rhuff@gccsmithville.org
What is your job at Grace?
I am Pastor of Community Care.
What are your church responsibilities?
I am over small groups, discipleship, pastoral care, establishing and overseeing systems of care for the congregation.
Tell us about your family:
I am married to my favorite human, Kelley. We have four amazing children: Clara (2012), Judson (2014), Lowell (2016) and Briggston (2019).
Where are you originally from?
I am originally from Odessa, MO
What is your Education and Experience?
I have a BS in Sociology and received a Master of Divinity from Midwestern Baptist Seminary. I served as pastor of First Baptist Church, Green City, MO and then as pastor of First Baptist Church Lexington, MO. While pastoring, I also served through the local association and was part of a teaching team who worked to train and equip pastors in the area. I first experienced small groups while attending Redeemer Fellowship and eventually led a group at that church.
What are your hobbies/interests outside of work?
I love really good coffee, reading about my latest passion (which usually rotates through counseling, church revitalization, and Biblical hermeneutics); meeting with friends over really good coffee; cooking meat over fire with cast iron, or better yet...in cast iron over fire. I enjoy pursuing the white-tailed deer with my two oldest sons (better known as sitting together in a ground blind and scaring away everything within a five mile radius). I also love spending time with my family going on new adventures together.