Nursery
A nursery is provided for second grade & under in the Ministry Center room 1.23 beginning again on May 9, 2021.
Nursery is available from 10:30 am thru 12:00 pm. Masks will be worn by the adults offering this program.
A nursery is provided for second grade & under in the Ministry Center room 1.23 beginning again on May 9, 2021.
Nursery is available from 10:30 am thru 12:00 pm. Masks will be worn by the adults offering this program.
Sunday School
Preschool age children
Watch our Children's Worship & Wonder Video on our Worship page or on Facebook
Preschool age children
Watch our Children's Worship & Wonder Video on our Worship page or on Facebook
Kindergarten – 5th Grade children
Invited to worship with us at 8:30 am or 11:00 am
or watch our online service
and don't miss the Children's Worship Video on the Worship page or on Facebook.
Nursery available for infants thru second grade during the 11:00 am worship service.
We hope to gather again in person as soon as we can do so safely!
Invited to worship with us at 8:30 am or 11:00 am
or watch our online service
and don't miss the Children's Worship Video on the Worship page or on Facebook.
Nursery available for infants thru second grade during the 11:00 am worship service.
We hope to gather again in person as soon as we can do so safely!
Middle & High School
Invited to worship with us at 8:30 am or 11:00 am
or watch our online service
Sunday School on break until the fall of 2021
Invited to worship with us at 8:30 am or 11:00 am
or watch our online service
Sunday School on break until the fall of 2021
*Children’s Worship & Wonder
After the Children’s Moment at 11:00 am worship, children ages 3 through 2nd grade may attend Worship & Wonder in the Ministry Center room 1.25. This is an age-appropriate time of worship where children can grow in their understanding of God and praise God through prayers and songs.
*Currently found ONLINE on our Worship Page and on Facebook, we are not having a Children's moment at our 11:00 am worship service, a Children's bulletin and worship bag is provided for the service.
After the Children’s Moment at 11:00 am worship, children ages 3 through 2nd grade may attend Worship & Wonder in the Ministry Center room 1.25. This is an age-appropriate time of worship where children can grow in their understanding of God and praise God through prayers and songs.
*Currently found ONLINE on our Worship Page and on Facebook, we are not having a Children's moment at our 11:00 am worship service, a Children's bulletin and worship bag is provided for the service.
Church Membership - New Member Class
Church Membership
Whether you have been worshiping with First Presbyterian for one Sunday or one hundred, we’d welcome the opportunity to talk with you about what it means to be a part of a church community-what it might mean for you to take the joyful, faithful step of becoming a member of First Presbyterian Church.
To help facilitate these conversations, we have scheduled classes to be held on September 12 and 19 during the Sunday School hour with the opportunity to join and be welcomed in worship on the 19th (at 11:00) or the 26th (at 8:30).
If these dates don’t work for you, please get in touch with Anna, so we can add you to the list for the next time we have these gatherings or so we can meet and find a pathway and timeline that works for you (anna@firstpresnb.org or 252-637-3270).
Whether you have been worshiping with First Presbyterian for one Sunday or one hundred, we’d welcome the opportunity to talk with you about what it means to be a part of a church community-what it might mean for you to take the joyful, faithful step of becoming a member of First Presbyterian Church.
To help facilitate these conversations, we have scheduled classes to be held on September 12 and 19 during the Sunday School hour with the opportunity to join and be welcomed in worship on the 19th (at 11:00) or the 26th (at 8:30).
If these dates don’t work for you, please get in touch with Anna, so we can add you to the list for the next time we have these gatherings or so we can meet and find a pathway and timeline that works for you (anna@firstpresnb.org or 252-637-3270).
Read This Book Summer 2021 - Begins May 9
Read This Book Summer 2021
New Adult Education Offering - JOIN US for Read This Book starting on Sunday, May 9, 8:30-9:30 am on Zoom. Each week a different person will present a book that informed, challenged, or inspired them, and connected with their faith. You don't have to attend every week to participate in the class, and friends and family are welcome to attend! To be included on the email list for the class, please contact Maren (maren@firstpresnb.org)
Here is the schedule of presenters for the summer:
New Adult Education Offering - JOIN US for Read This Book starting on Sunday, May 9, 8:30-9:30 am on Zoom. Each week a different person will present a book that informed, challenged, or inspired them, and connected with their faith. You don't have to attend every week to participate in the class, and friends and family are welcome to attend! To be included on the email list for the class, please contact Maren (maren@firstpresnb.org)
Here is the schedule of presenters for the summer:
- May 9 Maren Sonstegard-Spray "Lies my Preacher Told Me: An Honest Look at the Old Testament" by Brent Strawn
- May 16 Wendy Moeller "On the Road with Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts " by James K A Smith
- May 23 Jim Copland "The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life" by Mark Gerson
- May 30 Janet Benrey Swain "Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice: An Urgent Appeal to Fellow Christians in a Time of Social Crisis" by Scott David Allen
- June 6 Wendy Moeller "Surprised by Oxford", "Sex and the City of God", and "Holy Is The Day" by Carolyn Weber
- June 13 Maren Sonstegard-Spray "The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book" by Timothy Beal
- June 20 Lloyd Griffith "Soul Force: A Story about the Rebirthing of Divine Presence in a Postmodern World" by Lloyd Griffith
- June 27 Elaine Berberich "Learning to Pray: a guide for everyone" by Fr. James Martin
- July 4 No Class!
