Here to Serve Campus Updates
Take a look at photos of our Here to Serve projects happening all around the FPC Campus.
Equipping parents in all stages (birth through 12th grade) so that a love for Jesus is instilled in the next generation.
We go into the world to share the gospel as individuals in our circles of influence and as a body in Houston and beyond. We provide strategic opportunities locally and globally to share the Gospel and also equip the Body of Christ to share their faith in their daily lives.
Take a look at photos of our Here to Serve projects happening all around the FPC Campus.
FPC celebrated the season of Advent with family and friends as we reflected on the great promises of …
Sunday, September 8th, 2019 First Presbyterian Church held its second annual Fall Kick Off event in recent years. …
Our High School Ministry recently traveled to Buena Vista, CO for their summer Adventure Trip! The students had …
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Join FPC as we look to fulfill the needs of our neighbors here in Houston and the nations around the world. If you’re looking for a way to serve today, view the opportunities below.
Immediate ways to connect with ministries to serve are shown first, and ongoing needs are below.
Thur | Jan 26 | 12 PM | Houston Welcomes Refugees
Missions has introduced a new opportunity to get to know our local mission partners. On the fourth Thursday of each month, we will offer a “Local Partner Field Trip” at noon. This is designed for individuals interested in seeing first-hand the ministries seeking volunteers. If you would like to carpool, we will leave from the North Lot of FPC at 11:30 AM.
Urgent January-February Donation Needs
It is so important to start the new year off on the right foot. Please consider donating in-kind items to Star of Hope from the following list. Your donations will help men, women and children as they start a new life. Connect with Mary-Floye if you wish to bring in items to the church, or shop the linked wishlist below to ship directly to Star of Hope.
– Men’s jackets & coats 2X – 3X
– Men’s socks
– Men’s underwear
– Men’s deodorant
– Baby wipes
– Women’s deodorant
– Large lotion
– Large conditioner
– Overnight maxi pads
– Twin blankets (new only preferred)
Fri–Sat | Feb 17–18 | 3700 SW Fwy, Houston, TX 77027
Connect with global health experts, missionaries, and organizations, be inspired by over 35 speakers, and find your mission in the conference Exhibit Hall with over 75 organizations working in the areas of medical missions, orphan care, human trafficking, water access, sanitation, hygiene, education and more!
The M3 Conference is a great place to re-center, re-focus, and connect with other purpose-minded people. Join us as we learn ways to reach the unreached in this new season! Register today at www.m3missions.com and save $10 with code: 2023M310OFF
One-Time Opportunities
One-Time or Recurring Opportunities
Friends of Northside has an opportunity for YOU, whether you prefer serving with adults or kiddos. Take a look!
Volunteers needed
Become part of the FPC Disaster Response Team
Hurricane season is here and we want to be proactive in how FPC will respond in times of disaster. FPC is a member of Houston Responds’ Central Coalition of churches in our area. The vision of the Central Coalition is to unite, empower, and mobilize churches to multiply the collective impact on critical needs in our communities. If you are interested in being on the FPC disaster response team, please email our FPC Houston Responds Disaster Coordinator, Steve Winstead, at steve.winstead@att.net.
Immediate need for child sponsors
Africa Renewal Ministries (ARM) in Uganda is one of FPC’s longstanding global mission partners and many FPC covenant partners have traveled to Uganda on vision and mission trips, as well as sponsor children through ARM’s Child Sponsorship Program. There is an immediate need for Child Sponsors.
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Ongoing needs and ways to connect with our mission partners are shown below. Click the + to the left of each ministry name for more information.
Agape Development works to transform our neighborhood by preparing Christ-following, independent, community leaders. Agape does this by building relationships with families through a wide variety of age-specific programs. Read more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Returning citizens need advocates, guides, and encouraging re-entry coaches to walk alongside them upon release from prison and as they re-enter, transitioning to live out their faith in freedom. CrossWalk Center bridges critical social services and ministry between prison life and freedom with the goal of “Seamless Re-entry Discipleship from the Inside Out.” Visit Crosswalk Center’s website for more information.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Cullen Staff Appreciation Breakfast
Every First Wednesday of the Month | 7:30–8:30 AM
Join us as we say “thank you” to the extraordinary educators at Cullen Middle School. Join us to show your gratitude as we take special breakfast treats before school to express our appreciation for our amazing and dedicated friends at Cullen.
Cullen Middle School Prayer Walk
Every Second Wednesday of the Month | 6–7 PM
Every second Wednesday of the month we gather to pray for the staff and students of the Cullen Middle School campus. You can park in the school lot off of La Salette. Enter through the doors off the aforementioned parking lot.
For more information, contact Taylor Ramsay
Feeding Houston’s Heroes delivers food to a variety of first responders and frontline workers like Houston Fire Department Stations, Police Department, and other front-line workers each week. Learn more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Contact Missions for more information.
Our neighborhood partner through Attack Poverty is Friends of Northside. Learn more about Attack Poverty, an organization connecting communities with neighbors who care to help break the cycle of generational poverty, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Working in the Third Ward, Generation One is a living laboratory for education research and development. With high-quality early education, engaging after-school programming, and family support, Generation One empowers children and families to thrive and reach their fullest potential. Learn more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Houston Welcomes Refugees’ mission is to help ease the resettlement process for refugees coming to Houston by mobilizing invested, caring volunteers and fostering hope amidst crisis. Visit the HWR website to learn more.
Ongoing ways to serve:
The Main Street Ministries’ Community Garden, located adjacent to our campus, grows produce year-round benefitting the Heights Food Pantry.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Garden Volunteers | Sundays | 2-4 PM
Monthly Volunteers | First Saturday of the Month | 9-10:30 AM
Email the garden manager, Travis Weddle at MSMgarden@msmhouston.org, to join in on monthly projects. A water bottle and garden gloves are recommended.
Main Street Ministries Houston was established in 2009 to unite and strengthen Operation ID and Shepherd’s Center, two long-running, volunteer outreach ministries of First Presbyterian Church Houston. Learn more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Visit the MSM website for more information.
Mentors and tutors serve as the foundation on which the Nehemiah Center impacts the futures of at-risk children and their families. Learn more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Open Door Mission is a faith and evidence-based recovery program and facility helping the homeless in Houston TX since 1954. They are dedicated to transforming the lives of the most severely addicted, destitute, homeless, and disabled men in our community for free. Learn more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
The mission of Restoring Justice is to end mass incarceration, one client and heart at a time. They provide holistic defense and social services for the marginalized in our community. Learn more, here.
Ongoing ways to serve:
YMCA International Services is the official refugee resettlement agency that our partner, Houston Welcomes Refugees, works with.
Ongoing ways to serve:
Contact Darlean Lewis, Volunteer Specialist, at hwrforymca@gmail.com.
For more information on these and other opportunities to serve, please contact Mary-Floye Federer, Director of Missions, at mffederer@fpchouston.org.