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Steve

Senior Pastor is Steve Anderson. He has been at Oakwood since 2005. He and his wife Sharon are native Minnesotans.  They have a daughter and son-in-law and grandson in Florida and a son and daughter-in-law and grandson in South Dakota.  Steve loves spending time with Sharon, playing golf, reading good books and hunting elk and mule deer in Colorado and Wyoming.  He went to college in Mankato, MN and seminary in Sioux Falls, SD.  In addition to his leadership role at Oakwood, Steve also teaches part-time as an adjunct faculty at Crown College.  His favorite Bible verse is 1 John 5:13: "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."

E-mail Steve at
steve.anderson@oakwoodonline.org.

Andreas
Andreas Custer is Student Ministries Director. He came to Oakwood in March 2008. Andi was born and raised in Austria, where his parents have been missionaries for more than 26 years. He and his wife Jennifer met in high school at the Black Forest Academy in Germany. Andi's favorite verse is John 3:30, "He must become greater; I must become less." Andi says he wants to spend his life making great the name of Jesus!

E-mail Andi at
students@oakwoodonline.org.
Karen
Worship Director is Karen Sazdoff. She has been actively involved in Oakwood's music ministry since 2006. Karen and her husband Todd, who teaches the adult education hour at Oakwood, have three children. One of her favorite verses is Psalm 28:7: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song." Join Karen and the worship team on Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. as they make a joyful noise unto the Lord at Oakwood Ministry Center.

E-mail Karen at
karen.sazdoff@oakwoodonline.org.

Bob and Kate
Children's Ministry Directors are Bob and Kate Hutchinson. They have been at Oakwood since 2001 and have three children. Bob will graduate from Crown College in 2008 and Kate graduated from Crown College in 2002. Their desire and passion is that God would raise up the next generation to come to treasure Jesus Christ above all else (Col. 1:15-20), and that people of all ages would be equipped to fervently live out the Great Commission so that all the nations and tribes and people would sing of the worthiness of Christ (Rev. 5:9-10). Acts 20:24 says, "I do not count my life any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God."

E-mail Bob and Kate at
children@oakwoodonline.org.
Kay
Administrative Assistant is Kay Osmundson. Kay came to Oakwood from our sister church, Westwood Community Church in Chanhassen. She served as an administrative assistant there for three years. Kay and her husband Don have two grown daughters.

E-mail Kay at office@oakwoodonline.org.
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