First Presbyterian Church

Adult Sunday School Classes
2025-12-14 09:45 - 10:45, 2025-12-07 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) | Various, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States

Young Adults Sunday School
2025-12-14 09:45 - 10:45, 2025-12-07 09:45 - 10:45 | Patterson Hall, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States

College Sunday School
2025-12-14 09:45 - 10:30, 2025-12-07 09:45 - 10:30 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States

Carols at Belhaven Town Center
2025-12-12 17:30 - 19:30 | Belhaven Town Center, 807 Manship St, Jackson, 39202, United States
As part of our outreach to the Belhaven neighborhood, we’re hosting a Christmas gathering for families and friends at the Belhaven Town Center.
You’re invited to a festive evening in Belhaven! Join us on Friday, December 12, for a night filled with music, crafts, treats, and Christmas cheer for the whole family.
5:30 p.m. – Live Christmas Music and Crafts
Enjoy the sounds of the season while you make simple Christmas crafts. We’ll have hot chocolate, cookies, and candy canes for everyone, along with free bookmarks and Christmas cards to take home.
6 p.m. – Children’s Story Time
Gather around as we share a classic Christmas story that’s sure to delight kids and grown-ups alike.
6:15 p.m. – Caroling
We’ll end the evening with a neighborhood carol sing, lifting our voices together in the joy of the season.
Bring your family, invite your neighbors, and come celebrate the beauty of Christmas right here in Belhaven!

Senior Adults Christmas Luncheon
2025-12-12 11:30 - 13:00 | Patterson Hall, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Senior Adults, join us for an afternoon of food, fellowship, and fun on December 12 at 11:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall! We’ll begin with lunch, followed by a Christmas Cookie Decorating Contest and a time in God’s Word. The cost is $3 per person.
Please bring your favorite Christmas dish to share!
• Last names A–H: bring a dessert
•Last names G–Z: bring a side
•The church will provide the main dish.
To RSVP, contact Emily Eastman at 769-572-3535 or emilye@fpcjackson.org

Calling All Bakers for Christmas at Gateway
2025-12-12 - 2025-12-14 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
FPC will celebrate Christmas and serve lunch to the men of Gateway Rescue Mission on Monday, December 15, at 10:30 a.m. FPC Youth are providing supplies for gift bags, and our FPC children are creating Christmas cards. Here’s how you can participate: We’re asking for donations of homemade goodies, pick-up desserts, or savory snacks to serve that day. Please drop off on Friday, December 12, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. OR on Sunday, December 14, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the table on the 1st floor of the Study Center. Questions? Call Lou Ann Flatgard at 601-940-3012.

Women's Ministry Christmas Luncheon
2025-12-11 11:30 - 13:00 | Miller Hall, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Loving the Local Church: Coming Alongside
Christmas Luncheon
Tuesday, December 11
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Jill Dale, Speaker
You are warmly invited to join us on Thursday, December 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., for our Christmas Luncheon with speaker Jill Dale.
Navigating a child’s cancer diagnosis and death is a deeply lonely and painful experience, especially for young parents. When life takes a turn you never expected, it can feel almost impossible to be open about your struggles in a culture that often discourages vulnerability. Although God has called us to live in community, many of us find it easier to pull away when we are hurting. Jill Dale will share the story of her son Campbell’s cancer journey, his death, and what the years afterward have held. She will also reflect on the tender and faithful ways the body of Christ came alongside her family with encouragement, presence, and love.
We hope you will join us as we consider together how the Lord cares for His people through His church.
The cost for the luncheon is $10, collected at the door.

Midweek Adult Programs
2025-12-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Various, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States

Midweek Dinner
2025-12-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Miller Hall, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Adults $8
Children $4
Family Max $25
College Free – Midweek Dinner is free for any college student involved in one of our Midweek programs. Any other college student can eat for $4.

Gateway Rescue Mission FPC Team
2025-12-10 11:15 - 12:30 | Gateway Rescue Mission, 328 S Gallatin St., Jackson, 39203, United States
Meets Wednesdays 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Gateway (328 South Gallatin Street)
FPC Team Leader: Cheryl Crawford 601-918-4953 – clcrawfor@aol.com
Volunteers serve lunch to homeless and program men at Gateway Rescue Mission. Most on this team serve once a month, though you can go visit with participants weekly during this time. Contact Lou Ann Flatgard at 601-940-3012 or louflatgard@gmail.com for more information or to join our team.

