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FPC Holds Community Blood Drive
November 04, 2024 
Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 1:00pm – 6:00pm
If you are healthy and it has been over 50 days since your last blood donation, please come out to donate on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Most donations take about an hour, so book your appointment, roll up your sleeve, and become a part of the lifesaving mission of the Red Cross.
Visit redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code firstpres to schedule your appointment.
Pauli Murray Documentary Showings
October 03, 2023 
Pauli Murray is the unofficial saint of Durham, and we all now have the special opportunity to view the award-winning film “My Name is Pauli Murray” at the homes of FPC members on five different dates in October.
The 91-minute film won the Peabody Award in 2022 and has been described by critics as a film that “educates and uplifts in equal measure while paying stirring tribute to a largely unsung — yet hugely important — individual.” It depicts Pauli’s life and struggles and influence on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.
This October and November members of FPC’s Racial Equity Task Force are opening their homes and inviting you to share this movie that is only available on Amazon Prime.
You can sign up for a showing at this link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EA4AD2DA46-44740033-pauli#/.
FPC’s second campaign to reduce medical debt a great success!
September 11, 2023 
Our Phase 2 Building Beloved Community campaign to reduce medical debt in North Carolina is another success story. This campaign began May 1 of 2023 and concluded on July 31. With the help of some of our church friends in the Triangle, a total of $34,030.18 was received in donations. Those funds have already been distributed and eliminated over $7.5 million dollars in medical debt to citizens in North Carolina. Thank you so much for your generous giving.
Click here to see how the money was distributed.
Come hear beautiful music in a beautiful space!
September 06, 2023 
On this Saturday, September 9, at 4:00 p.m., the SONAM (Singers of new and ancient music) will join forces with the Duke Chorale in a concert in our sanctuary. The concert is free, but donations will be taken and all proceeds will go to support First Presbyterian’s Walk-in Ministry.
The sanctuary and parking lot are handicap accessible.
The address for the church’s parking lot is 300 E. Liberty St. Additional parking is available in lots adjacent to the church off Liberty Street and on Queen Street.
Memorial Service for Wes Carson
August 28, 2023 
FPC member Carl Wesley (Wes) Carson passed away on August 2, 2023 at The Forest at Duke. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 2, 2023 at the church at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. The family will receive friends in Watts-Hill Hall following the service.
All Church Summer Sizzle: Fun, Fellowship and Dinner
July 28, 2023 
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The Momsen-Hudson’s house is located about 20 minutes from the church.
Bean bag golf, basketball, and kickball will be some of the available activities.
Please bring a lawn chair, water bottle, and potluck dish to share.
House and entrance are handicap accessible.
Arthur Clark Memorial Service
July 21, 2023 
SERVICE: Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, Durham.
RECEPTION: The family will greet friends following the service in Watts-Hill Hall.
Eye witness report from Ukraine and Poland
July 14, 2023 
A Conversation with Peter Lumsdaine, member of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) national committee to abolish nuclear weapons
Read about Peter Lumsdaine here.
Monday, July 17
7:00 p.m. – Watts-Hill Hall
Join us for an in-person briefing and discussion of a unique April 2023 visit to Ukraine & Poland.
Where is the war going?
What is the answer?
What can we do?
FPC Hosting Rally for Trans Youth!
June 22, 2023 | YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! Join us in the church’s parking lot on Sunday, June 25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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