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Staff

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Ryan Odens
​Watertown Pastor

Alyssa Maskovich
​Office Administrator

Debi Fritz
Children's Ministry Leader

Anthony Brown
​Worship Leader

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Aaron Cloud
GracePoint Lead Pastor

Ben Gietzen
​Ministry Development Pastor

Aaron joined the staff in April of 2011. He studied Christian Ministries and Biblical Literature at Indiana Wesleyan University and completed his M.A. in ministry leadership from Wesley Seminary and an M.A in Theological Studies from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Aaron met his wife, Lauren, at Indiana Wesleyan. Aaron and Lauren have 3 daughters, Eisley, Emery & Indie.

In his spare time, Aaron enjoys photography, cycling and reading.

Alyssa joined the staff in May 2024. She has attended GracePoint since 2016 with her husband Tyler and their now, four boys.
She attended Lake Area Tech for Business: Marketing and Management. Aside from working part-time at the church
Alyssa is a stay at home mom who is currently homeschooling Jaxon, Xander, Rowan, and Cooper.
She enjoys organizing activities and events with family and friends and is fueled by a little coffee and a whole lot of Jesus!

Anthony Bio

Ben originally joined the staff of GracePoint Wesleyan (at that time, Brookings Wesleyan) in 2010 as Interim Youth Pastor before moving to Minneapolis in the summer of 2011 to help plant a church. After serving in Minneapolis he moved to Watertown, SD to become a worship pastor. Ben was called back to GracePoint to serve as Pastor for the Oasis Young Adult Ministry in 2019. After two and a half years as the Oasis Pastor, Ben transitioned into the Multiplication and Networking role at GracePoint. With this role, Ben oversees GracePoint’s network churches, residency program, and any future multiplication efforts including church planting. 

While attending SDSU, Ben met his wife, Abby, and the two were married in June of 2010. After graduating from Crown College in 2015 with a degree in Christian Ministries, Ben received a Masters of Divinity Degree through Sioux Falls Seminary in 2021. Ben and Abby have four children: Wesley, Alice (AJ), Otis and Leeland.
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Ben has a passion for helping people grow in the character and competency of Jesus through leading worship, teaching, and making disciples with a priority on multiplication.

Born in Memphis TN, Sue grew up in the South until 8th grade when her family moved to Minneapolis. She received a degree in Music Ed from Augsburg College, but as life unfolds, ended up working as a self-taught application developer/programmer for 27 years. That job eventually brought her, and her husband, to Watertown in 1995.

Sue has been married to Dennis for 43 years. Since it was not in God’s plan for them to have children of their own, she has spent her adult life in music ministries and children's/youth ministries, and has produced/directed over 20 children's productions and dinner theaters. She is currently serving as the Kids' Ministry Leader at GracePoint Church in Watertown.

Ryan became the pastor at GracePoint Watertown in August of 2023. He attended Minnesota State University in Mankato, where he met his beautiful wife Sarah, and finished his General Studies degree at South Dakota State in Brookings. Before coming to Watertown, Ryan spent two years at Linwood Wesleyan Church in Sioux Falls.
 
Ryan & Sarah love to spend time outdoors. They both love fishing and spending time walking through nature and enjoying each other's company. They also have two dogs that they love to take outdoors with them. When stuck inside, they enjoy playing games, Canasta and Sequence are among their favorites.