Rev. Will Rice is an ordained United Methodist Elder who has served in the Rio Texas and Southwest Texas Conferences since 2005. He was ordained in 2008 and received his Master of Divinity from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and his Bachelor of Communications from The State University of New York College at Fredonia.
He has served at Oak Hill UMC in Austin, Grace UMC in Corpus Christi, University UMC in San Antonio, and as the Director of Communications and Media Support for the Rio Texas Annual Conference.
Will is married to Karen, who serves as the Director of Music and Worship at First UMC, Boerne. Between them, they have four children: Kaithe, a senior at Texas State; Joshua, a freshman at UTSA; Karis, and Sam, both in the eighth grade. They share their home with their dog, Sahara, cat, Minerva, and a tortoise named Bellona.
Prior to his call to ministry, Will was a radio disc jockey on-the-air in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Austin, Texas.