BECOMING A MEMBER Home / About / Becoming a Member If you are interested in joining First Pres through membership, we would be excited to have you join us! We believe that First Pres is a wonderful place to worship and serve the Lord, as well as to build relationships with others. Here are the steps to making First Pres your church home: We offer an Inquirer’s Class three or four times a year that meets from 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Ask a staff member when the next class meets. In the class, we will briefly discuss the history of the Presbyterian Church, how this local church is organized, as well as our Biblical convictions. If you are ready to begin the process, start by contacting us at the church. God has great things in store for you! We would be so happy to have you join us! Contact Murray at 806-373-4242. ABOUT Contact & News ECO Employment FAQs Mission Statement & Beliefs Our History Our People Our Pipe Organ What We're About First Pres Amarillo App WORSHIP | GROW | CONNECT | SERVE

Operation Christmas Child 2022 ABOUT Becoming a Member Contact & News ECO Employment FAQs Mission Statement & Beliefs Our History Our People Our Pipe Organ What We're About WORSHIP | GROW | CONNECT | SERVE Help us share the love of Christ with precious children around the world by grabbing an empty box with instructions inside, filling it, and bringing it back to the church by Sunday, November 13. You can also use the button below to fill a box online and help us reach our online goal of 50 shoeboxes. FILL A SHOEBOX ONLINE

Home / About / Our People / Staff STAFF Home / About / Our People / Staff / Austin DeSpain Youth Associate ​ austind@firstpres.com (806) 373-4242

Home / About / Our People / Staff STAFF Home / About / Our People / Staff / Allison Silvertooth Receptionist Allison has been in this role since September 1, 2021, after retiring from 32 years in education. She loves the First Presbyterian Church staff and members and is so very grateful to have the opportunity to serve this church, all its members, and staff. She was baptized as an infant here, professed her faith as a young person after Confirmation class here, was married, and baptized her two precious daughters here. She is still married to Dennis (34 years later) and together they have raised their daughters, Shelby and Lyndee. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to worship music, gardening, and camping with her family. Three favorite verses are: Psalm 27:1; 1 Peter 4:10, and Philippians 4:6-8. ​ (806) 373-4242

Home / About / Our People / Staff STAFF Home / About / Our People / Staff / Doyle Askew Operations Manager Doyle Askew has been the Operations Manager at First Pres for over 31 years. He and his wife enjoy spending time with their five grandkids. Doyle loves the members and staff at First Pres. He feels like this is where God wants him to serve. Doyle’s favorite verse is Psalm 23, and he loves Mexican food! doylea@firstpres.com (806) 350-5206

FIRST PRES KIDS Home / Ministries / First Pres Kids a fun, safe, and loving place for KIDS to learn about their place in God's story FIRST PRES KIDS Nursery/Early Childhood Elementary Events OTHER INTERESTS Studies and Groups Worship Grow Connect Serve First Pres VBS 2024 Mark your calendar! June 3-7 9:00am-12:00pm for all children 4 years - kids just fini shing 5th grade (they'll have a special A&O VBS) VBS Registration will be right here starting May 1st. Sunday School Curriculum Our desire, when our 5th graders graduate out of Ki ds Ministry, is that they would have a good foundation of Biblical knowledge. Here is what each age is learning. January 17- April 17 by Mikal Keefer @ David C. Cook Pub. Critter Land had Easter Stations too 3rd/4th/5th Grades met together this week to learn about the Last Supper, Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, and Jesus on the Cross, just like all of the Kids Sunday School classes. . Easter is a great time to celebrate with friends! 1st/2nd grade in the Garden Meet the First Pres Kids Ministry Staff: Director of Early Childhood, DEBBIE LAUR , on the left. And Director of Kids Ministry, KASEY SIMS on the right. Click here to learn about: Our SUNDAY SCHOOL Click here to learn about: Parenting in the Pew Free downloads for Discipling your kids find great resources here from Theol oby Recommended Podcast: Intentional Parents Podcast Article on Childhood Anxiety from Group Pub. Sunday Morning Worship Resources: Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship by Robbie Castleman Sunday School Resources: TruCurriculum by Tru Ministry for PreSchool/PreK&Kinder/1st&2nd Grade The Gospel of John for 3rd Grade The Story , by Randy Frazee for 4th&5th Grade ​

