Author Archives: First Presbyterian Church

About First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church is a member of the Presbytery of New Harmony and Presbyterian Church USA. We are located at 213 West Home Avenue in Hartsville.

Mission Trip to Dominican Republic – June 2015

In June a team of volunteers from FPC and Cheraw Presbyterian Church traveled to the village of Sabana Larga in Dajabon, Dominican Republic.  The purpose was to install a system to clean raw water and make it drinkable and to … Continue reading

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Habitat Work Day May 12th, 2015

We are making great progress on fixing the home at 1409 Heatley Rd.  The projected homeowner, Dee, several family members, and friends along with volunteers from FPC worked on Tuesday morning.  We painted, installed a sink, installed shoe molding and … Continue reading

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Progress on Habitat Home Work

The FPC Habitat Team is making great progress on rehabing the home at 1409 Heatley Rd.  We have had lots of help from the staff at Sonoco Product Credit Union and from the friends and family of the projected home … Continue reading

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3-3-15 Work at Habitat Home

QUESTION: How many Presbyterians does it take to change a door?  The answer is six (6) plus one friend.  The Habitat team worked today (3/3/15) to change out the rear sliding glass door at the Habitat home we are renovating.  … Continue reading

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Habitat for Humanity Work

Here are some photos from Day 1 of FPC’s efforts to rehab a house for Habitat.  It was a great day.  A large number of the friends and family of the proposed home owner came out to help the FPC … Continue reading

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Mission to Thornwell Children Home Feb. 2015

The Mission Committee of FPC recently visited The Thornwell Children Home in Clinton SC to help the maintenance crew there.  The Committee took on the task of fixing a greenhouse.  The kids use it to grow seedlings for their annual … Continue reading

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Mission Trip to Dominican Republic – 2015

Click here to learn more about Living Waters of the World. In January a group from FPC traveled to Dominican Republic.  Here is their report and a photo of the group. Buenos Dias, There must be an unwritten rule that … Continue reading

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Mission Trip to Camp Pee Dee – Nov 2014

Dick Porter is leading a group of volunteers from FPC to refurbish a cabin at Camp Pee Dee.  The initial work involves removing old (and very hard) concrete, installing new plumbing lines and then pouring new concrete.  Here are a … Continue reading

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Fall Carnival 2014

We kicked off the new Sunday School season with a Fall Festival and Car Rally.  Due to rainy weather, the festival was moved into our Memorial Fellowship Hall.  Here are some photos of the Fall Festival.

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Stewardship – 2015

Celebrating: “Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!  Praise the LORD!” (Psalms 150: 6) We have reasons for celebrating . . . God’s on-going gracious and redeeming care for his people. God’s care for each of us and for God’s … Continue reading

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