Mission and Vision

In a world where many hunger for authentic connection, we seek to follow Christ through our relationships with one another and our wider West Chester community. It is our hope that through worship, mission, and fellowship we might better know God and be known by God, and know others and be known by others.

First Pres is a historic yet modern church who embraces both tradition and change through traditional and contemporary worship, ministries that resonate with those from birth through later adulthood, and impactful mission in our community. First Pres is a leader in the community of West Chester, and together we have felt the call of Christ to love God and our neighbors in meaningful and tangible ways. We're a church that truly welcomes everyone into the full life of our church and seeks to live out 1 Peter 4:8-11. Our story can be found in more than this verse or what we say on our website, but in the lives and faiths of those who call First Pres their church home. We don't claim to know all the answers, but we do claim to know the love of Jesus Christ, and we seek to live out a love that can only be found in him.

We can't wait to hear your story, and we invite you to join us in ours.

"Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen."

- 1 Peter 4:8-11 (NRSV)