After serving as associate conference minister with the Connecticut Conference of the UCC, Hal returned to Colorado in July 2002 as Plymouth’s senior minister. Having recieved a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Hal spent his sabbatical in summer 2008 in the UK and Ireland studying music, worship, and community in the context of Celtic Christianity (you can visit his sabbatical blog at www.halsabbatical.org). He came to ordained ministry as a second career, following stints in university administration and owning a public relations practice. Hal has two sons, Cameron and Christopher, an overly friendly cat called Chester, and a golden retriever named Chumley, who often accompanies his dad to work. He attempts to fly fish on the Poudre and Big Thompson Rivers locally and loves the Wind River in Wyoming.

Sharon started ministry as Plymouth’s Associate Minister for Congregational Life and Care (whew!) during Advent 2004. She, her partner (The Rev. Jamie Kepros) and their 2 cats moved to Colorado from Connecticut from southern California from -- you get the idea. Sharon spent her first years of ministry as a hospital and long-term care Chaplain, swearing she'd never serve a church: she'd never imagined Plymouth! Since arriving in Fort Collins, Sharon has learned to appreciate good coffee, great micro-brews and is slowly learning to strum a guitar (badly). Her greatest moment was to be on retreat with her living hero, Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, and Sharon has just returned (September 2010) from a sabbatical studying creativity (poetry!) as a way we encounter the Divine. She blogs prayers, poems and sermons at In Praise of Sophia (http://preachingsophia.blogspot.com).