Hanging of the Greens
2024-11-30 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | NC
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Do you love putting out your Christmas decorations and just need more? Please come and help decorate our church for Christmas. Help us make our campus beautiful and share the light of Jesus Christ with our members and guests.

Second Sunday Cinema for August
2025-08-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Educational Building, 308 West Fisher St, Salisbury, 28144, United States
Join our Race & Justice Ministry Team on 2nd Sundays for fellowship and a great movie. There will be a brief discussion following. RSVP to egravescook@yahoo.com. Thanks!

First "EYES" Men Event
2025-10-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg, 308 W Fisher St, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
What’s EYES?
Embrace Your Elephant Scripturally
The EYES Journey brings together faith communities to address the elephant in the room…race, from the lens of God’s Word. With the realization that racism births silence, assumptions and division, our hope is to build authentic communities through courageous and vulnerable conversations.
First Pres is honored to host the 1st Men’s EYES Event. Mondays in October from 6:30-8pm. (Oct 6, 13, 20, 27) in our Fellowship Hall.
Come curious…leave connected! This event will be facilitated by Frank Strong III
Use this link to register..
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGGrXK5rPwpJ6SPfvOeWTLWMD9QoecNz-eU_dGPXbxj6s47A/viewform

November Canned Food Drive
2025-11-02 - 2025-11-23 | First Presbyterian Church
In Matthew 25:40, Jesus says to those who helped the poor, hungry, sick, or imprisoned among his followers, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me”.

Please join us in helping our First Kids and Day School as they come together to support our hungry community members. Our goal is 1000 cans. Can we do it?

Salisbury Rowan Choral Society
2025-11-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Sanctuary
Join us for our World Music Concert!!!
Prepare to be transported around the globe through song! The Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society will present a diverse program featuring beautiful music from cultures around the world. This promises to be an extraordinary celebration of our global musical heritage. Childcare available, reception afterward.

Youth Porch B-Stud On Wednesdays
2025-11-12 19:30 - 20:30 | Pastor Josh’s Front Porch
What is Porch B-stud? It is Youth bible study on Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm on Pastor Josh’s front porch. You can guarantee there will be Cheerwine and pizza. There will also be scripture, and a chance to read God’s word slowly and deeply. Come when you can! The more youth, the merrier.

Annual TWAM Soup Supper & Thanksgiving Worship
2025-11-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Lewis Hall, West Innes St, Parking Lot, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Sunday, November 23 at 5pm. We will be having our annual TWAM Soup Supper, a fundraiser for our TWAM mission trip and a wonderful night to gather and eat together as a church. We will have a short Thanksgiving worship service after our meal.
Sign-up to bring soup, salad, or dessert!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B4FA4AC2DA1F58-59836394-twam#/

Next MomCo is Dec 8
2025-12-08 09:30 - 11:30 | NC
The MomCo at First Pres (short for The Mom Community) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and equipping moms to realize their potential as mothers, women, and leaders. Rooted in Christian values, we offer opportunities for personal growth, spiritual encouragement, and leadership development—but you don’t have to share our faith to belong. We are open to all mothers, regardless of their beliefs or background.
We serve ALL moms:
💙 Stay-at-home moms
💙 Working moms
💙 Single moms
💙 Married moms
💙 First-time moms
💙 Been-doing-this-forever moms
Join us for meetings filled with encouragement, connection, and fun, along with brunch, creative activities, inspiring speakers, and genuine community. You will leave feeling supported, inspired, and seen. We believe motherhood is a calling—and every mom deserves a community that understands, encourages, and uplifts her.
For more information, please reach out to Alex Paul at FirstPresMomCo@gmail.com.

