FPC is honored to welcome Rev. Tony Larson, Moderator of the PC(USA) General Assembly, as our guest preacher at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 11:00am. Rev. Larson will also lead the Wired Word group at 10:00 AM.
Anthony “Tony” Larson was born in Minneapolis and raised in North Carolina. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he was confirmed at Rocky River Presbyterian Church near Harrisburg, North Carolina.
As a student at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Anthony served in the student congress as a representative, finance committee chair and speaker. He also served on the leadership team of Presbyterian Campus Ministry at UNC. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Public Policy Analysis and Religious Studies.
While serving as director of youth ministries at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, Anthony began to discern a call to ministry. He received his Master of Divinity from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
Anthony has served in a number of capacities, including co-leader of the Synod Youth Council for the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic, which planned the Synod Youth Leadership Development Event, an annual gathering to equip youth to be leaders in the church, as well as skill development for youth ministry professionals. He has also served as a planning team member for Montreat Youth Conference.
Anthony’s first pastorate was with Springs Community Presbyterian Church in East Hampton, New York. He is currently serving as pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Surfside, South Carolina, and is enrolled in Doctor of Ministry studies at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He has been married for 16 years to wife Heather, father by adoption to her son, Stephen Larson, and recently became grandfather to Nora James Larson. Anthony describes himself as a “semi-professional nerd” and backs that up as a Level 50 Pokémon Go Trainer, captain of the RogueRev Trivia Team and is officially sorted into House Ravenclaw. He loves to cook, listen to jazz, and spoil his cat and dog.
“The story of my life and faith is one of being called by God through the voices of others,” Anthony said. “In each chapter of my life story, there have been people who sensed a place where my gifts and the needs of community overlapped, and they named my gifts and challenged me to develop and use them as a disciple of Jesus Christ.”
All are welcome to attend!
