A Long and Storied History of Service to the Community

First Presbyterian Church of Edenton celebrated its birthday on Pentecost Sunday in a big way!

First Presbyterian Church of Edenton celebrated its birthday on Pentecost Sunday in a big way! We contributed its share of the Pentecost Offering to Albemarle Hospital Foundation, which provides quality health care to the financially disadvantaged.

First Presbyterian is a small congregation with very few children and young people. But we are sincere with our spiritual activities and offerings in God’s service.

Our Outreach Committee has a long and storied history of service to the community, stretching from a transportation ministry to Marine families stationed at the local airfield during the 1940s and 1950s, to a more recent involvement as leaders in the formation of a Habitat for Humanity affiliate. During the 1960s and 1970s it was home to the only integrated preschool program and Boy Scout troop, which produced northeastern North Carolina’s first African-American Eagle Scout. In this period it provided the leadership to establish the ecumenical Emergency Aid program that currently maintains a transient program, provides emergency financial assistance, and operates a clothes closet with an annual budget of $70,000. Its members volunteer and occupy positions of leadership in community organizations such as the Food Pantry, Emergency Aid, Habitat for Humanity, the Clothes Closet, the Board of Education, and a host of civic service clubs. Within the church family the Outreach Committee has the responsibility for visitation of visitors to the church and prospective new members in the community, along with promoting special offerings for local and international missions. Each year the church selects a family for special support at Thanksgiving and Christmas. First Presbyterian of Edenton is the place for anyone interested in reaching out to people in the name of Christ.

Ella Ray Bates
Elder, Outreach Committee Member
First Presbyterian Church
Edenton, N.C. 27932.