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Music

"I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' 
And I said, 'Here am I.  Send me!'"  (Isaiah 6:8)

Being in a choir simply means being willing to lift our voices in praise to God on a regular basis.  If you are called to become a member of an FPC vocal choir or handbell choir, please prayerfully consider saying "yes".  When we hear God's call and answer it with a "yes", we receive great blessings.

Sanctuary Choir and Handbell Choir Information: email Krista Firkus
Ambassador Choir Information: email Alice Walker  
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Music Programs:
Music is integral to our lives together as a community of faith. Through music, we glorify and worship God in uniquely talented ways.  A wide variety of music programs, groups and special presentations minister to the needs and tastes of our entire church family.  Choirs, including the Sanctuary Choir, Ambassador Choir and Handbell Choir rehearse weekly and bring musical offerings to worship services on a regular basis.

Rehearsal schedules are as follows:
  • Sanctuary Choir - Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm
  • Ambassador Choir - Thursdays, 10:30-11:15am
  • Handbell Choir - Sundays 9:00-9:55am

Music Staff

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ALICE WALKER
Organist and Ambassador Choir Director
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KRISTA FIRKUS
​Choir Director

Wicks Pipe Organ

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First Presbyterian Church, Covington, boasts an outstanding pipe organ built by the Wicks Organ Company, Highland, Illinois. The Sanctuary houses the two-manual, 31 rank instrument with 99 memories, installed when the new Sanctuary was completed in 1995. The Sanctuary Organ, the firm's Opus 6292, was designed for the new building under the direction of Dr. John H. Roark. The organ is a wonderful asset to the church's music ministry and the instrument provides great leadership to the congregation in singing the faith.

Numerous concerts have been given on the Wicks Organ, including recitals by Alan Morrison, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA; Samuel Metzger, Senior Organist, Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN; Dr. John Roark, retired Pastor, Buford Presbyterian Church, Buford, GA; Dan Miller, Rodgers Organ Company, Hillsboro, OR; Bill Callaway, First United Methodist Church, Chamblee, GA; Tom Alderman, Roswell United Methodist Church, Roswell, GA; Jim Ingram, retired President, Allen Organ Studios, Atlanta, GA; Phillip Skerrett, Organist, Big Bethel AME Church, Atlanta, GA; and Craig Williams, Organist, Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.

The church's organist, Alice Griffin Walker, CAGO, AAGO, has performed many concerts on the organ, and sometimes with her twin sister, Becky Griffin Ramsey, organist at First United Methodist Church, Covington. In 2007, FPC Covington, along with FUMC Covington, hosted concerts as part of the April meeting of the American Guild of Organists, Atlanta Chapter.
A truly classic American organ, the Wicks instrument has been used to provide a wide variety of music for both worship and concert, and its sounds are complemented by the superb acoustics found in the Sanctuary.

The Wicks Organ was the result of a very generous donation by the Patrick Family Foundation (Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick, Jr.) in memory of Sadie Patrick Greer and Lee Alvin Patrick.

Upgrades:
An upgrade was made to the Wicks Pipe Organ in 2009, with the installation of an Allen Organ Company Vista MIDI, along with a transposer and a digital recorder for the organ.  The Allen Vista MIDI enhanced the organ with 128 general MIDI sounds and 94 organ stops.
 
In 2010, a Rodgers MX-200 MIDI was also added to the organ.  The MIDI contains more than 1,100 sounds, selected by Rodgers' Dan Miller, a widely acclaimed organ recitalist who will be remembered in Covington for playing the "Festival Concert for Three Organs" in October, 2007, at FPC, Covington, with Alice Walker and Becky Ramsey. Both of these MIDI additions were given by Carol & Ellis Dunbar in honor of FPC Organist, Alice Walker.
1169 Clark Street SW
Covington, GA 30014
770.786.7321

First Presbyterian Church
Covington, georgia

A congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and member church of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
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