The First Presbyterian Church of Irwin
With the calling of Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Wakeman the PNC was dissolved by the congregation but the search committee for our Christian Education Director find, with some updates, that our original CIF gives an accurate insight as to who we are as a congregation seeking to serve the Lord.
Revised 2/2008
Brief description of your church/organization programs or accomplishments:
Worship and Music
Three Sunday services and special holiday services
Music ministry includes Chancel, Bell and Youth choirs; and musicians
Christian Education
Sunday School 9:30 with Nursery services at 9:30 and 11:00
Adult Bible studies include various Small Groups
Active Youth Fellowships for Middle School and Senior High; and a yearly mission trip
Creative leaders keep Youth Club alive with activities; Vacation Bible School and Pine Springs Camp.
Deacons maintain the Church Van, Blood Pressure Screening, Retirees’ Dinner, Church Picnic, Holiday distributions, and Youth Deacons; make hospital and homebound visits.
Elders serve faithfully on session and provide effective leadership for our church.
Fellowship is provided through Christian Cruisers, Softball Team, Women’s Bowling, Cheapest Lunch in Town, Men’s Fellowship Breakfast, Presbyterian Women, and Coffee Hours.
Outreach is achieved through Preschool, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Food Pantry, Salvation Army, Men’s Prayer Fellowship, Alcoholics Anonymous, Meals on Wheels, Christmas Distribution, and Pine Springs Camp; College students and service personnel are adopted in the College Outreach program.
World Missions are supported through Campus Crusades and Young Life Ministries in the Bahamas.
Gifts, Skills and Experiences the congregation possesses to fulfill its mission:
Stately gray stone church on the corner with bell tower, well established in the community since 1871, known as the church with the red doors.
Gothic sanctuary and balcony, ornate stenciling, rich mahogany woodwork and majestic exposed pipe organ.
Congregation of 1,158 members reflects small-town, middle-class, conservative values from all walks of life including the arts, business, education, finance, food service, government, medicine and entrepreneurs.
One member of our church family is in seminary.
Dedicated group of members who give enthusiastically and selflessly of time, talent and stewardship.
One Great Hour of Sharing has exceeded its $6,000 goal for the last ten years.
Recently completed a $300,000 capital campaign for extensive church renovations.
Youth Club and Youth Fellowships reach out to non-members through many activities and missions. Spiritually enriched by well-trained and caring leaders, they are the strength for the future of our Church.
Members funded a $70,000 campaign to build a cabin at Pine Springs Camp.
Music ministry, an important part of every worship, includes many gifted vocalists and musicians.
Meaningful prayer and visitation opportunities through Trinity Village, Friendly Visitors, Hour of Prayer and Prayer Chain.
Looking forward to reinstating the Stephen Ministers program.
Key theological issues of the church and society that are reflected in the ministry of the congregation/organization:
We endeavor as disciples of Jesus Christ to love the unloved, to befriend the friendless and to reach out to the lost world in need of God’s grace.
We accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be, by the Holy Spirit, the unique and authorative witness to Jesus Christ in the Church universal, and God’s word.
As a congregation, we find comfort and peace through a strong sense of tradition and conservative values in an ever changing and chaotic society.
As such, we do not address or pass judgment from our pulpit on world political issues or events, PC(USA), General Assembly decisions, or local politics.
We embrace equality and justice, and believe that God’s people are called to holiness in all aspects of life.
As we believe all people are created by God, so all should be offered an invitation to salvation.
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