Ted Beverage and his family moved to South Lake Tahoe after retiring from the Navy in June of 2003.  He and his family became members of Tahoe Community Church that same year. Ted, a 27-year Navy Band Veteran, came to Tahoe to accept a position as NJROTC instructor at South Tahoe High School. Ted holds an associate degree in liberal arts, is an ordained deacon, and has served as Interim Music Director at churches in San Diego, CA; Pearl Harbor, HI, and Great Lakes, IL.

Ted began his volunteer work at Tahoe Community Church as Sound Technician for the Praise Team and later as drummer and percussionist. He also taught Adult Sunday School occasionally and volunteered at the Food Pantry. Ted became the interim Music Director in 2007 and served in that position on a voluntary basis for four years.  Ted came on staff at Tahoe Community Church in 2011 where he served as the Music Director for 10 years.  In 2011, Ted moved to the position of Office Administrator where he still serves today.  Ted is also the Chairman of the Deacon Board at Tahoe Community Church.  

Ted and his wife Karen have been married for 37 years and have two sons.  Brian, an Alternative Testing Specialist at the Disabilities Resource Center at UNR,  resides with his wife Patricia in Reno NV.  Andrew, lives in Lake Tahoe and works as a Chef at Café del Sol and Salt Grass Restaurants.

When Ted is not working at the church, or at his full-time job as Security Officer at the Margaritaville Hotel, his passion is the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Ministry.  Ted and Karen work all year round collecting, making, and preparing items to pack in the shoeboxes.  Karen has headed up the OCC ministry at Tahoe Community Church for over 20 years.   Ted also enjoys hiking with Andrew and working on jigsaw puzzles.