Pastor, Gary Zacharias

gary@terraceshores.org

Pastor Gary has been the pastor of Terrace Shores since 1991. Prior to that, he and his family served two other churches in the pastoral ministry, and also as missionaries to the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute with a double major in Bible Theology and Evangelism, the Univ. of Wisconsin Oshkosh with a B.S. degree in history, and then attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he received his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees. Gary ministers with his wife, Carmen (who also graduated from Moody). They have four children: Katie, Kara, David (pictured), and Josiah (pictured).

Director of Student Ministries, Ryan Jingst

ryan@terraceshores.org
 
        Ryan grew up in Northwest Montana near Glacier National Park.  After studying business management one year at Pensacola Christian College in Florida, Ryan switched his major to youth ministry and transferred to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago Ill.  It was at MBI that Ryan met Jody, his wife since June 2001.  Jody also graduated with a degree in youth ministry.  Jody grew up in a small farming community in Northwest Illinois.  Jody spent two different years with her family on the mission field in Africa.  They have two children: Elijah and Lydia.  Ryan and Jody both have a desire to build meaningful relationships with students, and to use that basis as a platform to show them Christ’s love. 

Director of Music Ministries, Casey Getz

casey@terraceshores.org
 
        Casey graduated with a major in Chemistry from Trinity International University in 2002, which happens to be where he met his wife Katie.  After graduation he worked at Abbott Laboratories as a Chemistry Lab Technician for 2 years, marrying Katie in July of 2004.  He had been very involved in music ministry (leading worship as well as being part of the Christian band "Oak from Ash"), and so in August of 2004 he decided to take the position here at Terrace Shores.  He is now taking seminary classes by extension through Trinity.  In May of 2006 they also welcomed a wonderful little son into their family--Henry Samuel.

Administrative Assistant, Melissa Whitehead

ts@terraceshores.org

Melissa grew up in western Iowa.  After graduating from the University of Northern Iowa with a double major in elementary and middle school education, she joined staff with The Navigators.  For five years, she served with them doing collegiate ministry in Shizuoka, Japan and at UW-Madison.  She met her husband Tim in Madison through the Navigators; they married in July 2006.