About Our Leader
REVEREND DR. CHUCK J. WIGGINS
Pastor Chuck & Kathi Wiggins
TOP 10 LIST FOR PASTOR CHUCK:
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CHUCK IS A NATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA raised in the hardscrabble suburb of Delaware County. His mother was a beautician and father a truck driver and part time boxing manager.
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Originally, he set his sights on being a teacher MAJORING IN HISTORY AT WHAT IS NOW KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY. By his junior year God had other plans for his life, and he enrolled in seminary after graduation.
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On September 6, 1971 HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE KATHI and on May 26, 1973 they were married; thus a Golden Anniversary soon to come!
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The Wiggins' are blessed with four children, Kristen, Matt, Micah and Justin all of whom live nearby.
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KATHI IS ALSO A PRESBYTERIAN (USA) PASTOR, now retired, but serving full time to their eleven grandchildren. (Chuck helps, too!)
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CHUCK SERVED AT TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN VENICE FOR 24 YEARS, retiring in 2019, that congregation having only two pastors their 50 year history!
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CHUCK "FAILED" AT RETIREMENT going on to serve as a transitional pastor to the First Presbyterian Church in Port Charlotte. Originally up for a one year hitch, it turned into a three year love affair ending in January, 2023.
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In his spare time, he is a VORACIOUS READER OF AMERICAN HISTORY, A PASSIONATE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FAN, a loud voice rooting for his eight-year-old granddaughter Amelia's basketball team at the "Y" and spoiling their two year old chocolate labradoodle "Pookie."
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HOLDING GRADUATE DEGREES FROM PRINCETON Theological Seminary and a doctorate from Drew University, in fact he loves simply being called "Pastor Chuck."
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If you ask him—apart from family—Pastor Chuck's "first love" is the JOY OF PREACHING AND TEACHING THE BIBLE.