FEATURED MISSIONARY Home / Ministries / Missions Worship Grow Connect Meet this month's Featured missionaries Amanda and Michael Torres – Fayetteville Arkansas Navigator Staff at University of Arkansas Serve LOCAL SUPPORT US & WORLD SUPPORT SERVE NOW God gripped our hearts and changed our lives as college students. Both of us started following Jesus in high school, but during Amanda’s time at West Texas A&M and Michael’s time at Texas A&M, God used people in The Navigators to help us see how we can know God deeply, walk with Him sincerely, and be used by Him to bring Him glory and bring people into His kingdom. Through Life-to-Life discipleship, people came alongside both of us to help us grow in our relationship with Jesus and live out His Commission to make disciples of all nations. Knowing we could live this kind of life, as well as see others who actually are living it out, made a huge impact on us! With the desire to give ourselves to this ministry we joined The Navigators staff after graduation in order to continue coming alongside college students to help them know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same. After serving several years on staff at Texas A&M, we got married, and in 2015 we moved from Texas A&M to serve at the University of Texas at Austin. After serving for six years at UT, we were invited to join The Navigators work at the University of Arkansas where the mission remains the same: to help college students know Jesus and equip them to do the same with others. Amanda was introduced to First Presbyterian Church by Bruce and Rosie Das and had the privilege to intern for A&O her last semester at WTAMU. Throughout her internship and since being on staff with The Navigators, we have felt incredibly cared for by the First Pres congregation. Thank you for your generous support, enduring prayers and encouragement for over a decade! We are so grateful for you!

WHO'S WHO Home / About / Who's Who Are you wondering who you should talk to about a certain issue? This list might help you. Click here for a pdf of The Who's Who 2024 ABOUT Deacons Elders Staff Trustees

TRUSTEES Home / About / Our People / Trustees ​ ​ 2024 Sally Forrester Pris Thompson ​ 2025 Stan Morris Anthony Sicola ​ 2026 Matt Harkins Del Oliver ABOUT Deacons Elders Staff Who's Who

Home / About / Our People / Staff STAFF Home / About / Our People / Staff / Jaci Hopkins Youth Associate Jaci Hopkins serves as an Associate Director of Youth at First Pres. Jaci graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelors Degree in Biology with a minor in Religion. She is very grateful to get to be on staff at First Pres and to get to work with the awesome youth. A couple of her favorite verses are Jeremiah 9:23-24 and Matthew 20:26-28. jacih@firstpres.com ​

MISSION STATEMENT & BELIEFS Home / About / Mission Statement & Beliefs Mission Statement Our Mission Statement is "…to discover and live the way of Christ in the expansive Grace of God." ​ Our Beliefs We are a 'Confessional' church and proud members of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians and the Fellowship of Presbyterians. We have adopted 13 creeds and confessions of the church, including the Apostles' Creed, that we believe accurately state what the Scripture teaches. ​ Statement of Faith Under the authority of Jesus Christ and his word, we affirm: We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, author of all beauty, truth and goodness. We believe in Jesus Christ, His only son, who suffered and died on the cross, as an atoning sacrifice for sins, giving forgiveness and eternal life to all those who put their faith and trust in Him. We believe God raised Jesus from the dead and that His death and resurrection are the central events of history. We believe Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to God the Father but through Him. We believe in the third person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit, who baptizes, fills, instructs, counsels, comforts, convicts, purifies, exhorts, and strengthens all believers in accordance with God’s good will and purpose. We believe that Holy marriage is between a man and a woman, is ordained by God, and is the human echo of the divine relationship between Christ and His bride, the true Church. Basic Presbyterian Beliefs The Trinity: God is one and exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.Jesus Christ - God took human form in the person of Jesus Christ. He was fully God and fully human. Jesus Christ: God took human form in the person of Jesus Christ. He was fully God and fully human. Justification by Faith: A person by faith in Jesus Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross receives grace – the forgiveness of sin and the gift of eternal life. Scripture: The Bible is God’s written Word to humankind – the “infallible rule of faith and practice.” Sovereignty: Our Living Heavenly Father is ultimately in control of world events and individual lives. He works all things out in accordance with His will. Sacraments: We celebrate two sacraments: baptism and holy communion. ​ Worship: We as Christians strive to praise and please God and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him. ABOUT Becoming a Member Contact & News ECO Employment FAQs Our History Our People Our Pipe Organ What We're About First Pres Amarillo App WORSHIP | GROW | CONNECT | SERVE

DEACONS Home / About / Our People / Deacons ​ ​ ​ 2024 Solofo Andriamalala Gary Argo Randi Bruckner Carol McNeer Trent Morris Eric Olson Darrell Schmidt Elizabeth Smith 2025 Sara Archer Beth Brannon Jason Fenton Jacob Ives Elisha Oliver Virginia Si cola 2026 Curt Besselman Wilson Freeman Tammy Harrington Todd Weddington David Woodburn Youth Deacons Lilly Lusby Noah Olson ABOUT Elders Staff Who's Who Trustees