Kirk Manton

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s the founder of CATALYST C & F Development, Kirk Manton specializes in project collaboration and fundraising. He helps advance his clients' missions through fostering collaborative relationships between organizations and individuals. Kirk brings over thirty years of experience to service in various leadership roles with the C.S. Lewis Foundation, Cultivating Oaks Press, and six of its sister organizations.

Kirk is a member of The Maker’s Project and engaged in this good work as a layman poet. His career path has led him through alternating seasons working inside and outside the church: youth pastor, film lighting freelancer, church communications project manager, church production director, film studio COO, and freelance collaboration and funding specialist. He founded and continues to lead the Guild Fellowship, a gathering of Christian event technicians who supply specialized services to event hosts and film producers.

Kirk has a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from The Union Institute. He has published two books: a poetry/devotional book, The Grace of Rain; and a photo/poetry book, Listening Like Breathing (2018 Texas Authors Association’s Book of the Year for Poetry).

Kirk and his wife Rachelle now live near Akron, Ohio - to be near the grand-babies.
   
Kirk has a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from The Union Institute. His writing was ignited while serving the technical needs of the presenters at C.S. Lewis Foundation events. For twenty years those friendships have inspired and nurtured Kirk’s writing. He continues to recruit and lead volunteer Christian event technicians for - his, Guild Fellowship. 
 
He has published two books: a poetry/devotional book, The Grace of Rain, and a photo/poetry book, Listening Like Breathing (2018 Texas Authors Association’s Book of the Year for Poetry). 
 
Kirk and his wife Rachelle now live near Akron, Ohio - to be near the grand-babies.

When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after nearly two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.

s the founder of CATALYST C & F Development, Kirk Manton specializes in project collaboration and fundraising. He helps advance his clients' missions through fostering collaborative relationships between organizations and individuals. Kirk brings over thirty years of experience to service in various leadership roles with the C.S. Lewis Foundation, Cultivating Oaks Press, and six of its sister organizations.

Kirk is a member of The Maker’s Project and engaged in this good work as a layman poet. His career path has led him through alternating seasons working inside and outside the church: youth pastor, film lighting freelancer, church communications project manager, church production director, film studio COO, and freelance collaboration and funding specialist. He founded and continues to lead the Guild Fellowship, a gathering of Christian event technicians who supply specialized services to event hosts and film producers.

Kirk has a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from The Union Institute. He has published two books: a poetry/devotional book, The Grace of Rain; and a photo/poetry book, Listening Like Breathing (2018 Texas Authors Association’s Book of the Year for Poetry).

Kirk and his wife Rachelle now live near Akron, Ohio - to be near the grand-babies.
   
Kirk has a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from The Union Institute. His writing was ignited while serving the technical needs of the presenters at C.S. Lewis Foundation events. For twenty years those friendships have inspired and nurtured Kirk’s writing. He continues to recruit and lead volunteer Christian event technicians for - his, Guild Fellowship. 
 
He has published two books: a poetry/devotional book, The Grace of Rain, and a photo/poetry book, Listening Like Breathing (2018 Texas Authors Association’s Book of the Year for Poetry). 
 
Kirk and his wife Rachelle now live near Akron, Ohio - to be near the grand-babies.

When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after nearly two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.