Clergy and Staff
Katherine GrayBuck is Associate Pastor at Church of the Apostles. She was also called as a professional Spiritual Care Provider, or Chaplain, at Harborview Medical Center and served on the Palliative Care Team and as a faculty member of the Palliative Care Fellowship.
Katherine has roots in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and in the evangelical church, converting to ELCA Lutheranism as an adult. She was baptized on Holy Saturday in 2011 in the Pacific Ocean and holds the sacredness of the liturgical year and baptism in high regard, celebrating her own anniversary each year as CotA celebrates our primary festival, RISE or Easter Vigil. She joined CotA in 2013 as a member and became ordained here in 2018. She also married her husband, scientist Lucas GrayBuck, at the Fremont Abbey in 2016.
Her grounding as a Pastor is rooted in the practice of deep listening and empathy. Her particular ministry leanings are feminist, LGBTQIA+ inclusive, and engaging in anti-racism work.
Her work as a hospital Chaplain during the COVID-19 crisis was featured in the New York Times and The Ringer.
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.
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.
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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