Rick Church

Rick Church

Rick Church has served as pastor of Santa Cruz Community Church (formerly First Baptist Church) since 1997, which is 8 of the 147 years this church has been in existence. He previously served ministries in Wichita, Kansas; Los Angeles and Taft, California.

Rick is married to Marilou Church. They have six daughters and live in Ben Lomond. Rick has earned a Masters of Divinity Degree from the American Baptist Seminary of the West/ Graduate Theological Union, a B.A. in communication and minor in Religious Studies. He has also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary. Before entering the ministry in 1987, Rick was a local newspaper editor.

We are pleased to welcome Rick as a valued columnist for ChristianCruz!

Stuck Somewhere Between Christmas and Easter or "O Lord, Stuck in Lodi Again"

by Rick Church

Our most productive Christian growth can come when we connect with God in the day-to-day moments of living.

In the late 1960s the band Creedance Clearwater Revival, a Rock and Roll band, had a surprising Country music hit. The song was the story of rising music star who — in between the interview with the “man from of the magazine” who said he would “go far” and reality — “ran out of songs to sing”. The chorus said it all: “O Lord, stuck in Lodi again.”

I am not sure if you have ever experienced Lodi, but I have. After experiencing Lodi, I can understand why so many people liked the song. The song captures the “in-between” of day-to-day life everyone experiences. Much of the time we feel like we are “stuck in Lodi again”.

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