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
Grace Home Delivery – Easter
Please join your fellow members and click the following link for our Easter worship.
Grace Home Delivery – Good Friday
Listen and Participate in our Good Friday Worship Service
Grace Home Delivery – Maundy Thursday
Listen and Participate in our Worship Service While we are being responsible and doing our part to control the spread of COVID-19, we are still a church. Worship can take different forms. Please join your fellow members and click the following link. This service will...
Grace Home Delivery – Palm Sunday
While we are being responsible and doing our part to control the spread of COVID-19, we are still a church.
Grace Home Delivery
While we are being responsible and doing our part to control the spread of COVID-19, we are still a church. Worship can take different forms. Please join us!
Grace Home Delivery
A video from Pastor Rick. What you will see and hear are some of the essential parts of our liturgy that would have been in our worship service this morning.
Ash Wednesday – The Beginning of Lent
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. On Ash Wednesday, many Christians will receive an ashen cross on their forehead.
Congregational Study and Reflection
Led by Pastor Rick on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm a discussion group has been meeting to talk over issues arising out of two publications by Kelly Fryer with titles Reclaiming the “L” Word, and Reclaiming the “C” Word.
Synod conference
In June, Pastor Rick and Ray Henrickson were delegates to the 2018 Synod Assembly that was held in Toronto. Also, several of Grace’s members volunteered to assist in welcoming and registering delegates to the Assembly.