CLERGY & STAFF
REV. jEROMIE RAND
rector (pastor)
rector@christourhopeanglican.org
Jeromie has loved Jesus since he was a small child, but he fell in love with the Church while attending college at Clemson University. His time at a small non-denominational church there had a significant influence on his ideas of what it means to be the church and to work as a pastor. After finishing a Master's degree in computer engineering and working as a software developer for a few years, Jeromie’s passion for the church led him back to school at Denver Seminary. On their first Sunday in Denver, Jeromie and his wife visited an Anglican church and felt immediately at home. It is within the Anglican church that he discerned a call to ordained ministry, though he spent several years as a community college faculty member before feeling God’s call to full-time pastoral work.
Jeromie moved to Fort Collins in 2020 to serve as rector of Christ Our Hope. He loves the city and the people whom God has called him to serve. He enjoys stories of all sorts – he’s never far from a book – and sees part of his calling as a pastor to be a holy storyteller, telling over and over again the story of what God has done for us in Christ and how this good news changes everything. He enjoys talking about life and theology over a good cup of coffee, walking in his neighborhood or in the mountains, challenging his mind with a good board game, and spending time with his wife Liz and two daughters, Rebekah and Annelise.
christine sturges
PARISH administrator
admin@christourhopeanglican.org
Christine has been a member of Christ Our Hope for over 15 years. She grew up in Connecticut and was raised in the Congregational Church. She moved to Colorado after graduate school and found a small church where she developed a great fondness for the Anglican tradition and grew in her love of Jesus. She lived in a Christian Community for 8 years and began learning from experience to live a life of faith while working full-time as an IT manager at HP.
Early on she loved music, singing in the choir as a child and later as an adult. Then in high school and college, she discovered the joys of acting on the stage. Over the years, she participated in several community theatre productions, but her long-standing passion is bringing the scriptures to life through our group dramatizations at church. She also enjoys reading and is a frequent visitor to the library. During the spring, summer and fall, you will frequently see her in her yard, encouraging the flowers and vegetables to blossom, and removing weeds with a methodical tenacity.
GustaV Hoyer
Music Director
music@christourhopeanglican.org
Gustav has multiple degrees in music and studied music composition, piano performance and conducting. He has created new works for vocal and instrumental ensembles of various types. It was in college that he was called to become a disciple of Christ and he has used his musical training in the service of various churches ever since. He and his wife have been active in musical leadership in churches across the country and they first joined Christ Our Hope in Fort Collins in 2014. After a time spent worshiping in another church in the area, Gustav was thrilled to receive the invitation to become the music director in late 2024.
His ministry is animated with a passion for the liturgy and the singing of the people of God in worship. The music ministry of Christ Our Hope Anglican isn’t primarily focused on having skilled musicians sing to, or on behalf of the people. It exists to support and nurture the work of praise, penitence, and thanksgiving that all who attend a service at Christ Our Hope Anglican engage. Our work is informed by Paul’s instructions to the whole church in Colossians 3:16 - “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”
ERIN FRANZEN
CHILDREN’S Director
Erin and her family have been members of Christ Our Hope for the past 4 years. She has been participating in the Anglican tradition for 9 years and appreciates the liturgy and focus on participating in the church calendar. Erin has served God by caring for kids and their families in different capacities for the past 15 years. She attended Colorado State University and received her bachelor's in Human Development and Family Studies. After undergrad, Erin was a missionary, working with children with developmental disabilities in Haiti and India. Her passion lies in serving kids and their families, supporting development and helping kids with special needs gain important life skills. After serving as a missionary for 5 years, Erin pursued graduate school, eventually attending University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and completing her masters in Occupational Therapy. She has been an OT for the past 6 years and works locally with children and their families to help kids achieve basic developmental skills.
Erin is married to Adam and they have three children, Josephine, Everette and Theodore. She loves toting her kids along on their next grand adventure and being outside as much as possible. Like any good Colorado family, they love biking, hiking, camping and playing at the river. Erin enjoys paddle boarding at Horsetooth Reservoir, spending time in her garden attempting to grow veggies and flowers, tending her sourdough starter and reading good books!
VESTRY
Becky Kicklighter - Senior Warden
Lynn Johnson - Treasurer
David Engblom
Tim Fox
Nikki Sartin
Jon Van Veen
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