Our Staff

Rev. Patt Hardaway, Senior Minister

  Patt began her ministry here at CCC, Sept, 30, 2007. She was born and raised a Disciples of Christ. Patt served as an Associate Minister at Lindenwood Christian Church, her home church where she was ordained to ministry. Patt brings with her years of experience at both contemporary worship as well as traditional worship. Before being called to ministry she was VP of Creative Services at Motion Picture Laboratories in Memphis, for 20 years. She earned her BA in Communications from the University of Memphis and her Masters of Divinity degree at Memphis Theological Seminary. 

  Video editing was how she first communicated the gospel, as she produced and edited inspirational video’s and commercials for the church. Though she had a fear of public speaking her entire life, she was called to step out in faith and preach one Sunday when her Sr. Minister was called out of town. Her fears dissipated after she preached her first sermon. She was affirmed by her congregation to continue this new path of ministry that God was leading her on. 

 She has seen the difference a strong community life makes in her own life as well as others. She believes disciples are best made and cared for by being in a Small Group. She strives to help bring a deeper sense of community within the church, but also believes in the churches heart for outreach and mission.

  Patt's husband Cris, of 28 years, is a producer/directer and host of many PBS TV shows and documentaries. Patt & Cris’ son Trevor is a Communications major at University of Memphis.

Rev. Andrew Taylor-Peck, Associate Minister of Family Life

Andrew Taylor, the son of a lawyer and a psychologist was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He attended Bucknell University as an Environmental Science major.  After college, Andrew moved west and spent four years working for non-profits in Colorado and then spent a year and a half traveling and volunteering around the world.  He taught English in Thailand, built houses in Guatemala, and worked as a field biologist in the Amazon Rainforest.  It was on the last day of this trip, while studying abroad in Australia, Andrew had his first profoundly religious experience standing on a beach and praying for direction.  It was during that time he received a call to preach the good news of Christian love to the world.

Upon return to the US, he applied to Divinity School and completed his Masters at Harvard in 2009. Andrew is also a certified social studies teacher and spent 1.5 years teaching middle school in Massachusetts.

Andrew met his wife and love of his life, Sarah Peck, at Harvard Divinity School.  Andrew and Sarah moved to Memphis in September of 2010 when Sarah received the call to be associate minister of Lindenwood Christian Church.  Andrew has worked with hundreds of Memphis area youth as the Director of the PeaceJam program at BRIDGES. Andrew and Sarah were ordained as Disciples Clergy on May 15, 2011.  Andrew began his ministry with CCC on June 1, 2011.

Dr. Sheryl Lane, Director of Music

Dr. Sheryl Lane has been serving as the organist and director of the music program at Collierville Christian Church since the fall of 2000.  Before coming to Collierville, Sheryl served as organist and children’s choir coordinator at Parkview Baptist Church in Monroe, LA, organist and church secretary at Arlington Heights Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, TX, pianist and summer missionary assistant at the Buckner Baptist Children’s Home in Dallas, and as a summer missionary in Malawi, Africa.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Baylor University, her Master's of Music from The University of Louisiana, and her Doctorate of Musical Arts from The University of Memphis.

In addition to her duties here at Collierville Christian, Sheryl teaches orchestra and class piano at Kingsbury Middle High School and she has a private music studio in her home.  Her husband, Ben, is Education Manager at Shelby Systems, a church computer software company based in Memphis.  Ben and Sheryl have two sons; Chris is a student at Baylor University, and Mark is a student at Germantown High School.

Marler Stone, Conductor

Marler is a past president of the Association of Fundraising Executives, Memphis Chapter (AFP) and was named Outstanding Fund Raising Executive by in AFP Memphis in 1994. He is also an actor in area theatres having taken such roles as Willy Loman in . “Death of a Salesman” at Playhouse on the Square and C.S. Lewis in “Shadowlands” at Circuit Playhouse; He has won four theatre acting awards over the years presented annually by the Memphis Arts Council and Memphis Magazine. In August of 2004, he received the Eugart Yerian Award for lifetime service to Memphis Theatre.

Marler Stone was born in Jackson , Mississippi and graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson and from the University of Mississippi Law School. Since coming to Memphis after graduating from law school, he has held several positions with area nonprofits including Executive Director of the Memphis Arts Council, Director of Development at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center , Executive Director of THE MED Foundation and currently is Director of Community Relations at Youth Villages. He has been employed there for nine years.

Marler has two children, Jennifer, who is veterinarian in Urbana , Illinois and Matthew, who is also employed by Youth Villages as Assistant Director of Community-Based Programs.