Lead Pastor pastorchad@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x1

Pastor Chad Kohlmeyer served as pastor for Children, Youth and Household ministry at Atonement from 2008-2016. He moved into the role of Lead Pastor in April, 2016. He received degrees in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. After spending two years on music ministry teams that took him to East Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Hong Kong, he entered Luther Seminary. Following, he served a call in two congregations in Northwest Wisconsin for three years before receiving a call to Atonement, beginning in September, 2008.

Pastor Chad, his wife Aly, and sons Holden, Eaven & Sullivan love a life immersed in ministry and the church and enjoy spending time re-creating in the Colorado wilderness. Pastor Chad spends “free time” memory making with family and friends, telemark skiing, running, and slowly remodeling their home.

Cantor and Director of Music paula@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x104

Paula serves as the Cantor/Director of Music. Her degree is in music education and she retired from a career as a high school choral director. Church music ministry has always been a calling in her life and after more than 35 years of working with church musicians, she feels blessed to be a part of that ministry at Atonement.

Paula is married to Matt Nichols and is the proud mother of three young adults, mother-in-law of their spouses, and grandmother of their children.  She enjoys watching all kinds of sports, substitute teaching for the Boulder Valley Schools, and traveling all over the country to visit her family.

Facility Custodian

Javier Gallegos has served as Facility Custodian since April, 2004. Born in Mexico, he later came to the United States as a toddler and was raised in the Vail Valley. After becoming a U.S. Naturalized Citizen he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and received degrees in Kinesiology and Network Administration. Javier was baptized Roman Catholic but his family was non-practicing. He was later confirmed at age 24 at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Boulder, CO and is now a catholic parishioner at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish in Longmont, CO.

Javier enjoys spending time with his vast family members, both in Colorado and the Southwest. He enjoys outdoor recreation, particularly hiking in Colorado and Northern New Mexico. He enjoys sports, drawing, and photography, as well as socializing with friends and visiting area breweries for good craft beer.

Financial Administrator

Jody enjoys doing our accounting, financial reporting and recordkeeping, and joining in on other data and financial projects when helpful. In her personal time she loves to play with kids, read, hike, bike, play piano, make cards, paint and do artistic things!

Office Administrator lori@atonementboulder.org

Lori has owned an administrative services/medical transcription business for the past 23 years. During this time, she also worked for various churches in many different capacities from Children’s Ministry to Office Administration. She has always felt a strong calling to work for the church and with a recent degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, and Creative Writing is looking forward to putting those skills to use at Atonement.

In 2017, Lori and her husband, Ron, became Coloradans after living in Indiana their whole life. They enjoy the beauty of Colorado and do not miss Midwest humidity. Their son, Ryan, and daughter-in-law, Rachel, live in Tennessee, and their daughter, Tara, and daughter-in-law, Sam, live in Virginia. In her spare time, Lori enjoys traveling, hiking, painting, writing, and yoga (one might call her a yoga enthusiast). She writes a weekly devotional, has written a children’s book of poems, and is currently working on her first novel.

Multi-Media Tech Coordinator sam@atonementboulder.org

Sam has dedicated most of his adult life to music and audio engineering.  He studied at Ithaca College before taking time off to tour with his band at the time. He was head Sound Engineer at Syntax, a music venue in Denver for six years, but decided that the night life surrounding the music scene was not a great fit for his values.

In his free time, he studies Christianity and the rich history of Mystics, as well as makes a lot of art in various mediums. He is pleased to work in a wonderful church environment and hopes to contribute all he can to Atonement Lutheran.

Seminary Field Education Student clair@atonementboulder.org

Clair is a lifelong learner and experienced non-profit professional. With a psychology, criminal justice, and clinical counseling background, Clair works at intersections of faith, non-profit development, social justice, and mental health. Clair’s work as the Founder & Principal consultant at Sandra Grace LLC affords her the opportunity to engage with people and communities around the country, fueling her desire to be the change she wants to see in the world. In the past three years, Clair has served and supported two ELCA congregations in various capacities (St. Philip’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baltimore, MD, and Bethlehem Lutheran Church in New Orleans, LA) and she enjoys putting her faith into action. Clair is a second-year Divinity student at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (LTSS) and is also enrolled in Naropa University’s Contemplative Chaplaincy program.

Clair is a native of The Bahamas and recently relocated to Boulder, CO, from New Orleans, LA, with her two daughters who are 13 and 5. Clair and her girls enjoy movie nights, ice-cream dates, and pajama Saturdays.

Faith Formation Coordinator for Children and Families deacann@atonementboulder.org

Deaconess Ann Maki serves as Deacon for Faith Formation Coordinator for Children and Families. After completing her bachelor’s in music education, she went on to become a consecrated Deaconess in the Lutheran Diaconal Association and a Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She has served in several other congregations in the area over the past decade. At this time, she feels God is calling her to serve families and their younger children and is grateful to serve this community of faith.

Deaconess Ann and her husband have two young children and enjoy tea at the Dushanbe Boulder Teahouse and time in the mountains. They also love visiting with family, those near and those in Ohio (where Ann and her husband are originally from).