We are a small, but growing church with a BIG MISSION, for we take Jesus’ command to love one another and to heal the broken as the foundation of all that we do.
In 2024, Friendship began a new chapter with Rev. Craig Topple as transitional pastor and Kim Ness as Interim Director of Faith Formation and Outreach. We are calling it a revitalization! With a great team and faithful congregation, we invite you to join us as we continue the 85 year legacy of this special church. A church where thoughtful preaching, creative worship, commitment to service, healthy relationships, and learning for all ages form people as followers in the way of Jesus.
While you are here, be sure to check out our many opportunities for learning, service, and engagement with our surrounding community. Additionally, we are home to an outstanding Preschool serving over 100 children and their families, and to very active Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troops.
Finding us is easy – we’re the beautiful “church on the hill” (with the turquoise doors!) across from Athens Academy on Macon Highway between Athens and Watkinsville.
Our Mission Statement
As followers of Jesus Christ, assured of God’s unconditional love for everyone, we strive to be an accepting and joyful community that centers upon worship, encourages personal growth, celebrates diversity, nurtures individual gifts, and moves beyond boundaries to share, through service, Jesus’ love, compassion, and justice in an uncertain world.
You are invited…
There are many ways you can worship, learn, connect, and serve at Friendship Presbyterian Church!
- Sunday Morning Worship is the heart of our life together. It begins at 10:30 am on Sundays (in the Sanctuary) and features a brilliant music program and engaging, scripturally-grounded messages from the pulpit. If you love outstanding sacred music and expect to be stimulated in both mind and heart by a sermon, then you will feel at home here.
- Prior to worship, adults gather in the Friendship Room at 9:30 am for Bible Study. Together, we explore the scriptures that will be read in the worship that day. This is a very informal, curious group that loves to welcome newcomers!
- Our primary mission to the community is through ACTS (Area Churches Together Serving), a food bank and clothes closet in Oconee County.
- The Friendship Presbyterian Preschool is one of the most outstanding preschools in the larger area, serving over 100 children and their families.
- In 2024, we launched a new community-wide youth group for middle school and high school youth. It has brought such energy and reminder of the joy of intergenerational worship.
There IS a place for you at Friendship! We heartily invite you to join us on the journey.