We Will Go Women's Bible Study
2025-12-10 09:00 - 10:30 | We Will Go, 806 N Farish St, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
You’re invited to be a part of a new Bible & Prayer Time for Women! FPC is partnering with We Will Go for this twice-monthly get-together beginning September 3. This opportunity is for neighbors who want to love and grow with one another in the Lord on the first and third Wednesdays each month at 9-10:30 AM. We will meet together at We Will Go for a time of prayer, Bible reading, and fellowship. Join us to be a part of this new group! If you have questions, please contact Carol Anne Miconi at
601-506-5033 or carolannem@fpcjackson.org.
“Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the Head, into Christ, from whom the whole Body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Ephesians 4:15-16

FPC Internationals Class
2025-12-09 18:45 - 20:00 | Patterson Hall, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Meets Tuesdays at 6:45-8 p.m. on the FPC Campus – Patterson Hall or Via Zoom
FPC Team Leader: Steve Edwards 601-668-7422 – alice5176@aol.com
Without leaving Jackson (or your home if you’d like to Zoom) you can answer God’s calling to love our international neighbors by helping them with their English. By the power of Holy Spirit we are praying that as has happened in past years, many will become a part of God’s family for eternity. Contact Steve to learn more, or just show up on Tuesday evenings in Patterson Hall.

Young Adults Advent Fellowship
2025-12-09 18:30 - 19:30 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
The Advent season invites us to slow down and reflect on the hope and promise of Christ’s coming. Join the Young Adults on December 9 at 6:30 p.m. in Hutton Chapel for a time of teaching with David Strain, fellowship, and dessert as we enter this season together in faith and anticipation.

Center for Pregnancy Choices - Gift Wrapping
2025-12-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Center for Pregnancy Choices, 2685 Crane Ridge Dr Suite B, Jackson, 39216, United States
Join us at the Center for Pregnancy Choices each Tuesday 10:30-11:30 AM as we wrap diaper gifts for new moms. Contact Mary Ellison with questions or to join our team at 601-942-3507 or honeysuckle2g@gmail.com.

French Camp Quilters
2025-12-09 09:30 - 12:00 | Bookstore/Library, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
This group of ladies meets at the church on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. (you do not have to stay for the full 3 hrs.) This ministry is open to all ladies who enjoy quilting and for those who would like to learn! Each year, the quilts that are completed are auctioned at French Camp’s Harvest Festival in October. All the proceeds from the quilts go directly to French Camp. A nursery is provided.
This summer we will meet in the Parlor while the Bookstore’s A/C is being renovated.

Chairman: Sara Margaret Johnson

Oasis at Mission First FPC Tutoring Team
2025-12-08 15:00 - 16:30 | Peyton’s House, 417 West Ash Street, Jackson, 39203, United States
Meets Mondays during the school year
3-4:30 p.m. at Peyton’s House (417 West Ash Street)
FPC Team Leader: Ashley Meena – 601-573-3389 – ashleymeena@aol.com
Assist in the weekly elementary-aged, after-school tutoring program. Your love matters! Contact Ashley to be added to the team communications.

Caregivers Support Group
2025-12-08 10:30 - 12:00 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
The Caregivers’ Support Group takes place every second Monday of the month in Westminster Hall 202B from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. The purpose of our Caregivers’ Ministry is to gather similarly situated caregivers who desire to learn, share stories, and grieve as we walk together through the valley of a loved one’s suffering with dementia and dementia-related illness. The meeting will provide a safe and friendly forum to talk with others who understand the toils of caregiving for the cognitively impaired. With questions, please contact Ken Fairly at 601-941-5004.

