Fifteen people organized First Presbyterian Church in 1852 in what was
then a very small town on the hill now called Old Town. As the
congregation grew its second building became too small and the present one
was constructed in 1910.
The education
unit on the south was added in 1955, and the old telephone building across
the alley was purchased a few years later for office and additional
meeting space. Most recently, the Culton Street Outreach Center was
completed in 1993 to meet community service needs in Warrensburg.
Throughout its
history the church has been active at presbytery, synod, and national
levels. Its adults and youth have been delegates, committee members, and
leaders in the higher units of the church. As a member of Heartland
Presbytery the congregation is one of the most active and influential,
especially if its size is considered.
The
congregation of 319 members is without external debt because of
continuing, annual generosity of its members, investments, and significant
memorial gifts and bequests.
Commitment to
traditional Christian and Presbyterian ideals characterizes First
Presbyterian Church. Carrying into practice the Biblical injunction to go
and serve" the church continues to support (and often helped establish)
among others: Meals-On-Wheels, the Senior Citizens Center, Food Center,
Survival Adult Abuse, Warrensburg Christian Social Concerns Committee,
Parents Day Out, and Summer Lunchbox.
The church
offers Sunday worship, children's worship service, special services, church school and Bible study,
summer camp, vacation church school, and youth fellowship. In addition,
there are Brown Bag Bible Studies, seasonal studies of the Bible and
related topics including theology, doctrine, social, political, and
economic factors in todays world, fellowship activities, and retreats in
and out of town along with many other
fun activities.
