First Presbyterian Church of Alabaster is located at 8828 Hwy 119 in Alabaster and has been a part of the Alabaster community since the 1850's. We
have around 200 active members.We are governed locally by the Session
which is made of a group of nine of our members and moderated by our
minister.We also have a group of 6 members that make up the Diaconate
that help with missions and physical needs of the church and church
building. Each meet monthly to serve the church. We are a member of the Robert Donnell Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination.
At present we have two Worship Services: Our Early Service begins at 8:30a.m. and our Late Service which begins at 10:30 a.m.
Our Sunday School and Sunday Morning Small Study Groups meet at 9:15am . We have three adult classes/study groups -"The Wisdom Class" , The "Whole People of God Class", and the "Who Noz" class. The curriculum for the adult classes varies-we use NOOMA, Interpretations, and Encounter (an Adult Quarterly ~ Curriculum ~ based on the Cooperative Uniform Series. Written by different Cumberland Presbyterians (and an occasional CPCA or PC(USA) ) and various other materials chosen by the group leader and class.
 FPCA Sanctuary in Advent For grades K-6 we have PCF (Presbyterian Children's Fellowship) which during the school year concentrates on Christian education and worship skills and during the summer meets mainly for fellowship. PYF (Presbyterian Youth Fellowship) is for grade s 6-8 and 9-12. The children & youth study /fellowship groups usually go on hiatus during the summer month because of summer presbytery camps, CPYC, the Youth Mission Trip, among other activities that take place during the summer.
For our
senior members we have the J.O.Y. Club which takes monthly trips and
enjoys each others fellowship as they visit different places in the
state. In the fall we have a church-wide retreat which members of all ages enjoy. Also in the fall we have a Pumpkin Patch to raise money for local ministries.
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Our pastor, Rev. Mark A. Davenport, is
an Arkansas native.He graduated from the Memphis Theological Seminary
with a master's degree in divinity and was ordained June 12, 1988. Pastor Mark came to FPCA in January of 2004. He and his lovely wife, Tracy, have six children.
We welcome all to attend our services!
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