First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown

Fall Fest is almost here! Please join us this Saturday, September 24 and enjoy lots of wonderful handmade crafts, dried floral arrangements, homemade baked goods, our thrift shop featuring some new and gently used items, a silent auction and our food court, which will be serving breakfast and lunch.

The fun starts at 9 AM and runs through 3 PM. Please invite your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers.

We hope to see you there!

As most of you know by now we are undertaking a campaign to raise funds to repair our Church buildings.  But before I cover some specifics of The Church's One Foundation campaign, I want to make sure we all understand why it is essential that we raise these funds now, even in this difficult economy.

Over the course of the last two years or so, we have experienced a number of mechanical and electrical failures related to the infrastructure of our church buildings.  The Sanctuary and Education Wing, as well as Wilson House, have all had problems with their heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) and electrical systems.  Repairs have been difficult and expensive, because these systems, at nearly 40 years old, are well past their useful life spans.  To complete some repairs, we have had parts custom made at considerable expense, because replacement parts were no longer available.

We can expect these costs to continue (and even increase) unless we replace major portions of the HVAC and electrical systems.  If we do not make these major upgrades to the HVAC and electrical systems, it is possible we may have a breakdown that is not even possible to repair, rendering our church buildings completely unusable.