OUR STAFF
Pastor Rachael Keefe
Rachael relocated to the Twin Cities to join Living Table UCC in December, 2014. She came to us from New England, along with her wife, Erika, and their two cats.
Rachael was ordained by the United Church of Christ in 1992, and has served in many different ministry settings both traditional and decidedly nontraditional. She has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological School, another Masters degree (ThM) from Princeton, in Christian Education and counseling, and a doctoral degree (DMin) from Andover Newton Theological School, in Newton, MA.
Rachael is also a painter and a poet. On sunny afternoons you might see her with her easel at a local park or river walkway. Find our pastor online at Monday's Muse Vlog, Write Out of Left Field Blog, and beachtheology.com.
While Rachael’s career has taken her to a variety of unexpected places, she has always found herself in ministry with those who often find themselves on the margins of church life. She has been an advocate for youth, LGBT people, people with development disabilities, and people with severe mental illness. Ministry at Living Table builds on that experience and offers new challenges and blessings.
Rachael relocated to the Twin Cities to join Living Table UCC in December, 2014. She came to us from New England, along with her wife, Erika, and their two cats.
Rachael was ordained by the United Church of Christ in 1992, and has served in many different ministry settings both traditional and decidedly nontraditional. She has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological School, another Masters degree (ThM) from Princeton, in Christian Education and counseling, and a doctoral degree (DMin) from Andover Newton Theological School, in Newton, MA.
Rachael is also a painter and a poet. On sunny afternoons you might see her with her easel at a local park or river walkway. Find our pastor online at Monday's Muse Vlog, Write Out of Left Field Blog, and beachtheology.com.
While Rachael’s career has taken her to a variety of unexpected places, she has always found herself in ministry with those who often find themselves on the margins of church life. She has been an advocate for youth, LGBT people, people with development disabilities, and people with severe mental illness. Ministry at Living Table builds on that experience and offers new challenges and blessings.
Kevin Werner Hohlstein, Minister of Music
Kevin joined the Living Table UCC team in February of 2017.
Before moving to the Twin Cities, Kevin completed a BA in music at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and while in school had the opportunity to work with the Eau Claire Children’s Theater and Fanny Hill Dinner Theater. Calling the Twin Cities home since 1995, he has worked as a performer, choreographer, and director with many theater companies across the Twin Cities metro and in western Wisconsin. He was also able to create a number of shows and is proud to be one of the creators of Pop Up Musical, a show that had its start at the Fringe Festival in 2012.
As a church musician, Kevin started in high school as church organist in his home church of Lodi, Wisconsin. Jump ahead to the early part of the 2000s, when Kevin was a member of the music ministry at All God’s Children MCC, including being on the praise and worship team. In 2003, he was a part of the album released by the praise and worship team, For God’s Sake.
He is very proud of the 'community-based spiritual exploration’ service, 3V, he created with his husband, Paul, at Unity Minneapolis. This hour-long experience served as an alternative service for the members of the Unity community from September 2012 through July 2014.
In addition to being a member of the voice faculty at McNally Smith College of Music and director of the Musical Theater Ensemble, he teaches voice out of his home studio and is proud to be a founding member of the Twin Cities Cabaret Artists Network (TCCAN).
Kevin joined the Living Table UCC team in February of 2017.
Before moving to the Twin Cities, Kevin completed a BA in music at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and while in school had the opportunity to work with the Eau Claire Children’s Theater and Fanny Hill Dinner Theater. Calling the Twin Cities home since 1995, he has worked as a performer, choreographer, and director with many theater companies across the Twin Cities metro and in western Wisconsin. He was also able to create a number of shows and is proud to be one of the creators of Pop Up Musical, a show that had its start at the Fringe Festival in 2012.
As a church musician, Kevin started in high school as church organist in his home church of Lodi, Wisconsin. Jump ahead to the early part of the 2000s, when Kevin was a member of the music ministry at All God’s Children MCC, including being on the praise and worship team. In 2003, he was a part of the album released by the praise and worship team, For God’s Sake.
He is very proud of the 'community-based spiritual exploration’ service, 3V, he created with his husband, Paul, at Unity Minneapolis. This hour-long experience served as an alternative service for the members of the Unity community from September 2012 through July 2014.
In addition to being a member of the voice faculty at McNally Smith College of Music and director of the Musical Theater Ensemble, he teaches voice out of his home studio and is proud to be a founding member of the Twin Cities Cabaret Artists Network (TCCAN).
Associate Pastor Laura Beth Gatzke
Laura Beth is lifelong Minnesotan who was ordained by the United Church of Christ to this call at Living Table in November 2019 following four years of guest preaching and LGBTQ advocacy in South Dakota and a chaplain residency in Boston in 2014.
Laura Beth graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in 2014 and earned her Master's Degree in Education with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Northern State University in South Dakota in 2019. She works as both an associate pastor and mental health therapist with women in chemical dependency treatment.
She enjoys spending time with her family, especially her nieces and nephews, continued advocacy for social justice in the LGBTQ and mental health communities, and writing poetry. She lives in Saint Paul with her dog Roxy.
Laura Beth blogs about her ministry journey at: www.ministertotheheart.wordpress.com
Laura Beth is lifelong Minnesotan who was ordained by the United Church of Christ to this call at Living Table in November 2019 following four years of guest preaching and LGBTQ advocacy in South Dakota and a chaplain residency in Boston in 2014.
Laura Beth graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in 2014 and earned her Master's Degree in Education with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Northern State University in South Dakota in 2019. She works as both an associate pastor and mental health therapist with women in chemical dependency treatment.
She enjoys spending time with her family, especially her nieces and nephews, continued advocacy for social justice in the LGBTQ and mental health communities, and writing poetry. She lives in Saint Paul with her dog Roxy.
Laura Beth blogs about her ministry journey at: www.ministertotheheart.wordpress.com
Sybylla Yeoman Hendrix, Office Manager
Sybylla Yeoman Hendrix has been the office manager for Living Table since the summer of 2010, shortly after her graduation from Gustavus Adolphus College. She uses her BA in English and Classics to produce the bulletin and twice-weekly Table Talk, as well as managing the office and rentals. If you use the contact information from the website, she will be the one you talk to.
Sybylla Yeoman Hendrix has been the office manager for Living Table since the summer of 2010, shortly after her graduation from Gustavus Adolphus College. She uses her BA in English and Classics to produce the bulletin and twice-weekly Table Talk, as well as managing the office and rentals. If you use the contact information from the website, she will be the one you talk to.
