In spite of the overcast day, over 90 people from the Fenton churches showed up to walk today in the 2013 CROP Walk including 12 people from our church. This was Fenton’s 33rd annual walk for the Fenton, Lake Fenton, Linden and Holly area. Almost $300,000 has been raised over...
A number of our members traveled to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint again this year to enjoy their 23rd Empty Bowls fund raiser on Thursday, September 26. A $20.00 donation to the Food Bank entitles a person to select a ceramic bowl created by one of the art...
Fourteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, September 28, 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...
We are happy to report that our Read & Feed program was a great success for our second year! We hosted 29 second and third grade readers from the Fenton elementary schools who had been identified as needing assistance with their reading. We hoped to “jump-start” their fall schooling by...
On Thursday, August 1, we hosted a picnic at Silver Lake Park Beach in Fenton for the Whaley Children’s Center. We were pleased that 40 youth and 12 staff attended from Whaley. They had a great time and were very appreciative; they look forward to this picnic each year. We...
On Saturday, July 13, our church supported the Bastille Day Race in downtown Fenton. Each year, this race has generated over $18,000 for Genesee County Habitat for Humanity and brought thousands of visitors into Fenton. This year they were hoping to have a record 1500 runners/walkers! The 15k race began at...
This Sunday the 14th, is the start of passing out the outfits for the back to school project. The cards will also be available on the 21st and 28th. The deadline to bring back these outfits will be August 11th so they can be distributed for the upcoming school year....
Every summer our church provides a picnic at Silver Lake Park for the children and staff of the Whaley Children’s Center. Please come and enjoy the day with us at Pavilion #2 from 4-6 pm on Thursday, August 1st. Pizza will be donated, but we also need paper products, water,...
Our team, Presbyterians with a Purpose, had another great year raising money to find cures for cancer and raising awareness. We raised $7635.00 so far with a couple more fund raisers yet to take place. Our team came in second of the 25 teams participating in 2013. A new long-term...
Our first Red Cross blood drive for 2013 went very well on June 1. We had 51 pints donated including 3 double red donations and 7 first time donors! The last two blood drives have been very successful so we will increase our goal and add staffing to make the...
