Sunday Mornings adult classes are offered from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The offerings include Bible study, and topics related to contemporary issues.

Exploring Scriptures Together meets Wednesday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., led by Parish Associate Ken Robinson (pictured, in the center). Participants explore the Revised Common Lectionary readsings for the week.

Don't let anyone look down on you for being young. Instead, make your speech, behavior, love, faith, and purity an example for other believers. (1 Timothy 4:12)

FISH is our ministry for Junior and Senior High students (grades 7-12). FISH is dedicated to providing opportunties for teens to explore their faith and to put into practice their own gifts for ministry.

Sunday Mornings

Other Programs

Teens are a valuable and important part of the ministry of the church body. One of our main ministries is helping put on the Vacation Bible School in the summer. We also work together on a Summer Mission Trip where we can use our skills, talents, attitudes, and abilities to share Christ's love with a hurting world.

Train children in the right way, and when they are old, they will not stray. (Proverbs 22:6)

Through our varied ministries we seek to provide experiences where each child comes to know the love of God through Jesus Christ, learns the stories of God's graciousness care and discovers her or his place in the family of faith.

Sunday Mornings

Nursery: Children are welcomed into the infant nursery as soon as parents are comfortable leaving them. We have very capable and loving volunteers to care for children every Sunday morning. Our facilities are safe and welcoming. Infants through children who have begun to walk are welcomed each Sunday! Child care is provided for Sunday service and educational time.

Children's Activity Time: Children who are ages 3 to 5 depart halfway through the morning worship to join in a fun-filled time of activity and learning crafted just for them! Our activity room staff are excited to share the love of Christ with children, and your kids are invited to come experience the fun while getting to know more about God's love.

Children's Worship: Children who are from Kindergarden to 5th grade leave halfway through the morning worship to participate in a worship experience designed especially for them. This kid-friendly program encourages lots of movement, creativity, and hands-on experiences all while learning more about their Savior.

Sunday School: We invite Kindergarden through 12th graders to attend Sunday school: a place to come to faith, and be encouraged to live in faith. This is a place where our main target is for kids to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. These classes are held September through May at 9:00 am at the same time as adult classes.

Godly Play: Godly Play is a special Sunday School class for preschool children ages 3-5. It's goal is to stimulate children's active participation in Bible stories and to awaken their creativity for the learning of the language, sacred stories, parables, liturgical action and silence of the Christian tradition.

Midweek Activities

LOGOS is a Wednesday after-school program from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. which includes a full meal, lots of fun activities, crafts, games, and learning opportunities. The goal of LOGOS is to help boys and girls, grades 2 through 5, to grow spiritually in all areas of life. Christian adults will provide a uniquely structured program, which takes place from September through March. It's like a week of camp all rolled into a single afternoon!

Other Programs

Vacation Bible School provides a special week of fun and nurture for children 4 yrs. old through fifth grade. The program includes crafts, recreation, music, drama and bible study. Here's a short movie of a recent VBS, SonTreasure Island. A special thanks goes to Briar B. for creating this video for us!

Summer Camps are available through Tall Timber Camp, in the heart of the Cascades Mountains.

Music plays an important role in our worship as we express our love, joy, commitment, adoration, repentance and praise to our Creator. The music ministry at First Presbyterian Church is committed to facilitating worship through vocal and instrumental ensembles and solos.

The Chancel Choir membership is open to all who love to sing and are able to commit to rehearsals. Brent McGee, our minister of music, directs the choir, rehearsing every Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The Logos Choir is part of an on-going youth program and sings regularly in our worship services. Their meeting time is Wednesday evenings. The students use their talents to serve God by participating monthly in worship. This year, they are even putting on a musical!

Through the grace of God, we are a community of Christian disciples who are called by the Holy Spirit to experience and share the new life of the Kingdom that has come in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Joyful in worship-, disciplined in nurture, inclusive in fellowship, eager in service, enthusiastic in mission, faithful in stewardship, we gratefully respond to Gods love expressed in Christ Jesus so that others around us may also know God, whom to know is life eternal.

Co-PastorsAnn and Charlie Lewis

Ann considers her leadership style to be collaborative. She seeks to facilitate, enable and equip others. Her compassion, creativity, and strengths in preaching, Christian education, visitations and general pastoral care are evident to those who know her. She has given continuing education emphasis in young children in worship, pre-marital and marital counseling, working with church volunteers, and preaching.

Charlie would say his leadership style is as a servant, and he seeks to follow Christ faithfully. His teamwork and his ability to affirm those he works with come across to those with whom he ministers. Charlie and Ann's efforts have fostered hospitality, generosity and a "family-friendly" atmosphere at First Prebyterian where they have served for ten years. The attention Charlie and Ann give to parish care ministries is strong. He has given continuing education emphasis to youth ministries, preaching, evangelism, equipping God's people for ministry, and spirituality.

Do you realize how RARE that is? Often, people who profess to be "christians" focus on their own comforts and desires--

--but the longer I work with this family of faith, I discover that their heart is NOT just for a country club atmosphere, but to truly serve others with the heart of Jesus.

Brent McGee is our Director of Worship. An elementary school music teacher, Brent works with the Adult Choir, schedules our special music, and also helps other in other areas as he is needed. A truly amazing musical talent himself, he's helping our musicians acheive wonderful levels of musical performace for the Audience of One.

Brent's compositions have been performed by the Cleveland Contemporary Youth Orchestra, the New Music Ensemble at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, and the Rapid City Central High School Women's Choir.

Rev. Ken Robinson is our Parish associate. An retired Presbyterian minister, Pastor Ken works with the Adult Education and also helps other churches as they have need.

Our Parish Nurse is Merridee Vuori. She combines meeting the needs of the physical body with ministering to the needs of the soul for our congregation.

Our church secretary is Liz Hanlon. An experienced church secretary, we are blessed to have such a talented and capable manager of things administrative and office-ial.