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Please look around and find out more about the Rev. Rob Jones.

I welcome you to look at my life and ministry.
I am dedicated to living a life of ministry for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Browse this site and learn more about me, my family, my life in ministry.

Ecclesiastical Records:

• Ordained Elder January 14, 2007, at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. 
• Media/Recording Committee 2004-2023 (LHPC)
• PNC Committee, LHPC (2012-2013)
• Worship Committee 2013-2023
• Education Committee chair 2015-2023
• Adult Sunday School Facilitator 2015-2020
• Clerk of Session 2014-2021 (resigned to seek a call)
• PNC Chair 2017-2019 (2^nd time on the committee after sudden Pastor retirement)
• Buildings and Grounds Keeper 2020-present
• Presbytery Nominating Committee 2020-2024
• Presbytery Worship Committee 2019-present
• Presbytery Education and Equipping Ministry Team 2021-2023
• Presbytery Communications and Technology Team 2024- present
• presbytery Personelle Committee – To hire part-time communications director for presbytery. 2024
• Minister of Word and Sacrament: Douglas Presbyterian Church – April 2023 – present.
• Providence Presbytery COM – Starting 2026

Seminary: 2017-2022
Union Presbyterian Seminary
CHARLOTTE CAMPUS
5141 Sharon Road Charlotte, NC 28210

Manuscripts & Other Liturgical Stuff

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There are many more writings and Audio available upon request.

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Biographical Information:

The decision to attend seminary, including a sense of call to the ministry:
I was raised in the church, but thought religion was for others. At the age of 15, I met my future wife, Mica. She is a preacher’s daughter and loudly proclaims her love of God. I decided to read the Bible to understand her better. Unfortunately, I understood none of it. After much self-education (pre-internet), I found help from Mica’s father, Gene Ghent. He answered many of my questions. I discovered writers such as A.W. Tozer, M Scott Peck, and C.S. Lewis, who helped guide my discovery. But I will admit that Mica had the most significant impact on me. She set the example of what it meant to lead a Christian life. At the age of 17, I was baptized. This sacrament was not something I take lightly. I think of my baptism vows as seriously as my wedding vows, which I took seven years later with Mica by my side.  

My entire family is involved in the church. My in-laws were the Music Director/Associate Pastor and musician at LHPC for twenty-four years, and my wife participated in the choir and is an Elder. Upon my in-laws’ retirement, my wife was hired as the interim (and then permanant) Music Director, and with the retirement of our pastor, she took on the role of Worship Leader.

My ministry within the church was to oversee all electronics and media for the church. As per my professional career, I designed and installed the church’s sound and recording (audio and video) system. Since he was six, my son, Sebastian (Born 2004), has been training on the sound system. My daughter, Piper (Born 2017), loves to help me when I work around the church, although I am unsure how much I accomplish with her help. 😊

When the call came for me to step up and lead Sunday School, I did not hesitate. I was unaware that Sunday school books were available, so I wrote and designed a curriculum. The education level of the people at LHPC is substantial, so I knew I would need to keep my lessons exciting and biblically based. We usually take the summer months off and have Sunday school from September – May. So, I decided to break it into the fall and spring semesters. Each semester would have a theme and keep the lessons going from week to week with biblical points at the end of “class” each Sunday. While teaching a class on 1^st-century martyrs, the interim pastor asked me if I had ever considered seminary. I replied that I have always enjoyed teaching and talking about God and have often thought about it. That was the beginning of my call. At first, I was interested in Christian Education but realized my first semester at Union; God called me not to be a Sunday school teacher but a Minister. 

My Life in ministry.

Since then, I have filled the pulpit at LHPC when our pastor was out, and I also did pulpit supply as needed around the presbytery (1^st Pres Rock Hill, Wade Memorial, Old Waxhall, Douglas, Grace, Bethesda inside Providence Presbytery, and at Pageland 1^st in Charlotte Presbytery). I enjoy bringing the Good News of Jesus to people. I seek Worship in everyday life and relish the feeling of the Holy Spirit when a congregation hears God’s word and not mine. Church members have asked me why I haven’t gotten “burned out” with all I do. I explain that I do everything through God, who gives me strength, and besides, it is OK to be tired when I go to bed. 🙂

I believe in having good spiritual practices. I start each day with a prayer, giving thanks for the many wonderful blessings I have received. Depending on the day’s schedule, I spend time in scripture in the morning or night, and I enjoy writing liturgies and prayers. For enjoyment, I will listen to podcasts from scholars and theologians or the NRSV bible while doing chores or working at the church. I enjoy the dramatized versions. 

