May 22, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — The Rev. Ericka Parkinson Kilbourne, a 1998 graduate of DePauw University, is the new pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Michigan City, Indiana, and will deliver her first sermon today, reports Michigan's Kalamazoo Gazette.
"A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and winner of two preaching awards, Kilbourne earned her undergraduate degree at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., and served as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and Kansas City," notes the newspaper. From seminary, she served the First Presbyterian Church of Richland, Mich., as associate pastor, a post she held for two years. Kilbourne is currently enrolled in the doctor of ministry program at McCormick Theological Seminary and plans to graduate in 2013."
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