What’s New In Missions (Page 4)
White Gift Bag Offering – Waverly Road Presbyterian Church – Community Food Pantry
Thank you FPC members for providing thirty-nine grocery bags of food and household items for Kingsport families to receive through Waverly Road Presbyterian Church Community Food Pantry.
Make a Charitable Contribution When You Make Purchases on Amazon
If you order items online through Amazon, instead, order through AmazonSmile for an Amazon donation to charity AmazonSmile offers the same products and pricing as Amazon, but when shoppers use AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate .5% of what is spent to the shopper’s charity of choice. For several years, First Presbyterian Church has helped support Providence Medical Clinic of Kingsport/PMCK in their medical and spiritual ministry. When ordering online through AmazonSmile instead of Amazon, you have an opportunity to support Providence Medical Clinic or another qualified charity of…
FPC Foreign Missions Provides Bibles to Guatemalan Women
With the help of teachers and the Spanish Bibles, these Guatemalan women will learn Spanish and be able to read for themselves the Bible and empower them to improve their lives, the lives of their family members and the lives of their fellow community members. The pictures are rewarding. The women standing in line hungry to receive the Word of God made me cry. Thanks be to God, thanks to Bee Rigby and thanks to all the FPC members who…
A Letter from Michael and Rachel Ludwig Serving in Nigeria
Hopefully by now you’ve heard that Michael and Rachel Ludwig are leaving international mission service. After much prayer and discernment, they feel called to return to parish ministry. Michael has accepted a call to pastoral ministry in the United States beginning January 1, 2022. Here’s a link to their most recent letter where they announce their departure from Niger: “Goodbye to Dear Friends.”
Missionary Update from Eliane Menezes
The attached file is an update from Mission Co-Worker, Eliane Menezes, serving in Guatemala on Educational Opportunities for Women.
Thank You from Roosevelt Elementary School
We are very appreciative of our van and it has really been useful in various ways since it was purchased for us. Thank you, Marty MeadeFamily LiaisonRoosevelt Elementary SchoolKingsport City Schools
FPC Donates to the Salvation Army of Kingsport
Ladies and Gentlemen, We meant to share this with the board at yesterday’s meeting but in all of the excitement and discussion we forgot. Back in June First Presbyterian Church donated $10,000 to our Pathway of Hope initiative which engages families with children to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. We are extremely appreciative of the folks at FPC for their continued support of the mission and work of The Salvation Army here in Greater Kingsport. As you’re able, please…
FPC Donates to the Kinsport Homeless Ministry – Soon to be called The Grace House of Kingsport
Recently Dr. Mike Shelton and other members of FPC donated $17,000 to the Kingsport Homeless Ministry. Click here for the full article.
Greetings from Niger! – July 29, 2021
Greetings from Niger! We want to thank you for your gift to our sending and support this year, which has been helping us continue to bridge cultures between the US and Niger to learn from each other. We firmly believe that to make a difference in a community, you have to connect with and make a difference in individual lives. Recently Michael was meeting with David, one of his younger colleagues whom he works with closely on some of the aspects…
