Daniel came to saving faith in 1962, when he accepted Messiah Jesus as his savior. It was soon after coming to believe that Daniel began using his gifts for the Kingdom of God. For over 46 years, Daniel and his wife  Arlene were fully involved in Jewish outreach and discipleship. They served many years within the Jewish community of Baltimore, a good amount of time was also spent in ministry in Russia, as well as each Summer at Camp Shoshanah. Many people came to faith, and many more were discipled. There are dozens of believers in active service for the Lord today who were mentored or discipled by Daniel over the last four decades, some of these are prominent leaders within Messianic Jewish ministry. We honor Dan’s example of faithfulness.

Dan & Arlene have been mainstays at Camp Shoshanah. They were involved in many areas of the Camp program, with Dan being Camp Manager for most of the years from 1973 thru the mid 1990's. Dan served as Camp Chaplain for all those years and right through to his last summer there, 2010. He was a counselor, friend, confidante, teacher, preacher, as well as being pretty handy with a power saw or a plumbers wrench. He oversaw the worship services and established and ran the men's prayer gathering. For some arriving from long distances or overseas, Dan was their initial intro to Camp as he and Arlene picked up incoming students at Bus, Train & Ferry terminals. For many, their memory of their first morning waking up at Camp was Daniel's booming voice coming over the loudspeaker at 7 AM with the words: "GOOD MORNING CAMP SHOSHANAH" !!  followed by a word of encouragement or a silly song.

Hebrews 11 is the roll-call of those believers before Messiah who lived a life of faith. If there was an equivalent for this age of Grace, the name of Daniel Rigney would appear as one who lived each day desiring to do what he could for the Kingdom and to tell others about the King.

Well done, good and faithful servant  .  .  .  Enter into the joy of your Master