First Presbyterian Church:

Come to First Presbyterian Church

during Holy Week

Maundy Thursday, March 28
Worship Service 7:30
in the sanctuary & livestreamed on Facebook; click here to connect Thursday & here for the bulletin

Come and join in the disciple’s intimate experience of the Passover celebration with Jesus. The evening begins with the expectation of an enjoyable remembrance of the Hebrew people’s deliverance from slavery in Egypt. But Jesus has something else in mind. This meal is the height of closeness among the twelve and their leader. Feel the jarring effect of our Lord’s arrest in the midst of such a wonderful setting, followed by the desertion of him by all his followers. As the story of this night unfolds, darkness will envelope our worship service.

Good Friday, March 29
Worship Service 7:30
in the sanctuary & livestreamed on Facebook; click here to connect Friday & here for the bulletin

Together, we will journey through Jesus’
final moments through the eyes of his
disciple, Peter. In Peter, we see a little of all of us—he is devout and resolute, zealous and rash, and even fearful and flawed. If any of us can locate ourselves in the crucifixion story, it is likely we can see ourselves in Peter. This is a service of confession, lament, and repentance. Through Peter’s experience, we will consider our own. We will look closely at the events of Good Friday to help us honestly assess who we are. As Jesus tells Peter the truth about himself, we will consider the truth about ourselves.

Easter, March 31
Sunrise FOCUS Service at 6:30
Swan Street Stairs, west side of Capital Park. This 30-minute outdoor worship service will be followed with light refreshments Please bring a lawn chair for your comfort (no seating will be provided).

9:15 Easter Breakfast in Assembly Hall hosted by the FPC Youth Group
Celebrate with family and friends before worship. Enjoy a delicious spread of warm breakfast casseroles, fresh fruit, and a chocolate fountain! Your freewill donation supports FPC Youth Service Projects!

Worship Service at 10:30am: in the sanctuary & livestreamed on Facebook;
click here to connect Sunday & here for bulletin (coming later)

Fellowship Time: Following the service in Assembly Hall – enjoy conversation & refreshments

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We hope you’ll join us for worship!  May God’s peace be with you.


On behalf of the congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Albany, we welcome you to our website! You are heartily invited to poke around our site and get to know us a bit. Here you will find that we were founded in 1763, so while we’re older than the U.S., we have a history of being at the cutting edge of connecting our Christian faith with modern life in 21 st century America.

On these pages you’ll discover how we are an active leader in the community, ministering to the needs of people in our neighborhood, our city and around the world. We put our faith to work. We offer a spiritual grounding for addressing today’s issues. Central to this is weekly worship on Sunday mornings. You can check out our worship page for service times. Worship prepares us to go out into the world as servants in a hurting world. Worship grounds us in Christian humility and compassion. We are a congregation that works for peace and justice in our society since that is a profound way of loving people, something Jesus told his followers to do.

As you move around our website, you will find that we are inclusive and friendly, and that our friends call us “First Pres” for short. You’ll see that we believe we are called by God to reduce the widening gap between rich and poor. You’ll see just how we worship and do outreach both near and far. You will discover our programs of Christian Education for children, youth and adults. You can listen to our music ministry or a sermon. You’ll learn about our spiritual development groups. After you have looked around, we hope you’ll stop by and visit us in worship on Sunday. You can tour The Upper Rooms in person. Enjoy refreshments and, if that’s not enough, all first time visitors receive a gift! If you do, you too will start to call us “First Pres.” Please feel free to contact us for more information.

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Glenn and Miriam Lawrence Leupold, Co-Pastors