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history and education . . . |
- She is a Certified
Public Accountant with over ten years experience
in Church Accounting and an additional
background in non-profit accounting.
- She
stays on top of accounting changes
by reading Church Treasurer Update each
month and attending seminars and conferences.
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| About
her family . . . |
She has been
married nineteen years to Jeff Pickrell,
an Administrator for Licking County. She
has two sons, Paxton and Colton that attend
Tri-Valley schools.
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| Her
gifts and talents . . . |
She finds
an excel spreadsheet exciting and fun,
only God could have given her such an interest! She
enjoys creating financial reports that
have a purpose to enable the elders and
ministry staff to plan and make decisions.
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| What
she loves . . . |
She absolutely loves
to watch Paxton compete with his horse
at horse shows and also loves to watch
Colton play basketball, anytime - anywhere!
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| What
makes her laugh . . . |
“Stupid”comedy,
like the old Airplane movies
make her laugh.
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| What
is her greatest fear . . . |
She is very Closter
phobic and is fearful of ever being “stuck” in
an elevator or any other confining space.
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| What
she does at North Terrace . . . |
She does all the financial
related tasks for the church; payroll,
workers comp, benefits, payroll tax reporting,
payables, contributions, monthly financial
reports, annual financial reports and
budgeting.
Amy thinks the best thing about working
at North Terrace Church of Christ is
the sense of humor maintained by the
staff and the support they provide for
each other. The most rewarding
part of her job is seeing someone get
baptized and change their life for God
and knowing in some very small way she
helped to make that decision possible.
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| What
are her dreams . . . |
Her dream is for church
offerings to cover the budget (expenses)
every year while still allowing for the
growth of ministry within the church! Her
goal is to someday retire in sunny Arizona.
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| What
are her hobbies . . . |
Amy’s home is also known as Pickrells
Golden Farms. They raise and show
golden quarter horses (palomino’s
and buckskins) and also raise mini “golden” doodle
puppies (mini poodle crossed with a golden
retriever or labrador retriever) She
is a 4-H advisor for Inspirations 4-H
club.
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| Other
places her talents have taken her . . . |
While she was in college she competed
in the National Business Professionals
of America competition in Florida where
her team took first prize in the Team
Entrepreneur competition.
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