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About Fred

Fred came to serve greater Williamsburg and WCC as lead pastor in October of 2010 and is grateful to be a part of the family. He is a husband, father, certified trauma professional, S.T.A.R. (strategies for trauma awareness & resilience) practitioner, community organizer, TEDx alum, founder of 3e Restoration, Inc. and co-owner of Philoxenia Culture LLC. He received his B.S. in Ministry/Bible at Amridge University and his Master’s of Religious Education in Missional Leadership from Rochester University. Currently he is a candidate for a Doctorate of Ministry in Contextual Theology in at Northern Seminary in Chicago. Fred also serves as an adjunct lecturer for William & Mary and has served as an adjunct professor for Rochester University and Regent University where he taught courses in philosophy, ethics, leadership, pastoral care, intro to Christianity, and ethnography. Fred has authored on book (Racialized Cultural Systems, Social Displacement and Christian Hospitality) and several curriculum offerings, including The FloorPlan: Living Toward Restoration & Resilience. Fred enjoys hanging out with his family anytime, anywhere. He is deeply grateful for how God graciously works through the Church in all her various forms, despite our brokenness. He is passionate about seeing the last, least, and lonely of every neighborhood, city and nation experience God’s in-breaking kingdom, and come to know Jesus as King. Oh, and his favorite season is Advent and Christmas. Fred serves on the advisory boards of Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Bacon Street Youth & Family Services, and FreeKind. He is also a founding member of the board of directors for Virginia Racial Healing Institute, a member of Greater Williamsburg Trauma-Informed Community Network's Racial Trauma Committee and Training Committee.

Advent Joy for Wednesday

The heart of God has been unveiled in the Advent of the Christ-child. He yearns to share His life with us and enjoy us forever. The King of the universe is the King of joy and love. God wants us … Continue reading

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An Advent Interruption

I interrupt my Advent posts because, well, that’s how life works. It’s stories like the two I will tell that create in me a deep longing for the final Advent. It has been said that justice is love done in … Continue reading

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Advent Joy for Tuesday

This week you get two for one. “Joy is a deep-seated sense of well-being, of safety in God’s universe. Joy is part of the fruit of the Spirit, growing as a natural product of the transformation of one’s inner self … Continue reading

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Advent Joy for Monday

“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence.It is not what we have to acquire in order to experience life in Christ; it is what comes to us when we are walking in the way of … Continue reading

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Advent Peace for Saturday

The songs of Advent-Peace are a protest against the way the world now is. They sing of the Church’s stubborn refusal to accept the way things are. We sing songs of God’s plan to bring wholeness to the suffering and … Continue reading

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