Greetings in Jesus Name. I am passionate about Jesus as Savior and Lord and eager to see people come to faith in Him. That is first and foremost in my heart and mind. Please contact me if that interests you!
Accompanying me on this life journey is my wonderful and dear wife Pam. We married in 1975, had our daughters Liesl and Heidi in 1978 and 1980. Heidi has our three granddaughters and lives with us at present.. Liesl is married, lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado and teaches Special Ed in the public shools there.
My wife and I love to hike in the mountains, walk on the beach when we can get there, and spend time with our children/grandchildren and other family members when possible. I also love to ski and golf whenever possible.
We have traveled the world serving the Lord in Colorado in many places,and in Malawi, Africa for two years as the Bishops Training Chaplai. Pam and I also traveled with our children to Zaire, to meet then Bishop Kolini, and I have been to Nepal on a SOMA trip to Phnom Phen, Cambodia to visit our mission family there
I graduated from Colorado State University with a Degree in Science (Biology) in 1970, Nashotah House Seminary in 1977, ordained Deacon in 1977 and Priest in 1978. In 1987 I graduated with honors from Iliff in Denver with a Master of Arts in Religion in Cross Cultural Studies.
When I graduted from Nashotah House I
served as curate at
Christ Church, Denver, then went to Malawi, Africa as the Bishop of
Malawi’s
Chaplain. I returned to
In 2000 I left the Episcopal
Church
desiring to be faithful to the scriptures and the Lordship of Jesus
rather than
continue in an institutional Church that had so severely departed from
the
Truth of the Good News of Jesus. At that time many of the
people of St.
Philip and St. James also left and we formed one of the first AMiA
churches in
We continue to thank God for all He is doing.
Well, this is me. My name is Chris I was recently commissioned as a catechist in the Anglican Mission and work specifically as an assistant to the Senior Priest of Epiphany. I am also happily married with 3 wonderful children.
I began seriously questioning things in the summer of 2006 as I was struggling tounderstand where I was going theologically and ministerially. I was then involved in a church plant in Erie, CO (where Iam still currently living), but was looking for something more than what I was experiencing and was really trying to sort out my ownthoughts about church, culture, mission, etc. Interestingly, after a year of searching, I landed in the Anglican Mission and believe that I have found my home. I was not raised Episcopalian, nor Christian for that matter. I have never been a member of the mainline church, but through study, conviction, and experience I was led by God into the Anglican Communion and I am loving every minute of it. I have much to learn and great opportunities to serve and look forward to the years ahead.
K.C. grew up on a farm in Kansas and attended a nearby, non-denomination church just across the state line in Liberty, Nebraska. In 1971 he left the farm, so to speak, joining the Air Force, first at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and then on various assignments across the US as a pilot. During the early part of his Air Force Career K.C. attended and was part of on-base chapel life at the various Air Force bases where he was assigned. In 1977 K.C. married Anne, his Academy roommate and best friend’s sister. K.C. and Anne joined St. George’s Episcopal Church in Belleville, Illinois and were members at various other Anglican (Episcopal) churches near Air Force bases where K.C. was assigned. In 1983 K.C. left the Air Force and joined Northrop as an aerospace engineer and manager. K.C. and Anne were members of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Fullerton, CA during this time. In 1990 K.C. and Anne, and their two daughters, Rachel and Jenna, moved to Colorado and joined Father Gerry, at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder. In 2003 they joined the Anglican Mission in as members of “Father Gerry’s startup church” then called the Boulder Valley Mission.
During this time K.C. and Anne are outspoken concerning God’s divine provision in their lives. “We have been blessed with abundance beyond our wildest imaginations. Through our church family, pastors and leaders, and special events (Faith Alive, Marriage Encounter, Life in the Spirit training, etc.) we have learned to trust in God and believe in his absolute provision.”
Fr. Patrick Dorn is a priest in the Anglican Mission in America,
serving
Epiphany Anglican Fellowship in Lakewood, CO, and as founder of THE
TROUPE,
Denver's Christian Theatre Company. Fr. Dorn holds masters degrees from
the
University of Denver, and St. Thomas Seminary. In the theatre world, he
has
taught classes and directed plays at Colorado Christian University,
wrote
and directed plays for Colorado ACTS, was a theatre critic for a daily
newspaper, and has more than 20 published plays. As a "professional"
Christian, Fr. Patrick has worked for the Denver Catholic Register,
Catholic
Charities, Hospice of Saint John, and is a frequent "rent-a-priest,"
leading
funeral services for families who are no longer affiliated with a
church,
but long for the comfort, mercy and compassion that God wants to pour
out on
them. For more information on Fr. Patrick's checkered career, check out
his
blogs at www.thetroupetheatre.blogspot.com
and or his "Playwright-Priest" web page at
http://home.comcast.net/~prdorn/INDEX.HTML.
