The Pastor and Moderator of the Session
Rev. Kristin Hutson, M.Div., J.D.
Called to the pulpit of Edgewater Presbyterian Church on February 6, 2023, the Rev. Kristin Hutson, M.Div., J.D. moved to Chicago with her husband, Mr. David Coughlin. They now live in the Lakeview neighborhood.
Pastor Kristin is a National Response Team Member of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Before her arrival in Chicago, she was a college chaplain, director of religious life, and director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was a temporary supply pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids.
She obtained her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.
“He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
Mark 9:35-37 (NIV)
Gospel reading appointed by the Book of Common Worship for Monday, February 6, 2023, the pastor’s first day as shepherd of the Edgewater Kirk.
Pastoral succession
Rev. R.R. Stevens (1896-1898)
Rev. Dr. Louis Perkins Cain, D.D. (1899-1918)
Rev. Dr. Asa J. Ferry, D.D. (1921-1934)
Rev. Dr. William Woodfin, D.D. (1934-1938)
Rev. Dr. Adolph Bohn, D.D. (1938-1966)
Rev. Richard Dunn (1967-1968)
Rev. Dr. Robert C. Linthicum, D. Min. (1969-1975)
Rev. Leland B. Issleib (1977-1991)
Rev. Gordon Neil Butcher (1994-2001)
Rev. Dr. Barbara H. Cathey, D. Min. (2004-2020)
Rev. Amy Pagliarella (2018-2020) as co-pastor
Rev. Kristin Hutson, M.Div., J.D. (2023-present)
D.D. = Doctorate of Divinity; D.Min.=Doctorate of Ministry; M.Div.=Master’s of Divinity; J.D.-Juris Doctor