User:Revmarkmignery

Hello, My name is Mark Mignery. I am a veteran of the US Army who learned my trade by working at the Command and General Staff college and was a computer operator/programmer/analyst/repair person during the early 1980's till the mid 1990's. During this time I was part of a team who created early software using Dos, Basic, RPGII, and RPGIII Using a set of 4 dimensional array’s to allow the conversion of Binary and Ebcidic to Ascii to allow midrange and PC's to communicate with each other and submit Medicaid/Medicare/Blue Cross and Blue Shield information to EDS Corporation; for rest home chains in the Midwest...I eventually became part of a company who was doing some bad dealings with other companies so I slid into a repair/refurbishing firm. I then left that firm after refusing to become a telemarketer for them. I went out on my own until mainframes and midrange machines were a thing of the past. I have been in fifteen Indie Rock bands as a Bass player/Songwriter. One of which called “The Amazing Dr. Wackberry” made it to some talent scouts of major labels looking at us as well as radio play on 98.9 the Bear in Ft. Wayne Indiana. I prefer not to go too far into this part of my life as it was quite dark and dismal. It was during this time that I worked for many different manufacturing firms; Sliding more and more into obscurity to hide my past. Then after remodeling an old farm house, four car wreaks (all were totals), lifting RV furniture, aluminum boat frames left me permanently disabled. I then turned to Christianity; after being "Called by the Lord my God" and have been an ordained minister since 2004. I work mostly for the poor and impoverished people in the Midwest find, food, shelter, and dignity along with help for any drug and alcohol dependency they may have in a non-clinical environment. All of these folks are the result of the recent financial collapse of the North Central American Industrial culture. This has left our area in a 15%-30% unemployment drug ridden pocket which I highly doubt will change for decades to come. I do attend Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary and work a little less than part time hours, as I am disabled, for a small Church on the east side of Wawasee Lake in Indiana. I like Religion / Philosophy / and Theology that is outside of the realm of the normal Christian Fundamentalism mainstream. It is my goal to first setup a more permanent Chaplaincy in my area with a real office and building and with the help of God almighty allowing this to grow into a full fledged church with a building and grounds. to help these folks gain back their dignity, by helping them find food, shelter, and help for any drug and alcohol dependency they may have.