We welcome the Rev. Margot Trusty Pickett to the pulpit this Sunday at 10:30 worship. Our pastor, Steve Halsted, is on sabbatical this summer.
Margot was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, the youngest of three children. She did her undergraduate work at Duke University and received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. She was married to Mark Pickett in 1977 and ordained in 1978 at Third Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church in Indianapolis. She and Mark served as Co-Pastors of Christ Congregation in Princeton, New Jersey from 1979-1985 and of Pilgrim UCC in Durham, NC from 1995-2004. From 1985-1995 Margot served as the Associate Pastor at the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, UCC, in Hanover, New Hampshire. In July 2004 Margot was hired as the Director of the Pastoral Leadership Development Program of the Southern Conference, the position she continues to hold today.
Margot is a rabid fan of Duke Men’s and Women’s basketball, and almost anything else Duke related. She loves to travel and to eat at the many outstanding restaurants in Durham. She also enjoys gardening, reading, and going to the theater.
She is a member of First Christian UCC, Burlington, where Mark is the Pastor. She and Mark are the very proud parents of two daughters, a son-in-law, and a goofy dog named Sydney.
