The Rev. David Rice accepted a call to First Presbyterian, Wooster, in late April and took his position as Pastor/Head of Staff on June 1, 2014. He will be installed as their pastor on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 4:00 pm, and all are invited to attend.

David received his undergraduate degree from North Park University in Chicago, majoring in Music and Theater. He earned a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Northwestern University. From his graduation through the 1990s David was a professional baritone soloist, actor and opera singer.

David has always been interested in philosophy, the "big questions", God-talk. In the late '90s he took the advice of various mentors who saw the possibilities of a different calling in him and he entered Columbia Theological Seminary, graduating in 2000 with a Master of Divinity degree. From 2000-2014 he was Pastor/Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church, Anniston, AL.

David is married to Karolyn, a musician and piano teacher. They have two sons, Brendan, a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Brian who will be a senior at that university this fall.