Richmond United Methodist Church welcomes Pastor Ed Van Arsdale. Pastor Ed has been a youth Pastor of Grace UMC for over 20 years. The last 5 years, he has gone though the United Methodist Local Pastor Licensing School. He is married to Karen, his High School sweetheart, for 28 years. They have 3 wonderful children who have left the nest. Ed also enjoyed playing the guitar in their praise band for over 15 years. Ed thanks God for being able to “grow a faithful community of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” in our area.