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From Heart to Hammer
FPC Members Dedicated to Housing Impact Twenty-four years; thirty-four Habitat houses; one important mission: to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ through affordable housing. Amidst the challenges that come with construction, nobody will claim it’s an easy...
Charlotte school, church create ‘flagship model’ of school-community partnership
The partnership between First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte and Westerly Hills Academy is a strong one, one that the school principal describes as a flagship model of a successful school-community relationship. You wouldn’t know it now, but there was a time when...
Triptych
Use the links below to navigate to a triptych topic. Repentance and Resurrection Statement Artist's Statement Repentance and Resurrection Statement Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your...
What to Expect at the Sanctuary Reopening
Our sanctuary will reopen for worship on Sunday, October 23, after 18 months of worshiping in the Wood Fellowship Hall. The Opening Doors Capital Campaign has allowed us to expand the chancel and made it handicap-accessible, repair and refinish the wood floors,...
A Note About Our Parking Lot
Church Parking Lot on 312 W Trade St Dear FPC Family, There are so many exciting updates underway on our campus over the summer that will be ready for us to enjoy as the fall rolls around! I hope you are following along with our regular construction updates. I...
FPC Senior Pastors
• Robert Hall Morrison • Abner Johnson Leavenworth • Cyrus Johnston • Arnold DeWelles Miller • Alexander Sinclair • John Alexander Preston • James Robert Howerton • William Morris Kincaid • David Hopkins Rolston • Albert Sidney Johnson • William Addison Alexander, Jr....
2022 Will Appleby Award Recipient
Addison "Addie" Williams has been named the 2022 recipient of the Will Appleby Award for Spirit, Leadership, and Dedication. Addison is a senior at Providence High School and the daughter of Doug and Beth Williams and sister to Finn. She was baptized in this church,...
A Helping Heart
WILLIE ATKINS’ SERVICE IMPACTS THE CHURCH, MEMBERS’ LIVES In the year 1973, the price of a gallon of gas was 39 cents; a gallon of milk was 62 cents; the average price of a new home was just $32,500; Richard Nixon was president; Super Bowl VII was won by the Miami...
The Good Samaritan Fresco
Immediately upon entering the front doors of the Fellowship Hall, a dramatic image of the Samaritan bending over a beaten and bloodied stranger serves as an important reminder of the intimate relationship between the teachings of Christ and the work we are called to...