Associate Minister Fills Christian Education Job

Called to serve as associate minister for Christian Education January 13, the Reverend Michael Richter has a fine background for his new position.  At First Congregational, he'll be working with all levels of Christian education, from nursery through adult.
 

The children – and their parents – will benefit from his experience as Associate Minister for Children's Ministries at Bethany Christian Church in Houston. 
 

After graduation from seminary in May 1995, he was resident chaplain at a retirement home in Corpus Christi.
 

Service to people between youngest and oldest came after ordination in June, 1996, during pastorates in Amarillo, Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa.
 

Michael was ordained to ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), after graduation from Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth.  His elective course work focused on pastoral care and Christian education. 
 

At Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, he majored in sociology and minored in business.
 

A fourth-generation Galvestonian and an identical twin (the older twin, he likes to point out), Michael is a sports fan and also likes to play the piano, sing, cook, read and spend time with friends and his brother's family, a half-sister and his mother.