Pastor Ferry (facial hair may vary!)  For most of this time, his dream was to become a Lutheran pastor. But during the pre-seminary work in college, he began to question his desire to enter the ministry and decided to explore other options. After graduating from Concordia in 1997, he entered the world of law enforcement instead. Working for one year as a Deputy Sheriff with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office and six years with the West Allis Police Department as a police officer and a sergeant, he rediscovered the love he had for the Gospel. He began making preparations to head back toward the seminary, taking classes in Biblical Greek from a pastor in the Milwaukee area in 2003-2004. In
2004, “Sgt. Ferry” left the police department and enrolled at Concordia
Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He
graduated there on May 16th, 2008 with an Master's Degree in Theology. The call to St. Mark’s in West Bloomfield is
his first call as a pastor. He also served three years in the US Air Force Reserve during his seminary days. Charles
married Cheryl (nee Mueller) in 2003 after the two met at a worship conference.
Cheryl taught junior high school at a Milwaukee-area Lutheran school, and
served as Music Ministry Assistant at a large St. Louis church and school. Charles and Cheryl are the parents of son Caleb,
born in September of 2005, and daughter Caitlin, born in August of 2009. Cheryl serves as the Music Director at St. Mark's, helping to plan music for the Divine Service, as well as directing hand bells, vocal choirs, and instrumentalists. Debbie LoCascio: Office Manager  In her own words: Have been married to Tom for 28 years. Have 1 child, a daughter, Angela, who is 22 years old. We've been members of St. Mark's since November 1995. I've been Office Manager here since March 1999. Hobbies: Camping, boating, swimming, traveling, singing in St. Mark's Church Choir. Thomas LoCascio: Chairman, Board of Elders  Tom was born and raised in Detroit Michigan, living there for 18 years, before moving to the suburbs with his family. He has been a member of St Mark’s since 1995 and has served on various boards which include the Usher team, Counter team and Video ministry. He has been served on the board of Elders since 2006. Tom married Debbie (nee Tippett), who just happens to be St. Mark’s office manager, in 1981. They have one daughter, Angela, who was born in August 1987. Working in the coatings business since 1977, he has been involved in formulating; color matching, design and testing various paints for the automotive, industrial, decorative and house paint business. He currently is employed with an Automotive Leather manufacturing Company and you guessed it, in the color finish dept. His hobbies include bowling, camping, and getting away and going up north any chance he can get. He is a die hard Red Wings fan and Detroit Tigers fan. Board of Elders
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