Senior Pastor: Rev. Charles Engelhardt
Assistant Pastor: Rev. Randy Dodson
Middle School Youth and Family Pastor: Lisa Sebastian
Senior High Youth & Young Adult Pastor: Jason Williams
Director of Music Ministries: Barbara Weatherill
Children's Pastor: Connie Carpenter

Business Manager: Sharon Welch
Preschool Director: Lou Ann Lee
Admin Secretary: Debbie Weekes
Organist: Bil Shappell
Assistant Secretary:  Michelle Nielsen
Maintenance: Bob Surls

Office Staff

Debbie Weekes, our Administrative Assistant, has been in her job since 1998. She's attended Aldersgate since 1989. Debbie was raised in Lake George, New York and in Tampa, Florida. She attended Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach and St. Petersburg Junior College locally. She has two children, Anona and Brett. Before deciding to become our secretary, Debbie was the secretary at Dixie Hollins High School and later Clearwater High School. As Administrative Assistant, Debbie manages the day to day operations of the church office, including most clerical tasks. She keeps membership records, manages schedules, directs volunteer personnel and special projects. Debbie is also responsible for the oversight of computer input and record retrieval and the development and training of the office staff. When you come to the office at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, most likely it will be Debbie who greets you and offers to help. Her bright and shining smile lights up the office. Her mission? Why, to be the best witness for Jesus!

Sharon Welch is our Church Business Administrator at Aldersgate. She has been a member of the congregation since 2001.  Sharon was born in Ypsilanti, MI and moved to St. Petersburg when she was 6 years old.  She graduated from Boca Ciega High school and was a United States Marine for two years.  She was married for 24 years before she was widowed.  She has a son that lives in Orlando with his wife and two gorgeous daughters.  She has been in various fields of accounting for 25 years.

Michelle Nielsen has been a member of Aldersgate since 1993 and is our Asistant Church Secretary.  She was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and moved to Florida with her family in 1985.  she attended Osceola High School and the American Institute of Paralegal Studies at Eckerd College.  She is married and has two children.  Her life long goal is to never stop learning about and living for Christ.

Bob Surls is the Maintenance Man at Aldersgate.