First Presbyterian Church
Charlottesville, VA


















Outreach

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
  • Emergency and Disaster Relief Aid
  • First Presbyterian Church Preschool Scholarship Program
  • 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/Mississippi 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
Presbyterian Women Projects:
Birthday Offering
Thank Offering
Least Coin
Special Offerings:
Two-Cents-a-Meal
Christmas Joy Offering
One Great Hour of Sharing
Pentecost Offering
Peacemaking Offering
Meeting space:
Girl Scouts
Al-Anon
AA

First Presbyterian Church
500 Park Street
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Phone: (434) 296-7131   Fax: (434) 296-0751
www.fpchurch.com
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