Our Leaders

Barry Noll is our Pastor (Teaching Elder) and Moderator of the Session. Barry came to Harvest from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Melanie have been married since 1997 and have 5 children, Samantha, Jonathan, Lily, Amanda, and Christopher. Prior to coming to Harvest, Barry served as a youth minister in Oklahoma and a church planter in Pennsylvania. His life mission is to know Christ and make Him known through leading, preaching, teaching, shepherding, and counseling. In addition to pastoring, Barry enjoys spending time with his family, swimming, fishing, playing Pickleball, and eating delicious Southern Maryland seafood.

Eduardo Danganan is a Ruling Elder who works as an engineer for the Navy. He enjoys studying history, sci-fi, and apologetics, solving 3D puzzles, and mountain biking. Before coming to Harvest Fellowship, Eduardo served as a Ruling Elder in other churches where he learned that the office of elder is a call that is both exciting and sobering. He and his wife, Nancy, are from Pennsylvania, and have lived in southern St. Mary's County since 1998.

Scott Howe is our Ruling Elder who serves as Clerk of the Session. Scott has been an elder at Harvest since before anyone can remember. When he's not eldering, he's working as an engineering program manager and experiencing life with his wife Corrie. They have 3 grown kids: Joshua, Jonathan, and Faith.

Calvin Metz is a Ruling Elder who loves Jesus, airplanes, basses, theology, and his wife, Karen. Cal is a retired aeronautical engineer who plays bass on the worship team.

Les Shaw is a Ruling Elder who has called Harvest Fellowship "home" since 2016. He's a civil engineer and history buff who enjoys hunting, camping, biking, photography, and playing on his tractor at his farm. He and his wife, Kim, have four grown children, one living in Oklahoma, and the other three living locally and members of Harvest Fellowship. They enjoy a growing number of grandchildren.

Frank Booker is a civilian Navy engineer who enjoys woodworking, all things mechanical and electrical, boating, and on rare occasions scuba diving. He is a widower with a college-aged son. Frank has attended Harvest Fellowship since 2012, and feels called in this season of life to use his gifts to serve the body of Christ as a deacon.

When Dave Burkhart isn't getting his hands dirty taking care of the grounds at Harvest, he's managing a local golf course. He plays drums, guitar, and leads worship on occassion. Dave has passed down his love of Jesus and puns to his three kids, Luke, Tim, and Katie. He also has a really lucky granddaughter!

Tom Dunn is an engineer with a heart for Jesus. He has two grown children, Tabitha and David. Tom keeps the mercy ministry and the Care Team working together.

Doug Pepiot is a USAF veteran whose love for airplanes is third only to his love for Jesus and his wife, Daureen. They have attended Harvest Fellowship since 2018. He's known for cooking up a killer breakfast for the men's Bible studies, and, with Daureen's help, orchestrating wonderful fellowship events. They have two grown children and are starting their collection of grandkids!

Don Statter has been a deacon at Harvest since the church was particularized. He is typically the first to contact those from the community in need of help. Professionally, Don is a scientest with NAVAIR.

Kal Weller is the heart of the deacons. He was one of the core group that planted Harvest Fellowship in 1996. He compassionately helps people in need through the Mercy Ministry, leads the important work of budget formulation and tracking, and keeps the computers up and running. He and his wife Jane have two older believing children.