Peter is the middle son of three boys born to Les and Joan Cottrell. Les was an aeronautical engineer who worked in the space industry and Joan was a preachers kid, trained as a registered nurse who worked as the Administrative Assistant in the Melbourne District of the UMC in Florida. Peter grew up in Cocoa, Florida. He graduated summa cum laude from Florida Southern College with a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy in 1982. He earned his M.Div. Degree from The Divinity School at Duke University in 1985. 

He has served First UMC, Ft Pierce, Palm Coast UMC , Saint Paul’s UMC in Tallahassee and First UMC of Land O Lakes as well as serving as the executive director of United Campus Ministries at Florida Atlantic University. He has a passion for missions and small groups, prayer and fellowship. 

Peter loves the beach, kayaking, and fishing, reading, music and the arts. He is particularly fond of Karl Barth, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, CS Lewis, Henri Nouwen, Fr Richard Rohr among many others.

Peter is married to the most wonderful woman Carla, has two daughters, one granddaughter, one dog and one cat.

Rev. Macon Armistead received his M.Div. degree from The Divinity School at Duke University in 2017 and is a provisional deacon in the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. Macon’s wife, Amy, is a provisional elder in the Florida Conference and when she received an appointment, the two moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Ormond Beach where Amy is the pastor of First United Methodist of Ormond Beach’s new expression of  church in western Ormond Beach.

Mike directs all our services, assists with worship planning, and directs our various choirs. He has great experience directing musical groups of varying ages, sizes and musical abilities and appreciation for varying styles of music

He graduated from FSU magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and has been sharing a love of music and the Lord throughout a very successful career, including teaching both middle school and high school.

 He is an accomplished musician who has performed with a wide variety of groups from high school and college marching bands to symphony orchestras, wind ensembles and musical theater. Like his father before him and son following him, he is well known for his talent on the French horn.

Mike also served at First United Methodist of Port Orange as the Director of Music for 17 years. His experience there included directing Chancel Choirs for two traditional services, praise musicians for the contem-porary service, children’s choirs, hand bell choirs, music camps, Advent and Lent programs, concerts and cantatas .

An executive level human resource professional with extensive experience in the manufacturing and hospitality sectors, Nancy’s expertise also includes all aspects of administration, facilities, operational and project management. Nancy attended the University of South Florida and is accredited at the senior level by the Society of Human Resource Management.  She has served in a variety of volunteer leadership positions with the Society on the local, district and state level.  Her extensive community and volunteer activities have focused on business/education partnerships and other services for children, seniors and economically disadvantaged individuals. After logging many volunteer hours on behalf of the Church, Nancy joined the staff in June of 2013 as the Church Administrator.

Married to Wesley Vanderbunt, they have a blended family of four adult children and seven grandchildren. Nancy is an enthusiastic cook, an avid reader and is passionate about hospitality.

Amy is responsible for maintaining our church website, handling brand continuity for the church and its ministries, weekly email blasts, advertising and marketing, and other tasks as they become needed.

She and her husband, Alan Norris, have been members of CCUMC since 2001 and have raised their two children, Cooper Norris and Mason Norris, in the church.