Pumpkin Carving and Bonfire Party

Youth Group had a great time at the annual pumpkin carving and bonfire party. We saw some old friends and made new ones 🙂 Prizes were awarded for the most creative/difficult, scariest, silliest and most lame pumpkins.  Thank you to the Hodgkin family for being such great hosts – the pumpkin...

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Spooky Trails

17 youth and 5 adults had a scary good time at Spooky Trails! Before the fun we discussed how being a Christian is like being a pumpkin found on facebook: “God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Cuts off the top...

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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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CROP walk

Thank you to everyone who walked, rocked and donated to this year’s CROP Hunger Walk. The event took place from 1:30 – 3 at Bush Park on October 4.  Each lap walked earned a ticket for the raffle drawings, the course had challenges throughout, rocking chairs were offered for those...

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Youth Photo Scavenger Hunt

At the first youth group meeting this Fall, we split into 2 teams and hurried around town for 45 minutes to collect pictures for points.  The group shown in this post did not win, however they were pretty creative! Both teams enjoyed large bags of candy as prizes 🙂  Below you’ll...

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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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Back to School Project

With the help of First Presbyterian church of Fenton and Fenton Kiwanis 25 backpacks filled with school supplies, clothes and $40.00 payless gift cards were delivered. Thank you FFPC congregation for your continued support in helping others in need!

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Carpenter’s Corner “Mission” Rotation

The “Mission” rotation runs through October 18th. Mission means to send out to serve or help others. Paul was the first missionary to the Gentiles, going from town to town, carrying the good news to many, and writing about it to others. As a result of Paul’s missionary efforts, new churches were...

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