The Parish Nurse program is built on the premise that promoting health and wholeness are integral parts of the ministry of Christ’s church.  Parish Nurses are Registered Nurses (RNs) who pursue additional training sanctioned by the Deaconess Health movement.  The Parish Nurse can be a personal health counselor and advocate, a health educator, and a referral source.

The Parish Nurse program at First Presbyterian Church is a volunteer ministry.  Regular activities include Sunday morning blood pressure checks, education, and visitation.  Special programs such as assistance with identifying the best Medicare D program for a particular person, a Christmas time “Walk to Bethlehem”, and informational meetings.

We endeavor to evolve and be receptive to the needs of those around us and welcome your comments and suggestions!

First Presbyterian Church offers Christian Education ministries to all ages.  We have Church School every Sunday morning at 9:45 for children, teens and adults.  Throughout the year we provide special study opportunities in addition to our regular Sunday schedule.

As part of our Children and Youth ministry, we include the young people as ushers and acolytes, and throughout the year include the young people in special services.  Our Young Children and Worship ministry helps prepare our young disciples to attend worship.  Every year we join with a sister church in town to do Vacation Bible School as we reach out to our children and the children in the surrounding neighborhood. We support the young people as they attend Presbytery Camps and Conferences, and our youth group meets twice each month for special activities together.

First Presbyterian Church is a congregation with a caring heart that tries to demonstrate the grace of Christ to those in need.  To that end, we engage in a number of ministries to meet the needs of people who are often marginalized in our society.  Each month we prepare and serve up to 200 free hot lunches at Manna House.   We collect and purchase groceries, paper and hygiene products which we deliver to a group of 24 low income senior adults who live in the neighborhoods around the church, and once each quarter we include a housing project as well. We also coordinate, plan and implement our local CROP Walk, a community wide fundraiser to alleviate hunger in the U.S. and around the world.  We have sent relief teams to the Gulf Coast to help in Katrina relief.  At Christmas we sponsor an angel tree to provide Christmas gifts for families in need.

In addition to these ministries we also participate in the denominational offerings which go to benefit a wide variety of people.