veronica johnson

Veronica is a licensed psychologist and owns Envision Counseling Clinic with her husband Steve. They have three teenagers who still sometimes laugh at her jokes.  She went to entirely too much school and now encourages young adults to avoid higher education if at all possible. Veronica feels called to restore human functioning so God's people can live as they were created to live.  She's writing a book that reveals one more thing needed to restore mental health.

Patrick maschka

Patrick is a Colorado native who grew up in southwest Denver, where his parents still live. He has worked as a School Psychologist for over 30 years, mostly in the Englewood School District where he also lives and thrives.  Patrick has been married to his forever wife Christine for 26 years and they have 3 young adult children. Patrick found a spiritual home with Where Grace Abounds in 1991 where he made friends who have been a source of love and encouragement for over 35 years. Since that time he has followed a lifelong calling to minister to children and teenagers.

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Colleen Sanderlin

Colleen is a former middle school teacher turned fire and life safety educator. In her role with a local fire department,  she helps people understand human behavior, reduce risk and make communities safer.

A fourth generation Coloradan, Colleen has an affinity for fiber arts, prefers manual transmissions and plays tenor drum in a fire department pipes and drums band. She is ambidextrous, happiest outside with her family and nephews and holds an arguably unnecessary number of library cards throughout the Denver metro area.

Colleen believes in a dark world, there is one true light. And that we are each personally pursued by a loving God of grace, redemption, mercy and healing, who writes a story on every human heart. She believes that with God, the ashes are never the end of the story. 

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Ray & Grace Michael

Ray & Grace met at the University of Southern California (USC). Both are employed in the Cybersecurity space.  Their passions align for Jesus, their kids, pickleball and travelling around the globe.

Ray & Grace had active roles in the Cherry Creek School District Executive Councils, Parent Teacher Community, Parent Network and Legislative district organizations while their children were CCSD students. When their three children transitioned to college, they continued their parent liaison activity, most recently Chancellor Parent Leadership Council, at CU Boulder (SKO BUFFS!). Their support to the university includes advisory, networking and fund-raising in Boston and in Colorado and holding freshman send-off events from their homes. The Michaels actively serve in their local church and support various, global faith-based and LGBTQ+ organizations that serve the indigent, food-insecure, the outcast and maligned communities.

Ray & Grace hold bachelor’s degrees from USC. Ray has a master’s degree in Cybersecurity from Western Governors University and Grace has a master’s degree in Information Assurance with a focus on Cybersecurity from Regis University. Both maintain professional certifications in Information Security, Data Privacy, Forensics, Disaster Recovery and Ethical Hacking. They are proud parents to three children, Chelsea, Renae and the youngest Rain is their Master Candidate at New York University. Empty nesters, they distribute their time between homes in the CO, CA and MD/DC areas.