Serve – In The Community
Disaster Relief Response…
Lean into Love 3.0: Love Your Neighbor
2022 Lenten Project
“Love your neighbor as yourself” – Matthew 22: 39
This Lenten season we will raise money to disburse equally to Blowing Rock Cares, Casting Bread, Hunger and Heal Coalition, Hospitality House, WeCan. As in previous years, donations may be made by mailing-in a check made out to the church and earmarked for the “Disaster Relief Fund,” OR click HERE to give to the “Disaster Relief Fund”. On Sunday mornings during Lent, we will be highlighting the programs and services provided by each of these mission partners that help alleviate the pandemic’s effects on our neighbors.
In addition, each week during Lent this year, we will be collecting nonperishable food items to be distributed to local food pantries. Just drop your donation into the boxes in the Gathering Space.
Canned meat
Peanut Butter
Cereals
Cookies/Crackers
“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 22: 37-39.
“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” Matthew 25:40.
Food 4 Families 2022
HELP US FEED OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR CHILDREN during the SUMMER! More than 50% of the children at Bethel, Cove Creek, and Mabel Schools receive Free or Reduced lunch during the school year. In the summer the free and reduced lunches are not available…that’s where the Food 4 Families mission project comes in and we would love for you to join us! Here are some ways that YOU can help feed children in Watauga County this summer…
- Come together to PACK Food boxes of kid-friendly food every 2 weeks this summer
- LOAD the church bus
- DELIVER food to our partner churches
- PRAY that God will lead each of us to do our part to help feed the families that need it the most this summer.
- Serve on the F4F Planning Team
GATHERING to SERVE September 10, 2022!
All ages will have the opportunity to be the hands and feet of God in our community on Saturday, August 7! A dedicated group of project leaders would love to have you on their team and serve alongside you in one of many projects to choose from. Check back for details for this year’s opportunities to serve our neighbors!
Helping Hands Wood Lot
Interested? Fill out the contact form below.
Hospitality House / WeCAN
Hunger and Health Coalition / Western Watauga Food Outreach
One Day With God Prison Ministry
Interested? Fill out the contact form below.
Operation Christmas Child
“Therefore go and make disciples, of all nations….” Matthew 28:19a
Each fall, Circle 1 invites you to pack Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes with toys, toiletries, school supplies, books, and small articles of clothing AND to include messages telling children God loves them and you are praying for them. There will be OCC Shoeboxes and packing information at the OCC Center in the Gathering Space, along with some donated items and toys made by our FPC kids that you may include in your shoeboxes.
What Goes in My Shoebox?
*Start with a quality item like a stuffed animal, soccer ball with pump, or clothing outfit that will capture the child’s attention the instant he or she opens the box.
*Pack other fun toys, hygiene items, and school supplies to fill the shoebox.
*Pray for the child who will receive your gift and send a personal note and photo.
*Include a donation of $9.00
FEED the HUNGER October 16, 2022