Support Staff Profiles

Diane Ackerman, Assistant to Youth Worship

Diane Ackerman is the adult leader of the Youth Worship Team, and helps the student band and praise team plan, prepare, and rehearse a weekly worship set for the Monday night high school and middle school programs.  Also, each spring...
Carol Geselle, Administrative Secretary

Carol Geselle serves as Administrative Assistant to Pastor C. John Steer. Her duties include transcribing dictation for all correspondence, sermons, weddings, funerals, parent and child dedications, along with general secretarial and administrative duties.  She also oversees monthly staff...
Martha Gibson, Facility Coordinator

My name is Martha Gibson and I serve as the Facility Coordinator at Autumn Ridge Church. In my position, I am privileged to work with our church staff and congregation assisting them in scheduling events on the...
Michelle DenHartog, Assistant to Children's Ministries

Linnea Aaland, Receptionist

Linnea Aaland is a part-time receptionist. She enjoys the varied secretarial and receptionist duties on her afternoon shift.

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Colette Gilbertson, Receptionist

I'm Colette Gilbertson and I attend to duties in several areas of the church office.  I process fees for events, youth activities and special giving,  I manage spread sheets for all short term mission trips and I...
Brenda Johnson, Head Custodian

Brenda has served as church custodian since February of 1997  is the senior member and only woman in the Autumn Ridge Properities Dept and is the church's "queen of clean." She also assists with church calendar coordination, helps...
Scott Jones, Office Manager


Sara Krause, Receptionist

The main objective of my position as Assistant Receptionist is answering phone calls with a warm and friendly voice, making people comfortable while they wait for appointments with other support staff and being available to support staff to fulfill misc office tasks. I...
Dorothy Morris, Assistant to Worship

Dorothy Morris is the Worship Administrative Assistant.  Her role is to assist in the preparation for the weekly Adoration and Celebration services.  She also coordinates music preparation for the choir and orchestra and schedules all scripture readers and projection...
Laurie Norton, Christos Bookcenter

Laurie is the manager of Christos Bookcenter.  She, along with help from the bookcenter's Deacon ministry team, and the store's devoted volunteers work tirelessly at putting some of the highest quailty books onto the shelf.  Laurie officially started her work at...
Leah King, Assistant to Student Ministries

Leah’s role includes administratively supporting the Middle School and High School ministries. She attended Northwestern College in Saint Paul where she received a bachelor’s of science...
Sherrie Porterfield, Communications

Sherrie works with all areas of ministry at Autumn Ridge to enable effective communication to the congregation. Her main job each week is to produce the church newsletter, RidgeLines. She also produces other printed pieces that serve as informational publications within the church and community....
April Rowe, Assistant to Worship

April Rowe is the Emmaus and Celebration Worship Administrative Assistant.  Her role is to work with the Emmaus and Celebration singers and instrumentalists – preparing the music,...
Robyn Terpstra, Preschool Coordinator

Robyn Terpstra is the pre-school coordinator at Autumn Ridge Church. Her duties include working with volunteers to provide safe care for the preschool age children in the Ladybug, Turtle, Bumblebee and Salamander classes.  Along with that, ensuring...
Tom Ulwelling, Facility Director

Tom Ulwelling is the Facilities Director here at Autumn Ridge Church. His many tasks include overseeing the Facilities Department and facility staff, working on maintenance and repair issues, assisting the Facility Coordinator on the scheduling of events and meetings, ordering supplies and working...
Becky Wiens, Director of World Missions

Becky Wiens is the Director of World Missions at Autumn Ridge Church. Among her responsibilities Becky coordinates many of the short term mission teams that Autumn Ridge sends out on a yearly basis.  She...
Elann Wright

Elann is the Wednesday night Kids’ Club coordinator for children’s ministries at Autumn Ridge Church and has been working on staff since...
TJ Schultz, Technology Specialist

TJ brings to Autumn Ridge a mix of technology and creativeness. Utilizing those gifts he oversees the ARC website, the introduction and integration of Church Community Builder (CCB), and Pastor Steer’s sermon...