realty - Fredericksburg, VA - voted top Fredericksburg agent in 2016 IN-HOME SYSTEM DESIGNER (2013-2015)

Best Buy - Fredericksburg, VA MAGNOLIA HOME THEATER SALES (2011-2013)

Best Buy - Sarasota, FL