Covenant Staff
Program Staff
Mark Geib
Student Ministry Director
Mark Geib joined Covenant as the Director of Student Ministries in 2006. Mark came to us from Chattanooga, Tennessee after graduating from Covenant College. Mark’s passions include music (playing guitar, attending concerts, etc), chocolate, Dr. Pepper, and hanging out with students. Mark realizes there are a lot of students in Naples being overlooked by churches. He hopes to build relationships with them that will bring them in contact the gospel.
Sherry Kendrick
Children’s Ministry Director
Sherry Kendrick has lived in Naples for 24 years with her husband, Mike. They have 3 children. Jay is married to Kellie and they attend Covenant as well. Abby goes to college and lives in Orlando. Nathan is a junior at Gulf Coast High school. Sherry joined the Covenant staff as Children’s Ministry Direction in June 2010. She has over 20 years experience in Christian education, children’s ministry and public school elementary education.
Pastor John K. Summers
Director of Visitation and Senior Ministries
Pastor John K. Summers holds a B.S. degree in Bible and an N. D. Dr. of Naturopathy as a Master Herbalist. He has served as a church planter, evangelist, and pastor for 62 years. For 43 of those years he served as the senior pastor of the Ovid Community Church in Anderson, IN. Now he directs the Visitation and Senior Ministries of Covenant. John, his wife Betty, and their son, Paul, are beloved members of Covenant. In his free time John enjoys music and gardening, and pursues a life long interest in herbs.
Bill Barnett
Lay Ministry Coordinator
Bill coordinates volunteer support for the lay ministries of Covenant, as well as recruiting and developing the family as well as connecting them to opportunities where their gifts and talents can flourish. Bill joined the staff of Covenant as executive assistant to Dr. Bob Petterson in December of 2003 after living in his native city of New York for 36 years. In New York, Bill was the Eastern New York Christian Education Director for over 27 congregations. He has facilitated training sessions and conferences locally, statewide and nationally.
Taylor Ferranti
Director of Music & Worship
Dr. Taylor Ferranti received an undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, a Master's degree in Vocal Performance from the Boston Conservatory, and a Doctoral degree in Vocal Performance/Voice Science from Louisiana State University. For three years he served as the Associate Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church, Baton Rouge. For the past seven years, Taylor has served as an Associate Professor of Music at Cedarville University in Ohio.
Administrative Staff
John Hunter
Project Manager
John Hunter and his wife, Kathy, have been apart of Covenant since 1998. John became Covenant’s Executive Director in October 2005 after a finishing a long business career in the chemical industry. John possesses a deep faith in the Lord, a warm heart for people, and a wealth of experience which serve well the administrative and organizational needs of Covenant and its ministries.
Harriette Noller
Business Manager
Harriette Noller is the Business Manager for Covenant Church. Before joining the Covenant team, Harriette enjoyed a successful career in business. She and her husband, Jack, moved to Naples from Miami in 2002. Before that she resided in Fort Worth, Texas.
Judy Caldwell
Asst. to Visitation Ministries
Judy Caldwell has been serving as apart of our administrative team since 2007 and is a graduate from the University of Akron. Judy served as a Licensed Social Worker in Ohio for 15 years before moving to Naples in 2001. She is married to Doug. Together they consider their 4 children God’s greatest blessings.
Charlene Richardson
Executive Assistant to the Pastors
Charlene is a member of the Administrative team at Covenant and occasionally counsels at Hope Counseling Center. She and her husband, Ryan, are striving to bring up their three little ones in the ways of the Lord, surrounded by a family of grace at Covenant.
Sherry Smith
Admin Support Manager & Bookkeeper
Originally from Grand Rapids, MI, Sherry and her husband, Roy, began attending Covenant in 1984. They have two grown children. Sherry also serves on Covenant’s Women’s Ministry Team and leads the Praying for Our Children group. Sherry has served on the Covenant staff for a number of years. After taking two years off, we were delighted to have her join us again in September 2006.
Connie Walters
Church Administrative Assistant
Connie Walters is a graduate of The Ohio State University, GO BUCKEYES! She moved to Naples in 1976 with husband, Dale and daughter, Carrie Hope. Since that time they have added two more daughters, Amanda Faith and Charity Grace, and one son, Joshua, to their family. Connie has been the administrative assistant at two Country Clubs in Naples and one other church. She is so happy to be here as Covenant’s Church Secretary!
Select staff photos by: Erica Johnson
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
romans 12:10-12
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