Christmas In Action 2016

Tri-County Christmas In Action performed significant home repairs to a Fenton Township house owned by a senior with disabilities on Saturday, April 30, 2016.  Ten adults and eight youth volunteers from our church worked at the house on Main Road.  Our team helped to paint the outside of the home,...

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Shelter of Flint – 2016 Report

On Saturday, February 27, ten volunteers from our church traveled to the Shelter of Flint to help prepare an apartment for transitional housing as well as to sort donated clothing and new toys for the guests there.  The apartment needed the walls, ceilings, floors, refrigerator and stove washed.  In addition,...

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Men’s Luncheon/Women’s Luncheon

Roger organized another men’s luncheon at the Villager in Holly on Thursday, January 14.  He really outdid himself by gathering 43 men together at one time (worse than herding chickens!).  We had a great time. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…so the women organized their own luncheon at Brick...

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Clothing Collections

The Mission and Stewardship committee would like to thank the many members who so quickly contributed 4 large bags of very nice clothes into the box in fellowship hall.  The clothes went to the clothing closet at Carriage Town Ministries in downtown Flint this past week.  More good news is...

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2015 Salvation Army Bell Ringing

On a balmy winter day, our members shared their Christmas Joy with the community and helped the Salvation Army raise some money so that more local families could enjoy Christmas.  Our members smiled, sang Christmas carols and greeted shoppers at VG’s on Silver Lake Parkway as well as at WalMart...

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December 2015 Blood Drive

We want to thank the 54 people who showed up to donate their blood, the 47 people who were able to donate, the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing up the equipment, the members who made cookies and the members who hosted the drive on Saturday, December...

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2015 Food Bank

In 2014, 331,500 people were positively impacted by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.  The Hunger Solution Center opened, doubling the capacity of the Food Bank as well as increasing the amount of fresh produce distributed from 4 million pounds to 12 million pounds.  There are 400 partner agencies in...

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2015 North End Soup Kitchen

Fourteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, October 10, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis.  Larry Zimbler again headed up our meal preparation by deciding on a menu, obtaining the food and organizing our volunteers.  We served...

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2015 Habitat for Humanity

Volunteers from St. Jude’s Episcopal Church and the First Presbyterian Church of Fenton joined together to provide two homes in Flint with a “Brush With Kindness.”  Habitat for Humanity organized a number of homes on the north end of Flint to have minor repairs as well as the exterior painted...

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2015 Empty Bowls

On Thursday, September 24, eleven of our members went together to the Empty Bowls fund raiser for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.  This year the event was held in their new Hunger Solutions building.  For $20.00, each person selected a ceramic bowl to take home as well as consumed...

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