STAFF
Nathan Teves
Custodian
(303) 756-1595
Anita Lockwood
Organist/Pianist
Gerardo Collazo Burgos
Grace Ringers Bell Choir Director
Steve is a Colorado native who travelled with his parents to various Air Force bases during his childhood and youth. Throughout those years, Colorado remained home and he settled here permanently in 1970. He completed a double Bachelors Degree in Music Education (choral emphasis) and Psychology from Metropolitan State University of Denver and earned his Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Denver. He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and the American String Teachers Association. He taught for 31 years in the Adams 12 Five Star School District where he taught at the middle and high school level, with choir and orchestra students. His choirs and orchestras toured both nationally and internationally. He has spent over 20 years conducting church choirs in the Denver area and Boulder. One of his greatest joys is uniting choirs and orchestras together to perform some of the great musical literature. Spending time with his wife, Sara, and daughters, Abigail and Linnea, remains his favorite activity, but he also enjoys playing guitar, writing, wood working, cooking, and getting into the mountains occasionally for a hike.
The Rev. Mary MacDonald (she/her/hers)
Associate Pastor & Youth Director
office (303) 756-1595
"Hello, I am Rev. Mary MacDonald. I am an ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church. I am blessed to have served Denver Grace UMC as Associate Pastor and Youth Minister since July 1, 2012, on a part-time basis. I have a full-time job as the Accounts Payable Manager at the Cherry Creek School District. I am originally from the Chicago area and my greatest joy is to be the mother of two adult children, Margie and Scott. I love baseball, am a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and I also love to read and watch historical documentaries. I enjoy teaching folks of all ages and spending time with our Youth!"
The Rev. Seth O'Kegley-Gibson, MM, OSL (he/him/his)
Lead Pastor
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office (303) 756-1595
cell (720) 432-7627
Seth was appointed Lead Pastor in 2022. Born in East Tennessee and raised in Northern Virginia, Seth grew up in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from East Tennessee State University, a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from The University of Tennessee Knoxville, and a Master of Divinity from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO. Seth is passionate about early church history and the revival of Methodist spiritual practices. He is a brother of the Order of Saint Luke. Seth most recently served as the Pastor of Worship & Music at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Seth and his husband Jared have a 5 year-old lab mix named Benedict.