Under the leadership of our Director of Youth and Children's Ministries, our youth program is a dynamic and growing opportunity for youth to come together for fellowship, study, and sharing. There is a program for Middle Highs as well as Senior Highs. They meet for a shared meal on Sunday evenings. For more information, please call the church office, 637-3270.

The Men of The Church involves men within the congregation in the following activities: meetings for dinner and fellowship, volunteer services to the church, programs of human interest and support for one another. For more information, call Matt Purvis 633-0333.

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• Haiti
• Habitat for Humanity
• Religious Community Services ( RCS - Soup kitchen, food
  pantry, clothes closet, financial aid)
• Coastal Women's Shelter (domestic violence)
• Phoenix House (drug re-hab)
• Crop Walk
• Merci Clinic (free indigent health service)

The Presbyterian Women's Organization provides an excellent avenue for Bible study, fellowship, and service. Groups of women are divided into Circles. One Circle meets at 10:00 AM on the first Monday and another at 1:30 on that day; four meet at 10 AM on the first Tuesday; and a night circle meets in the Lighthouse on the second Wednesday at 7:30 PM.  Most circles meet in the homes of members. Study as well as mission projects and personal support all combine to make the meetings a time of sharing and caring. For more information, please contact the PW Moderator Nancy Chiles at 638-2346 or nancychiles@coastalnet.com.

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The purpose of the House Church Program at First Presbyterian Church is to help adult members of the church find fellowship and belonging, a very important thing in a church a large church like ours. Each House Church meets in member's homes once a month October through May for a covered dish meal and a program. Each person brings a previously assigned food. The gathering opens and closes with prayer. The group shares a meal and then joins in a guided discussion. For more information, call Sarah Evans at the church office, 637-3270.

Shepherd Program

We believe that as we find ways for our congregation to stand together, know each other, and give support, we are fulfilling some of what Jesus Christ has called us to do as His church. Through approximately 50 shepherd groups we are building a community of faith through knowing one another better, incorporating new members by establishing for them a network of new friends, and giving sensitive support when there is an illness, joyful experience, or death within a family. The Shepherd will render care and make contacts in accordance with the wishes of each family. For more information on the Shepherd Program, call Shirley Rogers at the church office, 637-3270.

First Presbyterian Church operates a weekday preschool in our the J.Murphy Smith Fellowship Center from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon, for children 15 months through 4 years old. For more information, call our Preschool Director at 636-0067.

Our mid-month fellowship gathering is announced in advance. It is hosted each month by a different commission of the church. These events offer fellowship, a meal and education regarding the work of the church.

The First Presbyterian Church maintains a Prayer Chain composed of about forty five people who actively and regularly pray for any who desire to place a prayer request on the list of concerns. A prayer request may be submitted in any one of several ways:

• Call the 24 - hour prayer line at 634-4286. The phone line is managed in a confidential manner.
• Write your prayer request on one of the prayer request cards found in the pew. The cards may be placed in the offering plate or mailed to the church office.
• Call Kathleen Harris, Prayer Chain coordinator, at 636-2257.
• Inform either of the two ministers.
• Send a confidential prayer request via e-mail to firstpresnewbern@esisnet.com

All requests are carefully screened to insure confidentiality. Those that do not require complete privacy are forwarded weekly to the people that serve on the Prayer Chain.