LIFE Church Staff

Senior Pastor Jeff Crabtree Read Bio

Pastor Dave Yauk Youth & Worship Leader Read Bio

Katie Maguire Children's Ministry Read Bio

Beverly Scarborough Administration Read Bio

Senior Pastor Jeff Crabtree

Pastor Crabtree is the Senior Pastor of LIFE Church of Fort Collins and President of the organization as incorporated under section 501(c) 3 in the State of Colorado. Jeff Crabtree grew up in Fort Collins, CO. He is a 1977 graduate of Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins.

Jeff and his wife Kathy have three children: Kyle, Kristin and Nathanael. Jeff had a dramatic experience when he became a Christian soon after high school. Jeff states that after receiving Christ as His Savior, his whole life changed. For the first time in his life, he had a purpose for living; a joy that greatly inspired him and a peace that guided him. He developed an intense passion to help others find the same life-giving reality that he had found in Jesus Christ.

In 1979 Jeff became a Youth Pastor at the First Christian Church in Fort Collins. Jeff states that in this season of his life, he learned how important it was for young people to find an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ. In early 1987, Jeff and Kathy moved to the Oklahoma City area where Jeff became the Senior Pastor of Victory Fellowship Church. A healthy, growing, vibrant, and successful church was developed in the eight years he spent at Victory. All three of their children were born during his time in Oklahoma City.

In early 1995, Jeff and his family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio where Jeff assumed the role of President of Christ's Church Fellowship (CCF). CCF is an international ministry focusing on local church development, leadership development, church planting and international outreach. In this time, Jeff traveled extensively across the United States and around the world. Jeff testifies that his travels opened his eyes to the needs of people and the great opportunity that exists for Christians to reach the whole world with the love of God. In early 1999 Jeff and his family moved back to Fort Collins. Jeff states that it was his long-term desire and call to one-day return to Fort Collins to Pastor a growing and vibrant church that would touch locally and reach globally with the good news of the abundant LIFE of Jesus! When Jeff returned to Fort Collins he served on staff at Iasis Christ Fellowship for 5 years before starting LIFE Church in January of 2004.

Jeff and Kathy look forward to continuing to serve the Fort Collins community by sharing the message of abundant LIFE found in a personal and authentic relationship with Jesus Christ!

Pastor Dave Yauk

Dave Yauk is the Associate Pastor in charge of Youth and Worship at LIFE Church of Ft. Collins.

Dave Yauk grew up in Windsor Colorado. He is a 2000 Graduate from Windsor High School and a 2005 graduate for Colorado Christian University with a degree in Christian Leadership, as well as a certificate in Bible.

Dave Yauk now lives in Ft. Collins with his wife Katie and they are both on fire for the ministry of LIFE Church. Dave and Katie met at CCU during their tenure, and are now living LIFE together. Dave was saved when he was 8 years of age and after a brief rebellious stage in his teenage years, he came to know the Lord in a more personal way at the age of 18. Katie also accepted Christ at a very young age and now has a passion to be a wife, a mother and a servant of Jesus Christ.

Dave went through High School as a "band nerd." He was really involved with band competitions and band activities. Growing up he was involved heavily in his youth group and under the direction of Sean Eddy, Dave grew in his walk the Lord and in his passion to go into full-time ministry.

Shortly after High School, Dave went to the University of Northern Colorado to study drums and percussion. He got very involved with Intervarsity, a ministry on campus, running sound for outreaches and leading worship. But this wasn't the final stop for Dave because he soon became discontent with the mentality of the UNC life, and discovered a ministry called CTI Music Ministries at a National Conference known as Urbana in 2001. CTI is a ministry that assembles worship teams to travel all over the globe sharing the message of Jesus. Dave went to Africa, St. Vincent in the Caribbean, as well as Canada and 36 of the 50 states.

CTI Music Ministries matured Dave. It taught him how to work with musicians, resolve group conflict, mentor kids and work with youth. This passion that was formed in him during that time brought him back to Windsor to work at a youth coffee shop known as Bonjo's. Bonjo's reached out to at risk teens in Windsor and provided entertainment and mentorship to kids.

From here Dave went on to lead worship for the youth group at Timberline Church in Ft. Collins before he signed on to work with Jeff Crabtree and the family of LIFE Church. Dave is excited about receiving Christ's LIFE and sharing it with Christ's people. He and Katie look forward to serving at LIFE Church for a long time!!

Katie Maguire, Children's Ministry Director

Katie is a first generation American. Her parents are from Wales and moved to the United States in 1966. Katie was born in New Jersey and has lived in Massachusetts and California. She recently moved to Fort Collins in 2004 with her husband Chris and their children, Shane and Allison. Katie is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Administration.

Katie has owned and operated many businesses, but her greatest "job" is being a wife and mom to such an awesome family. Ever since she can remember, all she ever dreamed about was being Mom. After college, knowing that the Hospitality Industry was not where she wanted to be, Katie moved back to California and took a "temporary" job at a workshop for Developmentally Disabled Adults. This temporary job lasted 6 years. Katie met Chris in California through a mutual friend from her work.

Katie grew up Roman Catholic. Even though she went to Catholic school and church every week, she felt as though there was something missing. When she was 25 years old, her co-worker bought her a Bible and took her to a service at Saddleback Church, which was just down the street from her house. It was like everything clicked for the first time in her life. After Katie and Chris were married and started their family, they attended an Evangelical Friends Church where they had experienced an unbelievable miracle in their lives after being prayed for. It was then that they both gave their lives to Christ.

Leaving their church family to move to Colorado was especially difficult for Katie, but she knew that she needed to trust God. Katie and Chris have been to many different churches in Fort Collins and feel passionately about LIFE Church being the right place for them and their children to grow in their walk with the Lord.

Katie's love for children goes beyond just being the Children's Ministry Director. Her greatest desire for the children at LIFE Church is for them to form lifelong friendships with each other. She is excited to support children in receiving the LIFE of Jesus and freely sharing it with others. She sees God's love growing inside her own children's hearts and wants to be involved in serving families so their children can experience that special gift too.

Beverly Scarborough, Administrative Assistant

Beverly grew up in New York and Texas. Being from a Scottish family newly arrived in the United States, Beverly was raised in the Congregational Church in New York and the Presbyterian Church in Dallas and San Antonio. She attended the University of Texas in Austin before marrying a native Houstonian who had moved to San Antonio. Two children, son Tracy and daughter Christina, were born. Life took a series of twists and turns and Beverly and her children were on their own. They moved from San Antonio to Houston, to Aspen and back to Houston, where Beverly eventually began working at a start-up bank.

Last year another change occurred. The once small bank had grown and was purchased by an even larger institution and Beverly's job was eliminated. It was in October that Beverly and her son Tracy, now grown, moved to Fort Collins to pursue a long time dream of returning to Colorado. Beverly began attending a Presbyterian Church in hopes of settling down after a challenging year.

"It was unexpected when I discovered that LIFE Church was looking for a full time Administrative Assistant. Other opportunities did not seem as important as I spoke on several occasions to Pastor Jeff about the position. I look forward to helping LIFE Church attain new heights by focusing on organization, creating effective policies and procedures and implementing the latest technologies and systems. I also soon realized the wonderful opportunity not only to serve Pastor Jeff, Pastor Dave and the members of LIFE Church, but to be a part of a Christian fellowship spreading the word of Jesus Christ."