Greg Robins

Newport Beach, California *****

949-***-****

abodze@r.postjobfree.com

In 2002, God nudged me to leave the marketplace and use my spiritual gifts in ministry. I have been

blessed to be involved in small group ministries ever since, utilizing my experiences and gifts in

leadership development, recruitment and discernment. I also have creative abilities allow me to "think

outside of the box" and look at new ways to attract more people into small group life.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Mariners Church April 2006 - Present

Licensed Director - Small Groups and Life Groups

I have been a member of the Mariners Church Life Groups/Small Group team over the past 6- years. As the

ministry director, my responsibilities have included:

• Leading and managing the Groups ministry team

• Manage the Groups coordinator (group shepherds) team

• Shepherd our Life Group and Small Group leaders

• Plan & execute the Life Group assimilation process, along with Grouplink events.

• Continue to lead the Living Room program on a quarterly basis.

Manage the Dashboard process (ministry scorecard) every six months for Mariners’ staff

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• Manage the Groups patio presence each weekend.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Life Groups - when Mariners Church launched "Rooted" in the winter of 2012, I realized that

graduates of the program were going to desire more from their small group than what we currently

offered. They were going to want to continue the Rooted experience, fuel their desire to be missional

and experience the disciplines of prayer, serving, evangelism and communion on a regular basis.

Therefore, we launched a new form of small groups called Life Groups. Today, we have close to

1,500 people now engaged in a Life Group, while we still maintain our vibrant small group ministry.

The Living Room - in the winter of 2007, I realized the need for a safe place for new Christian's to

experience small group life. It was clearly a very large "step" for a new Christian to go to a stranger's

home to experience a small group for the first time. Therefore, we created a new on-campus program

called "The Living Room". This is where new Christians can come and become an on-campus group

that meets weekly. For a period of six weeks, they come and have a hands-on experience with a

small group study and discussion. The majority of the time these people go on to become part of a

home small group in their neighborhood. The Living Room still continues today after 5 years.

Grouplink - experimented with a new way of connecting people into small groups. The reasons were

many, which included a more personal connection experience. Prior to Grouplink, connections were

made via email and/or phone calls. Grouplink enables the facilitators and new participants to meet

briefly face to face and get to know each other a little more personally than via email or phone.

Administratively, it also helps us because the mere ability to get everyone into a room and make

connections allows us to do this more efficiently and enable our team to focus more time on

connections that are more challenging when it comes to time, location, etc.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - OUTSIDE OF SMALL GROUPS

Licensed pastor – responsibilities include performing weddings, funerals as well as

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shepherding our church members on a regular basis as Pastor of the Day approximately two

times per month

• Manager of the church wide ministry plan process

• Co-lead Baptism Class with Spiritual Growth Pastor

Hour of Power Television Ministry September 2003-December 2005

Small Groups Director

Reported to Robert Schuller, Jr. – I was brought in to launch a brand new small group ministry via the

television broadcast. This included launching local small groups as well as building a plan to launch

small groups across the United States. This required curriculum development in partnership with

Zondervan, marketing and promotion via television as well as the creation of a beta test model to

strategically launch the program in various markets in the U.S. The program was suspended due to

financial difficulties within the church. While at times it was difficult working through the trials of the

Crystal Cathedral, my position allowed me to try “new things’ and it created an opportunity to learn a

great deal about what works and what doesn’t work in small groups.

MARKETPLACE WORK EXPERIENCE

Novatel Wireless February 1998-August 2001

Vice President of Sales – United States

Responsible for building a team of 14 sales representatives and a sales support staff to sell wireless

data products. Our team increased revenue from a backlog of $325,000 to over $4M in monthly

revenue. This position required working in partnership with the various groups within the company

including – engineering, marketing and contract manufacturing. Novatel Wireless became a publicly

traded company (NVTL) on NASDAQ in November of 2000.

Samsung Electronics – Computer Systems September 1995-January

1998

Director of Sales – Western United States

Toshiba America – Computer Systems February 1988-September

1995

Director of Sales – Western Region

EDUCATION

University of Southern California – B.A. Business Management

Los Angeles, California

1975-1977

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Fellowship One

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