Rev. Anne Jernberg Scalfaro (she/her/hers)
As Senior Pastor, Anne’s areas of accountability include: Worship, Pastoral Care, Council & Staff Leadership, Stewardship & Finance, Executive Decisions, and Missions: Congregational & Denominational Partnerships. That said, Anne practices a team approach to ministry; she is blessed to share in leadership with talented and dedicated staff and volunteers that balance her weaknesses with great strength. Anne began serving on the pastoral staff at Calvary in Sept. 2008 and was called as Senior Pastor in Jan. 2013.
Anne is a graduate of Austin College in Sherman, TX (B.A. Religion) and Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA (M.Div.) and was ordained to ministry in 2008 at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX following a two-year pastoral residency program. During her time at Harvard Div, she served as a Seminarian at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard and as a CPE chaplain at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Born and raised in Dallas, TX, Anne loves good Tex-Mex, afternoon thunderstorms, and the word “y’all.” An introvert at heart, Anne enjoys learning, reading, poetry, travel, Netflix, game nights, and good coffee conversations. Her main spiritual and physical practice is yoga, and she is renewed by spending time outdoors with her husband, Damon, and their golden retriever, Deacon. They live in the Montclair area of Denver.
Anne believes that faith is a journey best shared in community; this is why she loves the local church: “My calling is to pastor a congregation through creative preaching, meaningful worship, nurturing presence, and servant leadership. Rooted in God’s faithfulness, empowered by Christ’s love, and sustained by the living Spirit, I understand the Christian church to be a mosaic of God’s people, a steward of God’s resources, and a beacon of God’s hope and justice to the local community and beyond.”
Rev. Alice Horner-Nelson (she/her/hers)
Alice's main areas of accountability are Office & Communications, Storytelling, Membership & Outreach, Missions: Community Partnerships.
Alice was hired in 2018 to serve as Pastor of Communications and Contemporary Worship. While communications is still one of her main roles, her role as leading contemporary worship wraps up in December 2022 as Praise & Ritual service concludes. It's been quite a meaningful journey of creating a contemporary service at Calvary, but in "post-pandemic" time, the need for such a service dwindled.
Her job has shifted to a heavier focus on storytelling, connecting members, outreach, and welcoming our guests. She handles the myriad number of communication and office tasks that come her way. If you want to be subscribed to our Friday newsletter, email Alice. She also runs and edits this website.
She earned her Masters of Divinity from the McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta, GA with a concentration in Congregational Ministry. That's where she met her husband Matt, a fellow M.Div and Reverend who works at Heritage United Methodist Church. Prior to Calvary, she has worked as a Communications Director, Minister to Students, and as a children's ministry associate. Her background in writing, journalism, and photography comes in handy as well. Alice loves writing, storytelling, and humor.
She hails from Baltimore, Maryland, and loves learning more about Colorado. Matt & Alice have a daughter, Felicity, and two cats, Molly and Mary Todd.
Rev. Mary Armacost Hulst
Mary thinks of Calvary as her extended family in Denver and it has been that for the Hulst family since she and her husband, Jack and two sons, Douglas and Stephen, joined in 1977. Calvary is a place where deep relationships are nurtured. Those family-like connections continue to be a focus for her ministry. Mary joined the staff as a children's worker in l978, was commissioned as Minister of Christian Education in l980, Graduated from Iliff School of Theology in l985, Ordained at Calvary in l985, called as Senior Pastor in l993 and retired in 2006. Mary Served as President of American Baptist Churches USA in 2008-9 and was an officer of the denomination for 6 years. She now coordinates the program for an annual national gathering of American Baptist Women Pastors. She is currently serving at Calvary as a Pastor of Visitation & Senior Adult Ministries with a visitation ministry to home centered and residents of care facilities members.
Min. Angela Leonard
Angela has been at Calvary for 25 years! She started her role as Children’s Ministry Coordinator September 2017. Angela has chosen to work at Calvary because there is nothing better than watching children develop in their faith, and finding indestructible joy and love in the Lord. There is nothing more wonderful than working alongside your own church family. Angela's role shifted to Minister to Students, Families, and Congregational Life in May 2024.
Dr. David Farwig
Bobby Luckel (he/him)
Bobby started worshiping at Calvary on Christmas Eve 2023 service, but first connected with the congregation at Denver PRIDE 2022. He officially joined our community in March 2024. Bobby worked 7 years in the finance industry and began as Calvary's Office Administrator in April 2024. Outside of Calvary he focuses on his and his partner's small Etsy store Blue on Blue. For fun Bobby likes to bowl, craft, play video games, read, and go on cruises. When he's not working or traveling, he's at home spending time with his partner and their two dogs, Lilly and Kona.
YeYe Wong
Ye Ye works on accounts payable, tracking church receipts, processing expense reports, preparing and distributing reports from Quickbooks, and doing data entry.
Ye Ye has a Master of Professional Accounting from West Texas A&M and has been a corporate accountant for Concentra, Quark, Teletech, and Ball Corporation. She has also volunteered as a bookkeeper for Animal Help Now.
Volunteer Staff
Devon Moyer
Devon is one of our amazing office volunteers. She works in the office on Tuesdays from 9-1.