Harvey Hughes is at home with his hands in grease, wrenches and chrome. He is also at home in the pulpit and sitting down with a parishioner. Hughes, an Atlanta native, grew up around cars and the parts it took to fix them. At age 13, he was working for Nathan Auto Parts in downtown Atlanta. Later, after marrying a girl from Oconee County, he worked at the former B and R Auto Parts store in Seneca. “I grew up at a time when cars were the thing,” Hughes said. “As a teen, everybody was into cars and fixing them up.” It was the 1960s, after all. But 15 years after he had that first job, he would find a new love in his life: God. Hughes was not raised in church. His parents were not atheists, but attending church was simply not part of their routine. Hughes’ routine would change after he and his wife, Pam, had a son who was born with a heart murmur and needed to go through open-heart surgery when he was about 6 months old. They would see that son, Trey, live until age 26. He died in 2002. ...