• Introducing Our Ministers •
The Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs
From Landscaping to Planting Spiritual Seeds
J
ust when Brad Heinrichs was getting established in a landscaping career
another seed started germinating: following his grandfather and father into
the ministry.
That seed doubtless was planted long before he was aware of it.
Brad was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa, where his father, the Rev.
Daniel W. Heinrichs, was pastor of the Westville Society. He moved with
his family to Bryn Athyn, then to Lakewood, Ohio, Mitchellville, Maryland,
and Miami and Boynton Beach, Florida. This gave him the opportunity to
experience many different aspects of life in the New Church, from small circles
to larger church groups with schools.
He attended the Washington New Church School grades 4 through 10,
graduated from the Academy Boys School and completed one year at Bryn
Athyn College. He then graduated from the University of Florida in 1989
with a degree in Landscape Architecture, supplemented with a minor in
Horticulture.
He then spent seven years running a Landscape Design Build and
Maintenance company, which he owned with his brother, Bob, and two
partners, Mark Pennink and Andre Arrimour. He was well launched in his
chosen career.
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