The Messiah Lecture 3: Handel’s Masterpiece
The Messiah Lecture 3: Handel’s Masterpiece Read More »
Worship
The Messiah Project Seminars
The First Presbyterian Church Messiah Project: Mark Your Calendars! The First Presbyterian Church Festival Choir has begun preparations for our church’s 2018 –19 Messiah Project. During the next calendar year, Handel’s monumental oratorio will be presented in its entirety during four worship services. The four Sundays have been chosen to allow the piece to be
The Messiah Project Seminars Read More »
Help Make the Sunday Evening Service a Reality!
At its meeting in August, the Session affirmed the work of the Worship and Music committee to move towards a new Sunday evening service. The service would be an alternative to the traditional worship that characterizes Sunday morning services, and would feature less formality, highly participatory practices, integrated screens, and weekly communion. The music would
Help Make the Sunday Evening Service a Reality! Read More »
Hymn Choir
Would you like to be a better hymn singer? Do you love to sing but are unable to make the commitment to sing in the Sanctuary Choir? Would you like to join the choir but need to improve your music reading skills? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, there is a new
The Messiah Project 2018 -2019
Join the First Presbyterian Church Festival Choir to sing Handel’s masterpiece Messiah in its entirety over the 2018–19 calendar year. Since only a few years after its first performance in 1742, Messiah has been unmatched in its popularity and prominence among choral works. Although nearly all choral singers have sung parts of Messiah, very few
The Messiah Project 2018 -2019 Read More »
All-Church StayTreat Registration is now open!
You are invited to stay in town for this year’s All-Church Retreat! Our Theologian-in-Residence, the Rev. Dr. Christy Lang Hearlson, will lead a variety of activities for all and preach on the weekend’s theme: “Paying Attention” All are welcome, and you can come for one activity or come for the whole weekend!
All-Church StayTreat Registration is now open! Read More »
Third Thursday Taize Prayer Service Beginning this Fall
On Thursday, September 20, step back from everyday life to be refreshed, and encounter God in the silence. No preaching or teaching, it is a gracefully simple service of contemplation in a prayerful setting, with scripture, prayer, song, silence and light. This service, on the third Thursday of each month, offers time (30 minutes) to
Third Thursday Taize Prayer Service Beginning this Fall Read More »
2018 – 2019 Program Year Theme: God’s Invitation to a Christ-Centered Life
God’s Invitation to a Christ-Centered Life will be the 2018-19 program year theme. As we were moving toward the choice of a theme, INVITE was our core practice which kept rising to the surface after focusing on CONNECT in the 2017–18 year. However, a year of simply encouraging each other to invite people to church
2018 – 2019 Program Year Theme: God’s Invitation to a Christ-Centered Life Read More »