Senior Pastor: Rev. Charles Engelhardt
Assistant Pastor: Rev. Randy Dodson
Middle School Youth and Family Pastor: Lisa Sebastian
Senior High Youth and Young Adult Pastor: Bill Weaver
Director of Music Ministries: John Shockey
Children's Pastor: Kimberly Weaver

Business Manager: Sharon Welch
Preschool Director: Lou Ann Lee
Admin Secretary: Debbie Weekes Johnson
Organist: Harriet Young
Assistant Secretary:  Celeste Gomez
Maintenance: Don Howard

Office Staff

Debbie Weekes Johnson , 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 is married with 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 secretary, 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.

Celeste Gomez is our Assistant Church Secretary.  Celeste was born and raised in New York.  She came to Florida in 1988 and has been an active member of the Largo community.   She has three beautiful children who are very talented in the arts.  She enjoys her job at Aldersgate and is our Financial and Publication Secretary. 

Don Howard is the Maintenance Man at Aldersgate. For 35 years, Don worked as a machinist, now retired. Don is married to Wilma, his wife of 28 years. She is a teacher's assistant at Osceola High School for students with autism. Don and Wilma have two daughters, Donna and Angie and many grandchildren. The Howards were members of Aldersgate from 1979 to 1991, and returned to us in 2002. Don says his mission is "to help keep God's house ... at Aldersgate Church and Preschool in good repair."