Tommy Shapard

Tommy Shapard is minister of music and worship at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. He is also the director of choral and vocal activities at Florida State College at Jacksonville. He is nearing completion of his doctor of pastoral music (DPM) degree at Southern Methodist University.

Tommy Shapard

I’m a music minister who nearly died from COVID-19. Here’s what I’m called to do now

I have become a patient advocate and personal resource for people around the country whose loved ones and friends are now behind the COVID curtain, alone. With reluctance, I have also entered the public dialogue about COVID-19 on social media.