Rev. Andrew Hoots, Children & Youth Ministry Coordinator

Andrew Hoots completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in religion, with a double major in psychology, at Campbell University in May 2010. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree, Andrew married his high school sweetheart, Valerie, who also graduated from Campbell in May 2010. He graduated from Campbell University Divinity School in May 2014 where he earned his Master of Divinity. He has also worked in the Office of the First Year Experience with first-year students at Campbell University.
Andrew has served in several churches in the area of youth ministry; FBC Erwin, The Memorial Baptist Church in Greenville, NC, and Ecclesia Baptist Church in Fairview, NC. 

Email youth@uccasheville.org.

Pete Anderson, Pastoral Associate-Adult Faith Formation & Community Outreach

Pete is a “southerner by choice” – having grown up in New Jersey and gradually worked his way down to this region.  Pete first studied ecology at Rutgers University, and then received his law degree at the University of Virginia.  For three decades, Pete was a federal prosecutor, a criminal trial lawyer, and a compliance officer. Due to work obsessions, a misguided identity, and the distractions and noise of our culture – Pete’s faith slowly went dormant.  Paradoxically, thanks to a career crisis, God’s grace, and a calling to pursue a Masters at Duke Divinity, Pete was renewed to enter a new chapter – trying his best to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly – in loving God and serving others.  Pete and his wife Jean love to travel, hike in our awe-inspiring mountains, and visiting their three grown children in New York City (Lily and Katherine) and San Francisco (Dean).
Email outreach@uccasheville.org

Kathleen Stigmon, Ministry & Administrative Coordinator

Kathleen is a native New Englander, who lived much of the past 25 years in Arizona.  She worked at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff as the Sr. Program Coordinator of the NASA Space Grant program.  In addition, she provided music therapy to patients at the Flagstaff Medical Center and provided music for the Campus Ministry program and assisted with the children’s choir at their local church.   Prior to Arizona, her background was in human resources at an investment company in Boston, and Ben & Jerry’s Homemade in Waterbury, VT.  She and her husband John moved to the Asheville area in the summer of 2019 to be closer to their 2 sons, Ryan & Daniel.  ​ 

Email admin@uccasheville.org.

Michael Golzmane, Interim Music Director and Organist

Michael and his wife Sheri have made their home in Asheville for the past seven
years. Their family includes Colin, who lives just across town, and Morgan, out in
Washington state — both computer programmers — and, lately, Bartholomew, a
British Shorthair cat newly arrived from Russia.
He started organ lessons at age six and hated them for the first five years, before
a local church organist inspired him by showing him what was possible on the
instrument. He has been making church music ever since, across New England
and New York, in UCC churches and in several other traditions besides.
Church was in the house early. His mother spent her twenties as a Catholic nun;
his father, an electrical engineer now retired, repaired electronic church organs
around the area when Michael was a boy.
He and Pastor Bruce have known each other for seventeen years: Bruce, then
serving as an interim minister in Poughkeepsie, New York, hired him as Music
Director there, a post he went on to hold for six years.
Michael trained at UMass Amherst in music theory and composition and at the
New England Conservatory in collaborative piano, and as a teenager took first
place in the American Guild of Organists’ Young Artists competition for New
England. He is a pianist as well as an organist — chamber music, and many years
accompanying singers, including concerts in Japan with the principal clarinet of
the Vienna Philharmonic. He composes anthems, cantatas and song cycles, and as
a volunteer editor for the American Composers Alliance is preparing the complete
works of two American composers for publication, one of them his own
composition teacher.
His tastes run a long way: from the classical tradition through gospel and jazz and
folk, and back into the origins of Christian music more than a thousand years ago
— Gregorian chant, and everything built on it since. He is drawn to the mystics
and to pieces unhurried enough to leave room for silence, and he is just as glad to
program something a congregation hasn’t heard yet. He improvises whenever a
moment invites it.
He is glad to be with you this Fall.

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Email: clearandcontent@gmail.com 

Betty Dillashaw, Director of Handbell Program

Before learning to ring handbells, Betty’s musical performances and teaching involved only piano, organ and singing.  Those musical experiences combined with her professional experiences teaching all ages and ability levels of students in K-12 public schools and community college have been invaluable in the transition to teaching both adults and children how to ring handbells and choirchimes.  Her prior position as Handbell Director at Elon Community Church in Elon, NC, allowed opportunities for musical work and collaboration with all ages and proficiency levels of musicians.  A result of her work there is the annual, week-long Music Camp that continues in August of every year. 

Since moving to Asheville and then joining FCUCC, Asheville, Betty has continued to be active in the handbell community, performing for a few seasons with the Blue Ridge Ringers and now serving as director of Blue Ridge Chamber Ringers, a six-ringer ensemble that performs in venues not large enough to accommodate the five-octave setup required for the larger Blue Ridge Ringers group.  At FCUCC, Asheville, Betty directs the church’s Oak Street Ringers, a three-octave choir that rings Malmark handbells and choirchimes.  On Sunday mornings, Betty also teaches music to children every Sunday morning during Chiming In time, with the goal of the children regularly being a part of worship services.

Email bettydtleaf@gmail.com

Tyler Watts, Building & Grounds Manager

A native North Carolinian, Tyler has lived in Asheville for over 25 years. With a Bachelor of the Arts in Drama with minors in Vocal Music and Classical Latin from UNC Asheville, he comes from a background in trim carpentry, cabinet making, and home renovation. He likes to spend his free time camping, kayaking, playing Dungeons & Dragons with friends, and relaxing with his spouse and 2 senior dogs. He’s a singer, percussionist, songwriter, and aspiring banjo player. He is proud to call Asheville home and is deeply committed to making genuine connections while updating his own social justice knowledge and actions. He’s happy to join the FCUCC community and help make a positive difference in the lives of those around him.
Email maint@uccasheville.org.

Luccia Marguglio, AV Technician

Luccia Marguglio is a junior at UNC Asheville, where she is studying Music Technology. She is a musician at heart, participating in multiple UNCA ensembles such as Percussion, Wind, and Songwriters ensembles, and she is also a part of the Pep Band for UNCA’s basketball team. In addition, she volunteers to help run sound for many UNCA Music Department concerts, and she has also helped record drums for many of her fellow classmates. She primarily specializes in percussion, but she is also a classical pianist and songwriter. Luccia is also going into her second year as a Resident Assistant for the university dorms. In her free time, she loves spending time with her friends and family, crocheting, and reading. She is excited to be a part of the FCUCC community and to help run sound for them!

Email avtech@uccasheville.org.