Passover is a very important ceremony in Christian life. It began in Egypt as Israel was brought out of it by God. But it took on new meaning and significance when Jesus Christ instituted new symbols for the Passover on His last Passover on Earth. We look at six different aspects or stepping stones to Passover to help us prepare for that important evening.
Richard's family first learned of God's wonderful truth in the mid-1950s in rural Wisconsin. His family moved to central Florida in the late 1960s where Richard spent many of his teen years and attended the Orlando church. After high school, he attended and graduated from Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. Since then, he has spent most of his working career in the Information Technology industry.
He was ordained in 2012 while living in Cincinnati, Ohio and now serves as pastor of the Orlando and Jacksonville Florida congregations of the United Church of God.
When not connected to technology, Richard enjoys spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren, reading, gardening, traveling and tinkering.