Tri-County Christmas In Action performed significant home repairs to two houses (on in Byron and one in Gaines) on Saturday, April 27. Patricia is the homeowner and resident. Her daughter Tisha was the person requesting our assistance. Six volunteers from our church worked at the house in Byron. Our team...
Cleaning out your clothes closet? Have some small appliances that work well but you don’t use them anymore? Our Carriage Town collection box is waiting for your donations! In Fellowship Hall at the head of the stairs in the large wooden box (made by Gene Morrison) with its new sign...
Over 19% of the people in eastern Michigan are food insecure! The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan provides food to over 400 partner agencies in 22 counties. A hungry person or family could be your child’s friend from school, your co-worker or even your neighbor. Here is just one neighbor’s...
The Shelter of Flint serves more than 1000 homeless adults and children every day! The average stay for their client is 37 days and they consistently report 90% in positive housing destinations. While they have many success stories, let us share just one: After having difficulty finding suitable housing in...
Fifteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen on Saturday, January 12, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis. We served 81 meals of goulash, salad, green beans and grapes. In addition, several of us worked in organizing items for sale in their...
On November 17, 20 volunteers from our church spent the morning sorting food for distribution to the partner agencies. We sorted 5642 pounds of food that will create 188,550 meals for families. The Mission committee wants to thank our members for their numerous methods of supporting the Food Bank of...
Over 140 people from the Fenton churches showed up to walk in the 2018 CROP Walk on October 7 including 42 people from our church. We think this is a record number of walkers from our church! The contest between St. Jude’s and FFPC increased participation and interest! Since we...
On Saturday, September 15, volunteers from our church had a wonderful time assisting Adopt-a-Pet on a sunny fall day. We cleaned the dog kennels, weeded the flower beds, painted the doorways and cleared some brush. Since 2006, Adopt-a-Pet has found homes for over 3000 cats and dogs and funded veterinary...
We are happy to report that our Read & Feed program was a great success for our seventh year! We registered 19 second and third grade readers from area elementary schools who had been identified as needing assistance with reading. We hoped to “jump-start” their fall schooling by providing them...
On Saturday, July 14, 2018, our church supported the Bastille Day Race in downtown Fenton. This year the race generated $23,750 for the Genesee County Habitat for Humanity chapter and brought thousands of visitors into Fenton. The 15k race began at 7:45 am while the 5k run/walk began at 8:00...