Kelly Crespin

Kelly grew up in Japan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. She has a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master of Arts in education from the University of Virginia. Kelly has over 25 years of teaching experience ranging from kindergarten through high school. While living in San Antonio, Texas, and homeschooling her two daughters, Kelly also worked as the assistant director in children’s ministry at a large church, was active in Girl Scouts at the regional level for over 12 years, wrote for various educational publishing companies and worked as a homeschool book and product reviewer online.

Her adventures with Floris UMC started in January 2014 when she left Texas to move to Virginia and became the new children’s ministries director. She has two daughters – one is a teacher in Texas and the other lives and works in northern Virginia – plus two adorable dogs. Kelly loves to incorporate creativity into the programs she leads and see children smile when they talk about Jesus.

First job: Working in a library shelving books, checking out books for people, answering reference questions and creating book displays.

Favorite Bible verse: Psalm 46:10

Most people don’t know this about her: She was a medical simulation scenario patient in Texas who helped train medical students for real-life scenarios.

Wendy Hilbert

Wendy was born and raised in Northern Virginia and graduated from Chantilly High School. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in health and recreation management from George Mason University and her Master of Arts degree in management from American Public University. Wendy has worked for Fairfax County Parks and Recreation and has served as an adjunct professor for APU.

Wendy was overjoyed to join the Floris UMC staff in January 2013 and loves helping share God’s love with the children of Floris UMC.

First job: Working at Total Crafts in Chantilly, Virginia

Favorite Bible verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Idea of a perfect day: Doing something fun outside such as going to the zoo, apple picking, having a fun day at the beach or going to a local farm with her two sons, daughter and husband.

Most interesting vacation: A trip to Europe with stops in Ireland, Scotland, England, Paris and Holland.

Tanya Schoor

Tanya grew up primarily in Northern Virginia, but as a part of a military family, also spent some of her childhood in Belgium, Washington State, Central Virginia, and Florida. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography – Atmospheric Science from The Ohio State University. After 7 years living in Oklahoma, chasing the weather, she is thrilled to be back home! Tanya lives in South Riding with her husband, son, and their dog, Poppy.

Job Responsibilities: Tanya provides administrative and technical support for the Children’s Ministries preschool programs. As part of the Children’s Ministries team, she coordinates and implements faith-growing opportunities for preschool-aged children, and assists volunteers with Sunday morning classes. She can also be found supporting Messy Church, Family Bible Camp, and other children’s and family ministries events.

First job: Production Assistant at a local TV station

Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 3:5-6

Idea of a perfect day: Spending time with family anywhere – but especially at Walt Disney World!

Most interesting vacation: Visiting Australia and climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

Debbie Lawler

Debbie became the preschool director at Floris UMC in May 2014. Floris UMC Preschool is the fourth preschool that Debbie has had the privilege to run in her career. Previously, she was a director in Warner Robins, Georgia; Hampton, Virginia; and Fairfax, Virginia. Debbie has a Bachelor of Arts in education from Arizona State University. She grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, where her parents still live today. She met her husband, Scott, when she was 15 and married him several years later. Debbie and Scott traveled the country while Scott served in the Air Force for 21 years. They settled in the Northern Virginia area in 1997 and have two grown children.

Debbie enjoys the challenge of running a preschool with 170 children and 20 staff members. Her responsibilities include communicating with parents, church staff, teachers and, of course, playing with the preschoolers (obviously the best part of every day)!

First job: Being a summer camp counselor at First Baptist Church in Tallahassee

Favorite Bible verse: Matthew 19:26 and Philippians 4:13

Idea of a perfect day: Skiing down the mountains in Breckenridge, Colorado, with her family or sitting on the beach with a good book and a cool beverage.

Most people don’t know this about her: She is an avid sports fan, especially college sports!

Most interesting vacation: Exploring the Caribbean islands with her family during a week-long cruise.

Karen O’Dell