OUR STAFF

PASTOR - Reverend Joshua Heimbuck

My name is Rev. Joshua Heimbuck. I am blessed to have been married to Rebecca, and we have a 16-year-old son, John.

I have been a pastor for 14 years, serving congregations in Minnesota, Utah, and now in Ashland, Oregon, at Grace Lutheran Church. 

In my spare time, I enjoy hiking, biking, ceramics, guitar, and spending time with family and friends. I am honored to serve the Ashland community and people throughout the Rogue Valley. Thank you for allowing me to serve all of you. May the Lord bless and keep you all.

CHOIR DIRECTOR - Stuart Turner

WORSHIP TEAM LEADER - Alice Turner

Stuart and Alice Turner moved to Ashland from Las Vegas, NV in 1976 and have been involved with the music program at Grace Lutheran ever since. 

While in Las Vegas, Stuart was a professional musician in hotel house bands and was the tuba player in the Las Vegas Symphony.  He was the leader and tuba player of the Las Vegas Brass Quintet and was adjunct professor of music at UNLV. Alice was a soprano soloist with the Ed Brahms Chorale, soprano with the Young Audiences Vocal Quartet, music consultant with the Las Vegas Public Schools and choir director at Christ Lutheran Church.

In Ashland, Stuart was the Music Department Chair and director of the jazz studies program at Southern Oregon University and was awarded Emeritus Music Professor status upon his retirement.  Alice was an elementary music specialist with the Ashland Public Schools and a voice instructor at Southern Oregon University. She performed as a soprano soloist with the Rogue Valley Symphony, Rogue Opera, Britt Festival Orchestra, Southern Oregon Repertory Singers and others.

ACCOMPANIST - Tatsiana Asheichyk

Tatsiana Asheichyk MM*, NCTM** is a virtuosic pianist, organist, accompanist, and piano teacher with over twenty years of international and local teaching experience.

Ms. Asheichyk began playing piano at the age of five. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the School of Music in Minsk, the Brest State College of Music, and Southern Oregon University. Before relocating to the US, she studied at the Belorussian State Academy of Music under Dr. Igor Olovnikov. Ms. Asheichyk has been coached by renowned teachers such as John Perry and Paul Polley. In June 2016, she earned her Master's Degree in Keyboard (piano and organ) Performance under Dr. Alexander Tutunov and Dr. Margaret Evans.

She has won numerous awards, including first prize in the Oregon Friends of Music Scholarship Competition and the American Protégé International Romantic Music Competition. Ms. Asheichyk has performed at prestigious venues like the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Green Show, the Craterian Theatre, Belarusian State Philharmonic Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Carnegie Hall.

Ms. Asheichyk has served as an accompanist for the Siskiyou Violins, the SOU Concert Choir, and the Symphonic Band, and has collaborated with the Rogue Valley Opera. She owns and teaches at Tatsiana's Piano Studio and is the staff accompanist for Grace Lutheran Church in Ashland, OR. A member of MTNA, OMTA, and Rogue Valley OMTA, she became a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in piano in 2022. 

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Diann Engstrom

Hello!  I’ve been the Administrative Assistant at Grace since November of 2022. 

I am from Goodyear, AZ. I retired in 2016 from the Arizona Department of Corrections as an HR Administrator overseeing the State Prison HR offices.  After retiring, I took a position as an Administrative Assistant working for the Warden at the women’s prison.  I moved to Oregon in April of 2021. 

In my spare time I enjoy exploring the valley with my daughter Sydney, stitching, (or anything crafty), Backgamon, crossword puzzles and spoiling my two dogs, Sapphie and Thomas.