Name: Rachel Darter
Title: Connections Coordinator
Description of Role: In my new role I will be serving and leading the Welcome Ministry volunteers at the Brentwood campus, including Ushers and Greeters. I will also be working with Mark Holeman, Connections Pastor, to help implement new ways for people to connect at Fellowship.
Start Date: October 2015
Prior to Fellowship: I was in auditing at an accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche.
What peaked your interest in this new role?
I learned in my time at Deloitte and the time I took off after that while numbers are much more predictable than people, my passions lie in relating to and connecting with others. I call myself a gatherer of sorts—I love to gather people in our home and love on them through hospitality and being available for time together in community. When Mark Holeman discussed this new role with me, I couldn’t help but smile. I felt God had created this unique opportunity to help others connect at Fellowship for me.
Family:
Jim, my best friend and husband.
How did you and Jim meet?
Jim and I met through Student Government at Belmont University. We competed against each other for Student Body President. I won the election, but he says he won in the end because he stole my heart. I say he’s right.
Education:
Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting, Belmont University; Masters of Accounting, Belmont University
Any Hobbies?
Anything that has to do with gathering people in my home, creating new recipes in the kitchen and hospitality. I could spend days watching HGTV and Food Network. I also love the outdoors—time at the lake on the water in the summer, time in the mountains snow skiing in the winter.
Favorite childhood memory:
Weekends spent at Center Hill Lake with friends that were like family, and fall Saturdays spent at Neyland Stadium in all my favorite orange and white gear.
Ask me about: My favorite recipes and love for new kitchen appliances.
If you had two weeks to get away and money wasn’t an object, where would you want to be?
I would spend two weeks on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Instead of doing all the touristy things, I would rent a place near the water, learn to cook from an Italian chef, walk miles just because, make new friends and spend days enjoying the little things—time with my husband, the beauty of my surroundings, reading a good book, and eating lots of delicious food.