Greetings in Christ Jesus our Lord. As the newest priest in Epiphany I am both humbled and thrilled to be a part of this exciting missionary work along the Front Range. Along with my wonderful wife Judy who has shared my life with me for forty-five years and continues as a vital part of my ministry in Lakewood, we discovered Epiphany just over a year ago. That discovery has been and continues to be a life altering experience.
A theatre major turned seminary student, I became an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and served faithfully in Disciple congregations for nearly 15 years. My true nature as a sacramental mystic began to rule my ministry and I sought refuge in the Episcopal Church. It became mother church for me and for nearly 15 years, I served congregations in Kansas and Arizona. I rested from ministry for 10 years and then God called me to new challenges in ministry. I was recently received as a priest in AMiA, and have since been appointed Site Pastor for the Lakewood congregation.
It is my great joy to serve the people of Lakewood as we begin to discern God’s call to His people in this southern end of Epiphany. It is also my joy to welcome al who would join us in the journey.
(Fly fishing in
County Kerry, Ireland)
Dick Miller is the transitional deacon serving Epiphany Anglican Fellowship. (*To find out what deacons do, see the short article at the end of this biography).
He began his life in Wilmington, North Carolina, blessed with loving parents and a younger sister. From an early age he enjoyed living close to the Atlantic Ocean and all the pleasures of boating, swimming, and fishing. His family was close-knit with frequent summer trips to the Blue Ridge Mountains as well as many historic sites so numerous in the South.
That love for history and the drama of “the course of human events” led him to earn a B.A. degree in History and Political Science from the University of North Carolina (Wilmington).
Immediately upon graduation, Dick began church ministry as Youth Minister in a large Baptist church in his hometown. He was determined to have, along with social events and recreation, an emphasis on discipleship and service for the teens under his care. The success of mentoring youth led him to evangelistic work in a well-known campus parachurch organization.
By this time Dick had met and married Debbie (nee’ Millis). (They celebrated their thirty-fifth anniversary in September 2007). As parachurch youth workers on the public high school campus (Atlanta, Georgia), Dick worked in mentoring high school men and Debbie mentored high school women.
The time had come, however, for formal theological education and the Millers moved to Colorado for Dick to pursue the Master of Divinity graduate degree at Denver Seminary. Upon graduation, they moved to Longmont, Colorado, to take up duties first as Minister of Education and, subsequently as Senior Pastor of a church of 600 members.
However, the need for further education still existed, and Dick eventually left the pastorate to return to Denver Seminary and eventually earning the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. After graduation he opened his private practice in psychotherapy in Longmont that is successful to this day. At the same time Debbie earned a nursing degree and her credentialing as a Registered Nurse.
By this time the family consisted of three. Ryan was born in 1986. Over the years of ministry and service, the Millers have been increasingly drawn to an Anglican expression of Christianity and discovering great fulfillment in liturgy, sacrament, fellowship, and service. Especially meaningful is the ancient, yet contemporary expression of a vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ through his “body,” the Church.
Since 1994 Dick has studied regularly at the C.S. Lewis Summer Institute at Oxford University, England. He also founded and directs the C.S. Lewis Society of Northern Colorado, (www.cslewiscolorado.org) a community ministry of Epiphany Anglican Fellowship.
*What Does a Deacon Do? (from Wikipedia)
In Anglican churches, deacons often work directly in ministry to the marginalized inside and outside the church: the poor, the sick, the hungry, the imprisoned. Unlike Orthodox and Roman Catholic deacons who may be married only before ordination, Anglican deacons are permitted to marry freely both before and after ordination, as are Anglican priests. Most deacons are preparing for priesthood, and usually only remain as deacons for about a year before being ordained priests. However, there are some deacons who remain deacons. Many provinces of the Anglican Communion ordain both women and men as deacons. Many of those provinces that ordain women to the priesthood previously allowed them to be ordained only to the diaconate. The effect of this was the creation of a large and overwhelmingly female diaconate for a time, as most men proceeded to be ordained priest after a short time as a deacon.
Anglican deacons may baptize and in some dioceses are granted licences to solemnize matrimony, usually under the instruction of their parish priest and bishop. They commonly officiate at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Deacons are not able to preside at the eucharist (but can lead worship with the distribution of already-consecrated Communion where this is permitted), absolve sins or pronounce a blessing in the name of the Church, (however, these last two are often permitted in an indirect form). It is the prohibition against deacons pronouncing a blessing in the Church's name that leads some in the church to believe that a deacon cannot properly solemnize matrimony. In most cases, deacons minister alongside other clergy.