Meet Our Spiritual Care Team
Prelude Ministries takes the calling of Serving Seniors, Supporting Caregivers and Sharing Christ seriously. Our teammates are full-time credentialed Pastors. We have a goal of engaging a Pastor for every 30 residents, their families and respective staff. This low Pastor-to-resident ratio ensures deliberate and regular individual connections as well as time for impactful formal ministry activities.
The staff we met with felt different, they felt genuinely compassionate...
- Julie
Pastor Steve Schramm
Executive Director of Prelude Ministries
Pastor Steve Schramm entered full-time ministry after graduating from seminary in 2019. He has always enjoyed serving and helping others, especially seniors. Prior to working at Prelude, he was a chiropractor for 20 years and is fond of saying “I used to try and straighten people out physically, but now I am trying to adjust them spiritually.”
He is passionate about sharing the good news and his goal is to bring joy to the residents’ lives every day and to make sure that they all know that God loves them, and that God has not forgotten them.
Contact Pastor Steve
sschramm@preludecares.com
Pastor Ayla Litsenberger
Director of Ministry Development
Pastor Ayla entered into full-time ministry shortly after graduating from Liberty University Theological Seminary in 2023 and receiving her minister license and non-denominational ordination from the National Association of Christian Ministers in 2024. Prior to working at Prelude Ministries, she served 20 years in the United States Army, retiring in 2023. Pastor Ayla is no stranger to dementia care as she cared for her father who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease for 8 years before his entrance into Memory care in 2022 and remained alongside him until his transition home in 2024. She currently serves as the Director of Ministry Development for Prelude Ministries, and the Campus Pastor at our Woodbury, MN location. She is married to her husband Ben; they have a blended family of five children, and three grandchildren. They also have a family dog that is a Siberian Husky named Bella who comes in for resident visits.
When asked what she loved most about her role at Prelude Ministries, she said, "Serving Jesus by serving His people. While works are not a means of salvation it is the fruit of our relationship with Christ. The Lord has placed such a great love in my heart for our residents, their families, our caregivers, and our staff. I am so thankful that I get to live that out in a way that not only honors the memory of my Dad but also glorifies God, as our spiritual care program demonstrates that joy, peace, and the light of the Lord can thrive where the world claims is a desert place."
Contact Pastor Ayla
alitsenberger@preludecares.com
Pastor Linda Boyadjis
Campus Pastor - White Bear Lake
Pastor Linda Boyadjis first entered into ministry part-time as a congregational pastoral assistant and a Chaplain Intern at The University of Minnesota Medical Center in the Newborn Intensive Care Department in 2009. After graduating from Bethel Theological Seminary and receiving her ordination as a Lutheran pastor, she began her journey in full-time ministry in 2015 as a Chaplain resident at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital for Palliative Care. In 2016, she served as a Spiritual Care Director at St. Anthony Health & Rehab and Chandler Place Assisted Living. God led her to Prelude Ministries in 2021 where she currently serves as a Campus Pastor at our White Bear Lake, MN location. Pastor Linda is married to her husband George; they have three children and four grandsons. They also have a family dog who is a doodle named Basil who she often brings to visit the residents of White Bear.
When asked what she loves about her spiritual care role at Prelude Ministries, she said, "It is an honor to bring the love of the Lord through Word and Sacrament to His Children that live with dementia and other illnesses. Guiding the residents to lay the troubles from their previous decades at the feet of Jesus and peacefully enjoy the true love of the Lord is a blessing. Their transformation can be amazing. And while life can still be a struggle, they come to know they have Christ by their side walking with them along with the staff at Prelude."
Contact Pastor Linda
lboyadjis@preludecares.com
This Could be You!
Interested in joining our Spiritual Team? Apply below!
https://www.preludecares.com/careers
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Pastor Steve Schramm
Director of Spiritual Care