Office Hours
Although we may also be here beyond this schedule, you can reliably find us here at the following times:
The Main Office is open Tuesday–Friday, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Our main narthex doors on 8th are open when staff is in the building. We welcome all visitors, and we hope we all remain safe and healthy in our church.Please stay home if you have any symptoms of Covid. Masks are optional inside the building.
Pastor Dan is available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday each week. Please contact him to make an appointment
Cantor Kyle Haugen is in the building Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening, and often rehearses his organ music on Saturdays.
STAFF
REV. DR. DAN PETERSON was called to our congregation and began his ministry here in June 2016. Prior to his arrival at Queen Anne Lutheran, he was an ordained Lutheran pastor in a specialized call from our synod to a teaching ministry as a professor in the humanities at Seattle University. He is an accomplished theologian, having published books, articles, and blogs (including an award-winning book on Paul Tillich published by Lutheran University Press). He preaches and teaches theology with passion and humor, and has taught not only at universities, but has also presented nearly 500 adult forums in congregational settings. In addition, Pastor Dan has led seminars for seniors living at Horizon House, a retirement community in Seattle, and his classes were very popular with that community. He is thoroughly anchored in the Lutheran tradition, but also encourages spiritual questioning as a means to strengthen faith. Prior to attending seminary, Pastor Dan served as a Director of Youth and Family Ministry at a congregation in California for two years.
KYLE HAUGEN joined our staff in March 2019 as full-time Cantor, serving as organist, director of parish ensembles, and coordinator of concerts and arts outreach. A versatile musician, Kyle’s experience spans Baroque organ to musical theater. A native of Tacoma, WA, he holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Puget Sound and the Master of Sacred Music degree from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, in conjunction with St. Olaf College. His published choral compositions have been performed, recorded, and broadcast on radio and television across the United States. Kyle is also the Artistic Director of Northwest Repertory Singers, an auditioned choral ensemble in Tacoma. Kyle spent nearly a decade directing high school ensembles with an after-school choral music education program in Tacoma and also led an international tour. In 2017, he served as Artistic Director for Northwest Reformation 500, the region’s largest celebration of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary, conducting a massed choir of 250 singers for the event. Kyle has previously served congregations in Bellevue, Tacoma, and Lakewood, WA; and in Boston, MA.
BARBARA BASH, our Parish Administrator, taught elementary school in Seattle for ten years and worked as a graphic designer before that, art directing a small fishing magazine and working with various other publications. Barb grew up in the Lutheran church in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is happy to be surrounded once again by the Lutheran community. Feel free to stop by to introduce yourself; she’s in the office Tuesday-Friday from 2:00 – 6:00.
Our sexton is JOHN BRYANT. His job is to walk through and secure the building each night, and to help with setting up chairs and tables for events. John is a nearby neighbor who brought his previous beloved dog Guinness, a Bouvier des Flandres, to our church on several occasions for the Blessing of the Animals, and is currently raising Jetson, another Bouvier. John has had his own landscaping business for 12 years and was a swim coach for 12 years before that. Please greet him warmly if you happen upon him!
