Nona Schwab has been the Associate Director of Music and Worship at Alamo Heights UMC since 2001.  She holds a Bachelors of Music from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Masters of Music from UTSA. Before joining the staff at AHUMC she taught choir in North East ISD at Wood Middle School (1992-1993) and Bradley Middle School (1993-2001). While teaching she volunteered at AHUMC in the music ministry by singing in the choir and helping with the children and youth choirs. Nona enjoys the broad spectrum of variety that her job entails. She gets to share her love of music with all generations and mentor and guide young people in the growing of their faith through music, worship, play and community. Nona enjoys a good adventure, reading, spending time with friends, tending to her dog and three cats, anything “techie” and great laughter. 

Andrea Hayter joined the AHUMC music ministry team in September 2021 after 10 years in the field of education. Most of her teaching experience is in elementary music throughout Texas, including Wichita Falls, Arlington, and Dallas. In 2019, Andrea was one of 6 teachers out of 60 elementary schools selected for the Arlington Masonic Lodge Teacher of Excellence Award. From 2012-2015, she lived in the Netherlands, where she taught English as a Second Language and music theory classes. Andrea finds joy in enabling people, especially children, to express themselves through music and is honored to have the opportunity to do this in a spiritual setting. Because worship through music has been an integral part of her faith journey from a young age, she is eager to share that with families here at AHUMC. Andrea holds a bachelor's in music education from the University of Houston and a master’s in Clarinet Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado. She enjoys yoga, karate, reading, strategy games, and spending time with her husband, William.  

Although A.J. is recognized as the drummer with the CLC Worship Team, he has served in musical direction for our community for the last 17 years. In addition to leading the CLC Worship Team, A.J. is a professional drummer and percussionist who feels called to bring excellence to music and the arts in and around the community. He and his wife Kristin have two sons—Aaron and Nicholas.

Donna Nicolson has been a member of AHUMC since 2001 and on staff since 2013.  In her role with Children's Ministry, she helped coordinate and plan Sunday lessons as well as Vacation Bible School. More recently, Donna has shifted into the role of teaching and Liturgical Coordinator where she currently oversees the moving parts of worship in the CLC. As her role is expanding, Donna looks forward to working with all aspects of worship at AHUMC. All of this is far from the small west Texas town of Ozona where she grew up and also far from an MS in Taxation. Suffice it to say, Donna enjoys the journey of life and especially sharing it with her two teenage children. She is currently a student in the Spiritual Direction Program at Perkins School of Theology.

Gina Beal has been the Director of Children’s Ministries since 2002.  Her love of working with children began at the age of 16 when she started volunteering in  the church nursery at 1st UMC in Pasadena, Texas where she grew up. Fun fact: she taught her 2 yr old brother how to read when she was just 6 years old.  Gina has an MA in Humanities and loves working with children of all ages, but especially babies.  She has been on 2 mission trips to Burundi and can’t wait to go back and see how much the children there have grown.  Gina has been married to her husband, Greg, for 30 years and has 3 young adult sons, Cameron, Mackie & Cooper.  She loves to cook, loves to travel, and especially loves road trips with her family.

Stacy Smith joined the AHUMC Student Ministry staff in 2015 after 14 years as a public school educator—most recently at Alamo Heights Junior School as a 6th grade English teacher.  Her love of students and teaching came together once again in the context of youth spiritual formation, and she believes that she experiences her own growth alongside her students in the weekly Sunday School classes she helps facilitate in the Youth Wing.  Stacy grew up in the central Texas town of Lorena and attended Texas A&M University, where she met her husband Darrell. Since 1999, she and Darrell have lived in San Antonio and--along with their children Nate, Sammy, and Abby--have been actively involved in the life of AHUMC.