Rev. Dr. Dan Parrish
Pastor
Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Parrish has served in the United Methodist Church since 1977. He was appointed to First United Methodist of Port St. John in 2001. He and his wife Toni have been married for 21 years, and enjoy Dan’s three children and their three grandchildren – Colton, Catelyn and Brandon. Rev. Parrish is a graduate of the University of Florida and Emory University. He earned his Doctor of Ministry from Drew University in 1995. Pastor Dan has a passion for sharing the good news of Jesus love for all. He enjoys his hobbies of shell collecting and collecting old movies and T.V. shows. He invites you to come and worship with us on any Sunday, and loves the mantra “Come as a stranger, and leave as a friend” for the attitude of our congregation.
Mary Lambert
Office Manager
Mary was born in Dearborn, Michigan as the 5th child, and the second girl. Being from a “Ford” family, Mary worked briefly for Ford as did most of her family. As her parents retired, she was young enough, and lucky enough, to move with them to Satellite Beach Florida in 1972.
Mary worked in the technical field for companies like Harris and JDSU before joining us as the Office Manager in March 2003. She brought with her many years of experience of working with computers in Excel and Word and changed our bookkeeping from a manual system to an Excel Spreadsheet System, with reports available at all times. Mary will great you with a warm hello as you enter the church office, and always has time to work with our church members on a personal level, no matter what might be pressing at the moment. She is happily married to Dave and is the proud mother of Theresa Peres, who has given her the wonderful gift of grandmotherhood to Talon & Taylor Peres. They reside in nearby Palm Bay.
Brady Adkins
Music Director
Brady Adkins Jr. has 26 years of experience as a Chancel Choir Director and Praise and Worship Leader in both the West Virginia Conference and the Florida Conference. He was trained in the prestigious Charleston Conservatory of Music with a major focus in jazz music. Brady has composed many choral arrangements, cantatas and contemporary Praise and Worship charts. Brady for many years performed with Nexus – a contemporary Christian band that toured throughout the east coast and produced several CD’s – their last being “Take It To The Street”.