In the year of 2000, Mr. Petty completed a decade of teaching music at Saint Jude High School in Montgomery, Alabama were he also served as Chairman of the Fine Arts Department. During this time he also served as District Music Supervisor for the Montgomery District of the Churches of God in Christ. Mr. Petty has also served as Music Director for the Joint Conference of African American Priests, Sisters, Deacons and Seminarians, Pastoring in African American Parishes Conference, Evangelization Conference, Unity Explosion Liturgical Conference, Archbishop James Patterson Lyke Conference, and many other conventions.

Presently he is the Pastoral Musician, Composer in Residence and Elementary School teacher at Resurrection Catholic Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He has also served on the Board of Directors for Montgomery AIDS Outreach and The Greater Montgomery AIDS Task Force.

He is a member of several organizations such as: Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Alabama Vocal Association (AVA) National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM), and Phi Mu Alpha Professional Music Fraternity. He has received such honors as: Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities, Outstanding College Students of America, Phi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Alabama State Governor and Democratic Party's Teacher of the Year and numerous others.

Mr. Petty most recently became a nationally published composer and recording artist for World Library Publications, music and liturgy division of J.S. Paluch Company, Inc.