Pastor Sharlet has great passion to share the love and grace of Jesus Christ with people and connecting with them in deeper levels of faith. She loves being in community and believes in the power of real and honest conversations. She is married to Ujwal Panhalkar and has three beautiful children Joel, Joanna, and Jessica.  She enjoys singing, dancing, cooking, and spending time with family. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt Divinity School and has a Bachelor’s degree in Science with a Chemistry major from Mumbai University, India. She has served in various capacities in local United Methodist churches in Nashville, TN. She comes with the passion to learn, serve, and grow in relationship to God’s hurting world. She is especially grateful for the gift of serving God through the United Methodist Church.