New Men's Bible Study
2026-03-03 06:30 - 07:30 | First Presbyterian Church
Every once in a while, you come across a book that really digs into you. One of the books that got a hold of me in the last few years was Richard Reeves’ “Of Boys and Men.” The book asks a simple yet penetrating question: “How are men in the United States doing?” The answer was not surprising to me. In short, men aren’t doing well…for a host of reasons. Men are less religious, have fewer friends, are more likely to die deaths of despair (suicide, overdose, alcoholism), are more likely to be incarcerated, and are far less educated than women, and all this at increasingly alarming rates. Men are also less likely than ever to become teachers, which means outside of fathers and coaches, young men are being mentored less and less by other men. Men in their 30’s and 40’s look back fondly at the childhood friendships of their youth. The days of fake swords, plastic Nerf guns, endless fort-building escapades, and yet as they grow older wonder where all their friends have gone.
To top it all off, we live in a culture where men are expected to be either stoic or violent, and at times, are even made fun of for being vulnerable about their struggles. They say, real men don’t cry. They say, pain is just weakness leaving the body. But the state of manhood is revealing that these old adages just don’t work anymore.
How can we celebrate and advocate for the flourishing of women while equally desiring the well-being of men? That’s the question that’s been gnawing at me these last few years. If you’ve heard anything about our flourishing spirit-led MomCo ministry, you know that we are providing a place for women to be women together. I wonder, how can we do more of this for men? To put this all more personally, how do I, as a Christian, be a good and kind father, spouse, colleague, and friend?
The political landscape these days offers little help, and as usual, provides only ill-fitting stereotypes and polarizing comparisons. On the far right, we’re given visions of masculinity that feel, frankly, excessively anti-woman, and unrealistically “manly” in ways that just don’t fit all kinds of men out there. And yet on the far left, we’re given no vision of what a man is at all. Some young men have even expressed to me that they feel the far left has shamed them for being men altogether.
So what does this have to do with the church? Well, we can’t solve all of these issues at once. But what we can do, what we must do, is offer a place where men can gather together. We’ve already got one of those in our lovely Everyman’s Bible class. And so I feel it’s time to offer yet another place for men to gather.
Starting Tuesday, March 3, I invite men of all ages to gather together at 6:30am for Men’s Group Bible study at First Pres. What will we do? Well, it’s quite simple. We will drink coffee, eat donuts, tell jokes, read the Scriptures, share life, and pray for one another. My earnest hope for this Bible Study is that it will be a place for men of different generations to find brothers in Christ who will encourage them in the life of faith. Frankly, I know that this is something I need, and I’m betting that other men feel the same.

Yoga at First Pres
2026-04-06 09:00 - 2026-04-10 10:15 | Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg, 308 W Fisher St, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
Are you looking for a way to incorporate stretching, flexibility and perhaps even YOGA into your life? Join us on Wednesdays. We meet from 9:00-10:15 am in Fellowship Hall. This is an all-level yoga class, led by certified teacher, Felicia Hoyle. A $10 donation per class is encouraged. Contact Felicia Hoyle @ fshoyle@gmail for more info.

TWAM Annual 5K Run is May 1
2026-04-11 - 2026-05-01 | Salisbury Greenway
Join us Friday, May 1 for our Annual 5K Run to support our TWAM mission trip. Of course you can also walk! We also have a Kid’s Fun Run @6:30pm. It is a fun evening out with friends, whether you are competing for 1st place or taking a beautiful relaxing walk on our Greenway.
Use this link to find out more and to register online. You may also register the day of the race onsite if you prefer.
https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Salisbury/TeensWithAMission5KandSuperHeroFunRun

The Five Senses of Worship
2026-04-19 08:30 - 09:30 | Lewis Hall, West Innes St, Parking Lot, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
The Five Senses of Worship
Our contemporary worship service continues to explore The Five Senses of Worship, a special once-a-month series led by Rev. Daniel Heath, our LCW accompanist. Each service will invite worshippers to experience God through sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch—deepening our connection with God and one another through creative, sensory-rich expressions of faith.
Join us for these unique worship services at our 8:30am Contemporary Worship Service in Lewis Hall on Sundays – our next one is Sunday April 19.

The Lake Norman Orchestra
2026-04-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Lewis Hall, West Innes St, Parking Lot, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
Spread the news…this is going to be really COOL!

