Meet our Staff
Jessica was born in Richmond, VA, but moved to Charlotte when she was a baby, so she has called Charlotte home for most of her life. She graduated from North Mecklenburg High School and then
attended Appalachian State University, where she majored in
Psychology. While at App State, she was deeply involved with the
Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist Campus Ministry. It was
there that she met her husband, Darryl.
They were both discerning a call to ministry and were fortunate to attend Duke Divinity School together. They got married in 2011 at Rocky River Vineyards, just outside of Charlotte. Jessica's first appointment out of Divinity School was serving two small rural churches in Candler, NC. After that, she had the privilege of serving as the campus minister at the Wesley Foundation at UNC Asheville.
In 2019, Jessica and her family relocated to the Charlotte area, having loved their time in the mountains. She then served for six years at Myers Park UMC as the Pastor of Lay Involvement, where she supported new members, Sunday School, Women’s Ministries, and a myriad of other ministries.
They have three children—Malachi, Levi and Zora.
Elizabeth has lived in the Charlotte area all of her life. She has worked in various church offices as an office manager over the last decade. Her past experiences include HR, business ownership, and office management. She completed a course in Multicultural/ Multiethnic interpretations and diversity, which has been tremendously beneficial to her career and to every day life. She and her husband, Carl, will celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary this year and they have a 6 year old daughter named Harper. She is so appreciative of the warm welcome we have all given her. She looks forward to serving PUMC.
Nancy is originally from Silver Spring, MD but has lived in Charlotte for over 30 years. She loves all things worship and has served as Music Minister/Worship Leader in 3 churches in Charlotte, Indian Trail and Locust. She also serves in Emmaus, Chrysalis and Epiphany Ministries and is the state board president of Epiphany MInistries of NC. She describes herself as out-of-the-box, sometimes unconventional, but also appreciates tradition that strengthens the Body of Christ. She is a purple haired, pierced, tattooed lover of Jesus who also has a heart for ministering to those who have been marginalized by the church. She enjoys getting to know her church family and serving the Lord alongside each of us!
Josh Parman
Accompanist
Originally from Nashville, Josh is a recent transplant to the Charlotte area to be closer to his family. He has previously worked for several churches and theaters in the Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Little Rock, and Nashville areas as a singer, pianist, organist, cellist, conductor, composer, arranger, and choir director. Josh holds two degrees in music composition from Middle Tennessee State University and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In his free time, Josh enjoys reading and has been known to fish.
Meriwether is originally from Apex, North Carolina, a town near Raleigh. She moved down here in 8th grade, so, at this point, most of her life has been in the Charlotte area. She went to University of South Carolina and majored in Media Arts. It’s a broad major basically encompassing all things production - writing, sound, editing, ect. She learned about Pineville UMC from her former Band Director, Martin Dickey. He taught her brother how to run a soundboard in high school and then she followed in her brother’s footsteps in college. She is happy to be here to help make sure everyone can see and hear the worship. She enjoys spending time with her goofy but loving dog, Goose, and her opinionated and silly cat Yeti.