First Presbyterian Church actively
contributes to and participates in a variety of community as well as world-wide programs
and services.
-
Alliance for Interfaith
Ministries - providing emergency financial assistance for rent,
utilities, and medical needs
- Alternative Marketplace -
an alternative holiday gift market supporting indigenous global
artisans, global economic development projects, and First
Presbyterian Church's own outreach ministries
-
Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church
- support for our Presbytery District's new church plant and
evangelism programs in Greene County
-
Bridge Ministry - ministry
to men in recovery from addictions and in transition from
incarceration
-
Building Goodness Foundation
- planning and building public structures such as medical clinics,
schools, and community centers, both locally and in such countries
as Haiti and Guatemala
- Christmas Giving Tree supports
families through
MACAA, Region
Ten, and
ARC of
the Piedmont.
-
Emergency and Disaster Relief
Aid
-
First Presbyterian Church
Preschool
-
Habitat for Humanity of Greater
Charlottesville
- Hunger Ministries: Soup
Kitchen every Wednesday, Thanksgiving Food Baskets,
CROP Walk,
Emergency Food Bank,
Meals on Wheels, and the Blue Ridge House
Thanksgiving Meal
-
IMPACT (Interfaith Movement
Promoting Action by Congregations Together) - a grassroots
collaboration of a diverse group of faith congregations living out
the common call to do justice in the local community
-
Katrina
Rehabilitation/Gulf Coast - multiple mission trips
each year
-
Montreat Conference Center
- financial support for camps and conferences
-
PACEM (People and Congregations
Engaged in Ministry) - a night-time homeless shelter which
rotates through the Charlottesville-Albemarle area faith
congregations, providing meals and overnight hospitality during the
winter months
- Pakistan - partnerships
with Forman Christian College and the
Presbyterian Education Board
of Pakistan
- Summer mission trips
annually to
Brazil,
Mexico, and
Appalachia, open to youth and adults
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