Wayne
Wayne Rice has been involved in ministry (mostly youth ministry) for almost 50 years. He’s also a bluegrass music nut. He is currently a pastor at a church in San Diego and doing some writing, speaking, consulting, broadcasting and banjo picking. He also loves being a husband, father and grandpa. Here are a few of the details:
- Married to Marci for 45 years!
- Blessed with three kids and (so far) four grandkids who are a joy!
- Co-founded an organization called Youth Specialties, still going strong (now owned by YouthWorks).
- Founded another organization called Understanding Your Teenager, which is now part of HomeWord.
- Wrote a bunch of books (last count, about 30). Some of them are still in print.
- Played in a successful country-bluegrass band called Brush Arbor back in the 70′s (even played a few shows with Johnny Cash!)
- Has hosted a bluegrass music radio program in San Diego for 35 years–the longest running radio program in San Diego history. You can hear it Sunday nights on KSON-FM.
- Has a bluegrass band in San Diego called Lighthouse and another called Grassology.
- Is Pastor to Generations at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego, working mostly with families.
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Wayne,
Or should I say, Pastor? I have e-mailed you a couple of times in the past, but looking you up on the Internet (at work we were talking Bluegrass, I work now as a CBP Tech after blowing out my right knee (meniscus tear), twice, as an Officer. I read about your time in the hospital, and it felt familiar. At the age of 42, I had two “left lacunar infarcts,” I recovered extremely well,passing CA Peace Officer Standards of Training, including the treadmill stress test, one year post strokes! After gettin ghired by SDSO, then the Probation Department, I came here after 9-11. What I would like to do now,is say THANK YOU,for your much earlier impact on my life. I started attending CABC at age 16 while a student at Patrick Henry and goping to Campus Life meetings and volunteering at Youth for Christ. Your church brought me to Christ in 1971. When I graduated a year early, enlisted as that was all I could do, knowing that better men than me were fighting, and dying in Vietnam, I immediately volunteered for Vietnam service. Being a Christian, and trying to live my life in according to the guidance of Fomans 8:28, was a great blessing. I wasn’t afraid of dying. The Lord had me in His hands, and when He wants me, I was ready. I thank Him for that daily, still today. God Bless you, and, like the car window, I like my grass blue, with Rice.
Mark Hamersly
“Who, more than self, his Country loved.”
Wayne,
Sorry about the typos, this keyboard is really messed up!
Mark
Wayne, I am contacting you to see if you are the author of Creation Do Wah Ditty and to get permission to use that song in our Emmaus Community.
Thank you so much!!!!