Tomball UMC

Our Staff

Rev. Tommy Lyles - Sr. Pastor

(281) 351-1249 Ext. 106

tommy.lyles@tomballumc.org

 Pastor Tommy became our Senior Pastor June 2009. Tommy completed a B.S. degree in Range Science in 1977 at Texas A&M University and a Masters of Theology degree from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He has done doctoral work in Paul's Corinthian Letters and also in Family Systems Theory. He has also done work as a church growth consultant. He has served churches in the Texas Annual Conference for over 33 years.

Tommy is married to Debbie, who is a hospice patient care manager. They have three grown children, Amy Toland (married to Jay Toland), who is a kindergarten teacher in Clear Lake; Katy, who is Director of College Ministries at A&M United Methodist church and also City Councilwoman for the City of College Station; and Nathan, who is in the Security Forces with the United States Air Force and stationed at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls.

Tommy has a passion for missions. He has led mission teams to Jamaica, Belize, Mexico and throughout the United States. He previously served on the National Board for UM ARMY, as Chair of the Division of Missions for the Texas Annual Conference, and Chair of Partners in Missions of the Texas Annual Conference. He has also been involved in Kairos prison ministry and the Walk to Emmaus.

Rev. Patty Bergfield - Pastor

(281) 351-1249 Ext. 108

patty.bergfield@tomballumc.org

Pastor Patty began serving TUMC in June, 2008. Her areas of responsibility include Adult Education, Outreach, Prayer, and Women's Ministries. Patty earned a BBA in Marketing at The University of Texas in Austin graduating in 1979 and completed a Masters of Divinty degree at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky in 2008. She is an ordained Elder in the Texas Annual Conference.

Before coming to TUMC, Patty served as Student Local Pastor of Shepherd UMC in Shepherd, Texas. Patty is married to Jeff and they have three grown children, Lauren, Michael and Matthew. Patty and Jeff are also the parents of two energetic puppies, Larry and Lilly.

Patty has a passion for all people to know the love of God and salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. She enjoys mission trips and is a veteran of UMArmy. Patty has participated in medical missions in Guatemala, church building in Costa Rica, and an orphanage expansion in Mexico. In her spare time, Patty enjoys reading, quilting, and cruises.

Lynn Brewer - Director of Fine Arts

(281) 351-1249 Ext. 103

lynn.brewer@tomballumc.org

Lynn joined the staff in 2005. Her background includes church, jr. high and high school choral positions. She oversees the fine arts ministry, including all the music ensembles, sound booth, visual media, altar guild and various communication resources. She hopes to broaden the fine arts ministry to include liturgical dance, drama and an active youth choir. Her call to ministry through fine arts in worship is to support the word and enhance the worship experience. Lynn is married and the mother of two children and enjoys music both inside and outside work. She is involved with the Texas Master Chorale and volunteers with several music ensembles in Tomball ISD. Her passion in ministry is to help others use the talents given to us by God to glorify Him.

Summer Schiel - Director of Children Ministry

281-351-1249 Ext. 401

summer.schiel@tomballumc.org

Summer joined the staff as childcare coordinator in 2007 after working in SWDS. She is responsible for staffing and programming in our nursery on Sunday mornings as well providing staff for all our events needing childcare.

Summer is married to Matt and they have three sons, Tate and twins Tucker and Turner. Currently they reside on property that has been in Matt's family for more than 150 years. Summer teaches woodworking on Mondays for SWDS and she and Matt are LSU Tiger Alumni.

She is committed to providing loving, age appropriate childcare for children of all ages.

Summer McLemore - Director of Student Ministries

(281) 351-1249 Ext. 109

summer.mclemore@tomballumc.org

Summer is our Director of Student Ministries. Summer is well qualified for this position and has a true calling to children and youth ministries. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Oklahoma City University with a major in Religion and Youth Ministry. She has served as the Director of Youth at Piedmont United Methodist Church and Director of Nurturing Ministries (which included Children and Youth Ministries) at Wesley UMC in Oklahoma City.

Barbara Kane Sorensen-Executive Administrative Assistant

(281) 351-1249 Ext. 100

barbara.sorensen@tomballumc.org

Barbara is our newest staff member here at TUMC. Barbara is originally from Brooklyn, New York, but calls Texas her home. She is responsible for  "The Tidings", Worship guides, Event Set-Ups and provides administrative support to the Pastoral staff. She loves spending time with her family and friends and feels blessed that all of her immediate family live so close. Barbara currently resides in Cypress, Texas with her two wonderful children Nicholas and Cameron. She also enjoys designing custom wedding invitations & birth announcements.

