STUDIES AND GROUPS Home / Ministries / Studies and Groups Find Your Place... Worshipping together in a large group is powerful. However, we've found that real spiritual growth and lasting relationships are made in smaller studies and group settings. We have lots of groups to choose from. Wherever you are in life, there is a group or a study that will fit. We do better in community. As iron sharpens iron, the key relationships in our lives are meant to challenge, support, and strengthen us. While worship services are powerful, we know that spiritual development happens within smaller community. Find a Sunday school Find a Wednesday Night Group Interested in joining a Triad? STUDIES AND GROUPS Wednesday Nights Sunday School Bible Studies & Small Groups Triads OTHER INTERESTS Studies and Groups Worship Grow Connect Serve At First Pres, our goal is to discover and live the way of Christ int eh expansive grace of God. The way of Christ is the way of community. He ministered to people in community. He ministered to a group of 5,000 (Worship), feeding them with only five loaves of bread and two fish. He chose a group of 70, teaching them and then sending them out to spread the Gospel (Sunday school). We know that he chose His 12 disciples (Small Groups) and He even had a more intimate group of disciples: Peter, James, and John (Triad). ​ We believe that following Christ's model of more intimate and in-depth Christ-centered community is how people mature in their walks with Him. This Path of Discipleship is very similar to how Jesus ministered when He was on the earth.

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CONTACT & NEWS Home / About / Contact & News Still not finding what you were looking for? Feel free to contact us. We'll be happy to help you find what you need. Email: info@firstpres.com Phone: 806.373.4242 ​ Fax Number: 806.373.2407 Staff Listing eChimes Newsletter - Our monthly newsletter can keep you up to date with the latest news and events! ABOUT Becoming a Member 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

WORSHIP SERVICES Home / Worship Services We have the same message preached at all three services, but three unique styles of worship music to choose from... 8:30 a.m. Gospel Service in our Sanctuary 10:55 a.m. Traditional Service in our Sanctuary 11:05 a.m. Contemporary Service in our Fellowship Center WORSHIP SERVICES Reformed Traditional Contemporary Gospel OTHER INTERESTS Studies and Groups Worship Grow Connect Serve

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 ​

REFORMED TRADITIONAL Home / Worship Services / Reformed Tradtional Reformed Traditional 10:55 am Sunday Mornings Sanctuary WORSHIP SERVICES Reformed Traditional Contemporary Gospel OTHER INTERESTS Studies and Groups Worship Grow Connect Serve What is Reformed worship exactly? Well, in the Protestant Reformation theologians like Martin Luther and John Calvin made it clear that we are saved by GRACE alone, through FAITH in CHRIST alone. SCRIPTURE alone is our authority in faith and life as we seek to give all GLORY to God alone. With this new found emphasis on SCRIPTURE, worship in the Reformed Tradition is focused on the triune God and is guided by SCRIPTURE, saturated with SCRIPTURE, and centered around the reading and preaching of SCRIPTURE. For we believe what the Apostle Paul writes about Scripture in 2 Timothy 3:16-17. “16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” We believe that the Lord uses the faithful reading and preaching of Scripture to transform us and equip us to do the work of God’s Kingdom here on earth. In Traditional Reformed Worship we want to pray the word, sing the word, hear the word, and speak the word. For we believe that it is through the Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments that we learn more of who God is, and we discover who God is calling us to be. If you want to encounter God through a service of worship that is saturated in Scripture, then I would encourage you to join us for Traditional Reformed Worship in our beautiful sanctuary at 10:55 a.m. Come join us as we gather around the word of God and are led in singing traditional hymns to God led by our beautiful organ and our sanctuary choir. Our newly renovated organ is actually the largest and most dynamic organ from Fort Worth to Los Angeles and has been profiled in different news articles. People often call it Traditional Worship, but it’s not just “traditional”. It is REFORMED WORSHIP, and that makes all the difference.

Resources for Pursuing Sexual Intimacy God's Way If you need to speak with one of our staff members about sexual sin, adult women, please email Emily Wood and adult men, please email Howard Griffin . Teen women, email Emily Wood , and teen men, email Austin DeSpain . You can also call the church office at 806-373-4242. Below you will find several resources to help you through your journey to freedom. Recommend for Counseling Services: Amarillo Family Institute Book Recommendations for Adults: Every Young Man's Battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker The Death of Porn by Ray Ortlund Fight Club by The Men of Fight Club Every Woman's Battle: Discovering God's Plan for Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment by Shannon Ethridge ​ Here is a great blog for women struggling with sexual sin. Small Groups & Bible Studies To find a W omen's Small Group, email Emily . To find a Men's Small Group, email Murray . Recommendations for Children: Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-proofing Today's Young Kids by Kristen A Jenson 2. The Princess and the Kiss by Jennie Bishop (for girls) 3. The Squire and the Scroll by Jennie Bishop (for boys) ​ Here's a great song for teaching young children to guard their hearts.