Staff

Dana came to Nativity in 2015 from Christ Episcopal Church in Woodbury, where she served 13 years as their full time assistant priest and Parish Life Minister. She also has nearly 30 years of staff lay leadership experience. 

Dana grew up on a farm in west central Minnesota, she attended St. Scholastica-Duluth where she graduated with three majors…all in ministry. She served parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese before serving in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. Dana also has a certificate in Church Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul School of Divinity and has studied with Seabury, United Theological, and Luther seminaries.

Dana was ordained to the priesthood in 2015. She lives with her husband Michael and two daughters in Maplewood.

Kathleen has served as the assistant priest at Nativity for the past 8 years. She works closely with the Rector and staff to complete the planning of worship and presides and preaches on Sundays, when needed.

Kathleen is a native to Minnesota and was raised in the Episcopal Church in White Bear Lake.

She has spent much of her ordained ministry at home raising her 4 children and enjoys being called to these two ministries of motherhood and the priesthood. In her free time she enjoys CrossFit, golf, and along with her husband, Paul, watching their kids ‘do their thing.’

She attended St. Olaf College and then Seabury-Western Seminary and has been ordained for 22 years.

Katie is a recent grad from St. Olaf college where she studied both psychology and statistics. Currently, she is pursuing a career in data science.

Katie grew up in the area attending Berean Baptist Church and Apple Valley High School.

She found Nativity shortly after graduation as she explored churches to call home. As Youth Leader, she hopes to draw from both the good and bad of her own youth group experiences and create something students will want to return to week after week.

She is excited to take on the role of Administrative Assistant in the front office where she can help Nativity run smoothly. In her freetime, Katie plays board games, creates various art pieces, and watches a bit too much Youtube. On the weekends, she enjoys going to live theater with her sister, especially if Les Miserables or Man of La Mancha are in town.

Clayton Heidbreder is a Twin Cities-based music director, conductor, and organist whose church music career has exposed him to a variety of sacred music styles over the years. He grew up in Georgia, but quickly fell in love with Minnesota during his time studying at St. Olaf College. After a few years in Massachusetts, where he was best known for his award winning chamber choir, Clayton returned to the midwest and has been here ever since. 

He is excited to serve as Nativity Episcopal’s new Music Minister. Choir and bells have always been a big part of his life, and he looks forward to leading and growing the music program here as well as finding ways to enrich and enhance worship with the arts. Look for Clayton at a Sunday coffee hour near you—getting to know the congregation is high on his list, so please say ‘hello’ and brace yourself to be asked if you sing!

Charlotte has degrees in music and business and enjoys using them to fuel both her creative and logical inclinations. She has worked in Information Technology in the insurance industry since moving to Minnesota and is retired from BlueCross BlueShield as a Systems Engineer. Charlotte served as organist at St. Alban’s Episcopal in Edina for 30 years and Holy Cross Lutheran in Oakdale for 4 years.

She and her wife, Tuka Markgraf live in Burnsville with four cats, a dog, three grandchildren, and the kids’ other grandmother.