Our Leadership

St. David’s continues to be blessed with a strong lay leadership and dedicated supply priests and committed to our Mission Statement: A Worshiping Community, Seeking to Know Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Striving to make his love Known.

The Rev. Myrna Bevens and the Rev. Vaugh McTernan, two ordained Episcopal priests, share the pulpit on alternating Sundays, supplemented by lay readers when the priest’s schedules take them away from St. David’s.

The Rev. Myrna E. Bevens

The Rev. Myrna E. Bevens was born in Colorado Springs and has been a devout Christian all of her life.

She earned a B.A. in education and was certified to teach in Colorado where she taught high school English, speech and drama for two years following graduation. She earned an M.A in theology from Christ Gospel International Bible College in Louisville, Kentucky, took her vows in the Order of the Holy Spirit, a teaching order, and was ordained a minister.

Her work as a minister included organizing and conducting retreats, revivals, and evangelistic ministries in Christian based churches throughout the United States. She served as Pastor of Christ Gospel Church in Clayton, New Mexico during which time she also did a two-year radio ministry on a local radio station.

While teaching Bible studies at Holy Spirit Teaching Center within the Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs, she attended the Bishop’s School of Theology and St. Thomas Seminary in Denver.

She earned an M.A. in Divinity from Trinity School of Ministries in Ambridge, Pennsylvania following which she was ordained an Episcopal Priest.  She returned to Colorado Springs and served as head of all educational programs at  the Chapel of Our Savior.

She was Rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Manitou Springs, Colorado, retiring after twenty years and is now a part-time priest at St. David’s and teaches two Bible classes in Colorado Springs.

Reverend Bevens obviously enjoys her ministry at St. David’s and brings a lifetime of Christian devotion, teaching, and God’s grace to our congregation.

The Rev. Dr. Vaughan Durkee McTernan, Ph.D.

The Rev. Dr. Vaughan McTernan has been a priest in the Diocese of Colorado since 2006. She has served as Priest-in-Charge at St. David of the Hills Episcopal Church in Woodland Park from May 2006 until 2010. Since retirement she has been a supply priest in the diocese and is presently serving at St. Andrew’s in Cripple Creek and St. David’s in Woodland Park.

Additionally, she has been an Associate Rector and Acting Interim at Ascension and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Pueblo, Associate Rector at Chapel of Our Saviour in Colorado Springs and Assistant Priest at Grace and St. Stephan’s also in Colorado Springs.

Before being ordained, she taught Religious Studies for many years in higher education at Colorado College, Lycoming College in Williamsport PA, and Beloit College WI. She is involved in interfaith work in Colorado and is currently on the board of the Pikes Peak Interfaith Coalition.

She earned a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut, a MDIV from Yale University Divinity School and a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Denver University and Ilif School of Theology.

Vestry

In the Episcopal Church, the vestry is the governing body of a parish and is responsible, along with the rector, for prayer, planning, and policies within the parish. During times of transition, the vestry leads the process of calling and supporting a new rector.

Mark Congiardo - Senior Warden