
Duncan Mclellan
Pastor
Pastor Duncan graduated from Concordia Seminary in 2005 and has been the pastor of Faith Lutheran in Lincoln, NE (2005-2010) and Zion Lutheran in Pittsburgh, PA (2010-2016) before coming to Ankeny in 2016 to become the Senior Pastor at St. Paul. He has been married to Alissa since May of 2010 and has three children. He went back to school and wrote a thesis on the "Lutheran Theology of Marriage" (2016). He enjoys time with his family, working out, and working on cars.

Andrew Coop
Associate Pastor
Thanks for checking our website out; looking forward to seeing you in person soon! I'm originally from Minnesota, married my amazing wife, Ashley, in 2017, and graduated from Concordia Seminary St. Louis in 2018. If you want to talk more about Jesus, let me know-I would love to be able to do that with you!

Arkay Brown
Director of Music
Arkay grew up on a farm near Gowrie, IA, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Iowa State University in 2003. She and her husband, David, have two children and have been members of St. Paul since 2010. Arkay directed high school bands from 2003-2010, then stayed home 9 years to be with James(9) and Anna(6), and most recently became the Music Director at St. Paul in 2019. Arkay loves spending time with her family, being outdoors, and baking. She is very thankful to be able to use her love of music as a ministry to share the gospel and Christ's love with others.

Kathy Olson
Office Manager
Kathy Olson is the Office Manager and Secretary at St. Paul. She is a native Iowan, a graduate of Iowa State University (go Cyclones!) and is the parent of three children. She has been a member of St. Paul since 1997 and is also active in LWML.

Alissa Mclellan
Director of St. Paul Lutheran Preschool
Hello from St. Paul Preschool! My name is Alissa McLellan and I am the part-time preschool director at St. Paul....I am also married to Pastor Duncan and have 2 precious children, Thomas and Sarah, with one more on the way! I am blessed to be working on the preschool staff (4 years now!) with an amazing team of teachers. God has been so faithful and good to our program, as we've been able to see many precious children grow and develop, and most importantly hear how much Jesus loves each one of them! What a privilege it is to serve the Lord here at St. Paul!
Church Council
This is the governing board of our congregation, who represent and are accountable to the voting membership our congregation.

Gary Lohmann
President
If you'd like to know more about the congregation, please reach out to me.
Kaleb Grev
Financial Secretary
Are you willing to help us count the weekly offerings, we'd love your help!

Ben Piepho
President Elect
If you're interested in serving on a board or committee, let me know!

Mike Hayden
Assistant Treasurer
I'm responsible for processing payments for the congregation.
Dean Miller
Church Treasurer
Would you like to know more about the finances of the congregation?

Board of Christian Education
Jim Harvey
Property Board



Lynn Hanselman
Board of Evangelism
Malisa Davies
Board of Youth
Tim Krehbiel
Board of Stewardship
Alyssa Wendzel
Preschool Board
Have a way of sharing Jesus with our community? I'd love to hear about it!
Want to help us pour into our Youth and share the love of Jesus with them?
We're all about being generous with the gifts that God has given to us. How can you share yours?
Are you willing to help us share Jesus with all who come in our preschool doors?
Elders
This is our board of spiritual oversight in our congregation, who work with our Pastors to provide God's Word and Christian Care to our congregation.
Bob Peters
Head Elder
Ministering to the needs of families Johnson-Lentz and Moehnke-Phillips, Light-Miller.
Ministering to the needs of families Johnson-Lentz and Moehnke-Phillips, Light-Miller.
