Staff
Lead Pastor
Rev. Ed Fashbaugh
rev_ed_fashbaugh(at)sbcglobal.net
Prior to arriving at Church of the Savior in 2004 Ed served seven years as an Associate Director with the United Methodist Regional Office that oversees 800+ churches. In this position he was responsible for providing consultations with local churches on everything from evangelism to youth ministry.
Ed received his BA Degree in History Education from Grove City College (PA), and his Master’s of Divinity from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
Ed is the author of "Creating An Authentic Youth" Ministry. His writing and preaching style can best be described as relational. Ed’s preaching is real, relevant and inspiring. He believes that in order for mainline churches to be vital in today’s world they must first of all be authentic.
Associate Pastor
Rev. George Roberts
rev_george329@sbcglobal.net
George has a unique and non-typical pathway into ministry. After serving a stint in the Navy, he entered into a career with Boeing, where he worked on the first-stage boosters of the Saturn V rocket that was used for the Apollo missions to the moon. He then moved on to work at the Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Division in Lynchburg, Virginia and finally to the B&W Research Division in Alliance, Ohio where he authored textbooks and led a team that wrote two national standards on assuring the quality of scientific research. He is a registered professional engineer.
Upon retirement in 1998, he felt God’s call into full-time Christian Ministry. George brings a wealth of “real world” experience into his ministry.
Director of Caring Ministries
Jane Fleischer
janefleischer(at)sbcglobal.net
Prior to working at Church of the Savior, Jane retired as an engineer with Ameritech. Jane has served the church in many capacities over the years. Her knowledge of the church, its history and its people are a valuable assets that allows the church to have a caring and compassionate ministry with everyone.
Tony Watson, Jr.
Music and Worship Leader for the "Emergent 120" Worship Experience.
Tony is a musician who plays all kinds of music, and instruments. Professionally he has performed, toured or recorded with many secular and Christian groups. In the last two years he has written or played on three albums released worldwide each of which has claimed a #1 spot on the Smooth Jazz Top 50 Chart for weeks. Most recently he has been connected to Christian recording artists Israel Houghton and Terrence Palmer.
In the last 5 years his life has been totally transformed as God has molded him into a worship leader. He has lead worship at major regional youth events as well as being a local favorite.
Fred Bahr, Church Organist and Choirmaster for our 9:45 Traditional Worship Service.
Fred is a graduate of Andrews University with a degree in organ performance. Fred has served as Organist-Choirmaster for churches in Chicago, Washington, Richmond and Canton. He has appeared in recital on both coasts and throughout the Midwest.
He has received honors from Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, and the American Society of Arts and letters, and was privileged to attend the final summer courase of the royal School of Church Music held in residence at Addington Palace. Fred is a frequent lecturer/demonstrator for the American Guild of Organists and the American institute of Organbuilders.
Bruce Schutrum, Associate Organist-Choirmaster
Bruce graduated from Mount Union College with a B.M. cum laude and did graduate studies in music education at the University of Akron.
He is a member of Ohio Music Educators Association and Music Educators National Conference. He is a pastor member in the Organ Historical Society and the American Guild of Organists.
Edie McFadden, Senior Administrative Assistant
Christine Streb, Finance Administrator
