Jimmie Hawkins returns to FPC

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Jimmie Hawkins returns to FPC

We welcome to the pulpit on Sunday, July 21, the Reverend Jimmie Hawkins.  Hawkins, the former pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Durham, accepted the call to serve as the new director of the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness to Washington, D. C. office in January 2017.  He has a background in the area of youth ministry, having served as program director of Presbyterian Camps in North Carolina and Virginia.  He has pastored congregations in the New Hope Presbytery and Peaks Presbytery. Hawkins is committed to ecumenical relations and has advocated on issues of social justice before congressional and state legislative leadership. His board participation includes Union Presbyterian Seminary, Church World Service, and National Council of Churches.  Prior to moving to Washington, he provided leadership to the Moral Monday Movement and the North Carolina NAACP. He is known as a strong advocate for justice and for speaking truth to power wherever he serves. In addition to preaching for us on July 21, he will also lead a discussion on chapters 9 and 10 of “Just Mercy” in the Faith and Community Class at 9:45.