William (Bill) L. Hawkins — Pastor & Head of Staff
A native of Roanoke Virginia, Bill attended Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, CT (S.T.M.), Union Presbyterian Seminary, in Richmond, VA (D.Min.), and San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA (DASD).
Ordained in 1980, he served as pastor of the Severn Presbyterian Church in Gloucester County, Virginia, 1980-84. He then split time as associate (1984-85) and interim/head of staff (1986-87) at First Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. He came to New Bern after serving for thirteen years as pastor/head of staff at Graves Memorial Presbyterian Church in Clinton, NC, (1988-2001). He began as pastor/ head of staff at First Presbyterian in New Bern on June 1, 2001.
Bill is married to the former Lori Ann Krumnacher, who is a licensed psychologist. Bill and Lori have two grown daughters.
You may contact Bill via email at bill@firstpresnb.org
Claudy Jones — Director of Christian Education
Lloyd E. Griffith — Parish Associate Lloyd grew up in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He is a graduate of Duke University and Duke Divinity School. In addition he received a Masters Degree in counseling psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA and is currently pursuing a Certificate in Spiritual Formation from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. Following ordination in 1966, Lloyd served as a teacher and coach at Ashville School in Ashville, NC, as Personnel Director for Camp Seagull from Raleigh, NC, as Director of Camp Beckett-in-the-Berkshires in Becket, MA, and as Director of Camp Sea Gull in Arapahoe,NC. Following completion of this last assignment in May 2005, he opened a practice in spiritual direction and joined the staff of the First Presbyterian Church, New Bern, as a part-time Parish Associate assisting the Senior Pastor in pastoral care and Adult Christian Education with a focus on small group ministry.