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...
We want to thank the 30 people who showed up to donate their blood, the 27 people who were able to donate, the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing the equipment, the members who made cookies and the members who hosted the drive on Saturday, June 2. ...
On Saturday, May 5th, nine volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis. Since it is early in the month, “only” about 40 people showed up to be served a meal; the number grows as...
On April 21, nine volunteers from our church went to serve at the Shelter of Flint. We organized their attic storage, cleaned one of their apartments, and cleaned and waxed their dining room floor. We helped them make a difference in our world using our time, talents and treasure (we...