First Presbyterian Church - Our Ministries

Community Ministry

The twice-weekly food pantry and twice-monthly walk-in meals provide much needed food assistance to individuals and families in our area.

Summer’s Best Two Weeks is a summer day camp provided for Grades 1 through 7 and focusing on putting God first, others second, and “myself third” through sports, Bible lessons, and fun.

The Concert in the Lot is another summer program where our members and neighbors come to enjoy a free picnic while listening to jazz, sacred music, and Christian rap. Free health screening was provided by the mobile health unit from the Synod of the Covenant.

FPC also provides emergency assistance with utility bills.

A sewing group provides beautiful tied quilts and knitting for those in need.

The after school tutoring program provides a place where elementary and middle school youth can come and receive help with homework and to practice reading and math skills.

Most recently, First Presbyterian Church has begun creating relationships in the community to work toward housing rehabilitation and increased home ownership in our area.

Campus ministry at the University of Akron also falls under this committee.

World Mission

Each year the Session approves funds for General Mission causes. A large share of these funds are sent to Louisville, KY (PCUSA) to support mission through the General Assembly, Synod, and Presbytery. Of these funds, we designate a portion for specific mission causes, all approved by the General Assembly Mission Committee. They are:

A medical missionary in Turkey.

A missionary working with at-risk children in Croatia.

Medical missionaries in the Congo.

Agricultural missionaries in Haiti.

The remaining funds approved by session for General Mission were sent directly to support the AMEN project (All Mothers Educated Now), a women's literacy mission in Pakistan. Periodically we have been blessed by by a visit to Akron and our worship service by Josna Azim, the director of AMEN.

Finally, the Alternative Gift Market, in partnership with Alternative Gifts International, provides an annual opportunity for individuals to participate in world mission. This market, held at FPC, allows members and friends to buy a gifts in the name of loved ones for overseas projects like schoolbooks for children in Iraq, aid to free indentured families in India, Gardens for a Health Planet, and blankets for Recovery in North Korea.

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Our Ministries : Community Ministry/Mission

Community Ministry

World Mission