Staff & Leadership

Our Minister of Music, Mark Fettke is a native of Alva, Oklahoma, Mark graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University with a B.S. degree in Secondary Music – choral conducting and a minor in Voice and Piano. His Master of Education degree in Choral Conducting was completed through Phillips University (a Disciples of Christ college) in Enid, Oklahoma.

After college, he moved to Los Angeles where he taught high school music, directed church choirs and played the organ part-time as well as spending many years teaching English as a Second Language in East L.A.

Later, and living in Oregon, he became a TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher and administrator at Oregon State University.  He was a part-time organist and choir master as well.

He has more than twenty years of experience as an organist and/or choir director in sacred/spiritual settings and enjoys leading congregations in inspired anthems, liturgy, psalm and hymn settings.

He is married to Dolores (Dolly) Ianni, a Research Director and Analyst for Gartner, Inc., a fortune 500 company.  They’ve been married for more than 10 years.  He has a step son, Robert Ianni, who recently graduated from the University of South Florida and now works in the technology field.  Mark also has family who live in Lakeland, Florida – a brother, Steven Fettke, his wife, Tilly, and their children, Phillip, Stephanie and Sophia – her husband Brenton Huffaker.  Mark’s interests are his family, singing, composing music, digital music mixing, walking, reading, and sports.

Classically trained in the Robert Shaw school of choral conducting, he loves conducting/performing all kinds of music.  Whether it’s a simple Joyce Eilers’ pieces for two-part treble, or the Brahms Requiem, or a Taize chant, he feels it is essential to convey the spirit of piece that uplifts both performer and listener.  This focuses worship on the message of Jesus Christ to the world.

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