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About our leaders

Dr Rev Bruce Hedgepeth

  

Bruce is excited to be at Braden River Presbyterian and participate in what God is doing here! He looks forward to friendships within the church family and to connecting with the community. In addition to serving as pastor at BRPC, Bruce is also on staff with Young Life in Latin America/Caribbean, serving as the Team Lead for Expeditions (short-term mission trips). He is an ordained PC(USA) Teaching Elder and minister member of Peace River Presbytery. Bruce has served in pastoral roles for 23-plus years in four different PC(USA) churches in Florida. His main areas of ministry emphasis have been in preaching, worship (traditional, modern, etc…) and outreach, with a special passion for missions – in the local community, across the nation, and around the world. He loves leading short-term mission teams to Latin America, which is what he gets to do in his role with Young Life in non-pandemic times.

Bruce received his undergraduate degree from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida in 1983; earned the Masters of Divinity degree from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa in 1995; and completed a Doctor of Ministry degree in Global Ministries at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California in 2002.

He and his wife, Cindy, have been married since 1982 and they have two young adult children: Will and Kate (named them long before the royals got married!) Kate is married to Brett and they have an eighteen-month-old son named Walker, which makes Bruce a proud grandpa. Bruce is a runner (pretty good) and a golfer (pretty bad). He and Cindy enjoy travel and spending time with friends and family. 

Religious Intern John Frazee

John is an ordained elder in the PCUSA and a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Venice, Florida. John is currently under care and guidance of Peace River Presbytery as part of the studying and practical training for pastoral office. John is excited about his internship at Braden Presbyterian Church and honored to be working in partnership with Rev. Dr. Bruce Hedgepeth.  


Prior to his vocational calling, John enjoyed a career in progressively challenging leadership roles, in both public and private organizations, responsible for leading strategic and creative teams in marketing and communication initiatives for numerous Fortune 500 brands. John’s greatest satisfaction has been working with many uniquely creative people throughout his career and forming many lifelong friendships.


John and his wife Kristy have been married since 2006 and are blessed with two children; Julianna and Jacob. Kristy is a school teacher and actively participates in helping to support faith-based programs for children. The family spends much of their time together and is active in travel baseball with their son Jacob and the music arts with Julianna.


John received his undergraduate degree in advertising and design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, New York in 1990; earned his Master’s in Business Administration at University of Texas Dallas, in Dallas, Texas in 2003; and is currently in enrolled in seminary studies at Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa where he expects to earn a Master’s in Divinity.

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4/16/2021

Jeremiah 31: 31-34 – within

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4/16/2021

Jeremiah 31: 31-34 – within

These verses are familiar words from the Lord, through the prophet Jeremiah, to the exiled people of Judah in Babylon. 


God promises the peop...

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4/14/2021

Exodus 20: 1-17 – Sabbath

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4/14/2021

Exodus 20: 1-17 – Sabbath

Passage is the first telling of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments or “ten best ways to live” from God on Mount Sinai while the Israelites...

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4/12/2021

Psalm 19 – Acceptable

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4/12/2021

Psalm 19 – Acceptable

Psalmist celebrates God’s glory reflected in creation in first six verses: the heavens tell of God’s glory; the firmament proclaims his hand...

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4/9/2021

1 Corinthians 1: 18-25 – Foolish power

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4/9/2021

1 Corinthians 1: 18-25 – Foolish power

Paul uses some interesting word contrasts to emphasize the central role of the cross in God’s plan of salvation in Christ.


He talks about how...

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4/7/2021

Mark 8: 31-39 – Clueless

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4/7/2021

Mark 8: 31-39 – Clueless

Passage is from the section of Mark that is a pivot point for the gospel. Peter has just made the declaration that Jesus is the Messiah, The...

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2/15/2021

1 Samuel 3: 1-10 – Visions

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2/15/2021

1 Samuel 3: 1-10 – Visions

Text is the story of Samuel hearing from the Lord for the first time. First verse makes the point that in those days hearing from God was ra...

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2/12/2021

Psalm 29 – The Voice

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2/12/2021

Psalm 29 – The Voice

Wonderful psalm of praise and the way the psalmist leads us is by focusing on the Lord’s voice as a facet of God’s greatness.


We are called t...

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2/10/2021

Acts 19: 1-7 – Hands

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2/10/2021

Acts 19: 1-7 – Hands

During Paul’s third missionary journey, he went to Ephesus and met some believers who has been baptized with John the Baptist’s baptism of r...

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2/8/2021

Mark 1: 4-11 – Baptism

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2/8/2021

Mark 1: 4-11 – Baptism

The gospel writer describes John the Baptist, his ministry and that he baptized Jesus, among other Jews who came out to him in the wildernes...

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2/5/2021

John 1: 10-18 - Fullness

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2/5/2021

John 1: 10-18 - Fullness

Second time this reading has been in the lectionary in less than a month. On this reading, I noticed a word connection that I hadn’t seen be...

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