First Presbyterian Church strives to be: "...the Church with HEART in the HEART of Willmar." HEART spells out the Core Values we try to live in our personal lives and in our life together. These are our Core Values:

Hospitality: Creating a welcoming and accessible environment where members and visitors alike can come together for study, fellowship, conversation, inspiration and service.

Encouragement: Offering compassion and care to our neighbors near and far through ministries and missions that encourage people in body, mind and spirit.

Acceptance: Creating a culture of grace and understanding where each person can feel a sense of belonging and purpose in Christ’s body, the church.

Reconciliation: Becoming active participants in repairing the brokenness of this world by practicing peacemaking in our personal and corporate lives, forgiving one another, as Christ forgives us.

Transformation: Growing in faith and becoming more Christ-like in our individual and community lives as we allow ourselves to be shaped by God’s Word.