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

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.

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

pastorstacy@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x2
Children, Youth and Household Ministry

We welcomed Pastor Stacy Payne as our Pastor of Children, Youth, and Household in August 2016. Stacy is married to Todd, also a Lutheran pastor, and they have three beautiful, strong, sassy daughters–Rene, Claire, and Mimi–and the most loveable dog in the whole world, Krukow. The whole family is obsessed with the San Francisco Giants baseball team, and love laughing, helping, and Christmas decorating most of all. On any given Sunday or Wednesday, you can find Stacy feeding people, serving them coffee in some form, or keeping the chocolate stash well-stocked.

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

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.

grace@atonementboulder.org
Associate Director of Music

As a pianist in the Boulder area for the past 30 years, Grace has accompanied ASTER Women’s Chamber Choir and the Colorado Conductors’ Chorus.  She is the co-founder of Chamber Ensemble con Grazia, a classical music chamber group which performs in the Denver-Metro region, and travels as a Senior Examiner for the Royal Conservatory or Music based in Toronto, ON while maintaining a private piano studio in Lafayette.  She is eager to make music with the people at Atonement in new and refreshing ways.

Through an active son, Jacob, who works as a sky-diving instructor, Grace has learned to constantly look heavenward to see what is dropping from the sky!

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

Kathryn (Kat) Whitt loves working with children and families and has been doing so in one way or another for as long as she can remember. She graduated from Hastings College with degrees in elementary and special education and began her career as a public school teacher in 2000. She then worked on her MA in K-12 literacy at CU while working as the Mother House live in manager and teaching 4th grade. Kat has taught everything from kindergarten to professional development and loves to be in the classroom.

When Kat became the mom of 3 hilarious, spirited, loving, and fantastic humans, she took time off from teaching full time. At some point in that journey, the Whitt family found Atonement. All of us have been loved well here and are grateful to call this church home. Kat is serving as the Interim Faith Formation Coordinator, building on the legacy of our beloved Aly Kohlmeyer. In this position, she works with our Sunday School ministry, Children’s Church, the Connect For program on Wednesday nights, and generally works to integrate children into the life of Atonement.

Kathryn is married to Michael Whitt and mother of Daniel, Nathaniel, and Annabelle (the kids with glasses!). She’s also sister of Karyn Dundorf, sister-in-law of Steve, and proud aunt of Keaton, Beckett, and Elise. Kat’s absolutely nuts about children’s literature, art, gardening, and Ozo coffee.

luisa@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x0
Office Administrator

Luisa Marie Rodriguez is the Office Administrator at Atonement Lutheran Church. Having recently completed a Masters degree in Music, Luisa spends her off time as a voice and piano teacher of many ages, an arts administrator, and a performer of many genres of music! In her “spare” time she sings jazz, swing dances, salsa dances, and geeks out on scientifically centered vocal pedagogy books. When she isn’t singing opera, Luisa lives with the intention and pursuit of soon entering  a doctoral program for Vocal Pedagogy, with a special interest in modern techniques for singing, such as belting for musical theater and jazz. Recent performances include Papagena in “The Magic Flute,” a lead role in the musical revue, “Side by Side by Sondheim,” Soprano soloist in the Rutter Requiem, the role of Sylvia in a brand new opera project called “Behold the Man,” and the Dew Fairy/narrator/production team member in a December children’s production of “Hansel and Gretel.” Luisa often cantors and does solo and choral work for a variety of churches and organizations in Boulder and Denver.