Beverly Stark - Business Manager

(281) 351-1249 Ext. 101

beverly.stark@tomballumc.org

Beverly joined the staff in 2010. She is the person who can answer all the business questions.
Beverly was born and raised in Houston and has lived in the area all of her life. She has worked in accounting since 1968, but this is the first time she has worked in a Church and “I love it.”
Beverly has been married to Eddie for 30 years, and they have two children – Brad, who lives in Round Rock, TX with his wife Karen and their two children Chris and Catie; and Kelley, who lives in Katy with her husband Doug and their two children Dylan and Bethany.
Beverly and Eddie live on a small property in Hockley with three rescue dogs, Maggie, Bridget, and Rita, two rescue horses, Cody and Everett, and four fish. When not at work, Beverly likes to spend time with the grand-kids and the horses and dogs. She also likes to read in her spare time.

Cindy Whitehead - Receptionist

(281) 351-1249, ext. 102cindy.whitehead@tomballumc.org

Cindy joined our staff in August 2010. When you phone the church office, she is the delightful voice at the other end, eager to assist.
Cindy has been a member here at TUMC since 1996. She moved from Houston to Tomball when she married her husband David in 1992. They have a beautiful 14yr. old Daughter Kaitlyn.
She enjoys spending time with her family, having bbqs, going to the lake, antiquing with her sisters and scrapbooking.
Cindy loves working at TUMC and says it feels like "home".

Mary Lafferty - Administrative Assistant

(281) 351-1249, Ext. 110

mary.lafferty@tomballumc.org

Mary joined TUMC in December of 2009. She uses her gifts of administration and organization to serve the Director of Children's and Youth Ministries as administrative assistant.Mary is married to Brad and they have two wonderful children. Mary has many years of experience working with youth and brings a wealth of experience to TUMC.

 Chris Montes

Chris leads worship for the 11:00 contemporary service. As a professional musician for over 20 years, his passion for music and love for God ultimately led him into music ministry. "In my opinion, the songs themselves lead the worship. It is my goal to present those songs in a way so that the congregation can first connect with them, and then use them to praise and glorify God."
Chris oversees the music for the service and recently composed TUMC's contemporary song of commitment, "Shine Through Us." His wife, Sherry, leads the Yoga ministry at the church, and their two children, Cade and Kyah, are very involved in TUMC's ministries as well.

Jean Solomon

Jean has been a member of the staff since 1994. She accompanies the congregation and choir on Sunday mornings playing organ, piano and keyboard. She is very dedicated to music ministry of the church and diligently prepares for Sunday worship while also learning music for seasonal musicals, pageants, shows, special services and for assisting soloist and other musicians. In addition to her musical gifts, Jean is a math teacher in the Klein ISD. Jean is also new grandmother.

Our Mission

Loving GOD

Loving Others

Serving the World

Statement of Faith

The Bible

We believe the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe the Holy Spirit guided and directed human authors to create God’s written means of communication with us, which reveals God’s love and plan to be in relationship with all of humanity. The Bible is God’s blueprint for living the Christian life and is our source for faith and practice.

God

We believe in one God, who exists in three distinct persons…the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each person of the Trinity is equally the one God in being, essence, character, power and eternal qualities.

Jesus

We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior who came to earth in the flesh to reveal God to humans and to restore all of fallen humanity to a personal relationship with God. We believe Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; he is both fully human and fully God. Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life and embodies the truth about God and the Truth of God. Jesus willingly died on the cross to demonstrate God’s love for sinful humans and to provide salvation for all humanity. His sacrifice in our place provides all humans the means to be reconnected with their loving Creator. We believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Jesus ascended into heaven, where he rules as our Lord (absolute authority) and advocate. Jesus will return to earth in the future to establish God’s perfect peace and justice for all time.

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the divine person-hood of the Holy Spirit as an equal part of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is God present, living within each follower to empower a life that reflects the lifestyle, values and character of Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the change agent in the lives of Jesus’ followers, illuminating God’s word for understanding and application in the life of each. The Spirit is involved in progressively transforming each follower into the image of Christ, and is actively working within the Christian community and world at large to bring about God’s plan of redemption for all people and all creation.

The Church

We believe the Church (also known as the Body or Bride of Christ in scripture) is a spiritual organism made up of all those in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, who are called to live in fellowship and worship together. We believe in the priesthood of all believers: everyone in relationship with Christ is gifted, empowered and called to serve within God’s mission to reach the world. The Church is God’s vehicle on earth to bring about God’s justice and mercy for all people.

Is to reach our community and make a difference in the lives they live through the good new of Jesus Christ.
We believe we can accomplish this through helping people discover God's purpose for their life through teamwork, creativity and excellence.

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