Ben Kittilstad serves as Music Ministry Associate at Hope, where he provides piano accompaniment and solos during worship. He additionally leads and accompanies the choir. Ben has always had a passion for music and began taking piano lessons at age six as a student of Edna Sahs and later became a student of Dr. Nicholas Phillips at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He stays immersed in music ministry in the community by playing at various nursing and assisted living homes.