Holy Covenant United Methodist Church

Church Staff

Rev. Don Lee

Senior Pastor

Pastor of Holy Covenant since June 2000, Don was born and raised in Whittier, CA. He attended Bartlesville Wesleyan College where he received a Bachelors degree in Theology.

A graduate of Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, he has been an ordained minister in the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1991. Don has served Trinity UMC in Denton, Pilot Point UMC, and First United Methodist Church in Richardson.

He is married to Susan Lee and has two beautiful children, Clari and Christopher.

Read Don's sermons and articles in our church newspaper, Covenantree.

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Rev. Wendy Curran

Associate Pastor of Spiritual Formation

Wendy is a native Texan and grew up in Irving, Texas. She comes from Christ United Methodist Church in Plano where served on staff for close to 7 years; first as Director of Women’s and Singles Ministry and then finally as Minister of Adult Education and a licensed local pastor. While at Christ UMC, Wendy received her call to ordained ministry in the midst of completing Disciple Bible Study I, but first had to finish her undergraduate degree. She received her BA in Interdisciplinary Studies at University of Texas at Dallas and began seminary at the Perkins School of Theology in 2005.

Douglas, Wendy’s husband, owns a professional matchmaking company called “Christian Single Adults” and they have a son, Nic, who is a senior in high school.

Wendy is excited to join Holy Covenant and brings with her a passion for adult and small group ministry. She looks forward to getting to know everyone at HCUMC and to serving the community as they journey together toward a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Rev. Debbie Chapman

Associate Pastor of Music

A native of West Virginia, Debbie came to Dallas in 1984. At First United Methodist Church in Plano, she began her journey to be a professional Music Minister. Debbie graduated with honors from Texas Woman’s University with a degree in Vocal Performance. She came to Holy Covenant in September 1998 and graduated with a Masters Degree in Sacred Music from SMU in December of 2001. She was ordained a Deacon in June of 2002.

Debbie’s husband Paul is retired from the U.S. Government and works for Z Inc, a government contractor. They have two adult children, and two grandchildren.

Visit the Music Ministry page to learn more about our music programs.

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Jana Jones

Director of Children's Ministries

Jana joined the staff of Holy Covenant in November of 2003. She is originally from Carlsbad, New Mexico, where she grew up in the Methodist church. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Business and Accounting. During college, she was a member of the Texas Tech Wesley Foundation and served on their leadership team. Jana is also involved in the Emmaus community. She was a member of the New Mexico Southeastern Region Chrysalis Board for three years. Chrysalis is a youth version of the Walk to Emmaus. In addition to these activities, Jana was the co-leader of a girls' youth group for three years at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Texas.

Jana enjoys spending time with her husband Chris, who is the Director of Recreational Ministries at Christ United Methodist Church in Plano. She also likes to read, play golf, and is a fan of Texas Tech Red Raider football.

Jana's desire for Children's Ministries is to bring kids into a fun environment where they can develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. She hopes that the people of Holy Covenant will watch children as they worship, listen as they pray, and learn as they speak to our hearts.

Visit our Children's Ministries pages for more information about our programs.

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Georgia Harrison

Youth Minister

Georgia Harrison joined the staff of Holy Covenant in January 2008. Georgia is currently in school full-time. She is working on a MDiv at Perkins School of Theology at SMU with a Certification in Urban Ministry, planning to finish in May, 2009. She will be working on her internship beginning in June, 2008 at Holy Covenant! For 5 years, Georgia was the Youth Minister for Mission at First United Methodist Church in Richardson, TX. She led the youth on 6 mission trips each year and organized local service projects for them also. Georgia has been involved in Youth Ministry for over 15 years. She has directed Junior High Summer camp at Bridgeport Camp for the past 4 years. She is also the Coordinator for CCYM (Conference Council on Youth Ministry).

Before going into church work, she worked in software development for 20+ years in the Dallas area. Georgia has a BS in Math from Mississippi College and an MS in Math from Clemson University (although she has never actually used any higher level math in any of her jobs!).

She has been married to Charles Harrison for 17 years. He is the Executive Director of The Center for Wesleyan Renewal and is the youth minister at Greenland Hills UMC in Dallas. They have two children, Ricky 10th grade, and Marisa 6th grade.

Georgia loves working with youth because they always offer her a new perspective, a fresh outlook on things. Their energy and excitement are catching, which keeps her energized. She has one message for the youth and you will probably hear it, in some form, every time she gives a message: God loves you and there is nothing you can do about it!

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Gay Moore

Administrative Assistant

Gay Moore joined the staff of Holy Covenant in November of 2007. She is a Certified Professional Secretary with extensive experience as administrative assistant, legal assistant and underwriting technician in the Dallas and New Orleans areas.

She and her husband, Jim, moved to Little Elm from Louisiana in June of 2000 and are member of Button Memorial United Methodist Church. Jim is retired from the New Orleans Police Department. Gay's son Brent, lives in Colorado. Her step-children, Wanda. Nola, Yvonne, Yvette and Jamie and their families live in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

For relaxation, Gay enjoys reading, cross-stitching and designing cross-stitch patterns.

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Carol Jones

Bookkeeper

Carol, a Dallas native, joined Holy Covenant with her family in July 2000 and became church bookkeeper in November 2000.

She studied business and bookkeeping at Brookhaven Community College, and has worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for several Dallas area businesses.

Carol's hobbies include arts and crafts, needlework and her volunteer work with the Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts. Carol especially enjoys jewelry making, painting, printing and clay--art mediums she was introduced to as a high school student at the Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet School.

Carol has been married to her wonderful husband Doug since 1984. They have three children; teenage twins Bill and Sarah, and their younger sister Rebecca.

Life with her family is never boring. She has been a leader in her children's Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops for many years, and loves working with children.

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Tom Cole

Music Accompanist

Tom Cole received his Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music from Baylor University. He has served in music ministry in United Methodist Churches since 1984 in Waco, TX Del Rio, TX, Artesia, NM, and Lewisville, TX. He has lived in Lewisville for nearly 11 years and owns a private music studio in Lewisville where he gives instruction in piano and voice. He works with many schools in LISD as accompanist for choir, band and orchestra programs. He enjoys working as music director for Studio-B community theatre and orchestra conductor for the Marcus High School drama program. He is also currently teaching speech/debate and drama at Coram Deo Academy in Flower Mound.
In his spare time he enjoys fishing, collecting books, hymnals and antiques. He also enjoys composing choral and piano music and is collaborating with a team writing a trilogy of children’s musicals, the first of which is entitled “So Charmed.”
“I am thrilled to be a part of the ministry team at Holy Covenant UMC and look forward to helping lead worship through music!”

Visit the Music Ministry page to learn more about our music programs.

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Sheryl Toney

Director, Early Childhood Development Program

Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Sheryl has lived in the Dallas area since she was in the fifth grade. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Texas Tech University.

Sheryl and her husband Larry joined Holy Covenant in 1978. She began teaching in the preschool in 1983, and became director in 1985. Both of their daughters, Tiffany and Tatum, were raised, confirmed, and baptized in this congregation. Tiffany is married to Jerry Davidson, and they have a daughter named Reagan. Tatum is married to Scott Curry. Sheryl says that her family has been truly blessed by being associated with this church. She adds that she is personally blessed to work with the teachers, parents, and especially the children of the Early Childhood Development Program.