Sr. Minister, Rev. Laura Easter Rainwater
With the retirement of Rev. Barb, Rev. Laura begins her appointment at PUMC on July 1st and will work with the board leadership to begin to take the next steps in building the board into a strong group of lay leaders. Rev. Laura has had some background in the simplified leadership structure model, but will be learning alongside this strong team of laity to develop and lead through the upcoming first year.
Li Roberson, Chair
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Kelly Evans, Vice-Chair
Kelly has spent the past 14 years homeschooling her children. Prior to that, she earned her bachelor’s in management from the University of Wyoming and her MBA from the University of Denver. Upon graduating, she spent nine years in human resources and recruiting before making the decision to stay home with her children. She has been married since 2000 to her high school sweetheart (Phil), and she is most famously known as either “Grace’s mom” (18) or “Owen’s mom” (14). Beyond her family, Kelly finds her greatest joy spending time with friends or listening to a book and walking her dog in the Colorado sunshine.
Kim Bimestefer
Kim is currently CEO & Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing. Kim sits on several boards in the greater Denver area. She and her partner Sara are active church members who engage in mission work that supports the Parker community through our congregation, like providing gifts for low-income families during the holidays. She has purchased, prepared and distributed mana bags, helps with donations to Parker Task Force, and participated in several online and in person studies and classes. She also supports Denver Mission, Food Bank of the Rockies, Wounded Warriors, Girl Scouts of Colorado, and more.
Lacye Cahill, Lay Member to Annual Conference
Lacye has a Masters in Social Work and has worked exclusively in the area of organ transplant and organ donation. She has worked with patients and families around issues concerning end of life decisions and chronic illness. Lacye has been involved with children and youth at PUMC and will be a chaperone on the upcoming youth mission trip. She and husband, Kevin, are parents of Grace and Rhodes who are active in our congregation. Lacye is also the daughter of John and Charlotte Huffaker, who joined our congregation in 2019.
Susan Gustin, Recording Secretary
Susan retired from teaching history at CU Denver, and has a passion for learning and teaching. She was a Bible study leader in her former church in California for ten years, and has led a five year cycle of Disciple Bible Study at PUMC. She currently leads a church women’s book study, as well as participates in many studies at PUMC. She also enjoys making prayer shawls with the Knit 1, Pray 2, fellowship group. Susan is a natural teacher which means she is a good listener. She has enjoyed participating in mission outreach as well. Susan is an active member in the Parker Rotary Club and currently serves as their webmaster. She is married to her husband, Hal.
Ron Wyckoff
Ron and his wife Leah have been active members at PUMC for 28 years. Ron is a retired U.S. Air Force Officer and a retired System Engineering Technical Advisor to the U.S. Government in aerospace engineering. Over the years, Ron has served on Finance, SPRC, Small Group and UMM ministries (and has recently re-engaged with the Saturday morning UMM group). He is an active member of the choir–both Chorale and Cambiata–participating throughout his years here at PUMC. He and Leah retired a year ago, and are now excited to become involved in more ways at PUMC, including serving on the new leadership board.
Julie Kronbach, Lay Leader
Julie has agreed to become the new Lay Leader for PUMC. Julie served as Lay Leader at a previous UMC church that she and her husband Dave were very active in. They have been active at PUMC for the past nine years. Julie has a background in executive management and has served as the Chair of the PUMC missions outreach for several years, overseeing missional giving, use of missional monies, overseeing Feed My Starving Children, been a member of the Wesley Council, and serves as a liturgist. She currently sits on the Board of Global Hope Ministries. During the pandemic, she and her husband Dave took every single chair in the gathering space home to paint and reupholster with new backs and seats.
Emily Shaffer, Little Blessings Director
Emily is the Director for Little Blessings Preschool & Kindergarten. She joined the Little Blessings team in September 2015. Emily moved to Colorado from Nebraska, where she was born and raised (GO BIG RED!), in the summer of 2007. Before moving to Colorado, she worked in a K-12 Special Education classroom for 5 years. After moving to Colorado, Emily taught Pre-K in Highlands Ranch for 6 years. In her spare time, Emily enjoys gardening, college football and camping with her husband and two children. Emily and her husband have been members of PUMC since 2009.
Eric Ross
Eric and his wife Lauren have been active members at PUMC since 2005 when they moved to Parker, CO from Troy, MI.
Eric is a licensed Professional Engineer currently working in the Construction Industry. Over the years Eric has participated in Winter Shelter Network and in Small Group Study. Since 2018 both Eric and Lauren have been involved with Emmaus Ministries.
Elizabeth Gore Stanley
Elizabeth Stanley was raised in this Parker UMC community for over 40 years, beginning with preschool, services, education, and youth groups when the church was located on Mainstreet. Her mother, Marian Gore, was an integral part of her spiritual formation becoming a deacon for the church during her youth years and encouraging her self discovery. Elizabeth left Parker for a time to pursue her degrees in Music and French and to start a family. Now she partakes in the music ministry team, decorations team and various support groups. Her children, Casimir(19) and Ren (16) grew up in the church and attended Little Blessings Preschool & Kindergarten, where she also taught Spanish for a couple of years. She currently works at CU Anschutz Medical School in Aurora and lives with her Mother and Ren.
John Quest
John was born in Omaha Nebraska and received his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1970. Shortly after starting his architectural practice, which lasted for more than 46 years, he moved to Grand Junction, CO. He joined the First Methodist Church there in 1973. Since then, he has been a member of four different Methodist churches in three different states. John joined PUMC in 1999. During his practice he has designed schools, churches, office buildings and prisons with the objective of always satisfying the client’s needs with sound, durable architecture within budget.
Heidi Handel
Heidi grew up in Southeast Aurora. She is practically a Colorado native moving with her family from Southern Indiana to Colorado when she was 5 years old. Being raised in the Presbyterian church, Heidi’s faith has always been the most integral part of her life on a daily basis. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelors in Political Science, she went on to work for the Governor of Colorado where she developed her leadership skills. Her desire to help others led her to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. Heidi moved to Wyoming for 10 years. After her divorce, she moved back to the Denver area 2 years ago. Heidi is a Gastroenterology and Pain Management RN at Rose Surgical Center located on the Rose Medical Center Campus.There she sits on different committees that assist in maintaining Rose Hospital’s belief in extraordinary patient care. In her free time, Heidi loves to sing in the PUMC choir and will attempt to improve her golf game this Spring. A huge horse lover, she cherishes volunteering at her adored horse rescue and spending a lot of time with her family and friends. She looks forward to be a part of PUMC’s church board and considers it an honor to serve.
Dave Ambors
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