Gregory Meyer

Recruit, train and schedule volunteers for home construction and to staff the ReStore - thrift store for building supplies. I coordinate over 100 volunteers in various areas of the housing ministry - construction, salvages, and staffing the thrift store. I have been able to increase the number of volunteers and create a scheduling system that allows for changes and updates to their schedules, to ensure all areas are staffed.

Oversee all aspects of the nonprofit food bank. Write grants, fundraising, budgeting, staffing, public relations, human resources, ordering food, ensuring building and vehicles maintained and public presentations.

During the pandemic, I led the food bank through a growth in food distribution from 800,000 pounds per year to at our peak, 2,200,000 pounds of food. We were able to increase our distribution quantities as well as locations. We kept the soup kitchen open, serving "to go" meals, up to 200 meals per day. I was awarded the 2020 Soldotna Person of the Year for our work during the pandemic. I was awarded the 2024 Alaska Hunger Hero Award for the sustaining programs that have met the needs of our community.

Visitation of congregants, oversee mission teams and trips, oversee all outreach programs, youth programs, confirmation, preaching, church council, grant writing and community involvement.

I led the team that start our outreach ministry, Salem WEST. We served those seeking stable housing by providing support in the form of deposits, first month rent and all the furniture and household items they needed to create a safe and comfortable home.

I had a monthly preaching schedule, filing in for the Pastor when they were on vacation. I covered a 4 month sabbatical period for my senior pastor, doing both the pastoral work as well as my own duties.

Our mission work in Honduras over the last 27 years has impacted many of our neighbors in Honduras as well as those who traveled to serve God. I was awarded the Global Humanitarian Award in 2024.

My call was full time. Average worship attendence averaged at 175 per week. Myi compensation packge was at synod guidelines.