Tralyne D. Usry

Tralyne has a unique was of ministering the gospel that captures the attention of all whom she comes in contact with, from the youngest to the oldest. As a Youth Director, she reaches many through conventional and unconventional means!

Tralyne attended undergraduate school at Paine College in Augusta, where she graduated with at B.A. in Communication, with an emphasis in print journalism. She studied at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA, Directing for Film and Television. She is studying to receive a Masters in Education from Ashford University, Iowa in Feb. 2011.

Upon moving to Virginia Beach, to attend Regent University, God begin to funnel a new anointing to write and perform poetry. Since then, she has written a book, Aesthetically, Audibly Me, recently published, that is a collection of poetry and spoken word pieces designed to point the reader, through visual images, and audible sounds, to the person and work of Jesus Christ!

She was also fortunate to participate in a contest to be named Hampton Roads Rising Gospel Artist. After winning the contest, she appeared on the Bobby Jones New Artist Showcase which aired on the WORD Network September 18, 2004.

She was pictured in Black Hair Magazine Feb/March 2011 issue.She was also featured in the first ever Essence Hot Hair Magazine, October 2010.

She is a member of the Greater Touch of Compassion Ministries, Richmond VA under the leadership of Apostle Ezreaonne Jackson where she very excitedly serves as a Board Member, Armor bearer, Youth Director, Member of the Voices of Compassion Praise and Worship team, Member of the Finance Team, Director and Choreographer for Expressed Glory (liturgical dance team, and Director of The Worship in Arts Ministry.

She will produce and direct her third full-length play, She Said She Could, and She Did, on May 28, 2011, a play about a prostitute turned out to the streets, sold into a life of destruction, searching for a way of escape, and finding it in the most unconventional way!

Elder- Elect Tralyne has been blessed with the opportunity to minister on various denominational and non-denominational platforms. Her passion for God and the desire to see others experience His love is phenomenal and promises to change your life.

Her personal mission is based on I Cor. 15:26, to "defeat death" in every area!

She serves as the five-fold ministry gift of a teacher.