St. Andrew's Place is a wonderful mission of our church.   

Saint Andrews was formed from a bequest of Stephen F. McCready to First Presbyterian Church in honor of his wife, Isabel Bennett McCready.

First Baptist, First Christian, and First Methodist Churches made a covenant with First Presbyterian Church to establish Saint Andrews Retirement Community.

St. Andrews is home to 75 owner owned condominiums for retirees. The condos are the first phase of a Complete Continuum of Care Retirement Community.

 Today McCready Manor is a Certified Assisted Living Community.

Residents can receive help with every day duties—such as cooking, cleaning, and transportation.

As originally promised, Telford Terrace completed the continuum of care by offering nursing care on the campus. Currently offering 50 beds (personal care, intermediate care, nursing home) and Telford is Medicare certified.

The troop meets at the church every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:00.

Our mission is to provide wholesome value-based activities for boys age 11 through 18.  We want them to have fun sharing experiences with friends in the Troop while they learn valuable character developing life lessons.  We strive to develop honest, confident young men who know what it means to be leaders and good citizens.   And, of course, we strive to help each boy discover a respect for nature and love of the outdoors.

By Jerry Houchens

Nestled in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Burnamwood Camp and Conference Center is located in Estill County, five miles north of Irvine. Purchased in 1959 as a cooperative venture of three presbyteries-Ebenezer; Guerrant and Transylvania, Burnamwood is the currently the camp and retreat center for the Presbytery of Transylvania.

Rev. Graham Gordon, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, let the drive to purchase the 450 acres in 1959. The property was purchased for $32,000. Transylvania had $22,000 of that amount, so Miss Pearl Burnam donated the balance of $10,000.

Since 1981, First Presbyterian Church has hosted an annual Christmas Eve dinner for the lonely, poor and/or homeless of Richmond.  Inspired by Rev. Bill Young’s Advent sermons praising Peter Marshall’s similar ministry to the homeless of Washington, D.C., Richmond’s effort has been from the beginning, a ministry of the entire congregation. 

First Presbyterian Church has a strong commitment to helping those less fortunate. In many ways both small and large this congregation reaches out to those in need.

There are several community missions that First Presbyterian Church support.  They are:

Salvation Army

In a effort to help the needy of our community, First Presbyterian Church also provides a food bank. We try to provide items to make a meal with.  Ours is only a small food bank with the purpose of providing a few meals until other arrangements can be made.

We typically help those needing to fill in the gap before they receive their food stamps or those with immediate transporation issues that prevent them from obtaining food in other manners.

At times it has be supplimented from grants from Translyvania Presbytery's Committee on Missions.

The Love Fund was created to have a special account to help those in need.  The congregation gives generously to this fund which the Love Fund Coordinator, Jaana Kwiecinski, administers. The Love Fund is open for assistance on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.