Circle Bible Studies | FIRST & SECOND PETER: A Living Hope in a Hard World
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-09 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Graphic, Notebook Cover, Bookmarks FIRST & SECOND PETER: A Living Hope in a Hard World
Originally written to Gentile Christians living in the northern provinces of Asia Minor (or modern-day Turkey) who were beginning to suffer persecution for their faith, Peter’s letters instruct believers about living as Christians in a society that is hostile to their values and lifestyle. Both letters encourage Christians who are suffering for their faith in all places and all times, showing us how to live out our redemption in a hostile world. Although salvation may involve suffering, the gospel brings hope also as the grace of God is amplified in our lives.
Joining a Circle is a wonderful way to get involved in the life of the church and make a big church feel like family. Circles are groups of women who meet monthly (September–May) for Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and to learn of opportunities for service and missions within our church. To register, contact Lisa Oswalt at 769-333-5802 or lisao@fpcjackson.org.

Senior High Christmas Insight
2025-12-07 19:30 - 20:30 | Off-Site
Dinner & Gift Exchange
Senior High students, grade 9-12, gather with us for a cozy Christmas night! We’ll have s’mores, snacks, and a fun gift exchange as we celebrate Christmas together. Join us Sunday, December 7, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Oakley home (2006 Douglass Dr.). Bring a wrapped gift (around $10) if you’d like to participate in the exchange. We hope to see you there!

Covenant Kids
2025-12-07 18:00 - 19:00 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Sunday Night Classes for Kids
Age 4 and 5
Dismissed from the Evening Worship Service

Catechism Crew
2025-12-07 18:00 - 19:00 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Sunday Night Classes for Kids
First through Third grades
Dismissed from the Evening Worship Service

Student Choir
2025-12-07 16:30 - 17:15 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Students in grades six-twelve are invited to join us for Student Choir! We rehearse Sunday afternoons 4:30-5:15 with supper to follow. Students will develop and practice basic musical skills, lead worship in one Sunday night service a month, and enjoy meaningful fellowship with other student choir members, mentors, and staff. For questions, email Levi Henkel at LeviH@fpcjackson.org.

Children's Churchtime
2025-12-07 11:00 - 12:00 | FPC Jackson Campus, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
Sundays offer many opportunities for our children to grow in their faith. In addition to Sunday School, on Sunday mornings in Children’s Churchtime they learn the Bible and how to worship. Children’s Churchtime is for ages 3 & 4 and is held during the 11 a.m. service September-May in room 135 (Threes Sunday School class). Questions? Email kimberlyw@fpcjackson.org or mikaylan@fpcjackson.org.

Special Friends Sunday School
2025-12-07 09:45 - 10:50 | M120 (Main Building), 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States

Belhaven Singing Christmas Tree - Volunteers Needed
2025-12-05 - 2025-12-06 | Off-Site
Belhaven Singing Christmas Tree Volunteers Needed! December 5 & 6 6:30-8 p.m.
FPC will once again be part of Belhaven University’s Singing Christmas Tree which is the oldest singing Christmas tree tradition in the US. We would love for you to join us either as a spectator or a volunteer. We will provide free hot chocolate for those attending and a card with the program on one side and our FPC December events on the other. If you are willing to volunteer to help pass out the cards from 6:30-8 p.m. on either December 5 or 6, please contact Tracy Ford at 601-454-6200.

Junior High House Hop 2025
2025-12-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Off-Site
7th and 8th graders! Don’t miss our annual Christmas “House Hop”!
Our Pondside Dr. hosts are ready for your visit! We hope to have you join us for a cozy evening of Christmas morning themed fun, dinner, dessert and a silly GIFT SWAP! Parents please sign up your student so that we can plan for dinner, and if you can bring an appetizer or dessert. Wear your cozy christmas pj’s, socks/slippers or just a silly christmas t-shirt!
Can’t join the whole evening? Let us know when your student can be there, and we’ll tell you when we’ll be at each home. Merry Christmas!

Men's Christmas Lunch
2025-12-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Miller Hall, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39202, United States
All men are invited to celebrate the Christmas season at our Men’s Christmas Lunch on Thursday, December 4, at noon in Miller Hall.
Come hear Seth Starkey, Pastor of Grace Presbyterian in Starkville, MS, speak to us from Malachi 4:1-6 & Matthew 1: God’s Promises Are Always Worth the Wait. Come enjoy a time of fellowship, encouragement, and reflection on the hope and joy of Christ’s coming.
Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of lunch. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate Christmas together and connect with other men in our church.