Family Life

My family is my world. My wife Mica and I have been married since January 2, 2000. We met when I was 15, and she was 13. We were married and baptized both of our children at Liberty Hill Presbyterian. Mica is now the Minister of Music at LHPC and still both my inspiration and greatest champion. Being married to her for more than 25 years is still the biggest thrill of my life!

Our oldest, Sebastian is gifted in so many ways; he loves video games and collects old technology, sometimes just to see how it works. He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, NC with a 4.0 GPA. He is smart, like his mother, and more intelligent than anyone I’ve ever met. (That’s not me bragging)

Our youngest Piper was a blessing we had long prayed for. She is very extroverted, never meeting a stranger. She is our little artist, so creative, also like her mother. In addition, she loves to sing and dance and watch SpongeBob. Piper attends and charter online public school and I am her primary instructor/supervisor. She also goes with me to help teach a Bible study at a local elementary afterschool program.

We currently live in the church manse at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. The church kindly let us move in during the pandemic when I lost work as a musician/sound technician/instrument repairman so I could keep up with seminary studies. The hardest part of having a call to ministry is knowing that, at some point, I would be call away from the church family that has loved us so dearly.

In 2025, my wife, Mica, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She discovered it early and sought treatment. After having a double mastectomy, she went through two rounds of chemo and radiation. Amazingly, she has remained in good spirits and continues her work in the church, as well as serving as a memory care director for a national adult healthcare company. Both of these jobs are a call to ministry in their own right. Currently, she is taking two more chemo treatments. The most remarkable thing about her is that, despite all this, her biggest concern has been her family and her residents. She has always been an inspiration to me and a perfect example of servant leadership.

As we discern what God has planned for us (ie: me releasing a PDP and her contemplating leaving work to follow faithfully, her minister husband) she has been the one who keeps me centered. She is my best friend, my biggest fan, and critic. I love her more every day.

Career goals:

I have spent my life as a musician since the age of 14. I have always worked in and around the music business, and although I view life as a ministry, I never thought I would be employed in a formal ministry role. However, God has opened doors for me and allowed me to walk through them. The guidance and encouragement of church members and many mentors in the ministry have taught me that God has a plan. My career goals are simple: to discern what God wants me to do in ministry. I seek most of all to be an instrument of God’s service, no matter where I am. In seminary, they prepare you for a big church, but the reality is that more small churches need pastors. I was formed in a small church. I respect the theology of the small church. I believe that our justification is bought and paid for with Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. I also think that Paul’s urgent appeal to the Romans in chapter 13 still holds today. Our Justification is secure, but our sanctification is an ongoing, real process, that we must work; Not to be saved, but because we are. Discernment is crucial, thus prayer, study, and patience must be what we strive for. A small church tayght me that scripture should comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. That second part is seldom taught for fear of offending. These theological nuggets are why I love a small church. This is where a congegation becomes a faith family.

No matter what I end up doing in ministry, I want to remind our neighbors that Jesus is alive and that God’s grace is available for each of us. Praise be to God! Even if I am called to a bigger church, I will continue to treat my ministry as a “little church” ministry. That means I will strive to get to know everyone and be their pastor, not just “the preacher.”

First Call
My first call was to Douglas Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, SC. It is about three miles from the house where I grew up. The congregation is small but many are dedicated. They have a desire to reach their community with love. They each have a servant’s heart, just as Jesus proclaimed we should have. I believe God called me to the right church at the right time. As all churches are in transition, Douglas is as well. Like all churches, the pandemic hurt their attendance and membership rolls. Couple that with aging buildings, and one could assume that the worst will happen. However, the members of Douglas Presbyterian Church are well-equipped to turn their situation into an opportunity for growth.

