Ed Willmington
Ed Willmington is the Director of the Fred Bock Institute of Music, Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, at Fuller Theological Seminary. Previously his professional career has included serving at Scottsdale Bible Church in Scottsdale, AZ for 22 years, Professor of Music at Point Loma University in San Diego, Worship.
Pastor at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego, and Editor/Writer at Good Life Publications. In 1995, while on sabbatical, he created Shepherd's Staff Worship Music®. Ed is the composer/arranger of more than 100 published works, including the recently commissioned Jubilate! An Ancient-Future Mass. Ed also served on the Advisory Board for The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration, and has been the recipient of several ASCAP awards.
Ed's desire is to provide creative corporate worship services that bring people into God's presence on a weekly basis, and to create opportunities for other music ministry staff and lay persons to live out their giftedness to that end as well.
Ed has a BA in Church Music and Conducting (Bethel College), MM in Composition and DMA in Composition---both from the University of Arizona. Ed and his wife Mary Lou have two married daughters, Nicolette Kay and Cami Ferreira, and two sons-in-law, Timothy Kay and Gus Ferreira.