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.
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!
Thank you to all the kiddos and parents for coming to this event on Saturday, September 21st. The kids had fun and their masterpieces will be displayed throughout First Presbyterian Church 19th Annual Pumpkin Patch. Opening day for the Pumpkin Patch is Monday, October 7 @ 3pm.
"We are blessed to have our old friend Kathy at the helm. The first Sunday Service we had after Katrina was at her house," said longtime member R. Boling. Kathy is pictured here with our updated sign, sporting one of our bicentennial t-shirts, after she stopped by to check on the garden beds. A fitting portrait, hardworking, welcoming, and casual: much like the members of the church.
Kathy started coming to First when she was five years old, after her family moved to a home a block away on Jefferson Avenue. She was confirmed in the church at the age of twelve.
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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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