Rev. Adam Randazzo (’09) featured in Bostonia for Church Re-Opening
The following is an excerpt from Bostonia’s article “An Ipswich Church Rises from the Rubble” by Steve Holt, featuring alumnus Adam Randazzo (’09), published on December 11, 2025.
When the ceiling collapsed at Living Faith United Methodist Church in Ipswich, Mass., pastor Adam Randazzo was determined not to let the congregation’s future collapse with it.
Any other Friday, Randazzo might have been inside the building, doing a walk-through before Sunday services. The afternoon of May 25, 2018, however, Randazzo (STH’09) was picking up his children from school when a truss failed and the church’s 160-year-old ceiling crashed to the floor, crushing the pews and everything in the sanctuary. As he pulled up to the church parsonage he lives in with his family, Randazzo saw fire trucks and first responders investigating what was clearly a disaster inside the sanctuary. His heart sank when he spotted a parishioner’s car parked behind the church. First responders used thermal cameras to search for anyone who might have been trapped under the rubble in the building. Thankfully, nobody was inside when the ceiling fell. The parishioner whose car was parked behind the building was visiting the nearby library.
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