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Rev. Roger Twito
SENIOR PASTOR
Pastor Twito grew up in the Twin Cities. He met
his best friend and wife, Cathy, while attending
Valparaiso University in Indiana. His seminary work
was split between Bethel Seminary, Luther Seminary
and Fuller Seminary under the Lutheran House of
Studies program of The AALC. Pastor Twito served as
a Youth Director at Bethlehem Lutheran in
Chesterton, IN while going to college and at Our
Saviours Lutheran in Hastings, MN from 1981-1991.
Pastor Twito enjoys sports of all kinds, home improvement projects and playing with his 6 children. Pastor Twito believes God has placed us in the center of Black Hawk County to make a difference in our community and throughout the world! |
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Pastor Len Brokenshire
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Pastor Len grew up in Southern California. He met
his wife, Beth, at Lutheran Bible Institute in
Seattle, WA. His seminary work was done at the
Haggard Graduate School of Theology at Azusa Pacific
University and the American Lutheran Theological
School. While working toward ordination, he served
as a youth director at three California churches
from 1997-2006: Prince of Peace Lutheran in Costa
Mesa, Emmanuel Presbyterian in Thousand Oaks, and
St. Peter's Lutheran in Elk Grove. Pastor Len was
ordained at St. Peter's Lutheran in 2004.
Pastor Len enjoys all sports, especially waterskiing and swimming, and also loves playing with his three young children, Rachel, Matthew and Grace. |
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Shanda Knight
DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY MINISTRIES
Shanda Knight grew up in Sheldon, Iowa. Shanda
graduated with an Elementary Education major and
Christian Education career concentration from
Northwestern College in Orange City, IA. During her
college years, Shanda enjoyed working at Christian
camps in the summers and volunteering with a local
church's youth ministry program during the school
year. God used camp and her volunteering to open
her heart to youth ministry. In the fall of 1994
Shanda attended Tentmaker Training in Minneapolis,
MN and was commissioned into youth ministry. Shanda
served part-time as a youth director in Dike, IA
from 1994-1997. Shanda came on staff as Youth
Director at Ascension in the Fall of 1997 and served
in this capacity until fall of 2004 when she moved
to the position of Director of Children and Family
ministries where she currently serves.
Shanda met her "knight in shining armor" here at Ascension and was married in April of 2005. In May of 2007 The Knights welcomed a daughter into their family that they named Lydia. In her free time she enjoys time with her husband and daughter, working around the house and in her garden. |
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Dave Deik
JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH YOUTH DIRECTOR
Dave Deik comes to us originally from
Poughkeepsie,New York, where he was involved in leading youth
ministry from the time he was a senior in high
school
at St. John's Lutheran Church. After leading youth
ministries there for three years, he went on to
study Family Life Ministry at Concordia University
in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dave graduated in 2002 and
went on to serve as Director of Youth and Family
Ministries at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chelsea,
Michigan, before coming to serve here at Ascension
in June of 2007.
Dave loves spending time with his awesome family; his wife Stacie, and 2 young girls, Hailey and Naomi. He also has a strong liking for all Coca-Cola products, enjoys drawing, traveling, listening to music, Yankees baseball and any college football. |
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Becky Helgerson
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
Becky was born and grew up in the Waterloo/Evansdale area and graduated from East Waterloo High School. She worked in the billing and bookkeeping department at Wood Products Co. following graduation until marrying and starting a family. Becky and her husband, Jerry, have two children, Chad (Karen) Helgerson of Cedar Rapids and Heather (Shawn) Henry of St. Louis.
Becky is a charter member of Ascension and has been working at the church since 1990. She enjoys spending time at their cabin in northeast Iowa, boating and gardening, golfing, reading, and cheering on her favorite team, the IOWA HAWKEYES! Go Hawks! |
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Candie Grimstad
PARISH SECRETARY
Candie is originally from Missouri, but has lived in Iowa for
most of her adult life. Candie graduated from Cedar
Falls High School and went on to obtain a practical
nursing license from Hawkeye Institute of
Technology. Candie worked in a nursing home for ten
years, resigning after her daughter was born, to be
a full time wife and mother.
Candie and her husband, Alan joined Ascension in 1992. Candie joined the Ascension staff as a part-time custodian in 2005. Candie enjoys spending time with her husband and children, Josh and Alana. She also enjoys scrapbooking, making cards and reading. |
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