Pastor Jeff has been a United Methodist pastor for twenty-eight years and is married to Tammi Lambert. They have three children, Jessica, Bethany and Caleb.  He is a graduate of Hiwassee College, Tennessee Wesleyan College and Asbury Theological Seminary.  He was ordained as an Elder in 1997.

Pastor Susana is a wife and mother of four children who is passionate about serving the Lord. Susana was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Fries, Virginia. She graduated from Independence High School. She studied at and graduated from Hiwasee College with a Bachelor's of Science and is currently pursuing a Masters of Divinity. She currently resides in Sevierville, Tennessee. She is an international Missionary and Evangelist and currently serves as the paster of El Ministerio del Espiritu Santo Church, our Hispanic congregation.

Jeff McPeeks was born in Chicago but grew up in Florida. When God touched his life at the age 37, he immediately knew that God had  placed a call on his life to serve Him !. He met his wife Paula in 2000 and together they began ministering to Children as he pursued his ministry credentials. He became a full time children’s pastor in 2007 and has been involved in children’s ministry for 14 years.  He has been dunked, pied in the face, kissed a pig, and had fermented seaweed dumped on him all for the sake of teaching kids about Jesus in a fun and unforgettable way.  While ministering the love of Christ to kids is his main passion and consumes most of his time, he also enjoys spending time with his wife Paula, being outdoors, fishing and spending time with family and friends.

Mandy has served in church music ministry as an accompanist and worship leader since she was a teenager and has been a private music instructor for twenty years. She earned her B.A. in Music, piano emphasis, from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL, in 2003. While born in the South, she has lived in many different places including seven years in Brazil as a missionary kid and fifteen in Chicago as a musician and church planter. Living in different regions and cultures has given Mandy a love of people and the stories they carry. She relocated to Sevierville in January of 2013 with her two children, Abigail and David. She enjoys writing, baseball, and drinking too much coffee, and is currently working on a master’s degree in education.

Kenny is the new director of youth and young adult ministries at Sevierville First United Methodist Church.  Kenny is married to Aimee and has three children Abby, Gabe, and Kenzee.  Kenny has been serving in churches from the age of 20 in the youth, children, and other types of ministries.  Kenny and Aimee just came from a church in Knoxville where they served as children’s ministers for over a year.  Kenny has worked in the Maryville City Schools where he was a teaching assistant and worked in the after-school program for the last six years.  He did this while he completed his Associate’s Degree at Pellissippi State (2015) and his Bachelor’s Degree at Tusculum University (2018).  Both Kenny and Aimee have teaching degrees and are licensed to teach in the State of Tennessee.  Kenny loves God, people, laughing, singing, and learning about Jesus.