Chanticleer Coming October 30

Sep 22, 2022 | Events, Music, News

We look forward to welcoming Chanticleer back to the First Pres Sanctuary on Sunday, October 30 at 4:00 PM! Founded in San Francisco in 1978, Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices...

2022 Hymn Festival Featuring Todd Wilson

Sep 21, 2022 | Music, News

Plan now to attend the 2022 Hymn Festival featuring renowned organist Todd Wilson! The concert will be held on Friday, September 23, at 7:00 PM, and admission is free! The concert kicks off the 2022-23 Music Series Season at First Pres!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever- Open Auditions

Sep 12, 2022 | News, Shows

AUDITONS SEPT 25 at 5:00 PM -First Pres Theater Fort Wayne In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids–probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t...

Community Conversation

Aug 26, 2022 | News

Join members of First Presbyterian Church and Congregation Achduth Vesholom as we talk about reproductive justice on Wednesday, September 7, at 7:00pm. The evening will include a reading from the play Roe, by Lisa Loomer, presented by actors from the First...

First Pres Endorses Help Not Handcuffs Coalition Pledge

Aug 25, 2022 | News

Dear First Pres Friends, Last week at its stated meeting, the Session endorsed the Help Not Handcuffs Coalition pledge.  You can find a copy of the petition here, but in short it states that we are opposed to building a jail in southeast Fort Wayne, and we call upon...

Member Deaths

Jul 19, 2022 | News

Patricia “Pat” Parker, 92, beloved mother and wife, dedicated community volunteer, and positive role model to all who knew her, died August 12th surrounded by her family. Born in Sandusky, Ohio, she lived in Chicago before earning her BA at DePauw University in 1951....