MEMBERSHIP
Becoming a Member
To become an active member of First Presbyterian Church, simply inform the pastor ofr memberof the Session of your wish and a session meeting will be called to receive you. In the Presbyterian Church there are three wys people become members.
Affirmation of Faith
Those who have never made a public profession of faith are asked to do so before the Session and congregation in worship. If he/she has not been baptized, that sacrament will be done in conjuction with this profession. If a person has been baptized already (albeit another denomination) that sacrament is not repeated.
Reaffirmation of Faith
If a person has been baptized and reeived into the membership of amother church, but a long period of time has lapsed since activity in that church, and the person wants to start fresh, he/she can reanswer before the session and congregation in wordhi the question osed for public profession of faith.
Transfer of Membership
If a person is an active or inactive member of another church, our session can write to that church and requets the letter of membership be transferred. Whether the home church responds of not is not relevant to full membership here.
First Presbyterian Church honors your faith journey to this point in your life and values all that you have experienced in your former experiences of faith. We value the psiritual gifts that God has poured out on you and helped you develop your participation and partnership with us as we seek to discern God's call of us all into God's future. We look forward to our shared growth together in this place and this part of the Church, Christ's Body, the family of God