Welcome to First Presbyterian Church-Rochester MN
First Presbyterian Church is an inclusive community celebrating God with:
Energy - Intelligence - Imagination - Love
We hope you will find First Presbyterian Church to be a vibrant, inclusive faith community building meaningful relationships on a spiritual journey together as shown by Jesus Christ.
Please enjoy exploring our website. Call 507-282-1618 or e-mail office@fpcrochester.org for information.
May the Peace of Christ be with you!
Worship with us:
Sundays at 10:15am
The service is streamed live on FPC’s YouTube Channel.
Click HERE to visit our channel.
**Notice of downtown construction project, pending approval by the City of Rochester.
Knutson Construction has provided a logistics plan for Phase A1 of their downtown project. The north access to our parking lot (across from Trinity Lutheran Church) is still blocked. Third Street SW is gated to allow only construction traffic. Please enter the lot from the Sixth Ave SW entrance.
Check out the A Festival of Music page!
The new season of our exciting concert series and ministry of outreach is underway. Click below to learn more:
Discovering Scotland 2025 - A Trip for the Congregation and Friends!
The tour brochure is available - it includes cost information and fee schedules, a detailed trip itinerary, and other important information about what is covered by the trip cost and details about the nature of our trip.
You can find the simple registration form below. The trip registrar is Sarah Stender - you can reach her at musicassoc@fpcrochester.org. Questions and interest can be directed to director of music, John Stender at stender.john@fpcrochester.org.
We’ll visit Iona Abbey!
Considered a ‘thin place’ and a significant site for early Christian beginnings.
Photo credit: Cindy Kunzman
We’re hiring! - Open Staff Position:
Please click on a link above for information about the positions.
Application forms can be found here.
Submit completed applications to
First Presbyterian Church
512 3rd St SW
Rochester, MN 55902
Sermons
Every week, the sermon and Sunday morning bulletin are posted for your reflection and reference. Read the archive of sermons from Senior Pastor, Rev. Thomas (T.J.) Parlette.
