Our Vision Statement

With God's help, we strive to be a vibrant, diverse, growing congregation that welcomes all and has a heart for the 50+ community.

Dear Linda and Dasha: Many, many thanks to you and all your committee, pastor and church members for including Angel Wigs of Hope in your Crumpets and Cake Crusting Cancer event. It was such fun, upbeat and entertaining for all. You all did a wonderful job! Also, thank you for your generous donation. It is truly appreciated! God bless you and the amazing First Presbyterian Church of Leesburg congregation! Fondly, Marie Hulsizer, President, Angel Wigs of Hope

A Devotional from your Pastor

The Danger of Sacred Cows

Every church has them. Some are a pew someone has sat in for forty years, a hymn we must sing every Easter, a program that hasn't changed since 1985, or the way "we've always done it." They're called sacred cows, things we treat as untouchable, though God never made them holy.

Scripture gives us a striking example. In the wilderness, God told Moses to make a bronze serpent so that anyone bitten could look at it and live (Numbers 21). It was a genuine instrument of grace. But seven centuries later, Israel was burning incense to it. King Hezekiah broke it into pieces and called it Nehushtan, "a piece of bronze" (2 Kings 18:4). Something God once used had become something people worshiped.

That is how sacred cows work. They rarely begin as bad things. They begin as blessings. Over time, though, our affection moves from the God who gave the blessing to the blessing itself. Jesus warned the Pharisees that they had abandoned God's commandment to hold on to human tradition (Mark 7:8).

Sacred cows are dangerous because they divide congregations, shut out newcomers, and drain energy that belongs to the mission of the gospel. Worst of all, they quietly take the place that belongs to Christ alone.



Our Reformed heritage calls the church semper reformanda, always being reformed by the Word of God. That means we hold our traditions with open hands. The question is never "Is this how we've always done it?" but "Does this still point people to Jesus?"

In Christ, Rev. RJ Leek

2ndTuesday@First Fellowship Dinner

5 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Menu: Pizza, Salad, dessert, drink

Kids under 18 years eat free

Donations welcome

Sign up in the church lobby

Bingo prizes for the winners!

Praise & Prayers for our church friends:

Helga Therkildsen, John Ramsay, Bill Swisher, Kris Bolden, Anita Slack, Bill and Bobbie Anne Bowersox, John Caldwell, David and Lynne Frazier, Grace Weber, Pris Peterson, Sanna Henderson, Eleanor Foggan, Linda Grove, Jean Willette, Clemie Beckham, Chris Payne, Peggy and Keith Haines.

Homebound: Bob and Sandy Averitt, Greg Malak, Donna Thompson and Eunice Nichols.

Susan Sapp will be having outpatient knee surgery on Nov. 6, 2026.

Praise report: Janet Dunmire's sister, Marjorie, turns 100 years old on October 30, 2026.

Family and friends of our congregation requesting prayer (10/31 week) :

Margie Bennett (Malak)

Kris (D. Davis)

Josiah (Bullock)

Gail Walker (Malak)

Julie Moorish (Lawrence)

(The names of family and friends will be rotated for prayer throughout the month.)