I must say my experience of this church was for many years the exact opposite of what the two star review relates. I joined here a number of years ago and left Pittsburgh for work-related purposes a few years after that. While it is possible...
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I must say my experience of this church was for many years the exact opposite of what the two star review relates. I joined here a number of years ago and left Pittsburgh for work-related purposes a few years after that. While it is possible to catch the church on an off day perhaps when a visiting pastor is in the pulpit or the choir is trying something new, the experience of always being welcome regardless of age, race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation and being able to enter a worship service that for those who attend simply works characterized most, if not all, Sundays for me. In Methodist fashion, communion always had a literal component to it--it's the rare church that embraces silence in its liturgy and prayers and First Church gets it right on all accounts.
The part about not leaving for lunch by noon is true but I was always full when it was time to leave. I miss this church deeply.
This church, its clergy, and members literally changed my life for the better. Come and see!