Richard Power has a BA in Education with a double major inChoral and Instrumental Music. He also has a Masters of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. His education also includes Graduate work in Music Education and Special Education Needs from Seattle Pacific University.

Richard is a master teacher and will retire from Issaquah School District where he has been their Music Specialist in 7

elementary schools; director of Liberty High School band, jazz band, and choirs; director of Pine Lake Middle School

choir; and formed and director a boys choir for 4&5 grades for the past 15 years.

Richard has had 27 years of experiences as music director in churches. The most recent from the Interim Music Director

for University Presbyterian Church where he directed their 90 member Cancel Choir along with special events orchestra,

and bell choir. He is also an accomplished organist.

We are blessed to have Richard minister with us. One of his passions is to use music as a way to reach out to the community.

An example of this was starting a Jazz Band from the community that he formed and directed. Many people

dusted off their musical instruments and met together to practice and play during some worship services. In his interview

Richard said, my job is to get people in the doors of the church to experience through worship and the community,

the Good News of Jesus Christ. The rest is left up to God.