MOULTRIE, Ga. — The First Presbyterian Church of Moultrie is preparing to celebrate its 125th anniversary with special events Sunday followed by a revival next week.

The church invites the public to join them for all the events.

First Presbyterian Church of Moultrie was formally organized on October 3, 1892, by 16 Presbyterians who gathered together to worship. The first church building, located on West Central Avenue was dedicated on June 11, 1893. To accommodate the remarkable growth of the congregation, a second building was built on the corner of First Street and Third Avenue Southeast; it was dedicated in 1898. The current church building, located at 501 First St. S.E., was dedicated on Oct. 6, 1912. It has been the site of many baptisms, marriages and funerals for several generations of families.

Events planned for Sunday, Nov. 5, include:

• 10:30 a.m. Reformation Worship Service/Homecoming will be led by the Rev. Jason Edwards, a second-career pastor currently serving Diamondhead Community Church in Diamondhead, Miss.

Prior to accepting the call to Diamondhead, he served as the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cornelia, Ga. In 2014, Edwards earned a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary while serving Forsyth Presbyterian Church in Forsyth, Ga., as their student pastor. He is a native of Moultrie and is married to the former Anne Peters, who grew up in the  First Presbyterian Church family. They are the parents of four boys.

• Noon. Covered dish lunch in the fellowship hall.

• 2 p.m. Sanctuary visitation. The church’s sanctuary will be open for visitors to explore at their leisure. Church members will be stationed at various points to explain the significance of the areas. Exploration will include areas not normally seen by the public, including the pipes of the organ and the bell tower and other out-of-the-way spots.

During the tour and following concert, Alec Powell, director of Christian education, and members of the church’s youth group will lead children in age-appropriate Scottish type games on the playground.

• 3 p.m. Kathy Wright and Gunner Chancey will perform in concert in the church’s sanctuary. The two will be playing solos and duets on the piano and organ. Wright, former director of music at First Presbyterian and long-time choral teacher at Colquitt County High School, is currently associate director of music at Park Avenue United Methodist Church in Valdosta. Chancey, former organist/pianist at First Presbyterian, is a music student at Georgia Southern University.

• 6 p.m. A remembrance service will be held in memory of church members, friends and family in the church sanctuary. This is a tradition that was started several years ago. Anyone who wishes may light a candle in memory of someone and may share a brief statement of remembrance.

Sunday’s anniversary celebration — which also marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation as well as the church’s Scottish heritage — will be followed by a “mini-revival” Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 6-8.

Supper will be served each night of the revival at 5:30 p.m., followed by worship services at 6:30 p.m.

The Rev. Scott Weimer, senior pastor of North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, will lead these services.

Weimer is in his 18th year as the senior pastor of North Avenue Presbyterian Church, located in the growing midtown section of Atlanta. He came to North Avenue from previous pastorates at First Church in Bradenton, Fla., and Clairmont Presbyterian in Atlanta.  

Within the past few years, Weimer has traveled extensively in Africa, South America, Europe and Asia. For his focus on missions around the world and in Atlanta, he was honored with the James H. Costen Award for Religion, given by the Interdenominational Theological Center in April 2007. He was named one of Georgia Trend magazine’s “100 Most Influential Georgians” in 2006. He is a founding board member of StreetGRACE, an organization dedicated to ending domestic sex trafficking of minors.

A native of Clay Center, Kan., Weimer completed his undergraduate work at the University of Kansas. In 1978, he moved to Chicago to receive his Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Divinity School; later he earned his Master of Theology with specialization in History of Doctrine from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. In 1991, he received his Doctorate of Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga.

Scott and Cynthia, his wife of 37 years, live in Mableton, Ga. They have three children — daughter Christen Weimer, son James, and their late son Justin.

Former First Presbyterian Church of Moultrie pastors Rev. Hugh Ward and Rev. Arch Baker will also join in leading the celebration. Ward, who currently serves as chaplain at Colquitt Regional Medical Center, was pastor of First Presbyterian from 1989-2011, and Baker, who is now retired from the ministry, was interim pastor of there for 15 months in 2013-2014.