Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church welcomes Pastor Charles R. Frederick in the role as Interim Pastor, as of January 2009. Pastor Frederick will serve Trinity as Trinity goes through the Call Process to replace Pastor Nicholas Brie who retired from ministry in November, 2008.

Pastor Frederick grew up in Ohio and attended Capital University and Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Pastor Frederick was ordained as a Pastor in the Lutheran faith in June, 1964. He has served St. Paul Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran and Trinity Lutheran in Western New York State and moved in July 1977, to St. James Lutheran Church in Rockdale, Maryland.

In June 1993, Pastor Frederick became the Pastor for the The Community of St. Dysmas, with congregations at Maryland Correctional Institution and Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Maryland Correctional Institution and Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown and the Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women.

Since his retirement in June 2003, Pastor Frederick has served as preaching supply in area congregations and as Interim Pastor for several churches. Pastor Frederick and his wife Bonnie live in Mt. Airy, Maryland. They have three adult children and one granddaughter.