Work Experience
Assistant Pastor – 9/98 through present
First Presbyterian Church, St. Petersburg, Florida

First Presbyterian is a part of the Presbyterian Church USA with a membership of approximately 1100. It is a well established church of diverse ages, which celebrates worship in both contemporary and traditional formats and has a mission to reach out to unchurched people through FPC Praise, a program of contemporary worship and evangelism initiatives.
Ministry areas:
  • Preach and teach God's Holy Word (my responsibility for preaching and teaching covers approximately 45% of my ministry time)
  • Oversee the design and implementation of Stewardship Programs (unlike many pastors, I like stewardship teaching and feel that it is integral to Christian life and ministry)
  • Designed and developed FPC Praise in 2003 - a unified program of evangelism and outreach to the unchurched through contemporary worship, teaching, small group ministry, and other initiatives
  • Supervise lay leaders in small group ministry program (after only two years almost 40% of church members have become a part of a small group)
  • Develop and implement evangelism initiatives to unchurched people (this includes worship, evangelism teaching programs, and community events that are designed to bring unchurched people to the church)
  • Develop and produce drama presentations for teaching at contemporary and traditional worship services
  • Oversee and aid in the design of all media presentations (developed media team for FPC Praise Worship, youth, and education projects)
  • Identify and enable lay ministry (primarily in the areas of contemporary worship, small group ministry, stewardship, and evangelism)
  • Lead and design worship for all FPC Praise contemporary worship services  (FPC Praise Worship is a contemporary service that has an ongoing attendance at worship of over 200 in less than two years)
  • Create musical arrangements for FPC Praise vocal ensemble and Tower of His Power Horn Section as well as other instrumentalists as required (I have either written or arranged over 50 songs and musical pieces in the past two years)
  • Recruit and develop participants for all musical ensembles for FPC Praise Worship including youth and children's ensembles
Part-time Teacher – for a very long time up until the present
Canterbury School of Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Canterbury is an independent Pre-K through12 Christian School established in 1965 with a student population of approximately 450 (by way of explanation, I love being involved with ministry to young people and God has allowed me to share my life with students in this school for over 26 years)
Ministry areas:
  • Lead and design weekly contemporary worship services for grades 5 through 12
  • Preach God's word to students
  • Teach two courses in vocal music and chorus for grades 6 through 12
Previous Experience
1996-1998 Full-time Teacher and Chaplain – Canterbury School, St. Petersburg, Florida
1995-1996 Senior Pastor – St. John's Episcopal Church, Clearwater, Florida
1989-1995 Senior Pastor – St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Tampa, Florida
1985-1989 Senior Pastor – St. Giles' Episcopal Church, Pinellas Park, Florida

Education
1979 - BFA Music Performance - The University of South Florida; Tampa, FL
Postgraduate work in Music Composition and Arranging
1983 - MDiv - The University of the South, Sewanee, TN

Ordinations
1983 - Ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1983
1984 - Ordained Priest in the Episcopal Church in 1984
2002 - Ordained Presbyterian Elder in 2002

Contact information
P. Michael Davis
6660-3 Cape Hatteras Way NE
St. Petersburg, Florida 33702
Telephone Numbers
Home – (727) 525-0957
Mobile – (727) 641-9853
Church – (727) 822-2031 X12 
E-mail -- mdavis24@tampabay.rr.com

References by request