Trinity United Methodist Church

Meet the Staff at Trinity

Pastor Dane began his ministry career in 2012 when he started seminary in Atlanta and began as a volunteer and then was hired as an assistant at Lawrenceville Road UMC. Pastor Dane is a proud 4th generation alumnus of Clemson University (2009, BA History), and alumnus of Emory University, Candler School of Theology (2015, M. Div.). He has been happily married to Dr. Lara (Megan) Beers Wood (Ph.D. Immunology, 2016 Emory University) for 12 years. She is currently Research Faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she researches hearing damage. They have two sons, Samuel T.  and Charles I. Pastor Dane is passionate about missions, history, and learning how the awesome power of God is practical and life changing every day! 

 

Pastor Dane Wood

Senior Pastor

A native of Tennessee, Kristen Donahue found her passion serving churches in an administrative role. She serves as the Administrative Assistant and Treasurer at Trinity UMC. She has a B.S. in Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics and an A.S. in Accounting. She is married to Mike Donahue and loves spending time with her family, especially her nieces and nephew. Kristen has been on staff since 2020.

Kristen Donahue

Church Business Administrator/Treasurer

Nick has been singing since he was born! Musical theatre has been his passion since he began performing in 2004. He has had the honor of performing in venues all over the world, from Tennessee to Italy. He received his bachelor’s degree in vocal music education from Tennessee
Tech University in 2016. Since then he has been teaching music in the public school system. He currently serves as the music specialist at Stewarts Creek Elementary. Previously he was also the children’s choir director at Cookeville UMC and taught musical theatre at the Cumberland County Playhouse.

Nick Mullins

Song Leader

Stephen Burnette currently serves as the Director of Music for Trinity UMC. Outside of Trinity, he also serves as the Artistic Director of Murfreesboro Little Theatre and as freelance pianist. He teaches a beginning choir class with a local Murfreesboro Homeschool Co-op, and private voice and piano lessons. Stephen is extremely excited about the forthcoming opportunities and challenges. Stephen has been on staff since 2017.

Stephen Burnette

Music Director

Sheryl Mabry serves as the Director of Youth & Family Ministries. She came to Murfreesboro to attend MTSU and fell in love with the city. She worked for 12 years in ministry with college students after graduation and now enjoys working with a broader age range here at Trinity UMC. She has two children, Brandon who attends Blackman High and Kelsey who attends Blackman Middle. Sheryl has been on staff since 2014.

Sheryl Mabry

Director of Youth and

Adult & Family Ministries

Kirsten McDaniel is our Nursery/Preschool Director. She previously worked as a lead teacher in our Preschool program for two years. She has had children in the Trinity program. Kirsten has served as an educational assistant for special education and developmentally delayed students and served as director for Teaching Family Homes Model, a program where staff supports adults with developmental disabilities. Kirsten has been on staff since 2020.

Kirsten McDaniel

Trinity Nursery & Preschool Director

Office Hours

The church office is open Monday through Friday 8:30am until 3:30pm. We are closed for federal holidays. 

Phone

615-896-0413

Email

trinityumcboro@gmail.com

Address

2303 Jones Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129

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