Our TEAM
First United Methodist Church of Poplar Bluff
David Stewart
Lead Pastor
david@fumcpb.org
BIO:
FULL NAME: David Allison Stewart
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Crab Cooker (Coronado Island, CA)
FAMILY/KIDS: Married to Nancy Stewart, two kids; Christy and Ben.
HOBBIES: Traveling
HOMETOWN: Born in Anchorage Alaska, childhood years Farmington, MO
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: Love walking with people as they discover God’s love and healing in their lives.
FUN FACT: I have college letters in baseball and soccer and do not have a high school letter for either sport because they were not high schools sports in Farmington at the time.
Our Staff
Jim Carrier
Lay Leader/Worship Leader
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Bio
FULL NAME: Jim Carrier
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Fuji’s
FAMILY/KIDS: Lawson (6)
HOBBIES: Spending time with my family, coaching, and working out.
HOMETOWN: Poplar Bluff, MO
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: Seeing the revival that’s breaking out in our youth group.
FUN FACT: I’m an only child
Timothy Starnes
Contemporary Worship Leader/ Media Ministry
tim@fumcpb.org
BIO
FULL NAME: Timothy Ryan Starnes
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: FIve Guys and Chick-Fil-A.
FAMILY/KIDS: Single for now!
HOBBIES: Music in basically every capacity. I love playing guitar and piano, writing and producing songs and expressing myself and my heart through music. Also video games!
HOMETOWN: Poplar Bluff, MO
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: Too many to count, but seeing youth come to know Jesus is always a standout. Seeing the youth at FUGE in 2018 be completely transformed by Jesus and some coming to know Him for the first time was incredibly awesome.
FUN FACT: I learned/play guitar and piano entirely by ear.
BIO
FULL NAME: Pam Howard Becker
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Any place that serves good steak!
FAMILY: Widowed. Three Kids, Kaylin, Andrea, and Coulton.
HOBBIES: Hanging out with family and friends.
HOMETOWN: Franklin, OH
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: Watching shy kids find their voice and performing in church musicals.
FUN FACT: My summer job while in grad school was singing in the opera chorus with the St. Louis Opera Theater.
Renee Bobo
Office Manager
renee@fumcpb.org
BIO
FULL NAME:Renee Jean Bobo
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Anything Mexican!
FAMILY/KIDS: Married to Devin Bobo, four kids; Maddyx, Royce, Maylee, Makynzee.
HOBBIES: Spending time with family/friends, playing with my kiddos, and all things sports!
HOMETOWN: Flora, IL
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: Watching my son accept Jesus Christ in his heart and then be baptized.
FUN FACT: I played 6 years of competitive level volleyball, and 2 years of college volleyball.
Cynthia Gonzalez
Director of Finance
cynthia@fumcpb.org
BIO
FULL NAME: Cynthia Lorena Gonzalez
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Fuji.
FAMILY/KIDS: Married to Chris Gonzalez, have 4 children.
HOBBIES: Singing has always been a huge part of my life, designing art, and desiging cakes.
HOMETOWN: Born in Amsterdam, raised in Castricum, Netherlands
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: There are so many, but I think my favorite is when leading worship and hearing the people singing praises to our Almighty God in adoration.
FUN FACT: I love to travel and have been to 10 different countries so far! Our kids’ first mode of public transportation was an airplane.
Ryan Davis
Youth Leader
ryan@fumcpb.org
BIO
FULL NAME: Ryan Lee Davis
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Tucker’s Grill
FAMILY/KIDS: Wife Alicia daughter Serena and son Camden
HOBBIES: Softball reading playing with dogs
HOMETOWN: Poplar Bluff
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: Pioneering couch blaze
FUN FACT: I hate pickles
Tricia Starnes
1stKids, Children’s Leader
BIO
FULL NAME: Patricia Dawn Starnes
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Chick fil A, Casa Grande, Beijing
FAMILY/KIDS: 2 kids, Timothy and Sophie
HOBBIES: cooking, traveling, and spending time with family.
HOMETOWN: Poplar Bluff
FAVORITE MINISTRY MOMENT: I have so many from working in children’s ministry for several years, but one of my favorite moments, is when parents of kids as young as 3 years old, come to me and tell me how their child talked to them about a lesson and how they used it during the week and in their daily life.
FUN FACT: I am the youngest of 10 children and I have over 40 nieces and nephews!