What’s New In Missions (Page 5)

FPC Volunteers to Work at Second Harvest Food Bank on September 21, 2022

Please join us for another day of service at Second Harvest Food Bank on September 21, 2022. Thousands of people depend upon Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee for food, and Second Harvest depends upon generous volunteers like us from First Presbyterian Church to help get food distributed. For those with plenty, a bag of instant oatmeal is small. For those with little, a bag of oatmeal is a daily essential. FPC volunteers contributed 50 hours of time in July that led…

Donations for Letcher County Kentucky Flood Victims – August 8, 2022 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Donation of items will be accepted on August 8 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Center of First Presbyterian Church of Kingsport at Church Circle. Please park in the parking lot located across from 114 W. Charlemont Avenue and enter the building marked Fellowship Center. Catherine Tucker, a First Presbyterian Church member, is from Letcher County and is coordinating these efforts. Your donation are greatly needed and appreciated. THANK YOU! ITEMS NEEDED If your preference is to…

FPC Donation to Grace House of Kingsport Homeless Ministries

Bobby Flowers, President of Kingsport Homeless Ministries, receives from FPC Outreach member Emily Pridemore a check for $17,000 for Grace House.  This facility on Sullivan Street will house homeless men and women overnight, provide a day center and also access to addiction and mental health counseling.  These funds will aid in the operation of Grace House.  As interior renovation takes place, there will be future opportunities for FPC members to clean ceiling tiles, replace carpet with new flooring and paint.…

Christmas and New Year’s Greetings from Eliane Menezes

“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.” (Mathew 1:23)   Christmas is a time to celebrate Immanuel – God is with us!   I pray you and your family rejoice in this special season.   Thanks for your support for this ministry!   I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!   Eliane   Rev. Eliane MenezesPCUSA Mission Co-Worker – GuatemalaFacilitator for…

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.”

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…