- July 11 Stacey Griffith "Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels" by Ken Bailey
- July 18 Anna Straight "Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science" by Mike McHargue
- July 25 Wendy Moeller "Hope In Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter" by Timothy Keller
We plan to record and post the classes below ...
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The Present Word
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Location: Session House Parlor
Sunday at 9:40 am -10:40 am "The Present Word" is a cooperative curriculum written and supported by five denominations, including PCUSA. It is designed to cover the entire Bible in five-year cycles, but each quarter stands on its own. George Evans will lead the "The Present Word" class is studying "Confident Hope", Gene Peele and Darryl Warren will assist. Please contact George Evans (gkevans4@gmail.com) if you have any questions. Books can be picked up in the church office during normal office hours. |
Centering Prayer Group & Contemplative Worship
Both classes are on hiatus until the fall, enjoy your summer travels both physically and spiritually!
I want to clarify the difference between contemplation and centering prayer. In the early Christian tradition contemplation was the normal evolution of a genuine spiritual life and open to everyone. It was understood as intimate knowledge based on personal experience of God’s Spirit.
Each Wednesday evening at 5:00 pm we gather for Contemplative Worship that centers on this experiential knowing. We begin with listening to the scripture reading selected for preaching the coming Sunday. We listen again to the same reading to pay closer attention to what the passage is saying to us. Then we offer our own prayer to God sharing what we have heard and how we feel about it. We finally let go of our thoughts and rest in the silence for God’s Spirit to respond.
Over time this early tradition developed into different types of prayer and furthered the notion among many that intimate knowing based on an experience of God’s Spirit was reserved for only a few. In this evolution the openness of the spiritual journey to all got pushed to the side.
Centering prayer is a way of returning to the earlier tradition of a genuine spiritual life for all by intentionally nurturing our intuitive faculties that have been repressed in the modern age. Each Wednesday at noon our Centering Prayer Group meets to study different spiritual masters who guide us in letting go of our thoughts and consenting to the presence and action of God’s Spirit within each of us. We help each other be more intentional about the spiritual journey we feel led to make.
Both Contemplative Worship and Centering Prayer are open to anyone at any time. This is an invitation to sense a nudge from the Holy Spirit and try one of these gathering out. It is a timely preparation of our heart for welcoming the birth of the Christ child among us.
Lloyd
Trail Guide
Each Wednesday evening at 5:00 pm we gather for Contemplative Worship that centers on this experiential knowing. We begin with listening to the scripture reading selected for preaching the coming Sunday. We listen again to the same reading to pay closer attention to what the passage is saying to us. Then we offer our own prayer to God sharing what we have heard and how we feel about it. We finally let go of our thoughts and rest in the silence for God’s Spirit to respond.
Over time this early tradition developed into different types of prayer and furthered the notion among many that intimate knowing based on an experience of God’s Spirit was reserved for only a few. In this evolution the openness of the spiritual journey to all got pushed to the side.
Centering prayer is a way of returning to the earlier tradition of a genuine spiritual life for all by intentionally nurturing our intuitive faculties that have been repressed in the modern age. Each Wednesday at noon our Centering Prayer Group meets to study different spiritual masters who guide us in letting go of our thoughts and consenting to the presence and action of God’s Spirit within each of us. We help each other be more intentional about the spiritual journey we feel led to make.
Both Contemplative Worship and Centering Prayer are open to anyone at any time. This is an invitation to sense a nudge from the Holy Spirit and try one of these gathering out. It is a timely preparation of our heart for welcoming the birth of the Christ child among us.
Lloyd
Trail Guide
Monday Evening Women's Bible StudyCurrently on summer hiatus, look for new book in the fall.
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Thursday Morning Women's Bible Study
Currently on summer break, be on the lookout for a great book we can share with each other in the fall.
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Montreat Women's Summer Conference August 13-15th
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Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland –
Tentatively planning to travel in 2021 … contact Lloyd if you have any questions.
Tentatively planning to travel in 2021 … contact Lloyd if you have any questions.