Facilities committee chairman Marshall Price updated Session recently on the progress of the new courtyard. While the courtyard project has encountered numerous unexpected delays, progress continues, and the committee is hopeful that completion is nearing. In addition...
Students from James Madison University are returning to Harrisonburg, and we're ready to welcome them. First Pres has two upcoming opportunities to do just that. JMU Freshman Move-in On Saturday, Aug. 21, we will partner with campus ministries CRU and RUF to help...
First Pres' Nominating Committee has presented a slate of leaders for approval to serve as elders and deacons for a three-year term starting in January. On Sunday, Aug. 22 during a 10:15 a.m. Congregational Meeting, the committee seeks the congregation's approval of...
Exciting changes are coming with the re-opening of our Soup Kitchen. We will be back inside Showker Hall and tentatively will begin in September. Tuesday Soup Kitchen has been served during the COVID pandemic by preparing 25 bagged-lunch meals and meeting guests...
The Courtyard Committee knows that everyone is getting anxious for the completion of the Courtyard. No one is more eager to see it completed than the members of the Courtyard Committee. As you are aware, construction of any project during the pandemic has been fraught...
As human beings, God created us to live in relationship with others. We want to belong, we want to be connected. Whether we’re kids on the playground wanting to be picked for a game, youth wanting to be included in this group or that team, whether it’s college...
Several dozen of our youth and their mentors gathered for D-Now, our annual in-town retreat last weekend. They spent the weekend in worship, discipleship, fellowship and service . The theme for the weekend was the first chapter of 1 Peter, where Peter describes how...
I’ve been reflecting on James 1:19, which in part reads: “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” I believe this verse tells us how we can improve communication. Half of effective communication lies with the listener. We need to...
Elder Mike Robison Mike Robison and his wife, Margie, were attracted to First Presbyterian some five years ago by the church's commitment to global missions and by the numbers of serious followers of Jesus. Mike spent nearly thirty years with Woodrow Wilson...