Welcome!
“Our worship service each week begins with words of peace and welcome and we hope that you feel the welcoming grace and peace of Jesus Christ each time you are here. First Presbyterian Church Peachtree City PC(USA) is a growing, intergenerational congregation with a dynamic worship that empowers people of all ages and diverse backgrounds for the adventure of serving Jesus Christ in the world. I invite you to join us anytime; our doors are open!
If you are seeking a new church home, or have questions,
email me or call me at 770-487-7757”
About Us
The town’s first church met in Peachtree City’s municipal building. An Interdenominational Community Chapel was formed in October 1964. In May 1966 with 25 members, the Community Chapel became the Presbyterian Church of Peachtree City PC(USA) with Reverend Donald Smith presiding as Pastor. Congregants worshipped in private homes and administrative buildings until June 1971 when members erected the First Presbyterian Church building on Willowbend Road upon land donated by the developers of Peachtree City.
Sunday Services
Please join us each Sunday morning at 11 am for worship service. This is a time to explore your faith and experience God in transforming ways. Just prior to the Sunday worship services beginning at 9:30 am, members meet for more in-depth Bible study in small groups.
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Our Staff
Senior Pastor
The Reverend Morgan Morse Hay
Reverend Morgan Morse Hay is a graduate of Presbyterian College and Columbia Theological Seminary. Before attending Seminary, Pastor Morgan Hay served Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama as the Director of Christian Education. Prior to moving to Peachtree City, she served as the Associate Pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Tucker.
Pastor Morgan Hay enjoys Mexican food, spending time with family and friends, and finding ways to connect her story to God's bigger story. She is married to Robert Hay, Jr., a Ministry Relations Officer with the Presbyterian Foundation. They have two wonderful children, Stockton and Anderson.
Please feel free to contact her with any questions at 770-487-7757 or morgan.h@firstpresptc.org.
Education
COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Master of Divinity, 2007
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
B.A., Religion, 2000
My Hobbies And Things I Love
• Breaking bread with family and friends
• Running so I can eat all that bread
• Reading good books
Administrative Assistant
Pam Weir
Pam has been serving as the Administrative Assistant at First Presbyterian Church since December 2012. She came to First Pres with an extensive background in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, with considerable experience in the retail field. After earning a BBA in Marketing from the University of Memphis, she has lived and worked in eight states, primarily in the Midwest from Minnesota to Texas. One of her favorite jobs was with Peachtree Editorial, right here in PTC, proofreading Bibles. Her attention to detail, while sometimes a curse, generally serves her well working with the many facets of our busy church. Pam often says that working at First Pres gives her the organizational piece of office work, the people piece of retail sales, and the peace piece of being every day in a beautiful church.
music director
David Stivers
David Stivers is a native Ohioan, but has lived in the Atlanta area so long he feels right at home in the South. He is a retired 37-year veteran music teacher with the Fulton County School System. He was selected as Teacher of the Year in 1993 and 2003. Also, in 2003 he was selected as the Fulton County Schools Elementary School Teacher of the Year.
In addition to his school work, David has served as music director in various church denominations for 53 years. He has led adult, children, and high school age church choirs, conducted church orchestras, and played guitar and keyboard in church praise bands.
His hobbies include opera, knitting, weightlifting, and cooking, and he and his wife Tori can often be seen on Peachtree City’s cart paths jogging, skating, or walking.
organist
Bill Pasch
Bill Pasch has served as organist at First Pres since August 2013, when what he saw at First Pres convinced him to end his brief retirement from organist positions at Lutheran churches in SW Atlanta, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, and Jonesboro (in reverse chronological order), dating back over a quarter century.
Honored also to be Composer-in-Residence at First Pres, his choral anthems are published by Augsburg Fortress and St. James Music Press. His hymn texts have won prizes in national and international competitions and have been published in various church music journals. In 2014 he was the featured composer in the online newsletter of the Church Music Institute in Dallas, TX.
While a lifelong church musician, his formal vocation was as Professor of English and head of the Department of Humanities at Clayton State University, from which he retired in 2007 with emeritus status.
Born in Toledo, OH, he earned his bachelor’s degree at Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH, and then went on to earn his MA and PhD at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (and had served as organist at the campus Lutheran church). He lives in Griffin with his spouse of 50 years, the Reverend Katherine (Katie) Pasch, now retired from Saint John Lutheran Church in Griffin. His daughter and her husband live in Tucker, and his son’s family (including two grandchildren) live in the Griffin area.
bookkeeper
Barbara Henderson
Barbara has worked in churches offices for over 15 years. She has a background in business and loves working with numbers most of all. She enjoys serving as a Stephen Minister and is especially fond of the contemplative side of our Christian tradition. She and her husband, Bill, have raised three children and currently have five granddaughters with a sixth on her way! She loves reading, learning, cooking and spending time with family and close friends.
Barbara is in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please contact her with any questions you may have regarding finances. Her email is bookkeeper@firstpresptc.org
director of first presbyterian kindergarten and preschool
Christy Utt
Christy (CJ) Utt was born and raised in western North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, graduating with honors as a Research Scholar. CJ has been blessed to follow her passion in Early Childhood Education for nearly two decades working in preschools, elementary schools, and churches. "Mrs. CJ", as she is known to the children, has been a teacher at Peachtree City First Presbyterian Kindergarten since 2005. She has been a part of the First Presbyterian Children's Ministry Department since 2005, serving as the Children's Ministry Director from 2014 to 2017. In 2017, Christy became the Director of the First Presbyterian Kindergarten and Preschool and feels so blessed to serve as the Director.
CJ loves living in Peachtree City. Golf cart is the best way to travel! She is married to her best friend, and they have two amazing children who keep them wonderfully busy. Mrs. CJ loves riding around town in her golf cart, reading, puzzles, and all things Disney.
associate pastor
Mary Moore Driggers
Mary Moore grew up in South Carolina and earned a Christian Education degree from Presbyterian College (go Blue Hose!) After college, Mary Moore worked with the Presbyterian Mission Agency through the YAV (Young Adult Volunteer) program in Los Angeles, CA working with people experiencing homelessness. There she grew in her passion for justice ministry and became eager to create safe spaces where people could build relationships and share their stories which let her to seminary to further her theological education.
Mary Moore graduated from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2022 and spent a year as a chaplain with the Emory Healthcare system before being installed at First Pres in the summer of 2023.
Education
UNION PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY
Master of Divinity, 2022
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
B.A., Religion, 2018
My Hobbies And Things I Love:
Music
The outdoors
Paddleboarding
Fostering intergenerational connections