After a 16 month call process, St. Matthew celebrates the arrival of new senior pastor, Reverend Karl M. Richard. Pastor Richard’s prior ordained service included Lutheran churches in Rensselaer, Poestenkill and Raymertown, New York as well as his most recent congregation, Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Applebachsville, PA where he served as senior pastor from 1995 through 2007. Pastor Richard’s education includes a BS in Urban Planning from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse University in 1982 and a Masters in Divinity from The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA in 1987. Joining Pastor Richard in the Saint Matthew family is his wife, Leslie, who is also an ordained pastor in the ELCA, and his two daughters, Amanda, age 10, and Abigail, age 8. We welcome them all and look forward to our ministry together!