Leadership
Our Pastor
Rev. Julie Hester
Julie began her work in the summer of 2025 as Transitional Pastor to First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir. She’s a native of Jacksonville, Florida, and a graduate of Duke University, Union Theological Seminary, and the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia (now Union Presbyterian Seminary.) Ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1993, Julie has served a variety of North Carolina churches in Charlotte, Concord, and Asheville. She is curriculum writer and editor for the PC(USA), and serves on the Presbytery of Western North Carolina’s hurricane disaster relief team. Julie also helps others use writing as a spiritual practice, and a way to carry grief.
Julie is married to Dan Hester, the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Morganton, and they live in Morganton. They have two young adult children.
Rev. Hester’s office is located in the back of Zion Church of Christ beside Davenport Elementary School, 119 College Avenue, Lenoir. Her email address is fpclenoirpastor@gmail.com. The office email address is fpclenoir@gmail.com and the church telephone number is (828) 726-3299.
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