Pat Rieck
Community & Care Director
Pat grew up in Sumner, Iowa on a farm – yes, doing most everything farm life entails – just use your imagination with cows, crops, chickens, yup, did it all. (However, she did not assist in birthing a calf.) In addition to being a farm girl, professionally she was a teacher as her first profession and then followed the Lord into full-time vocational ministry.
Pat received an associate degree from Waldorf College (’81), bachelor’s of science degree from Iowa State (’83), master’s degree in education from University of Northern Iowa (’87) and master's degree in pastoral studies with an emphasis in family ministry from Multnomah Biblical Seminary (‘02).
This farm girl from northeast Iowa spread her wings from teaching high school students in Iowa to Monterrey, Mexico and Taipei, Taiwan until 1994. The following year, Pat began her adventure in full-time vocational ministry in Taiwan.
Pat arrived at New Covenant Bible Church in the fall of 2002. Not knowing what God had planned, her theme verse from 8th grade has had particular meaning - “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey what I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20. God really had a sense of humor for this small town farm girl to spend much of her life in cities of several million outside of the States, only to return to Iowa.
Pat enjoys meeting people and getting to know them. She also enjoys spending time with friends, reading, going to movies, and traveling.