This call was a blessing as it allowed me to be close to my dad as he began to transition. I was able to be close to him at the end and held his hand the night he entered the Church Triumphant. God truly blesses us in a myriad of ways. I left Douglas on December 31, 2025. They will always be a special congregation to me. The reason for leaving was too many people leaving the church, either by death or wanting to go to a more evangelical church. The congregation simply could not afford a fulltime pastor anymore. Believe me when I say it was not because of a lack of effort by the active member to try and get people involved. I chose to leave while they could still afford pulpit supply. I never want to be a burden to a church. Some simply can’t get people excited enough to come. I will continue to pray for them .

My second call began on January 1st, 2026. I was called back home to Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church as the associate to the senior Rev. Dr. David E. Leininger.

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What will I bring to your church?
I hope, above all, that I reflect God’s image. That is my goal in everything. With that said, I appreciate that every church is as unique as its stained glass, or lack thereof. I hope to bring perspective to any church. I will never claim to be the expert, but I will always be the champion of your congregation. I like to think of a pastor’s role as that of both a coach and a cheerleader. The coach learns the players’ strengths and seeks ways to leverage them. The cheerleader encourages the players to be the best versions of themselves as they do what they do best.

Another analogy that hits closer to home for me is that of a band leader. (think Ricky Ricardo) A band leader knows the instruments and the players. He knows who can nail the solo and who sings the best harmony. He is not afraid to step up and lead the song, but will always try to find a way to let his player shine, to the point of allowing the spotlight to leave him altogether.

As a minister, I hope to always understand where the church came from and where it seeks to go. We must reach out to the community even as we care for the aged and sick within the congregation. Everyone is given gifts by the spirit. As a minister I seek to help others find those gifts within themselves and how they can be utilized in and through the church. All churches are in transition; we must figure out is that transition growth, or decline.

As a wise man once told me, if you find a job, three things always happen. First, you learn and get good at it. Second, as you get as good as you can, then you become fast. Third, you either become a master of your job (because you love what you do), or you get bored (and burn out). However, if you find a job you love doing, you will master it (somewhere around 10,000 hours) and it will never feel like a job. It becomes what you do, like breathing. I was a musician for 25 years as a job, I put in my 10,000 hours, and honestly thought that was where God wanted me.
But first and foremost, I am a follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ. God saw fit to make it a job. I have never felt like it is one; it is just what I do. This is me; I am a Minister of Word and Sacrament.

A side story: When I became the minister at Douglas, I wanted to get out into the community. I began by visiting the local assisted living facility, Lancaster Grove. I was told that a member of my church lived there and I should visit. Her name was Joan (Pronounced Jo-Anne). Joan made a point of telling me she didn’t know why I came to visit, since she had left Douglas and was a member at the church down the street. As I listened to her, I noticed some hurt in her eyes. I said, “Well, Miss Joan, I hear you, but would it be okay if I came just to say ‘hey’ once in a while?” She didn’t really respond. After a few weeks of coming by, I noticed the part-time activity director trying to do a devotion for the residents. She was trying but failing hard. I asked if it would be okay if I came by once a week and did a devotion for the residents. She jumped at the chance to avoid doing it.

I began by gathering the residents at the appointed time and asking what they were looking for: a Bible study, music, a sermon, or a combination. They really didn’t know what to think of me. One said, “Do what you want, you won’t be here long anyway.” Another said, “I would love to have a sermon and a service.” I said, “Okay!” I led them in a brief devotion and prayer that day, then went home to prepare. I couldn’t recycle Sunday’s sermon because it needed to speak to people of a certain age and situation. So, I started writing specific sermons for them. I added more illustrations and reminisced about my childhood, my grandparents, and the town I remembered from when I was a kid (which has grown so much since then).

Soon, Miss Joan began coming to the service. I would make sure to speak to her and make her feel special. When I mentioned my church, I made sure to note the projects she worked on. There were many. Through my superior detective skills (by asking choir members), I learned all about Joan, who used to be a member. She was directly responsible for the church sound system (Her son paid for it), the paved parking lot (her son paid for it), and the new metal roof on the sanctuary (her son paid for it). As she began to warm up to me by attending the weekly service at “The Grove,” as it has become known, I felt close enough to ask why she had left the church.

