Welcome!  |  Words From the Pastor

Welcome from Hamp

I hope you are enjoying surfing our website.  My greatest hope is that it will lead you to visit us in person.  We gather for worship every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.  If you like our website, you're going to like us even better in person!

People usually want to know a little about the Pastor when they become interested in a church, so let me tell you a little about myself.  I was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and mostly raised in the South, going to eight schools in five states growing up.  I then attended Princeton University and studied engineering, and after college I worked as an engineer for three years.  I felt called to the ministry in junior high, but didn't follow that call until after deciding engineering wasn't what I was "supposed" to do with my life.  So, after three years on the job, I left for seminary at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.  While in seminary I interned at a church in Seattle, Washington, and while there got reacquainted with a high school girlfriend.  Lynn and I married during my last semester of seminary.  I was then called to be the Associate Minister of First Presbyterian Church in downtown Oakland, California.  I served there for six years before being called to become the Pastor here in Vallejo in 1995.  Lynn and I have four children-three sons and one daughter.  In my "spare time" (What does that really mean?) I have coached all four of our kids in soccer, love to read (I was born curious and want to know everything!) and every summer I go backpacking in Yosemite with our kids.  If you can't already tell, I am an extrovert, but I also am a contemplative.

I would love to meet you and talk with you.  I consider getting to know people one of the great gifts of being a minister.  If you have questions about our congregation, the Bible, God or want to discuss your life, just give me a call.  I look forward to hearing from you!

Grace & Peace,

Hamp

Pastor:  Rev. Dr. Hampton Deck
Office Hours:  10:00AM-3:00PM Monday - Thursday

1350 Amador Street
Vallejo, CA  94590
(707)644-4414
email:  fpcv@sbcglobal.net

Worship:  10:30 a.m. 
Sunday child care provided

Communion is the 1st Sunday of the month.