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  • We Welcome You
    • I’m New Here
      • Will I Fit In?
      • Sunday Morning Schedule
        • Where Do I Take My Babies And Toddlers
        • What’s Available For Children And Preteens On Sunday Morning?
        • What’s Happening For Teens On Sunday Mornings?
      • Is The Church Building Accessible?
      • What Should I Wear?
      • What Should I Bring?
      • How Will You Use My Contact Information?
      • Should I Make A Donation?
      • Where Should I Park?
    • About Us
      • Who Are We
      • What We Believe
      • What We Do
      • Staff
      • How to Get Started
      • History
  • Calendar
    • Calendar
    • Recurring Events
    • Neighborhood Events
      • Webster Groves City Hall
      • Webster Rock Hill Ministries
      • Epworth Children and Family Services
      • Webster University
      • Eden Theological Seminary
      • Webster Groves School District
    • United Methodist calendar connections
      • United Methodist Church Gateway Central District Calendar
      • United Methodist Church Missouri Conference Calendar
  • Newsletter
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  • Get Involved
    • 125+ Anniversary Celebration
    • Lenten Devotional Book Request Form
    • Our Church
      • Serve Through Volunteering
      • Risk-taking Missions
      • Adult And Youth Mission Trips
      • Epworth Children And Family Services
      • Food, Clothing, Gifts And Supply Donations
      • Hands In Mission
      • Room At The Inn
      • Webster-Rock Hill Ministries
    • Regional Volunteer Events
      • Youth
      • Adult
    • National & International events that we support
      • United Methodist Committee On Relief
      • Haiti Clean Water Project
      • Gertrude’s Orphanage
      • Mozambique Initiative
  • Updated Adult 2023 Financial Commitment Card
  • GIVE
    • 2023 Gratitude & Generosity Giving Program
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    • Adults
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Pastor: The Rev. Sharon Kichline

pastorsharon@websterum.org

Possessing a degree in banking and finance from the University of Missouri-Columbia, she had been working as a commercial lender at a bank when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Pastor Sharon and her husband Joel were expecting their first child and so she decided to take a leave of absence to care for her mother.

The experience changed the direction of her life. “I just couldn’t go back to the bank after my mother’s death,” she said. “The bank no longer offered much meaning to me.”

Instead, she focused on her new son, Glenn, who was a special-needs child. Learning how to engage him, and then “teach his teachers how to teach him,” was a full-time job.

As Glenn and a second son, Sam, grew up, Pastor Sharon and her husband became more involved in their church and joined a mission trip to Haiti. She increasingly felt like God was calling her to make a difference, but how or where were still unclear to her. A part-time position at her church helped Pastor Sharon clarify her feelings, and she realized she wanted to go to the seminary—Eden Theological Seminary, which was conveniently located in her hometown of Webster Groves, Mo.

“Walking into the seminary was like breathing different air, like air in the mountains,” she remembers. “It just felt right.”

Four years later with a Master in Divinity degree, she asked God again where she should go, and once more, it was a convenient location for a wife and mother with children in school. Pastor Sharon served an urban church in St. Louis, Lafayette Park United Methodist Church, for five years, followed by a year in a rural church in Warren County, Mo. She was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church Missouri Conference in 2010, and came to Webster United Methodist as pastor in 2011.

“I felt compelled to let God use me and be available wherever God needed me,” said Pastor Sharon, in reflecting on her path after seminary. Ironically, God sent her to “the most convenient place ever,” her hometown of Webster Groves. International missions remained close to her heart, however.

Passionate about mission work and committed to connecting persons to Christ, Pastor Sharon has led multiple mission teams internationally to Haiti, regionally in the Midwest, and locally in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

She continues to live in Webster Groves with her husband, an investment counselor, and a houseful of dogs, cats, a rabbit and two chinchilla. Both sons graduated from Webster Groves High School and are grown and working in the St. Louis area. In her spare time, she enjoys travel, hiking the national parks and reading historical fiction, theology and who-done-its.

assistantpastor@websterum.org

My faith connects with everything that I do.” I received a call to ministry on a 2015 mission trip to Gatlinburg, TN. Since that call experience, I have striven to follow the John Wesley quote: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

I am leading a young adult ministry for people who want to grow in their faith. I also am serving as a United States Marine with 3/23 in Bridgeton, MO. These things and others are connected with my faith in ministry as Assistant Pastor of Webster United Methodist.

 

 

 

 

Josh Krakos

Assistant Pastor

DirectorMusic@websterum.org

Lamar Fitzgerald is a 20-year veteran of music ministry, having worked with numerous adult and youth choirs throughout the St. Louis region. He honed his musical talent at Webster University. Since 2013, he has created beautiful music at Webster United Methodist, as choir director, pianist and by inviting special musical guests. Lamar leads the adult Chancel Choir, which performs during the Sunday worship service.

Lamar Fitzgerald

Music Director

Director of Youth Ministries

DirectorChildren@websterum.org

Shaeleigh Parsons, our new Director of Children’s Ministries, has a strong background in working with children that have a broad range of diverse backgrounds. She is currently a student at Webster University, working on a major in Human Rights with minors in both Graphic Design and Religious Studies.   For the majority of her life, she attended Manchester UMC.  Ever since 6th grade she knew she wanted to be involved in the life of the church, and has taken on many different leadership positions throughout the years. She has been involved in competitive Irish Dancing for the past 12 years and has taught it for about 4 years. Being involved in these activities showed her just how much she loved working with children and how much she loved spreading the good news of God!

Some random fun facts:  Shaeleigh has one older sister and has a miniature pincher puppy named Ellie.

Shaeleigh Parsons

Director of Children's Ministry

Communications and Administration Coordinator

Staff Contacts

Pastor: Pastor Sharon Kichline

314-566-0332

PastorSharon@websterum.org

Assistant Pastor: Josh Krakos

AssistantPastor@websterum.org

Music Director: Lamar Fitzgerald

DirectorMusic@websterum.org

Children’s Director: Shaeleigh Parsons

DirectorChildren@websterum.org

Youth Director:

DirectorYouth@websterum.org

Communications and Administrative Coordinator

Admin.Communications@websterum.org

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