St Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church

I’ve been coming to church here for a three years as a college student not from New Orleans. I have never become a member, but if I were to stay in New Orleans, I would definitely want to be a member of this church community. The members of this congregation are so warm and friendly. I was welcomed to the church my first few visits by a call from a member of the membership committee and invited by the leader of my age group’s church group to come out to events.
I love this church for many reasons. One being that they offer two services. There is a smaller service at 8:30 am each week in the chapel and then the larger service in the sanctuary at 10:30am. The sanctuary is beautiful and huge. In between the services they have multiple bible study groups covering different topics or for different age groups from 930‑1015. I was a part of a college bible study group lead by the former assistant pastor and found it to be incredibly interesting. During the summer there is only one service at 930am in the sanctuary.
Another thing I love about SCAPC is that they have a bunch of groups for all ages. The have a youth group for middle school through high school, as well as a 20 – 30’s group, a mom’s group, a men’s group, a senior group, etc. they all meet regularly to do different events (bible studies, crawfish boils, lunches, community service, etc.) it’s a great way to get involved and meet a ton of people.
I have always felt extremely welcomed coming to this church, even though I am going by myself, no from New Orleans, and am not a member. This church does great work in the community and is filled with incredibly friendly, kind, generous people.

This is a beautiful building. The pastor seems to preach well. The music is also very nice. I am taking two stars off for the people of the church. They are the most unfriendly and snobby bunch of people I have ever encountered at any house of the Lord. I just don’t understand why when a group of people spot a new person, they don’t say hello. I felt like i was Mr. Cellophane at this place. After the service everyone goes to the back room to have coffee and visit. I circled several times and not one person said hello to me the entire time, so I left. No, I am looking for a church family. The Bible says that we are the church, not the building itself. I just don’t see that here. What a disappointment. I also think that the Uptown part of New Orleans people are extremely rude and pretentious, for no reason. The people of New York City were so friendly. People here are self important and unimpressive. You can even see that same attitude here at this church. Sad, that is not what being a Christian is. Being a Christian is not a social club, it is humbling yourself for the sake of showing the love of Jesus in a real practical way. Read, through your actions. Jesus Himself displayed God’s love through His actions. He healed the sick, ministered to folks, prayed for them, taught them, provided food spritually and naturally, cast out demons and challenged the snobby bunch that was the Sanhedrin. He hated the snobby bunch. He would also hate this snobby bunch. They need to lower themselves and break loose a little and just be kind. Really, is it so hard to smile and greet someone new? Is it?

This church has a beautiful sanctuary and engaging pastors. The best thing though was the AMAZING organ. So loud! And skillfully played. The choir and the people in the pews were big enough that they matched it pretty well.