In 2013, 251,670 people or more than 1 in 6 people lived in food insecure households within the 22 counties served by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. Through our pledges to our church’s program, the Mission committee makes donations to the Food Bank to assist in their mission outreach....
Genesee County Family Promise continues hosting homeless families at 13 area churches. This week volunteers from our church supported the Flushing Presbyterian Church when their turn to host arrived. We performed the hosting activities for 2 of the 7 days in their week of hosting by preparing the dinner meals,...
Sixteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, September 27, 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...
30 August ended this year’s Deacon’s Back to School project. Twenty-eight children received a bag of clothes, $40.00 for shoes donated by the Fenton Kiwanis and a backpack that included school supplies. The congregation responded with characteristic zeal to a very short timeline as this year the names of needy...
We are happy to report that our Read & Feed program was a great success for our third year! We hosted 24 second and third grade students from area schools who had been identified as needing assistance with reading. We hoped to “jump-start” their fall schooling by providing them with...
On Saturday, July 12, 2014, our church supported the Bastille Day Race in downtown Fenton. Each year, this race generates over $18,000 for the Genesee County Habitat for Humanity chapter and brings thousands of visitors into Fenton. The 15k race began at 7:45 am while the 5k run/walk began at...
Our church’s team “Presbyterians with a Purpose” again helped raise funds to fight cancer in this year’s Relay for Life in Fenton. We walked in memory of 49 people who lost their fight with cancer. But we also walked in celebration of 30 people who have survived cancer! Almost everyone...
We want to thank the 46 people who showed up to donate their blood during our Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, June 14. 43 people were able to donate. We also want to thank the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing up the equipment, the members...
Congratulations to Andrew Siniarski, receiving the Ken and Marilee Smiley scholarship in memory of their son Mark. Congratulations to Tabatha Dolan receiving the 2014 annual Deacon scholarship. Thank you to all the applicants!
Genesee County Family Promise initiated hosting homeless families at 13 area churches earlier this year. Our church serves as a support church for the Flushing Presbyterian Church when their turn to host arrives four times each year. This past week our 16 volunteers performed the hosting activities for 2 of...
