First
Presbyterian Church
Charlottesville, VA
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Johnson, Jr., an ordained PC (USA) minister and member of the Presbytery of the James, has accepted Session's invitation to be our Temporary Supply Pastor. Robert began his service to our church in this temporary, full-time capacity on Tuesday, May 20, following the unanimous approval of this call by our Session on Monday night, May 19. We expect Dr. Johnson to be with us until a full-time Interim Pastor arrives at FPC - probably later this summer. The Presbytery's Committee on Ministry (COM) advised our Session that, when there is a period of time between the departure of a permanent installed Pastor and the arrival of an Interim Pastor, a Temporary Supply Pastor is typically called to provide for the ongoing pastoral needs of a congregation. Temporary Supply Pastors are, by definition, temporary, and may be employed for up to four months, until that time when an Interim Pastor is installed. COM routinely approves a local congregation's call of a Temporary Supply Pastor, as long as that pastor is an ordained minister member of the Presbytery of the James. Robert comes to us with COM's strong endorsement, and we are delighted that he is available to meet our pastoral needs on a temporary basis. Robert, his wife Marianne and sons Nathan (14) and Peter (9) have just finished three years of service as PC (USA) mission co-workers in Pakistan, where Robert served as Dean of Chapel and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Forman Christian College. He previously directed the Institute for Reformed Theology at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, where he received his Ph.D. in History and Theology. He has also worked for the General Assembly's Office of Theology and Worship in Louisville, Kentucky, and served as pastor at three churches from 1988 - 2000.
Responsibilities Personal Education Experience During her year at Cranford, Kim recruited, trained, and commissioned over 50 adult and youth lay volunteers for local mission opportunities. She also educated the congregation on a variety of local and global mission themes through her sermons, worship leadership, and adult course offerings. Believing that youth and young adults play a vital role to the mission life of the church, Kim began a new weekly youth ministry for 6th-12th grade students and recruited a group of young adult lay leaders to serve as youth advisors. While serving as an Intern, Kim also worked at a local ecumenical mission organization helping internationals in crisis apply for asylum. Kim’s ministry experience also includes a seminary internship at First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, New Jersey, a hospital chaplaincy at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, and two years of young adult ministry at her home church, First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. In addition to her domestic ministry experience, Kim also has a passion for international service. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, Kim served as a summer mission volunteer in Brazil. After college she also spent a year in Guatemala, where she ministered to rural Mayan youth and families. Kim’s ministry background is complemented by her four years of work experience in the social and health services prior to seminary. Her experiences include serving families with AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital and working as a management intern at a local social services agency. After learning Spanish in Guatemala, she provided Spanish-English medical translation for public health nurses and served the Latino community in the San Francisco Bay Area in a variety of volunteer capacities. <top>
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The Rev.
Dr. Robert A. Johnson, Jr.
The Rev. Kimberleigh
E. Wells