
Rev. Ben Richards
Born in Salem, Ohio, Ben grew up in Sanford, Florida, and calls New York home. He studied music, education, and English in undergraduate work at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, and received his Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School. Meeting people where the are, and then through connection, teaching, and preaching, inviting them to see the ways their faith can be so much more than a compartmentalized activity—that’s one of Ben’s favorite parts of his job.

Sara Robinson

Rev. Haley Eccles
CCW Campus Minister

Derrick Scott III
Derrick is the Creative Producer of Studio Wesley and the Co-Lay Leader for the Florida Conference of the UMC. It is his joy to serve at SMC. I am a proud black, gay man, Cicerone Certified Beer Server, history graduate, accounting disciple, and textbook introvert. He loves eating sushi, flying on Delta, pouring craft beer, talking theology, and taking care of his Chihuahua-mix dog Winston and Bengal cat Julian.