Our Pastor
The Rev. Richard A. Kwiatkowski
While awaiting call, Pastor Kwiatkowski assisted with a summer inner-city day camp at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Buffalo, New York and served as Vacancy Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Elma, New York.
Pastor Kwiatkowski received a call to serve as Pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in North Boston, New York in June 2002. He served this congregation until November 2014. For a couple of years, while serving as the pastor of Good Shepherd, he also served as the part-time Chaplain for the Niagara Lutheran Health System in Western New York. As Chaplain, he provided pastoral care, on two campuses, to residents of two nursing homes, two assisted living facilities, and a senior’s residence.
Pastor Kwiatkowski began his Master of Theology studies at Trinity College (University of Toronto), an affiliate of the Toronto School of Theology in 2008. He received his Master of Theology (ThM) degree in May 2015.
While in Toronto for his studies, he met his partner, Charles, in October 2010. Pastor Kwiatkowski and Charles were married in October 2015. Pastor Kwiatkowski and his husband Charles have been foster parents since December 2011. They have fostered eight children since becoming foster parents. Two of their former foster children, who are now young adults, have become their sons.
In December 2014, Pastor Kwiatkowski was appointed as Interim Pastor of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Toronto. His service to First Evangelical Lutheran Church concluded at the end of July 2016. During the summer of 2016, the congregation voted to call him to be our pastor. He began his ministry with us in September 2016.
Latest from Pastor’s Blog
Advent 2022
Mark the days for Advent 2022.
A Journey in Faith – The Bible in One Year
Daily readings for November and December with links to an online Bible, with many translations.
As Things Change, God Remains Constant
Today is the first day of Summer, and it is a hot one!! As I was out for a walk today, I was reflecting on a hot summer day from June of 2002.
Crowding Out the Weeds in Our Lives – A Trinity Sunday Message
As I was leaving the church today and walking home, I thought about another image for our need to regularly engage in the spiritual disciplines of prayer and scripture reading.
COVID Safety
Moving our in-person Christmas Eve worship to an online worship due to recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
Christmas 2021
“Is this ever going to end?” During the past nearly two years we have individually and collectively said these words as we talked about the pandemic.
Turning to God in Prayer
This morning, as I was reading the world news reports, I was deeply saddened by what has been unfolding in Afghanistan and by the destruction and loss of life in Haiti.
The Horrific Event in London, Ontario
The killing of an innocent Muslim family, out for an evening walk last Sunday, came as a shock to many of us.
Two hundred fifteen children
Hearing the horrible news about the remains of the 215 children that were uncovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, has stirred in all of us all kinds of emotions.