OBJECTIVE: To utilize my abilities, leadership and interpersonal relationship skills, organizational and planning experience and technical expertise to serve a Christian faith community that seeks to promote the radically inclusive message of Jesus Christ, social justice, and interfaith dialogue.
• Minister of Music, First Congregational Church of Oakland (FCCO-UCC), (August 2012 – Present)
o Work with clergy and lay leaders to design liturgies, plan worship and program music.
o Direct music during services while performing as a pianist, guitarist, singer and bandleader.
o Arrange, transcribed and/or write music for the services.
o Recruit, organize and rehearsed a variety of musicians and singers for services.
o Music department administration.
• Member, Committee on Ministry, Section A, Northern California Nevada Conference, UCC (June 2020 - Present
o The authorization and oversight of professional clergy in the United Church of Christ is the responsibility of
the Committee on Ministry (COM). Section A (COM-A) oversees processes for Members in Discernment
seeking Ordination, Lay Ministerial Standing, Ordained Ministerial Partner Standing or Dual Standing in this
Conference or ministers seeking a Privilege of Call in the United Church of Christ.
• Gospel Choir Coordinator, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland (March 2020 – February 2022)
o Coordinated activities for the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and it’s performing Ensemble
o Coordinated with OICC/YC Choralator regarding rehearsal and performance schedules.
• Chaplain Intern, Kaiser Foundation Hospital Walnut Creek, (February 2018 – January 2019)
o Successfully completed 2 extended units of level 1 Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
o Provided additional on-call coverage for Kaiser Foundation Hospital Antioch.
• Program and Musical Director, Singers of the Street (SoS), a program of Welcome Ministries, (January 2015 – Present)
o Program and food services management.
o Working with partners and clients
o Schedule events and performances.
o Recruit, organize, teach and rehearse singers.
o Direct music during rehearsals and performances.
o Select, arrange, transcribe and/or write music for the singers.
o Director of Special Music Program, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, San Francisco
• Director of Special Music, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, San Francisco (GELC-ELCA), (June 2015 – February 2016)
• Pastor In Training, Saint Paulus Lutheran Church of San Francisco (SPLC-ELCA). September 2014 - June 2015.
o Provide pastoral care to the parish members.
o Provide pastoral leadership for food programs.
o Outreach to parish neighborhood.
o Assist in weekly Bible study.
o Building partnerships with regional Pastors of the Sierra-Pacific Synod.
o Emergent worship design and planning.
• Team Minister, Pastoral Triad, Tapestry Ministries, Disciples of Christ (DOC). September 2013 - June 2014.
o Served as one of three Team Ministers.
o Worship design and planning.
o Preached on a monthly basis.
o Presided over communion and prayer.
o Occasionally provided music during services as pianist, guitarist & singer.
• Praise and Worship Musician; substitue Music Director. Spring 2002 - December 2014.
o Perform as a guitarist, pianist, singer and percussionist
o Arranged and/or write music to perform as part of worship.
o Served as substitute Music Director (GELC, PSR, SPLC).
o Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of San Francisco (GELC-ELCA) under Pastor Megan Rohrer.
o Pacific School of Religion (PSR) under director Aeri Lee & Matthew Wolka.
o City of Refuge UCC, San Francisco (COR-UCC). Directors Charlene Moore & Patricia Gill.
o Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco (MCCSF). Directors Stephanie Smith & Grace Renaud.
o Saint Paulus Lutheran Church of San Francisco (SPLC-ELCA). Director Dustin Hart.
o Congregational Church of San Mateo-UCC (CCSM-UCC). Directors Lynnelle Bilsey & Bill Coye.
o New Spirit Community Church (NSCC-UCC-DOC-MCC). Director Stephanie Smith.
o Joint NSCC, MCCSF, CCSM-UCC and COR-UCC Revival, April 8–10, 2011.
⁃ MCCSF Worship & Praise team east coast tour and participation in the GALA International
Choral Festival, Florida, July 2008.
• Owner of AMOR Music Productions, Alameda, CA (June 1999 – Present, Self-employed)
Music Awards, Out Music Awards, 9 Grammy nominations.
Latinos, Europeans and Americans of all sorts.)
o Deliver award-wining work for CD, DVD, radio, web, television, theater and film projects.
• Technical Director for the Congregational Church of San Mateo-UCC (CCSM-UCC) (2008–2012)
readings, special music, audio clips)
o Provide engineering, recording, and production services for special concerts
o Manage audio content for web site sermons and podcasts
o Designed and installed sound system upgrade, 2008
• Music Director for Ellipsis, an “emerging interfaith service” of the Congregational Church of San Mateo-UCC
(CCSM-UCC) (March 2011 – August 2011)
o Similar in scope and duties to current work listed above for FCCO-UCC
o Concurrently set up and operated sound system with monitors for the services
• Technical Director for the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco (MCCSF) (2005–2008)
o Similar in scope and duties to current work listed above for CCSM-UCC
o Trained and coordinated volunteer A/V operators.
• Member of the Board of Directors, Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC (2006 - 2007)
o Building the Open and Affirming movement in UCC churches across the USA.
o Organizing and programming for national conferences.
o Building partnerships with third part non-profit organizations and ministries.
o Fund raising.
• Founder, Co-Artistic and Executive Director of the Transcendence Gospel Choir (TGC) (2001 -2007)
o Arranged all choir and band parts
o Produced four CD releases including the award winning “Whosoever Believes”
o Served as worship leader at events, concerts and at COR-UCC
o Served as narrator in award winning documentary film about the choir titled “The Believers”
o Received New Spirit Community Church’s “Soaring Spirit Award” in 2005 on behalf of TGC
• Band Leader for New Revelation Community Church (NRCC), Berkeley (2007)
o Arranged and/or transcribed music for weekly services
o Recruited, organized and rehearsed musicians and singers for weekly services
o Directed music during services while performing as guitarist, bassist, pianist, and vocalist.
• Minister at City of Refuge UCC, San Francisco (COR-UCC), (2002 – 2013)
o Installed as Minister at City of Refuge-UCC, June 2004
o Able to bring growth to pre-existing music programs
• Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA, Spring 2016 - May 2019: Masters of Divinity (MDiv).
• Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, Fall 2012 – December 2015: Masters of Divinity (MDiv) and Certificate of Sexuality
• Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, Fall 1987 - Spring 1990: Music Production and Engineering/Composition
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE/CONTINUING EDUCATION
• Preaching/Pulpit supply, GELC-ELCA, SPLC-ELCA, FCCO_UCC, Tapestry Ministries-DOC, MCCSF.
• Served as substitute Music Director, GELC-ELCA, PSR, CCSM-UCC, SPLC-ELCA. 2011 – 2015.
at Pacific School of Religion, 2011, 2012 & 2014.
“WITH ONE VOICE” event at the Royal Opera House as part of the London Olympics, July 2, 2012.
• Featured music worship leader, PSR Chapel service, Spring and Fall 2012.
• Instrumentalist and vocalist, joint NSCC, MCCSF, CCSM-UCC and COR-UCC Revival, April 8–10, 2011
Oh Happy Day – A Celebration of Gospel, Motown, and Spirituals “a celebration of African American musical
heritage and the reclamation of EVERYONE’s right to sing praise!”, 2005. TGC with SFGMC.
• Worship leader, vocalist & speaker UCC Synod and UCC Coalition dinner – with TGC, July 2004
Min. Ashley Wai’olu Moore - Resumé