She began by telling me that she had started a morning Presbyterian Women’s Bible Study because the older women didn’t want to come out at night. When she had a heart attack and was unable to teach it, the church decided that it was too much trouble to continue. They just stopped the meeting. The female minister who was there at the time didn’t want to teach it. So, Joan and her family left the church and went down the street. But what really hurt her was that no one from the church reached out to see why they left. No one had checked on her in the hospital, no one seemed to care.

As I asked around the church, I was told it was all about the pandemic and that things were “crazy.” They were having outside services, and she slipped through the cracks. I was silently appalled that someone so instrumental to the life of the church just slipped through the cracks. How could this happen?

As I built a relationship with Joan and her life-partner, Ray, I told her that she was a part of my church, not Douglas, but the church we had built at the Grove. And she would always have a minister who listened, who cared, and most importantly, who prayed for her.

On November 15, 2025, I delivered the eulogy at her funeral. It was held at the local funeral home. The pastor at the church down the street declined to do the funeral because he didn’t know her. Another minister who had visited her a couple of times spoke at the beginning, but even he admitted he did not know her.

As I delivered my remarks, I said that although I had only known Joan for just over 2 years, and two very hard years for her at that, I had seen her at work in the life of my church. I had seen what she had done for my church, and I knew it would be a blessing for years to come. She was a part of my church, the church at the Grove. It wasn’t the sound system, parking lot, or the roof. It was her love and honesty with me. She gave me her honest opinion on my sermons, some positive, and some not-so-positive. 🙂

Most of all, as I got to know her, I understood why she did the things she did. Because in her life, it wasn’t about the acclaim, it was about showing others Jesus. She didn’t leave the church because they stopped something she started; she left because they were too apathetic to give Jesus the attention he deserved.

The sad part was that the funeral home chapel was packed with people who loved Joan, but no one from Douglas was there. Four people came to the graveside. I was deeply disappointed, and I said so to the session. Either way, it will not deter my determination to be a pastor to God’s people wherever they may be. I know one day I will see her again.

Thank you
Thank you for visiting my website. I have been on the searching side of a PNC before, and I know that it is hard to get a sense of the person behind the PIF/PDP. I hope you get a glimpse of my life and dedication to Christ. If you have reached this far, I hope to hear from you so we can get to know one another. I am excited for what God has planned for me, and I pray for you and all PNCs as you continue to seek. God bless you in your search for a pastor. 

Peace,

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Rob.

Longinus: A Maundy Thursday Play.
The following is a play that I wrote in conjunction with my Music Director at Douglas PC, Elaine Monroe. In this play, I portray the fictional character Longinus, a Roman Centurion who witnesses the passion of Christ. He gives the audience a different perspective, provoking a different POV on what Jesus did for us that week. From the garden to the cross, the events change his life forever.

(This is my first attempt to do a one-man play. If you watch, please keep that in mind 😇)

Candid Photos of My Life. This is Me and My Family

If you’ve made it this far, then I suppose you may have questions…

Like anyone in ministry, especially pastors, I am more than a man who stands behind a pulpit. I love to get dirty and work with my hands. I grew up poor, the son of an electrician and a customer service sales clerk. I learned very early in life from my parents that “things” are not necessary. It is the experiences we have that mean the most. I also learned that no matter what you have, it can disappear in the blink of an eye. (think Job). The one thing that can never be taken away in life is what we learn. I tell my kids every day that if you don’t know something new, you’ve wasted your day. Now that my son is a college graduate, I see him practice this mantra. I continue to teach my daughter the same lesson. She, like her brother before her, attends online school. (a growing trend since the early 2000s)

I like to apply what I have learned in my ministry as well. I am skilled with both power tools and electronics. I enjoy building websites and designing bulletin covers. Below are a few of those. Thanks for learning a little about me.

_{Bulletin covers created with Affinity 2 Publisher for Mac.}