Jason Ebeling - Pastor Jason is married to Lora and they have 5 children. Tyler is 10, Tanner is 8, Chandler is 6 and Sarah is 2. Their fifth child (Hannah) arrived in July.
Jason was born in St. Paul, Minnesota (go Vikings!) and did ministry in Maryland and Florida before moving here.
Jason went to college in Minnesota and while working at a summer camp for students, he felt called to full time ministry. After college he started seminary in Maryland. Ten years and four kids later, he finally graduated from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul.
Likes: my family, sports, outdoors, people Dislikes: waiting in lines, whiny people Favorite Flix: Princess Bride, Family Man, Tommy Boy Little Known Fact: I’ve made a hole-in-one but my grandpa had 6 of them
Claude Cannon - Family Pastor Claude is married to Sheila and they have a dog, a cat, and a saltwater aquarium filled with fish they know by name.
Claude was born and raised in nearby New Bern and headed up a midweek children's ministry and children's church in Brandon, FL before moving back home.
When Claude moved to Florida, he found the two most important things in his life. He found Jesus and then he found his wife Sheila. When he thinks about Florida he often says, "I got what I came for."
Likes: wife, modifying cars, tinkering w/ computers, going out to eat
Dislikes: maintaining cars, eating vegatables, reality TV
Favorite Flix: 5th Element, Better Off Dead
Little Known Fact: One of my favorite cars is a Pinto
Randy was born and raised in Riverview, FL. He married his beautiful wife, Laci in March of 2006 and they were blessed with their first child, Ella in July of 2007. They have a bulldog named Princess and a bird named Superman.
Randy has been singing his entire life. He sang in his school choirs starting in elementary school and also participated in the musical theater department in high school. He began learning bass guitar at 14 and acoustic at 16. Ever since, he's been playing in church.
He joined the Discovery band as a fill-in bassist in 2006 and has filled multiple roles since. Randy knows he has been called to serve in the music ministry of Discovery Church and looks forward to seeing what God will do.
Likes: Food, Free Food, Sports (all of them), Guitars, Macs, Rainbow Sandals, Funny Commercials, Good Movies, Wii, Friends, Sweet Tea and Food. Dislikes: Bad Food, Being Sick, Splinters, Unfunny Commercials, Bad Movies.
Favorite Flix : Gladiator, Pirates 1-3, Ocean's 11, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Monster's Inc.
Little Know Fact: I use to have a wicked rat tail!
September 13th Second Saturday Service Want to serve our community? Come out for S3, meet at the Boy's and Girl's Clube at 9:30am and bring the whole family. See you there!
September 5th Ladies Night Out The first friday of every month, the ladies get together and enjoy a ladies night out away from the kids. Contact info@discoverychurchonline.com for more info.
September 7th-28th Con*nek*ted Next series is a 4 week series on friends and friendship.
