Join us this Sunday
Join us every Sunday at 11am for Worship, followed by outreach at 1:15pm. We are located at 166 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
Since 1828, First Pres has been committed to love and to serve the Memphis community. We love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). We serve because that is how we follow and honor Christ (John 12:26).
In the gospel of John the disciples encountered Christ and began a wonderful journey of faith together. That journey continues here at First Presbyterian Church. We are followers of Christ seeking fellowship and growth in our faith. We believe Christ has a vision for this church and is calling each of us to be a part of this journey. If we are obedient and answer, with Christ’s help the vision can become a reality.
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OUR PASTOR
Rev. Dr. Lillian Hallstrand Lammers has served as Pastor at First Presbyterian Church since spring of 2023. She is a native of the Chicagoland area and moved to the Bluff City in the fall of 2018. She was ordained in the UCC in 2010, as she was serving as a professional chaplain at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She later served at her alma mater, Vanderbilt Divinity School, as the Director of Stewardship and Vocational Planning and also served at First Congregational Church of Memphis (First Congo) in Cooper-Young. She earned her Doctor of Ministry Degree in 2017, and her doctoral project focused on vocational discernment, a topic that she believes resurfaces again and again throughout our lifetimes. Her theological interests include pastoral care, reconciliation, racial justice, inclusion, and encouraging individuals to use their theological imaginations to better connect with God. She teaches pastoral care and chaplaincy courses as an adjunct faculty member at Memphis Theological Seminary.
Pastor Lillian lives in East Memphis with her spouse, Dr. Philip Lammers, a medical oncologist and researcher, and their three energetic daughters. You can usually find her with her family looking for animal babies at the Memphis Zoo, taking in the beauty of the Memphis Botanical Gardens, or playing in the fountain and eating Mempops at Crosstown Concourse!
