Forty years ago, Ricky Easter began his journey with Victory Baptist Church. As Easter reflects on 40 years at the same church, he said plenty has changed and plenty remains the same.
Over the past four decades, Easter said he has literally watched generations come and go.
There are adults serving in church who were not even born when Easter and wife Debbie came on the scene.
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No doubt there was a throng celebrating the Easters Sunday for Pastor Appreciation Day, and Easter said folks went over and beyond to show their love with testimonies, singing and gifts.
“It was just an amazing day, an overwhelming day to us,” he said on Monday’s TownTalk.
He said that although he’s entertained the idea of going somewhere else over the years, God just saw fit to keep him in Henderson.
His pastor once told him that as long as he can say, “’I know I’m right where the Lord wants me to be,’ then you can withstand any storm that comes your way,” Easter said.
Since 1990 or so, Victory Baptist Church’s service has aired on WIZS at 11 a.m. on Sundays. Easter said he often gets “recognized” at the grocery store or other places in the community because people know that familiar voice that comes through the radio.
“You don’t ever really know who’s listening,” he said.
Whether you’re listening from the pews of Victory Baptist or tuned in to the radio, Easter said he wants people to know one thing: “I love the Lord and I stand firmly for the gospel of Christ, and that our church also does the same.”
The faces may have changed over the years, but Easter’s message to his congregation remains the same. “I don’t try to promote myself. I always try to exalt the Lord and carry the gospel and try to encourage other people,” he said.
“I try to stay out of the way and let the Lord be the forefront of everything that we do.”
