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Senior Pastor
615-383-0832, ext. 12
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Ken Edwards grew up in Springfield, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Austin Peay State University and Asbury Theological Seminary. Ken has served as a pastor to churches in the Middle Tennessee area for the last 35 plus years, including Connell Memorial United Methodist in Goodlettsville and Grace United Methodist Church in Mt. Juliet.  He has served as the Senior Pastor at Belmont United Methodist since 2007. Ken serves on the Tennessee Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and the Nashville Area United Methodist Foundation Board of Directors. His years of ministry have been characterized by values born out of his deep and abiding belief that God’s love is all-encompassing, unconditional, and transformational.

Ken is married to Kathryn Edwards, who is a psychologist in the Sumner County Schools and in private practice in Hendersonville, TN.  They have three wonderful sons, Lars works as a free lance animator, Gairdt is a chef at the Inn at Colonial Williamsburg, Aren is a senior at Mt. Juliet High School.

Ken enjoys reading, hiking, and gardening.

Associate Pastor
615-383-0832, ext. 25
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Associate Pastor
615-383-0832, ext. 24
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Pam attended Hillsboro High School in Nashville.  She recieved a B.A. in Anthropology from Duke University adn then a M.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Vanderbilt University.  Later, she received her M. Div. at Vanderbilt and D. Min. in Christian Spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary.

She worked in special education, corporate marketing, and university administration before entering fulltime ministry. Pam has served as a United Methodist pastor under appointment at Calvary UMC, The Upper Room, Duke Divinity School, Belle Meade UMC, The Upper Room (again), and now here at Belmont.

Pam's publications include:
Simply Wait: Cultivating Stillness in the Season of Advent (Upper Room Books, 2007)
The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent (Upper Room Books, 2009)
Contributed to Becoming a Praying Congregation: Churchwide Leadership Tools, with Rueben P. Job (Abingdon, 2009)
Behold! Cultivating Attentiveness in the Season of Advent (Upper Room Books, 2011)

She is married to Ray Hawkins.  They have two sons: Phil Hawkins, who is married to Heather in Louisville (with four grandchildren: Tyler, Hayden, Harper, and Emerson); and Erick Hawkins, who lives in Nashville.

Pam enjoys gardening, writing, photography, and drawing.