Staff
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Rev. Scott Ehler
Senior Pastor
Dr. Karen Click
Music Director
Alicia Silvin
MDS Preschool Director
Scott Ehler is our Senior Pastor. He was born in Bayshore, NY, and moved to Pennsylvania in the first grade. After graduating from high school, he attended Bloomsburg University, where he discovered he was better suited to the military. He entered the Air Force in 1989 and served until 2000. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Master of Divinity from Luther Rice Seminary. He is currently working on a Master of Arts in Public Ministry to fulfill the requirements for ordination.
After serving as a Youth Minister in Texas for 6 years, he was commissioned as a Chaplain in the United States Army. He deployed six times in his military career to war zones in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq. He retired from the military in 2020 after 25 years of service. He is married to Amy and has a daughter and son-in-law with three grandbabies in San Antonio and a son and daughter-in-law with one grandbaby in Fort Worth. He resides in Ave Maria, FL.
Dr. Karen Click holds degrees in piano performance from Radford University and the University of Miami, and a graduate certificate in choral conducting from Messiah University. She has served on the faculties of Texas Christian University, Messiah University, and Lebanon Valley College. Also an accomplished vocalist, she has performed with numerous choral groups in the Washington D.C., Miami, Lancaster and Harrisburg, PA areas, and was most recently a featured soprano soloist with Choral Artistry in Fort Myers, FL. Aside from music, she studies Italian, and enjoys photography, cooking, wine tasting and travel. Dr. Click and her husband Mark Japak live in Estero with their beloved westie, Sophie.
Alicia Silvin is Director of Methodist Day School. This is her eighth year at MDS, and she is excited to begin a new school year with you! Alicia has been working with children and families for 20 years and it has been a blessing. She graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics. Alicia started her career working for UBS Financial Services, as she loves the stock market. While working at UBS, she got married and had a son, Alexander. It was after having Alexander that she began her journey working with children. Now, 20 years later she has had the pleasure of getting to know so many wonderful families and feels very fortunate to be at Methodist Day School!