Meet Our Staff

Jeramie grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He received a B.A. in Bible and Ancient Languages from Wheaton College, and an M. Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Jeramie served as the Senior Pastor of South Shore Baptist Church in Hingham, Massachusetts for 20 years. He then relocated to Evangelical Community Church in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where he served as Senior Pastor for four years. He is an author and trains pastors in expository preaching through the Charles Simeon Trust. Jeramie and his wife, Jennifer, have been married for 28 years and have four children. Jeramie enjoys the outdoors, movies and board games.

Pastor Kevin loves working with teens and their families, having served in teen ministry for nearly two decades. Pastor Kevin came to SCC in 2014, ordained with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and has recently earned his Masters Degree in Biblical Leadership. Kevin is married to Stephanie who serves alongside him in the ministry and they have five children, Kristian, Karsten, Karmindy, Kelyse and Klark. When there is free time, Kevin enjoys walking the beach and looking for shells.

Pastor Doug has been part of SCC since 2016 and has served in churches for more than 20 years as a pastor. Doug is currently working to sharpen his skills by pursing a Master of Divinity through Asbury Theological Seminary. Pastor Doug comes with a strong gifting in evangelism and discipleship. His primary responsibilities are with membership, discipleship, small groups, Bible Studies and equipping God’s people to be faithful disciples, and leading the Missions Committee. He oversees our adult education courses. Doug is married to Carrie for over 26 years and has two children, Caleb and Mackenzie. Doug loves to be outdoors either running or fishing.

Barry (AKA “Dr. J” to his students!) grew up in DeRidder, Louisiana. The son and grandson of pastors, he was called to Ministry in high school and ordained in 2000. After earning his bachelor’s degree in music in Louisiana, he moved to Dallas, TX where he met and married his wife Jessica. Pastor Barry graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with his Masters of Theology in Historical Theology and New Testament Studies. He then attained his Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, and went on to teach at Southern Seminary and Boyce College for 17 years as Professor of Theology. During this time he also served as the Pastor of Worship Development and Discipleship at Sojourn Church Midtown and has been a worship leader and pastor for over 25 years. He and Jessica have been married for over 21 years and have four children: Haddon, Carson, Elisabeth and Mary. More than anything he loves time with his family, travel, cars and playing guitar.

Beth was born in Texas, moving after a couple of years to Missouri, and then into the suburbs of Philadelphia, staying for 30 years. She met her husband and best friend of 23 years, Milan, in Bible College there. She is a mother of two wonderful children, Milan and Gianna. Beth moved to Florida in 2016 and loves hosting themed get-togethers for family and friends. Her life’s passion is sharing God’s wild hope, mountainous faith, and everlasting, unlimited love to all those around her. Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Vicki comes to the SCC Kitchen with 26 years of experience in catering and restaurant management. Having grown up in Chicago, IL, she graduated in from College with a B.S. in Education. She has also taken classes at Hope Biblical counseling Center. Vicki and her family first visited the Island in 1974 and moved to Sanibel full time, in 2000, after owning Vail Street Café in Arlington Heights, IL from 1992 – 2000. Vicki’s areas of expertise include: cooking and presentation. Vicki’s favorite bible quote comes from 2 Corinthians 5:17 English Standard Version (ESV) “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation the old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

He’s coming to us from California with Crystal, his wife of over 22 years and five of his six kiddos: Aedia, Hudson, Ethne, Drake, and Skyler (Sinai, his oldest daughter is away at Baylor University). He has served Jesus’ church since 2001, leading staff, planting churches, overseeing operations/administration, and shepherding.