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Parkins plays for Organ Crawl (fundraiser)
May 25, 2018 
- Delicious three course meal with wine
- Private organ performances and architectural highlights of three Downtown Durham churches
- Architecture expert and church renovator Terry Byrd Eason will share insight on each church
Memorial Day observed
May 25, 2018 
The Church Office will be closed on Monday, May 25 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Administrative staff will be available at the church on Tuesday, May 26 beginning at 9:00 a.m. for those needing assistance at the church. Have a safe holiday!
Join us for our annual Mother’s Day Luncheon
May 10, 2018 
Sunday, May 13
Don’t let mom cook on Mother’s Day!
Don’t make mom stand in a long restaurant line!
Instead, celebrate mom by joining us for the Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon following worship.
Meal reservation needed. Donations will be received to offset meal costs.
The Great Big Church Family Festival is happening today!
May 10, 2018 
Serve the Lord with Gladness!
Gathering at 3 Durham Churches, June 17-19 & End-of-Summer Reunion at New Hope Camp and Conference Center, August 5
Click here for more information and to register for this fun inter-generational event!
Sunday, April 29 – Intergenerational Sunday School Class
April 25, 2018 
Sunday, April 29 will be a Fifth Sunday Inter-Generational Sunday School Class in Watts-Hill Hall for young and old at 9:45 a.m. (Adult, children and youth classes will meet together.)
Since we celebrated Earth Day during worship on last Sunday, we will do activities together this Sunday that celebrate planting, growing, nature, rocks, and all things natural made by God. Surveys tell us that families want to get to know members outside of their own immediate age group. Christian Education hears this desire and has designed this hour with that goal in mind. So, we invite adults, youth, Scratch, children, one and all, to meet us in Watts-Hill Hall for an active Earth Day celebration.
Palestine Is Our Home” Lunch & Learn event
April 25, 2018 
Preview of Joe Robinson’s BOOKWATCH interview
April 24, 2018 
This is a preview of Joe Robinson’s interview with DG Martin on “North Carolina BOOKWATCH” to air on UNC-TV in June:
Concert Celebrating Poetry of Emily Dickinson
April 10, 2018 I Told My Soul to Sing: Poems & Musical Settings of Emily Dickinson
Sunday, April 22, 2018
3:00 p.m. in the FPC sanctuary
Join Lesley Curtis, soprano, Deborah Coclanis, piano, and Ann Harrison, reader, for a program of readings and musical settings of the poems of Emily Dickinson.
Women’s Voices Chorus Spring Concert
April 10, 2018 
Sunday, May 6, 2018, at 3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
Choral music on the plight of the refugee and the role of Mary in the Abrahamic faiths with Latin American and Middle Eastern sounds
This concert will feature Artistic Director Allan Friedman’s new refugee song, Miriyam, Maria, and Maryam, a dramatic piece written in response to the present reality of millions of displaced people around the globe. Accompanied by guitars, oud, percussion, and interpretive dance, with text from Psalms, Rumi, and Hafez, Friedman imagines three women of different faiths as they are swept up in tragic historical events.
The spring program will also include modern and Renaissance choral works by women on the Virgin Mary; Ariel Ramirez’s romping and lively South American folk mass, Misa Criolla; and international songs of peace, including an Iraqi lullaby and a Palestinian-American’s song on the longing to be free.
Tickets are $17 for adults and $7 for students. To purchase advance tickets online, please visit our Square store. All tickets purchased online will be available for pickup at the ticket table in the lobby on the day of the concert.
Palm Sunday – Join us!
March 02, 2018 
Sunday, March 25
9:30 a.m. EASTER EGG HUNT (FPC playground for families w/young kids) —
9:45 a.m. Hot Cross Buns & Coffee Fellowship in Watts-Hill Hall for all to enjoy! (No Sunday School) —
10:15 a.m. PALM PARADE through downtown Durham with friends from neighboring churches —
11:00 a.m. WORSHIP with lessons and songs about Christ’s passion