Meet the Team
Pastor
Pastor Steve Saatkamp became the pastor of Ascension in November 2022. He and his wife, Joanna, have been blessed with three wonderful daughters. God has given them a wide variety of church and mission experiences throughout their ministry and a passion for outreach and cross-cultural experiences. They love getting to know people and their life stories. He is particularly passionate about connecting with people who have been burned by the church in the past, who haven’t been connected in a long time, or have no knowledge of Christianity.
Communications Director
Lindsey Koffman has been a member of Ascension for over 8 years, and began her role in September of 2023. She has served in multiple capacities including directing the Mornings with Mommy program for a number of years, and she still actively serves on the planning committee and teaching Sunday School. Lindsey, her husband Joe, and their three children have lived everywhere from Japan to California to North Carolina and enjoy traveling very much.
In her free time, she enjoys sewing, watercolor painting, baking and homeschooling her girls.
Worship Coordinator
Audrey Neumann somewhat unexpectedly assumed the role of Worship Coordinator in 2019. She has been a part of the Ascension family on and off (due to military relocations) for over 30 years before settling in the Jacksonville area in 2018. Audrey brings a love for music that imparts the Gospel message to this position and a goal of selecting songs that people can carry with them throughout the week in their hearts and minds. She and her husband, David, have three grown children and 2 wonderful granddaughters.
Sunday School Superintendent
Joanna is a mama of three sweet girls, a teacher in recess (as she raises her babies) and a lover of Jesus. She wants every child to know the never-stopping, never-giving up, always and forever love of Jesus, so she took up the Sunday School Superintendent position! She likes painting and coloring with her girls, hiking along a good forest trail, swimming at the pool in the hot NC summers, and snuggling up on the couch watching movies with her pastor of a husband.
Ascension is a member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).