Pastor Rick is a graduate of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. In 32 years of ministry, Rick has served two United Methodist churches and an Evangelical Free church. He answered the call to be the pastor here at Penney in 2005.
Rick and his wife Connie have been married for 35 years and have two grown children. Their daughter Tara, after getting her Masters of Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, works for Pfiser Pharmaceuticals in Pearl River, NY. She was married to Steven Bennett on September 19, 2009. Steve works for Signature Air at Teterboro Airport in NJ. Their son Brandon, a graduate of Houghton College, works as a Wild Animal Keeper at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.
Connie has a home office where she works as Circulation Manager for Giftbeat, a gift industry trade journal. She likes perennial gardening, feeding the birds, home decorating and sewing. Rick works on the cars, and does home improvements around their home in Sidney ME. Together they like boating, hiking and working out at the gym.