The well-known Lake Norman Orchestra will be at First Pres next Sunday, April 19 @2pm proudly presenting a free-admission concert featuring music from films and media about space travel including “The Empire Strikes Back Medley,” “Star Trek Through the Years,” “Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Starman,” “Theme from 2001: A Spa

We will have a nursery for our babies and toddlers. Light refreshments served afterwards.

Vacation Bible School June 15-18
2026-04-20 - 2026-06-19 | First Presbyterian Church
It is time to sign up for our Snowball Mountain Challenge Themed VBS 2026! All children who have completed a 3K Preschool program through 5th grade are invited to a week of fun! We will meet Monday June 15 – Thursday June 18 in the evenings 5-7:30pm. We also serve a “child friendly” supper FREE to all our VBS children. Our evenings are full of Bible lessons, songs, crafts, science, games, and SMILES! Spread the word and please invite others. Help us spread the Good News of Jesus with today’s children.
Use this link to register your child: https://fpcsalisbury.breezechms.com/form/96933b3963961

Use this link to volunteer to help: https://fpcsalisbury.breezechms.com/form/185e248890

Blood Drive @ First Pres
2026-04-21 14:00 - 18:30 | Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg, 308 W Fisher St, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
Donate Blood & Save a Life! First Pres is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, April 21 from 2-6:30pm in ourFellowship Hall. Be sure to make an appointment online for a quick “in & out.” If you have any questions, please call our church office (704) 636-1321. Thanks
www.redcrossblood.org

Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society Concert
2026-04-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Sanctuary
We are excited to host one of their special choral concerts. Amazing voices!!

JOY Event
2026-05-05 11:00 - 14:00 | NC
Join our JOY group (JOY stands for Just Older Youth)…as they head out for a lovely lunch at Lexington Local’s Southern Lunch. Then, visit the famous Bob Timberlake Gallery. You will have an opportunity to visit his furniture collections and well as his well-known artwork. Some describe his gallery as one of the most loveliest in the world!! Let the church office know if you are planning to attend ASAP.

A Night of Worship Around the Fountain
2026-05-17 18:00 - 19:00 | First Presbyterian Church
Join us for a beautiful evening of worship and beautiful music in our lovely campus courtyard around the fountain. Featuring our own LCW Praise Band with Jessica Holman Settineri and Matthew Holman. Bring your own chair!

Calling All Young Adults
2026-05-31 12:15 - 13:00 | Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg, 308 W Fisher St, Salisbury, NC, 28144, United States
Are you in your 20s? or 30s?
Come join Pastor Hannah in our Fellowship Hall on Sunday, May 31 at 12:15pm to discuss the future of Young Adult Ministry programming at First Pres Salisbury. Bring friends!

JOY Event
2026-06-03 11:30 - 15:00 | OFF CAMPUS
Save the date for Wednesday, June 3 from 11:30am-3pm. You don’t want to miss this next JOY (Just Older Youth) event. It’s their favorite “LUNCH AT THE LAKE”. Thanks to our hosts Scott & Carol Hall. Be sure to RSVP…reservations are needed…to the church office ASAP.
And Bring Your Favorite Lunch Item to Share!!!

Unified Sunday School for Adults & Youth
2026-06-14 - 2026-08-02 | NC
Join us this summer for Unified Sunday School in Fellowship Hall. Our pastors – Josh, Lara and Hannah – will be hosting this class opportunity that will provide a focus for all on the entire arch of Scripture from a 30,000 foot level. You are invited to attend these classes with your groups or encourage individuals to attend if you are taking a break this summer.
June 14 from 9:45-10:45 (normal worship schedule) – The Arch of Scripture
June 21 from 9:45-10:45 (normal worship schedule) – History: Genesis to Ester
June 28 from 9:30-10:15 (unified worship @10:30 begins) –Wisdom & Prophets (Job-Malachi) Pt. 1
July 5 from 9:30-10:15 – Wisdom and Prophets (Job-Malachi) Pt. 2
July 12 from 9:30-10:15 – Gospels Pt. 1
July 19 from 9:30-10:15 – Gospels Pt. 2
July 26 from 9:30-10:15 – Letters to the World
August 2 from 9:30-10:15 (end of unified worship @10:30) – Closing Reflections
