Sanlando Ministry Staff
Barry Lane
Sr. Pastor
Rev. Barry Lane joined
Sanlando in June of 2003 as our new Senior Pastor. Rev.
Lane attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland and
Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Rev.
Lane has served at First Sebring as their first Associate
Pastor, St. Luke's UMC in Lake Worth, Azalea Park and
College Park UMC's in Orlando, St. Paul UMC in Jacksonville
and Morrison UMC in Leesburg. He enjoys golfing, fishing
and jogs 3 times a week. He has been active in the "Walk
to Emmaus" since 1987 and is a Stephen Leader for
Stephen Ministry. You
may reach Rev. Lane ext. 101 or send email to: Barry
Lane
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 Debi
Douglas
Assistant Pastor, Congregational
Care
Becoming
a believer in 1989 when she had a dramatic conversion
experience, Debi has a powerful testimonial and strong
love for Jesus.
Debi was the first lay member to be hired by
Sanlando in 1998, is a graduate of Belhaven College
and was appointed as our Assistant Pastor on May 1,
2005. Her focus has been missions, with a youth trip
to Tennessee (MT. TOP) and adult mission trip to Haiti
in 1989. Debi
completed the Central Florida Helpline Course in 1990.
She attended the Emergency Response Team Clergy
Institute’s (the organization that ministered to the
Oklahoma City bombing victims) training for Sanlando
UMC in 1998. Debi
was instrumental in establishing the Pet Friendly Shelter
of Sanlando for the evacuees of the 1998 Florida wildfires
and has since been named Director of Disaster Relief
for the shelter.
The shelter was authorized by Seminole County
for all future county emergency operations and she received
the prestigious “Florida’s Finest” award in 1998 by
Gov. Lawton Chiles.
Debi is a Stephen Leader for Sanlando and the
staff support person for our Stephen Ministry program.
Debi founded the TeleCare Ministry in 1999, and has
taught several women's study classes at Sanlando. She
is excited to serve on staff, thankful for the Lord's
guidance and very enthusiastic about sharing her faith
with others. She is at ext. 104 and her email is:
Debi
Douglas
 Pat
Hill
Director of Christian Education, Nurture &
Specialized Ministries
Pat
Hill joined the staff
of Sanlando United Methodist Church in 1997. She has over eight years of experience in Christian Education,
children, youth and adult ministries.
Coming out of the business community Mrs. Hill
quickly developed a reputation for creative education
and age level ministries.
She has done consultation at a number of churches
and served on a number of denominational groups. Under
her guidance the church has grown dramatically in Christian
education and children and youth ministries.
Small groups are flourishing under her guidance
and lay involvement has risen dramatically. Besides
overseeing the church’s education program
Pat Hill also oversees the children and adult
ministries of the church and coordinates the various
mission ministries.
Pat's extension is 103 & email: Pat
Hill
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Linda Dares
Director of Music
Linda joined the ministry team
at Sanlando in the spring of 2004. She
served as Director of Music at First UMC in Boca Raton
from 1992-2002 where she directed choirs of all ages.
She has directed and taught at Methodist district events
and for "The Methodist Fellowship for Music and
Arts" workshop. She has been a featured soloist
and vocal coach with the "Boca Pops Orchestra".
She has been featured on several studio recordings
both in central Florida and south Florida. Linda began
her musical studies at Florida Southern College in Lakeland,where
she double majored in Voice Performance and Music Education.
While at F.S.C. she began singing professional musical
theater and also opened a private voice studio. After
graduation, she sang at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center
with "the Voices of Liberty." During her graduate
studies at the University of South Florida, she was
also teaching at the University in addition to performing
quite extensively throughout the Tampa Bay area with
the "Florida Opera Company" and the "Florida
Orchestra." After graduation from U.S.F., Linda
taught private voice for the Lois Cowles School for
the Arts in Lakeland and directed at First United Methodist
Church in Plant city.
Linda has a passion for serving the Lord with her musical
gifts and for
working with people to discover their gifts. She is
married to Alan Dares, a retired police sergeant retired
from the Boca Police Department and they have two daughters,
Jena, Lexi and their son, Scott. Linda's extension is
107 and her email is: Linda
Dares
Kris
Roberts
Director of Student & Young Adult
Ministries
Kris arrived on staff at Sanlando in February
of 2007. From 2003-2005 he served on the staff at Maranatha
Assembly of God Church in Greenville, Mississippi as
Student Pastor. He also served as the Associate Youth
Pastor at Calvary Family Worship Center in Red Bay,
Alabama 2002-2003. Being from the Red Bay area he served
as Youth Pastor of the Red Bay Church of God from 1997-2002.
Kris has worked in various capacities inside and outside
of the church which include: YMCA counselor, Fine Arts
coach, College minister, speaker for various school
assemblies and State Youth Rep. Kris' passion is to
build relationships with students/young adults and help
them discover what it means to "do life with God".
Kris is married to his high school sweetheart Crystal
and is the father of two beautiful girls Bailey and
Analiese. He is excited about serving God at Sanlando
as our Student & Young Adult Ministry Director.
You may reach him at extension 106 or email at: Kris
Roberts
 Bethany
Bower-Haynes
Director of Outreach
Ministries
Bethany Bower-Haynes has been a member
of Sanlando United Methodist for more than 20 years.
She is married to Noel Haynes and has three children,
Stone and Jasmine (12 years old) and Haven (20 months).
One of her first outreach efforts began with Sanlando
in 1989 as a member of a Haiti mission team. Since then
she has participated in or coordinated several Sanlando
outreach efforts, most notably for the Florida United
Methodist Children’s Home and the Bethesda Nursing
Home. Professionally, she has worked for several nonprofit
and Christian organizations for almost a decade, including
the Christian Sharing Center and Impact Ministries.
As the new Director of Outreach, she hopes to foster
secular and church partnerships, and to focus the resources
of Sanlando to serve our community. She welcomes your
ideas about the needs of those living in our “434-corridor”.
You can reach Bethany at the church office at (407)
571-2100 ext. 111 or email her at
Bethany
Bower-Haynes
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Mark
Kelly
Organist, Music Associate
Mark joined the ministry team at Sanlando in January
of 2008. He is a native of South Carolina and has been
playing organ and piano for 34 years. He is a 1989 graduate
of Presbyterian College where he obtained a B. S. Degree
in Economics and a Minor degree in Music Performance.
His church music career officially began in 1987 as
a college sophomore. As a student he studied organ with
Dr. Stephen Schaeffer and Dr. Edmund Shay, and developed
choral techniques under the direction of Dr. Charles
Gaines. He
has served as organist, choral director, or sometimes
both for 6 congregations in South Carolina and Florida
over the past 22 years. Mark has performed as a soloist,
actor and musician over the years with numerous groups
including the Laurens County Community Theatre, the
Abbeville Opera House and The Palmetto Mastersingers
and is excited to be a part of the music ministry team
at Sanlando UMC. Mark lives in Altamonte Springs where
he enjoys his full time career in sales and service
with Embarq, Corp. He
is the proud father of two daughters, Rachel and Mary
Katherine. You may reach hm by email: Mark
Kelly
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