About Rev. Randy Greenwald

Randy was born in Loveland, Ohio, the youngest of four children and the son of a carpenter and a school teacher. Nurtured as a child in the Loveland United Methodist Church, he lived in Loveland until leaving for college. Since Loveland was a Cincinnati suburb, he became a great fan of the Cincinnati Reds.

Randy graduated from Michigan State University in 1978 with a degree in English Education and immediately married his wife Barb. While in college, he came to appreciate the depth and breadth of Reformed preaching at the East Lansing Trinity Church, where he and his wife Barb were married.

Graduation opened the door to a teaching career in the greater Cincinnati area, a career cut short by a desire to prepare for a missionary call. This led the Greenwalds to St. Louis, Missouri, and four wonderful years attending Covenant Theological Seminary and cheering the St. Louis Cardinals.

Still thinking that God would have him eventually serve in a missionary position, Randy assumed the pastorate of Hope Presbyterian Church in Bradenton, Florida. But God had other plans, and Randy pastored Hope Church for nearly 25 years. In that time God taught him much about ministry, but, he says, even more about God's unfailing and unfathomable love and grace. This is the message he hopes to convey in his call to Covenant Presbyterian Church and to the Oviedo community.

Through it all, God has blessed Randy and Barb with six children and three grandchildren.

Randy blogs regularly at Somber and Dull.