Our Staff

Meet our leadership

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Rev. Sarah Bronos
Associate for Spiritual Formation and Healing Ministry

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Rev’d Sarah was Director of Adult and Children’s Christian Formation ministries at All Saints, Winter Park for nine years, and associate priest at the then-new mission plant in Oviedo for two years. She has most recently been the Rector of Church of the Good Shepherd in Maitland for almost nine years, retiring in May 2018.

Rev. Stephanie Soper
Curate

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Rev’d Stephanie serves as a curate at Church of the Ascension in the Doctor Phillips area of Orlando. She has a passion for teaching the Word of God to all ages and extending Christian hospitality.

Stephanie manages the Prayer Chain ministry and is involved in the Spiritual Formation ministry at the church. She lives in Orange County with her husband and two sons and is working on a Master’s degree at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.

Rev. Rusty Hazelrigg
Deacon

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Deacon Rusty’s passion is for Outreach and Evangelism to connect with not only the “churched” but the “unchurched.” The mission is to reach out to the working families that are “too busy” to attend church on Sunday mornings. Within the church he is active in the Men’s Ministry, Building & Grounds, and the Memorial Garden ministries.

Rev. Dr. Bob Johnson
Associate for Liturgy and Music

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Bob has been minister of music at Church of the Ascension since 2009. He and his wife Catherine have one daughter, Kiersten. His passion is to see people transformed by the presence and power of God as they join together in worship. In addition to ministry as a church music director, Bob’s ministry has taken him throughout the United States and abroad to teach music and worship at conferences and local church events representing a wide variety of denominations and spiritual traditions.

Donna Williams
Parish Administrator

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Anna Snider, our Children's Coordinator

Anna Snider
Children’s Coordinator

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Coming from Jamaica – Anna has recently moved back to the States to live and work. She has worked closely with Children over the past 5 years from private tutoring to running a Preschool Co-Op. She joined the staff as Children’s Ministry Coordinator in April 2023 and currently works with families and volunteers for Sunday Programming, Vacation Bible School and other family events throughout the year. Anna is excited to build a loving christ-centered community here at Church of the Ascension and guide the children here in their relationship with Christ.

Beckie Bass
Sr. Warden

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Siju John Tech & Media

Siju John
Technology and Media Coordinator

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Siju has been a parishioner at Church of the Ascension since 2003. He joined the staff as the Children’s Ministry Coordinator in April 2020.

In June 2023, he transitioned into the Technology and Media Coordinator role, where he collaborates with A/V volunteers to optimize online services and oversees the maintenance of church equipment.

Doug Webber
Financial Administrator

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Michele Gladding
CO-OP Preschool Director

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Our Vestry

Kathryn Angulo
Beckie Bass, Sr. Warden
Jim Bjostad, Jr. Warden

Michelle Lewis
Terry Lindberg
Phillip Manno

Lawrence Mokwunye
Eric Roach
Katherine Schwab