Meet The Pastor

Pastor Rick Egtvedt
Rev. Richard T. Egtvedt
Richard T. Egtvedt began leading the flock at Shepherd of the Hills on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Rick Egtvedt received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from Michigan State University in 1983, a Master in Public Administration degree with honors from the University of West Florida in 1993, and a Master of Divinity degree with honors from The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 2014. Rick was a member of Christ Lutheran Church ( Inner Harbor ), Baltimore MD. He was a teaching parish student at New Hope Lutheran Church, Columbia, MD and did his Clinical Pastoral Education at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He served his internship at St. Paul ' s Lutheran Church/Our Redeemer Lutheran church in Canonsburg and McMurray, PA respectively. Rick Egtvedt is a second career, first call seminarian. Prior to entering the seminary, Rick served in the United States Air Force for twenty-six years, achieving the rank of Colonel, and serving as the Director, Joint Reserve Intelligence Program, of the Department of Intelligence.