First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis is a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA). We combine traditional reformed worship with an open, ecumenical spirit for generous service to the community and the world.
We believe that God has bound us together, and in our life together God calls us and blesses us so that we might be a blessing to the world.
HISTORY
Our sanctuary was originally built as the Hallam Theater in 1828. The congregation was formed in 1846, one year after the establishment of the Naval Academy, and the new congregation purchased the theater, changing it into a space for worship. The room was enlarged and remodeled, including the addition of the church steeple, in 1948. The education building with the McBee Fellowship Hall was added in 1958. Over the decades, the three houses beside the church on Duke of Gloucester Street and the Zimmerman-Wilson House, behind the church on Conduit Street, were added to the campus buildings and dedicated to ministry and mission. One of the buildings on our campus, known as the Red House, serves as a permanent place for AA meetings in the area. We recently completed and dedicated a chapel on campus, which is open daily for public prayer.
VISION + CORE VALUES
We seek to uphold and enact these core values in all our ministry and outreach. The following is a summary:
We seek to be reformed/always reforming.
We are intentionally a downtown community where Annapolis is our classroom and home base.
We seek to cultivate open hearts, open minds because we have a reverence for relationships.
We enact radical hospitality and justice.
We work to make tiny footprints for the sake of the earth.
We are church Monday through Sunday.
We are a thoughtful, active church, and passionate about being God’s hands and feet in the world.
To stay up-to-date and for more information about monthly activities, gatherings, and programs, read our newsletter below.
To stay apprised of our weekly events and happenings please contact the church office at the email below to be added to the listserve.
Archives Project
The First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis Archives Project is an on-going volunteer activity to review, label, and organize church-related documents and materials available for viewing in the Archives Project room located on the fourth floor of the Kinhart Center. Indexed files contain historical records, bulletins, newsletters, annual reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, meeting minutes for church boards and committees, staff records, membership records, and oral histories of long-time members. Archival information related to PWC (Presbyterian Women of the Congregation)—including meeting reports, photo albums, scrap books, guest books, and new member books—is located in a separate room on the fifth floor of the Kinhart Center, accessed through the business office hallway.
Volunteers are welcomed to join in helping with collecting and organizing of information related to our church programs and activities, including development of digital files for oral histories, photos, slides, and other materials of archival interest and importance. To join the Archives Project, please contact the church office.