(925-837-5243 x 107)  A native of Ohio, Ron was raised in the San Jose area and graduated from San Jose State University with a B.A. in Psychology in 1973. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio in 1976. Ron was ordained as a Deacon in the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1975 and was ordained an Elder in 1978. He has served four churches in California: Newcastle (1976-1984), Los Gatos (1984-1992), Livermore (1992-2201) and Alamo / San Ramon Valley (2001-). Ron is married and is the father of four children and three grandchildren.

Ron’s passion for ministry is rooted in the conviction that it is the purpose of the Church to invite people into an ever deepening relationship with God through Jesus Christ even as it equips and trains these same people to use their God given gifts in service to a broken world.  To that end, Ron preaches and teaches a faith that links the head (intellect / theology) with the heart (emotion / feeling) and with the hands (service to others).  He believes that a faith that is vital and healthy is a faith in which all three of these ingredients are woven together.
 

 (925-837-5243 x 106) Alison graduated from Hamilton College with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature in 1988. During the Academic Year in Spain program she competed for the Club de Campo field hockey team in Madrid, where her team won the Spanish National Championship, the Queen's Cup, and the European Cup. She completed a Master of Arts degree in Social/Clinical Psychology from New College of California in 1995 and a Master of Divinity degree from Pacific School of Religion in 1998. She served as Youth Director of the San Leandro United Methodist Church from 1995-2001 and was appointed as Pastor of the Gilroy United Methodist Church in 2001. She served in Gilroy until she was appointed to serve as Associate Pastor at the San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church in 2009.

The theologian Paul Tillich insists that Christian theology must serve the needs of the church. Central to these needs, according to him, is conveying the truth of the Christian message with such sensitivity to given situations that it gracefully comes alive again and again. Inspired by the apostle Paul, I believe that the gifts of the spirit do not rest in any office and certainly not on any one person. Therefore, I have come to realize that one of my tasks as pastor is to assist others in discerning the ways in which they are gifted by the Spirit to be blessings for others. At no point in my ministry have I ever considered my congregation, or the United Methodist denomination, exclusively as the church that my Christian theology serves. In the words of John Wesley I see the world as my parish.

(925-837-5243 x 109) Dawn serves as Minister of Discipleship with responsibilities for children’s and adult ministries.  She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Religion with emphasis in Christian Education.  An ordained Deacon in Full Connection in the United Methodist Church, her area of specialization is Christian Education.  She has served at Grace UMC and First UMC in Grove City and Franklin, PA, and at Belle Meade UMC in Nashville, TN before coming to SRVUMC in 1983.

Dawn is married to Rev. Patrick Davis, founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Alliance for Youth & Family Services, a youth home ministry to homeless youth.  They share their home and lives with Golden Retriever Jackson and Tigger cat.