United Church of Christ of Fredericksburg

Our Interim Pastor

Our interim pastor is the Reverend Doug Hodges.  He will serve our congregation until we call another regular pastor.  Doug was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up near Valdosta, Georgia.  He graduated from David Lipscomb University in Nashville and Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia.  Before he retired, he served as a pastor in Westland, Michigan; Springfield, Illinois; Radcliff, Kentucky; and  Greencastle, Pennsylvania.  He also worked as a Chaplain Coordinator /Ministry Coordinator with the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. 

  Doug’s first wife, Helen, died in 2005 from ALS.  He is now married to Ann Hodges and they live in Woodbridge.  “Ann and I met on an internet dating service,” Doug explains.  “I’m on the cutting edge of computer technology—the lower edge—but somehow I figured out how to use a computer to find Ann.” 

Doug has an adult daughter, Heatherly, who is a social worker for Frederick County, Maryland.  Ann manages the paralegal department for a Washington law firm.   

Doug is also is an artist who uses his figurative sculptor to make statements about social justice issues.