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Our Service to the Community and Others

 

Church members and friends drop off donations of non-perishable food on Sunday mornings.  The food is brought to the MANNA Food Pantry once a month by a volunteer, usually Monday - Friday between 10 am and 2 pm-  amount varies between 50 and 150 pounds of food a month. Volunteers are always welcome to help transport the food from the church to the food pantry (takes anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple hours).  On Tuesdays a Foodshare truck brings donations to the pantry and help is needed then to stock shelves in preparation for distribution to clients of the food panty.

One Sunday each month a specific mission project receives the Deacons Loose Offering.  Recipients are organizations designated by the Deacons.  They include Foodshare, Open Hearth, Chrysalis Center, and Covenant to Care.   The first Sunday in February is designated for Souper Bowl of Caring.  The March Minute for Mission is for Interval House.

community meals

First Presbyterian Church contributes to a Community Meal every fourth Tuesday of the month.  Our members and friends provide food, then cook and serve a dinner at Christ Church Cathedral.  The group meets at First Presbyterian Church at 4:50 PM to pick up donated food then caravans to Christ Church Cathedral where the food is prepared and served.  If you'd like to help just contact the church and we'll put you in touch with a coordinator.

On the first Sunday in May members and friends of First Presbyterian Church Walk Against Hunger.  Walk News.
Have you hugged a Presbyterian today? Maude Morrison pictured.

First Presbyterian Church's June Strawberry Festival supports various  ministries. 2010 will be the twentieth year anniversary of the First Pres Strawberry Festival.  Nearby office workers and those passing by the church eagerly await lunchtime to purchase a generous serving made with fresh strawberries, real whipped cream, and a homemade biscuit.  Proceeds benefit outreach locally and globally: mission trips, fuel assistance, food programs, disaster assistance,  scholarships, and other causes designated by the Church Outreach Committee.

Mission Trips have become an annual service opportunity for church members and friends of all ages.  FPC partners with a variety of social service agencies that assist the poor, handicapped, youth or elderly clients.  Mission Trips have included Hurricane Relief  following Katrina.   Mission Trip reports, many with photos, are featured in many of our monthly newsletters.   Photos are also posted online in our photo archive.

First Presbyterian Church is a  founding and supporting member of Hands On Hartford, formerly Center City Churches, Inc.  First Presbyterian Church supports this urban ministry with generous budgeted gifts, Groups of youth and adults volunteer to serve meals at MANNA Community Meals, MANNA Senior Cafe and to work at Peter's Retreat.  Individual church members also serve on the board and volunteer in its programs. Hands on Hartford, in partnership with others, strengthens community in Hartford by responding faithfully to people in need through programs that change lives and renew human possibility. 

More Ways You Can Help: End World Hunger      Hands On Hartford Programs   Fight Pollution     Support Peace    the Environment

 If you'd like to help or get more information about our service projects please contact the church and we'll put you in touch with a coordinator.

 
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