OUR TEAM
Laura Keller keeps Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church and Preschool running smoothly and efficiently. She comes to us with a wealth of experience in office administration. Laura, her husband Scot, and children Josh and Jennifer are one of the original founding member families of BSLC.
Email Laura: admin@bslcoh.org
Laura Keller
Church Administrator
Heather Darling
Director of Music
Heather Darling, M.A.C.M., has followed the call to be a Church Music Director for the past 14 years. Heather has directed and mentored both adult and youth choirs, handbell choirs, and contemporary Christian bands in both ELCA and Missouri-Synod settings. She has directed over 15 choral cantatas and 6 youth music productions. A firm believer in the power of music for youth, Heather mentors youth interested in contemporary Christian band vocals and provides opportunities for youth to lead worship throughout the year.
Heather has appeared as a mezzo-soprano soloist with the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Choir including performances of Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, and Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Lord Nelson Mass and Theresienmesse. In addition to her solo work with the Trinity Seminary Choir, she has performed with the Capital University Choral Union.
During her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Heather was a member of and musical arranger/composer for the national award-winning co-ed collegiate a cappella group, Off the Beat. Heather has since penned contemporary Christian songs including “We Are United” and “Going Home.” Heather received her Master of Arts in Church Music degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in 2015.
Email Heather: music@bslcoh.org
Sara brings a wealth of knowledge to our program. She opened our program in 2015.
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Sara Middleton
Preschool Director
Paul Pilat serves as a partner to the Music Director to help lead band led worship as well as special music and has been ministering through music for over 10 years. Paul also assists in recruiting new members for the band so please reach out if you feel called to play or sing in worship. Paul and his family relocated to Central Ohio in 2015.
Email Paul: paulpilatchapelumc@gmail.com
Paul Pilat
Assistant Music Director
Mark Stuart, a native of rural Logan County, has been accompanying choirs since age 13. He has previously served as interim organist at St. John Lutheran Church in Dublin and enjoys helping lead the annual hymn festivals produced by the Columbus chapter of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Mark holds the American Guild of Organists’ Service Playing and Colleague Certifications and is an officer of the Columbus chapter. Mark is also a Research Scientist at Ashland Performance Materials in Dublin, where he leads a team of investigative analytical chemists. Mark and his wife Happy live in Columbus.
Mark Stuart
Pianist
Tim Davis
Accompanist
Tim Davis is a freelance musician, piano instructor and worship accompanist currently living in the Central Ohio area. He has an extensive array of experience in keyboard performance, teaching (piano and trumpet) and choir direction. He spent ten years in a boys’ choir that travelled extensively throughout the United States, and has toured the world as musical director of The Ink Spots. Tim currently teaches piano to a number of students in the Columbus area, and has taught on the university level. He is the first call local keyboard player for all Broadway tours coming through Columbus and Dayton, and has played for numerous stars, most notably Andrea Bocelli. Tim has been involved in music for worship for about as long as he can remember, and has served as choral director, music director, accompanist, and arranger for many churches in the Central Ohio area. He got his start serving at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lima, Ohio, where his mom served as pianist from 1954 until her death in 2014.