Welcome to First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans!
We are a church with a rich history. Feel free to browse our website and discover more about us. First Presbyterian is an open and affirming congregation that welcomes and encourages all to join us in worship. We are affiliated with the PC(USA).
We are a More Light Congregation and a member of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. We welcome all people, all races, and all sexual orientations.
Church services have been suspended for now due to the coronavirus and the mayor's request that everyone stay home. Online services can be viewed by following these links:
For those who weren't able to be in the worship service on March 15, here's a link to the scripture readings and sermon. Mary Frances Brashears is the liturgist. Rev. Kathleen Crighton is the preacher. Sermon title: "The Samaritan Woman, the Outsider."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g3_av4KSVI&feature=youtu.be
Join us for a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 6pm on December 24.
FPCNO takes the show on the road: bell caroling on the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. We sang and handed out candy canes as we rode the streetcar from Jefferson Ave. to Palmer Park and back again. We had a wonderful time and spread lots of Christmas Cheer. This will definitely become an annual event!
This year we are preparing for the Christ child by adding pieces of straw to the manger. Each piece of straw represents an act of kindness or a blessing, given or received.
Have you given or received a blessing this week? Come to worship on Sunday or to the Program of Hope on Wednesday and add a piece or two of straw.
By Christmas Eve, we will have prepared the bed for Baby Jesus with straw symbolizing acts of love and kindness.
Join us this Sunday for our Lessons and Carols service- instead of the typical sermon + 3 hymns worship format, we will collaboratively decorate the sanctuary and hear the story of Jesus in 6 short Bible readings, interspersed with bells, singing of carols, hymns & choir music. In the absence of a photo of the decoration process, here is one of the children singing from last year. These adorable people will be helping to lead the service this year by reading and performing music.
We had a little pre-Thanksgiving feast and Saints game viewing party the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Thanks to all who made Trash Can Turkey Sunday so awesome! Thanks to Zane and his crew for cooking the turkeys and to all who brought so many delicious things to eat, and to all who came out for fellowship and football (Saints won in a squeaker!). It was a wonderful return to a favorite tradition. And the weather was perfect! (God gets the credit for that one.)
Thanks to everyone for their help unloading pumpkins for the pumpkin patch last Sunday! We received over 2400 pumpkins and we unloaded the truck in less than 3 hours!
The pumpkin patch is open Mon-Friday from 3pm - 7pm, Saturdays from 10am - 7pm, and Sundays from 1pm - 7pm.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell's Interfaith Leaders Breakfast on October 1 at Gallier Hall was an opportunity for local faith leaders to connect with New Orleans city government leaders. Pastor Kathy invited the mayor to our Pumpkin Patch, and the mayor told her she has been buying her pumpkins there for the last 11 years!
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Contact Info
5401 South Claiborne Ave
New Orleans, LA 70125
Email: info@fpcno.org
Phone:(504) 866-7409
Presbyterian Fun Fact
There are about 75 million Reformed/Presbyterian Christians worldwide and about 2.5 million belong to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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