Finding meaning through multi-faith dialogue
Our Leaders
Our religious leaders meet monthly to discuss issues we face personally, as a community, and globally. The leaders have created deep and meaningful friendships, which allows them to challenge, listen and understand one another. We look to the religious leaders as the wisdom holders and moral compass for our community. The leaders share their experience and insight as we address critical issues in our world today.
Exploring the Sacred welcomes all traditions in Steamboat Springs to the table.
Tim Olmsted,
Buddhist Center of Steamboat Springs
Tim Olmsted, the founder of the Buddhist Center of Steamboat Springs, moved to Steamboat in 1994 after having spent the previous 12 years studying and working in Nepal. For the past 30 years, he has studied with many of the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our time. Tim is a co-founder and senior instructor for the international meditation community, Tergar International. He served as director of Gampo Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He is president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation.
The Buddhist center meets every Monday night at 7:00pm.
https://www.steamboatbuddhistcenter.org
Phone: 970-879-5425
Email: tim@zirkel.us
Pastor Tim Selby, Heart of Steamboat, United Methodist Church
Tim has served at UMC for the past 20 years. Prior to his ministry here, Tim served as a hospital chaplain in Denver and northern California. Tim’s education background includes a Doctorate Degree in Pastoral Ministry from the University of Creation Spirituality. While at UCS, Tim had the opportunity to study with teachers from many of the worlds great faith traditions.
Services are offered at 9:00 and 10:45 am on Sundays.
Jo Anne Grace, Hospice Chaplain & St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Jo Anne Grace, Ph.D. is a pastoral theologian, a spiritual director, a hospice chaplain, and a health educator. Her private practice focuses on Pneumasomatic Care™-a ministry of reconciliation and healing. This ministry integrates Spirit and body to bridge the gap between theology and physiology, between faith and health. She is also a member of St Paul's Episcopal Church.
Karen Post,
A Course In Miracles
Karen Post, a psychotherapist in private practice in Steamboat since 1991, has been facilitating ‘A Course In Miracles’ study group since 1996. A near death experience at age 10 has led her on a lifelong spiritual quest.
The group meets every Tuesday night from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
Phone: 970-846-6131 or 970-879-9646 for location.
Kolby Morris-Dahary, Har Mishpacha, The Jewish Congregation of Steamboat Springs
Rabbi Kolby is the Rabbi at Har Mishpacha, Steamboat Springs' Jewish Congregation. Rabbi Kolby made Aliyah in 2014 and began her studies at the reformed Hebrew Union College. She finished her training in the ALEPH Ordination Program, which is part of the renewal movement. She worked at HEA as a rabbinic intern and joined the team at Judaism Your Way for several years. She became the Rabbi at Har Mishpacha in August of 2022.
For more information on Har Mish meeting times visit: http://www.harmishpacha.org