Calissa is a provisional deacon in the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church and was appointed to DUMC in 2019. She received her Master of Divinity degree from Boston University’s School of Theology in 2014, and has been serving in churches in the greater Atlanta area ever since. Her past ministry responsibilities have included everything from Christian education for all ages, to church communications, to worship design and leadership. She and her husband, Michael, have one daughter, and both serve God and the church through ministries of worship.