Our Staff
Katie Covey, Director of Religious Education (DRE)
Katie has been the Director of Religious Education (DRE) at the Fellowship since 2000. She is a storyteller and puppeteer as well as a coach for the R.E. teachers and advisors. Her goose puppet, Guinevere, joins the congregation now and then during “For All Ages.” Her motto is from Mark Twain” “Never spoil a good story for lack of facts.”
Katie has worked in the field of religious education since 1984. She has an M.Ed. from Tufts University in “Human Development” and is the author of several widely used UU curricula, including “Chalice Children” for preschool and “Traditions with a Wink!” for middle school. Her book on lifelong UUs was published in 2004 by the UUA and is called “Full Circle.” Her personal website is www.uure.com.
Katie enjoys bicycle touring in the West and Europe. She also hikes with her border collie, Captain, who keeps her in line.
Katie’s office hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and by appointment. Katie can be reached by phone at 303.665.4280 ×104.
Katy Wiley, Youth Program Coordinator
In September BVUUF will welcome a new staff member to the CYRE department. Katy Wiley will come on board as Youth Program Coordinator for our middle- and high-school students. Katy comes to us from the Miami Valley U. U. Fellowship in Dayton, OH, where she served as youth group leader. She has just started CU’s masters program in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice, and expects to finish in June 2011. Katy is enthusiastic and eager to work with the young people in the Fellowship!
Marcia Pasquer, Music Director
Marcia Pasquer has been music director at the BVUUF since 1993. Marcia’s life has been filled with music from a very young age. As a child, Marcia accompanied both church and high school singers, performed in state piano competitions, and was the lead accompanist for her high school orchestra.
After high school, Marcia attended Hastings College on a music scholarship, followed by undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. studies in French Language and Literature at CU Boulder. During her college years, Marcia was a violinist with the university orchestra.
After several years of university teaching at the University of Denver and Stanford, Marcia joined her husband in founding and directing the Denver International School—a bilingual and multi-cultural elementary school. Although the original purpose of the school was to educate their three children, the school continues to flourish to this day. Marcia has participated in the Boulder Chamber Music Society, serving as accompanist for various soloists in that group, and she was a member of a piano/clarinet/violin trio.
Marcia’s various connections in the Boulder music scene has resulted in many, many top-notch artists gracing the stage at the BVUUF.
Marlys Brinkman, Choral Director
The Fellowship Singers practice and perform under the direction of Marlys Brinkman, our choral director, and are accompanied by Julie Morris, pianist.
Karin Buer, Chorale Assistant and Accompanist.
Karin will graduate from CU with two degrees, Master of Music in Piano Performance and Master in Music Theory in December, 09. Her undergraduate degree is from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Stephanie Barnhizer, Office Administator
Stephanie joined the BVUUF in 1999, after many years of Unitarian Universalism germinating in the soil of her spiritual journey. She began a new chapter of her life at that time, which included moving from Summit County to Boulder. Her daughter, Kiva, was born within the first year, and the Fellowship provided crucial scaffolding as parenting began and professional career became less of a focus.
Stephanie nourishes the growth of the seed of her UUism through the “energy of action.” She has taken on a number of roles here in these eight years including leading Sunday Worship Services, teaching RE, and assisting in the administration of the office.
The Green Congregation Committee provides a channel to express her respect for the interdependent web, a calling that is growing stronger as our UU movement evolves. Currently, commitments to the Board of Trustees, our Mountain Desert District and, again, BVUUF office administration, are keeping life very full.
In 2004, Stephanie attended WUULF at Ghost Ranch; in 2005 was honored to represent our Fellowship at the Russell Lockwood Leadership School; and in 2006 attended GA in St. Louis. What’s next? She is anticipating continued richness here!
Laura Murray, R.E. Assistant and Office Assistant
Laura is a jill of all trades. She is a massage therapist, and a certified Ropes Course Instructor. She has been a desktop publisher for a translation company and a doula. At BVUUF, she is known as “Radar” because of way she anticipates the needs of the Religious Education program and Office.
Our dedicated office staff are truly the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the BVUUF. Without their hard work, the BVUUF would not happen.