Rev. Dr. Hobson to speak in Monongahela
The Monongahela chapter of The Mary and Martha Joy Fellowship of Come Together in Jesus Name will hold its monthly meeting of praise and worship with the Rev. Dr. F. Diane Hobson, pastor of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Charleroi, ministering. The meeting will be held on Thursday in the parlor of The First Presbyterian Church of Monongahela, located at the corner of Sixth, Main and Chess streets (enter the church from the Chess Street side). Refreshments and fellowship begin at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting following at 7. There is no charge, but a free-will offering will be taken.
Dr. Hobson has earned various degrees, and is also a certified pastoral counselor and a member of the National Association of Christian Counselors.
She is the first female president of the Clergy Ministry of the Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention Inc. In addition, she serves as the president of the Ministers’ Conference of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association, second vice moderator of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association, past president of the Charleroi Area Ministerial Association, a full-time chaplain at Country Meadows Ecumenical and Retirement Community, a volunteer on-call chaplain with Monongahela Valley Hospital, and serves on the hospital’s ethics committee. She is the founder and dean of the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Christian Leadership School.
In 2013 she was honored as one of Pittsburgh’s Urban Heroes, and in 2014 she was honored as a Woman of Distinction by the Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention.
For information, call Virgie Vidil at 412-384-4882, Barbara Simpson at 724-258-4293 or Charlene Pezzoni at 724-258-4516.