The members of the PPP Subcommittee come equally from five broad areas within the church. The current boards and committees have been grouped together to form the five areas of spiritual, business and facilities, youth and children, connection, and outreach and justice. Jim White serves as non-voting facilitator and Bromleigh McCleneghan serves as the minister liaison.

PPP Subcommittee With Areas of Representation

Spiritual

Anne Taylor – “I was born near Bowling Green and Findlay, Ohio. I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, and moved to Gainesville in 1975. After earning an English degree from UF, I was married for 20 years and raised two daughters. On the side, I worked at UF for several decades, mostly as an editor, and did some library work. I retired in 2017 and enjoy time with a few close friends.”.

• Board of Parish Ministry
• Kairos Committee
• Lively Arts Committee

Business and Facilities

Stuart Huggard – “I was born and grew up in Blue Point, of oyster fame, on the south shore of Long Island, New York I went to college at Houghton College in western New York where I met my wife,  Suzanne,  in Latin class.  After college we married and chose to live and start our careers and family in the area where I had lived.  We have two daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandchildren. I taught English for 35 years to seventh graders and have the scars to prove it.  We joined the Sayville Congregational UCC church in 1969 and there began a 55 year journey working, playing, learning, and growing in UCC churches.  We moved to New Hampshire in 1997 when I retired and did it all again in another UCC church, the Deering Community Church. We joined UCG in 2016 when we moved to Gainesville and continue our journey in the UCC.”

• Board of Business
• Board of Endowment Management

Youth and Children

Colleen Anderson – “I was born in Atlanta, but I moved to Miami when I was only a year old. In Miami, my family attended UCCG, and when we moved to Gainesville in early 2015, we decided to get involved in UCG as well. I am going into my Junior year at GHS, where I am in both the Cambridge and Future Teacher programs. I am a girl scout, part of my school’s student government, and the founder and current president of my school’s Peer Tutoring Club. I was part of Gainesville’s first girl’s water polo team in the 2019-2020 school year, and hope to continue playing next year. I have a younger sister and an adorable puppy named Roxy.”

• Board of Youth, Children and Family Ministry

Connection

Helda Montero – “My journey to life here in Gainesville began in Medellin, Colombia. My mother and I later moved to Miami where I grew up amid the hustle and bustle of big city life. I came to Gainesville by way of UF in 1990. I was certain that my time in what seemed to me like a very small town would be over in 4 years. I predicted that perfectly, seeing how I have been here ever since! I am a trained mental health counselor and am a professor at Santa Fe College. Prior to this, I was a career counselor at the UF Career Resource Center and a mental health counselor at UF’s Student Health Care Center and Counseling Center. Along my path, and almost 20 years ago, I met my partner Andy Frenock, Jr, and together we have three wonderful children who have all been fortunate enough to grow up in our UCG community since 2007. I have been a member of the Board of Children’s Ministry, CIA, CMRB, the Ukulele Club, and assist with the planning of the Women’s Retreat. I find renewal in nature and in the process of creating.”

• Board of Adult Ministry
• Small Groups Committee
• Seminar Committee
• Board of Congregation-Ministry Review
• Board of Membership

Outreach and Justice

Jim Harper –  “Anne and I went to the same school in Ft. Lauderdale, Floranada Elementary, but a few years apart, which we discovered in our UCG writing group. Born in Miami, I graduated from a small Presbyterian high school in Ft. Lauderdale and went to the big city at Columbia U. in NYC, where I majored in English. Did some teaching, came to UF in 1994 to study journalism, met my hubby and moved to Philly, then Miami. Did academic admin, environmental journalism and research. Choose to return to Gainesville in 2017 and work at UF in communications for international agriculture. I love animals, the ocean, and continue to compete in swimming as part of Gator Swim Club. Watch the Olympic trials this week: the Gators will be well represented in Tokyo!”

• Board of Benevolence
• Compassion in Action Committee
• Family Promise Committee
• Board of Justice
• Open and Affirming Committee
• Racial Justice Committee
• Social Justice Committee