Shirley Ruiz

Shirley Ruiz is the Church Administrator at Reliance Church. Her position entails managing the church office and its staff, as well as assisting ministry leaders with organizational facilitation. Shirley previously served as the Youth Ministry Administrator at Revival Christian Fellowship for 5 years. Before that, Shirley was the CFO for Family Business in Washington for 5 years.

Amazingly, Shirley has successfully balanced her time to be a homeschooling mom for the past 12 years. Shirley has been married to her husband, Mike, since 1989. They have four children: Niko, Dominic, Susie, and Alex.

Get to know Shirley!

What is your role at Reliance Church?
Church Administrator

Describe your job in five words?
Manager of the spinning plates

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Office Manager or a Softball Player

Coffee, Tea, or Soda?
Duh – Coffee

Go-to worship song?
“O Come To The Altar” by Elevation Worship

Who has had the most influence in your spiritual life?
PT and Brenda

Food you can’t live without?
Popcorn

Which Bible character would you most likely to be best friends with?
Deborah

Favorite Quote of all time?
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” — D.L. Moody

What is your hope for Reliance Church?
That the people of Reliance would grow to know, love and serve Jesus in a well grounded biblical fashion. Forming strong friendships while loving and serving our community.