Handwriting on the Wall: 2021

Given on Jan 16, 2021 by Rick Shabi Listen

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As the world moves into its calendar year 2021, we see and hear things that seem unfamiliar to us. Something is “in the air.” You can’t escape the change in tone and rhetoric in our nation today. The Bible recounts the events that occurred leading up to and before the fall of the world’s first great empire. As we review, we can see striking resemblances to the world around us.

Rick Shabi

President, United Church of God

Rick Shabi was ordained an elder in 2000, and relocated to northern Florida in 2004. He attended Ambassador College and graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Business, with a major in Accounting. After enjoying a rewarding career in corporate and local hospital finance and administration, he became a pastor in January 2011. Since then, he and his wife Deborah have served in the Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida, churches. Rick served as the Treasurer for the United Church of God from 2013–2022, and was named President in May 2022.