John Barich
Interim Care Pastor

Longtime friend of COTA, Pastor John Michael Barich has agreed to serve as COTA’s interim Care Pastor. Pr John will begin on August 1st to bridge the gap between Pr Katherine Graybuck’s departure and the calling of our permanent pastor. 

Please join us in welcoming Pr John into this new role among us and keep all of COTA’s leadership in your prayers as we continue this journey through pastoral transition. 

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LACEY BROWN, M.M.
MUSIC DIRECTOR

Lacey Brown is a percussionist, singer/songwriter, teacher, and worship leader from Seattle, WA. She holds a B.A. and a M.M. in Percussion Studies and enjoys performing and teaching an array of instruments and styles of music. When she’s not playing the drums, you can find her plucking away at her guitar, singing, recording, and songwriting.

Lacey currently works as Music Director at Church of the Apostles, where she has the joy of designing worship with the community, directing the music as well as writing and recording original music and re-imagined ancient chant and hymns for worship.

Born and raised in Washington state, Lacey is passionate about the Northwest and loves spending time in nature whenever she can.

Lacey’s music can be found at laceybrown.com and poorclaremusic.com.

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Lacy Clark Ellman
Kids and Family Ministry Coordinator

Lacy Clark Ellman has been a COTA member since 2014 and joins us as our first staff member devoted to our growing Kids and Families Ministry. She has a Master of Arts in Theology and Culture and a Doctor of Ministry with an emphasis in transforming spirituality. As a spiritual director, spiritual formation educator, and parent to a young child, her vocational interests intersect in this role as she seeks to help foster the spiritual formation of children at COTA.

Along with her expertise in spiritual formation and practice, she brings her love for the Christian contemplative tradition to the role and seeks to provide programming that is focused less on dogma and orthodoxy and more on cultivating curiosity, embracing mystery, and exploring what it really means to love God and neighbor. As the Ministry Coordinator for Kids and Families, her focus extends to supporting spiritual formation in the home as well for children and parents alike, and she enjoys providing recommendations and resources that help families engage in the invitations of the liturgical seasons at home as well as broaden their experience of the sacred and their images of God.

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Matt Quarterman
Parish Administrator

Matt Quarterman has been a COTA member and volunteer in various capacities since 2008. As Admin, he assists with audio/visual tasks, coordinating volunteers, office management, and organizing/documenting supplies and processes.

Matt grew up as an expatriate in Portugal and Ukraine but has made Seattle home. He holds degrees in English and Songwriting, and frequently contributes music or writing for services.

Matt writes and performs music under his own name, as well as with his partner Erin in the band Star Called Sun (starcalledsun.com). He is an incompetent surfer but doesn’t let that keep him from loving it. His creative writing has been published in several outlets – you can find some of his work at mattquarterman.com.

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