Reverend Scott Leslie
became the Stated Supply Pastor for
our congregation on August 1, 2007.
From February through July of 2007,
Scott served as a temporary pulpit
supply pastor.
In addition to
serving as our part-time pastor,
Scott also teaches Math at Blue
Ridge High School. He married Mary
Marbury in 1984, and they have two
daughters, Sarah and Abbie. Sarah is
a graduate student at the University
of California, Berkeley, and Abbie
is a student at The University of
Texas at Dallas. Mary is a
Registered Nurse, who does home
health IV therapy visits.
They live in Allen.
Prior to serving as our pastor,
Scott had served in full-time
ministry as Pastor at the First
Presbyterian Church of Allen
(2001-2006), Okeechobee Presbyterian
Church in Okeechobee, Florida
(1993-2001), as Associate Pastor at
the Knox United Presbyterian Church
in Overland Park, Kansas (1990-1993)
and as Pastor of the
Fellowship Church (a
Methodist-Presbyterian Union
congregation) in Ararat, Virginia
(1982-1985). Scott and Mary served
as Mission Co-Workers with the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the
United Methodist Church to Kinshasa,
Zaire (now Democratic Republic of
the Congo) from 1985 to 1989,
serving at the
Methodist-Presbyterian Hostel as
hostel parents for missionary
children and directors of the Guest
House. Prior to
his ordination, Scott
also served as a
Volunteer-in-Mission to Korea,
teaching English as a Second
Language at Speer Girls High School
and Honam Theological Seminary in
Kwangju, Korea, in 1980-1981.
Originally from Texas, Scott lived
in numerous locations as a child
while his father worked as a
contractor with the space program.
Born in Dallas, he has lived in
Denver, Colorado; Richardson, Texas;
Seattle, Washington; Huntsville,
Alabama; Slidell, Louisiana; and
Houston, Texas. A graduate of Clear
Lake High School, he attended Texas
A&M University where he studied
Biomedical
Engineering and Psychology,
graduating in 1978. He then attended
Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia in Richmond, earning a
Doctor of Ministry degree there in
1982. Scott has pursued graduate
studies at Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary where he earned
a Certificate in Church Growth and
Evangelism in 1996. An avid reader
of suspense and
science fiction,
Scott also enjoys the outdoors,
working with youth and playing
guitar.
Scott brings gifts in Worship
Leadership, Preaching and Teaching
ministries. Texts of his sermons can
be found on the church's website's
Pastor's Notes page. He
also leads our adult Sunday School
class and our First Wednesday's
Adult Bible Study.
