The Rev. Virginia Rickeman will lead the service at Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, Aug. 16. Margaret Mceldowney will serve as organist. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome!

Virginia "Ginger" Rickeman grew up in Massachusetts spending summers in Boothbay Harbor. After graduating from Masconomet Regional High School, she obtained a B.S. in biology from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in horticulture from the University of Minnesota. Rev. Rickeman earned her master of divinity from United Theological Seminary in Minnesota.

Ordained in the United Church of Christ, she served for 11 years as an associate minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Ginger then accepted a call to West Parish Congregational Church in Bethel, Maine, ministering there for nine years before retiring.

A happy, year-round resident of Boothbay Harbor, she shares a home with her best friend, Vicki. Rev. Rickeman loves visits with her sons and their families: Matthew, Becca and sons Jones, Greg and Kevin in Westminster, Maryland; Thomas, Andrea and their children Eleanor and Henry in Tustin, California. 

Favorite activities include giving tours at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, ringing in her church bell choir, knitting, gardening, and reading mystery novels.