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Rev. Charles Spomer was born in Minnesota, grew up in Chicago, graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1973. Has served parishes in the Missouri District since graduation. He is married to the former Christine Moeller of St. Louis. They have five children and five grandchildren. Pastor and Mrs. Spomer have been at Ascension since 1996. |
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Sherry was born at Scott AFB, IL and has lived in the St. Louis area all her life. She has been a member of Ascension Lutheran Church since 1977. Her 3 children all attended Word of Life Lutheran School and graduated from Lutheran High School South. She has worked for Ascension Lutheran Church since 1989 and recently became the Administrative Assistant. "I love to be of service to people and am truly blessed to be a part of the staff here at Ascension."
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Arlo grew up in St. Louis and attended Bethesda Lutheran Church and School in Pine Lawn and graduated from Lutheran High School Central/North. He received his degree in education at Concordia Teachers College in Seward. NE. From 1970-1978, he was a teacher and DCE at Trinity Lutheran in Wyandotte, MI.
In 1978, he came to Ascension Lutheran Church as the Director of Christian Education and in 1988 he was moved to his current position as Parish Administrator.
In 2010 due to health concerns, Arlo was forced to limit his time and will retire from his full time position. |
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Music has always been a part of my life…from a student singing in choirs, to an educator leading music classes, and in churches as part of worship teams. I have been in involved with worship teams for fifteen years and in Oklahoma I was the leader for two years.
I am honored and blessed to be the worship team leader here at Ascension now and I look forward to sharing uplifting music with you in praise to our Lord.
Graduated from Concordia University - Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a concentration in Early Childhood Education and recently earned master’s degree. |
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| | Carol Benninghoff
Carol grew up on a farm near Sullivan, MO. She is a graduate of St. John's College, Winfield, KS and earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of MO - St. Louis and her Master's degree in Music Education from Webster University.
She served the church as a Parish Worker in Baltimore, MD for two years before moving to North Carolina and then St. Louis.
She taught vocal music in the St. Louis Public Schools for 14 years and has served several parishes as organist and choir director. She joined Ascension's staff as Director of Music in 1997 and the Word of Life Faculty as Music Teacher in 1998.
She is married to Ken Benninghoff, educator. They have three married children and four grandchildren. |
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