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Hymn Festival with David Cherwien
First Presbyterian Church will present a hymn festival Friday, October 8, by one of the nation’s premier event leaders, David Cherwien of Minneapolis. Each hymn has been carefully selected will be interspersed with inspiring readings by Susan Palo Cherwien. There will...
Gallery Opening Reception
A large crowd turned out September 10 for the opening reception of the 2020-2021 First Pres Gallery season. "New Directions" features the work of five local artists who began painting, sculpting, working with clay, or making Haiga after careers in other areas. The...
Best New Play of 2016, The Wolves, Makes Fort Wayne Debut at First Pres Theater!
As the First Presbyterian Theater 2021 UnSeason continues, 9 young women will rock the stage as a socially conscious soccer team in Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer Prize finalist, coming-of-age play, The Wolves, directed by Shelby Lewis. Named one of 2016’s Best New Plays by...
Women’s Retreat: Mission Madness
ENJOY A CRAFTY, RELAXING, UPLIFTING GOOD TIME!It’s time for another women's retreat and Julie Gvillo of “A Place of Grace” is returning to lead it. This is a one-day retreat here at the church on Saturday, October 2 from 9am to 5pm. Breakfast and lunch will be...
Meet The New Director of Fine and Performing Arts
A Fort Wayne native, Todd Sandman attended St. Charles Borromeo Elementary School, Bishop Dwenger High School and graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre. His education journey continued when he was accepted into the Professional Actor...
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance seeks to bring hope and healing after Hurricane Ida
Members of First Presbyterian Church pack buckets of cleaning products for shipment to PDA volunteers in hard-hit flooded areas. As news comes in of the devastating effects of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Presbyterian Disaster Service (PDA) has...
Rally Sunday: September 12
This year’s Rally Day, our annual kick-off to a great ‘new year’ of service, worship andfellowship, will be one for the ages! As we remain COVID-conscious this year we will not be asking formembers to bring sides and dishes, instead we will have a professionally...
Responding to Haiti Earthquake: PDA, World Mission and global partners work together.
by Kathy Melvin | Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE — Since the 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Saturday, people have been sleeping outside waiting for possible aftershocks. When tropical storm Grace hit Monday, they had yet another horrible choice to make....
Member Deaths
Frederic "Fritz" Lancaster Perry, age 43, of Fort Wayne, Indiana passed away on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at Parkview Regional Medical Center. Fritz was born September 4, 1977 in Fort Wayne, IN, the son of Frederic Gilworth "Gil" Perry and Susan G. Perry. Fritz...
First Presbyterian Theater Flex Pass On Sale Now!
Ensure you are present. Once again, First Presbyterian Theater's Flex Pass is on sale! This season pass gives you the flexibility to attend a show when you want, in whatever style you want. But because this is the Un-Season with unbelievable possibilities, we've even...
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Come support the FPC Day School Cookie Jar and buy homemade chocolate chip, molasses, sugar, snickerdoodle and oatmeal cookies at the Johnny Appleseed Festival from 10-6 on Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday. We are booth F5, near the children’s play area by the river. We would love your support!! 🍪
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Shout out to all the volunteers!! We’re baking chocolate chip, molasses, sugar, snickerdoodle or oatmeal cookies for the annual FPC Day School fundraiser at the Johnny Appleseed Festival🍪 #firstpres #dtfw #cookies #baking
What an amazing time we had today at Rally Day 2021! A BIG thank you to everyone that made this possible. And they say Presbyterians can’t have fun. Pfft! #unityinthecommunity #rallyday2021 #fortwayne #myfortwayne #firstpresrocks
Sunrise in the city.
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