Rev. Jimmie Ray Hawkins will preach for Mt. Vernon’s 156th Year Homecoming Celebration, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Hawkins serves as mission director of the five advocacy offices of the Presbyterian Church (USA): Washington Office of Public Witness, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations (NYC), Immigration and Advocacy, Mission Responsibility Through Investigations, and Race and Gender Justice.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies from North Carolina Central University; a master’s in Christian education from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education; and a master’s of divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center/Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary…