1. LINDA E. SHEETZ
600 Shadowbrook Drive lsheetz@sc.rr.com Columbia, SC 29210
803-445-1382
Qualifications: *Over 15 years personal computer experience *Ability to initiate and make judgment decisions
*Excellent communication and organizational skills *Able to work as a team player or alone
*Superb customer service skills *Self-motivated
*Excellent Phone Etiquette
Computer Software
Experience: Power Church Software, CMS (Computer Management Systems), ACS (Automated Church Systems),
Church Windows Software, Servant Keeper (Church Software), AS400, CICS, Adobe Pagemaker 7.0,
Navision Financial Software, Windows 2007, Microsoft Office Suite which includes Microsoft Word,
Publisher, Excel, and Access, Adobe Acrobat, Raiser’s Edge Fundraising Software. E-mail Applications:
Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes and internet usage. Typing speed: 70 wpm
Employment: May 2013 to Present: Platt Springs United Methodist Church, West Columbia, SC—Office Manager/Admin.
Assistant, one person office. The primary communicator within and outside of the church. Other key areas of responsibility include:
telephone, hospitality, office management, calendar management, facilities coordination, light accounting, records keeping, website
maintenance, email operations. Accountable to the Pastor, Church Council, Staff Parish Committee, but often works without direct supervision.
Maintains confidentiality, dependability, completes tasks in a timely manner, punctual, general clerical and publications. Maintains
membership database, creates church bulletins, documents, newsletters, and brochures. (Part-time position-20 hours weekly).
May 2009 to December 2011: Salem United Methodist Church, Ballentine, SC—Office Manager/Admin. Assistant, one person office.
Oversee the daily operations of the church. Some examples of my duties:
 Created Church Bulletins, Newsletters, and Brochures.
 Knowledge base in all MS Office Software.
 Prepared and managed correspondence, documents and reports.
 Made bank deposits, processed bulk mail, picked up mail at Post Office.
 Took notes, typed and distributed minutes of meetings.
 Maintained databases, calendars and schedules, operated and maintained office equipment.
 Assisted the Business Manager, and other leaders in the church.
 Handled incoming mails, emails, screen and direct telephone calls, inquiries, or requests.
 Arranged and confirmed appointments, and organized external and internal events.
 Organized and coordinated meetings, travel arrangements, and conferences.
 Liaising with external and internal contacts, suppliers and visitors.
 Communicates well in writing to respond to inquiries and provided information to the public.
 Ordered supplies, updated church web site. Maintained membership data and ran database reports. Organized volunteer
groups. (Part time position-27 hours weekly).
January 2007 to April 2008: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ—Administrative Assistant
Screen and direct telephone calls, project based work, financial reporting/assistant to the VP of Operations and VP of Human Resources, responded
to variety of inquiries from the public, ordered supplies, data entry, maintenance of office equipment, maintained billing and postage accounts,
mail/shipping, assistant to the grants writer, transcribed minutes of meetings, accounts payable/receivables assistant, volunteer application
processing, published “Health and Fitness” newsletter, coordinated outside printing, assisted with registration for annual conferences,
coordinated pre-employment processes. Full-time position. LAID OFF
July 2005 to September 2006: Valley Presbyterian Church, Paradise Valley, AZ—Administrative Assistant/Membership
Maintenance of membership data/reports, screen and direct telephone calls, produced the church publications, special projects, worked with
property staff for special events, managed calendars, scheduled meetings, handled correspondence, help/worked with church volunteers and the
church pastors, work orders, updated data bases. Full-time position. Church reorganized and eliminated my position.
April 2003 to March 2005: Marta Cooperative of America, Scottsdale, AZ—Administrative Assistant/Customer Service
Coordination of front desk, screen and direct telephone calls, data entry, generated reports, sales order processing (by fax, e-mail, and internet),
special projects, travel arrangements, service and support to owners and field personnel, maintained billing and postage accounts, research debit memos
(chargebacks) and issue credit/debits to the customer, accounts payable (invoice processing), and accounts receivable (billing accounts) projects,
ordered supplies and other duties as required by the Operations Manager. Full-time position. LAID OFF
September 1997 to October 2002: Shamrock Drive Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC—Office Administrator (one person office)
Managed the church office which included maintaining all office equipment, managing the church calendar, ordering supplies, human resources
assistant, event planning and registration, mail processing, property management, support of personnel, dealt with vendors for church and pre-school
employees. Screen and direct telephone calls. Assistant to the Church Pastors. Produced the Sunday Bulletins, Newsletters (publish, edit, proofread,
and bulk mail), correspondence. Managed membership database. Accounts payable/receivables assistant. Full-time position.
Moved to AZ for my husband’s job.