Outreach Ministries
Click on the tabs below to check out the requested items from local collection organizations for each month of the year:
Local Food Pantry: flavored oatmeal packets, cold cereal, hot chocolate
Shepherd of the Streets: diapers, wipes, baby shampoo
Local Food Pantry: saltine crackers, chunky soups, chicken noodle soup, fruit snacks
Shepherd of the Streets: shampoo, deodorant
Local Food Pantry: tea bags (regular flavor), spaghetti sauce, and pasta (any shape)
Shepherd of the Streets: gel shaving cream, disposable razors, feminine hygiene products
Local Food Pantry: cake mixes, frosting, juice/juice boxes, mac & cheese
Shepherd of the Streets: bar soap, deodorant, combs
Local Food Pantry: canned tuna fish, peanut butter, jelly
Shepherd of the Streets: diapers, wipes, baby bath
Local Food Pantry: pudding, Jell-O, granola bars, Manwhich
Shepherd of the Streets: toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss
Local Food Pantry: Hamburger Helper, canned vegetables, salad dressing
Shepherd of the Streets: Q-tips, combs, deodorant
Local Food Pantry: ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, microwave popcorn
Shepherd of the Streets: shampoo, conditioner, towels, washcloths
Local Food Pantry: canned fruits, Kool-Aid, Oodles of Noodle
Shepherd of the Streets: diapers, wipes, bar soap
Local Food Pantry: coffee, black tea, powdered milk, sugar canned milk
Shepherd of the Streets: gel shaving cream, disposable razors, toilet paper
Local Food Pantry: fruit snacks, mac & cheese, chunky soup, tomato soup
Shepherd of the Streets: toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss
Local Food Pantry: spaghetti sauce, pasta (all shapes), Hamburger Helper, Jell-O, pudding
Shepherd of the Streets: deodorant, diapers (all sizes), wipes, baby shampoo
Donations can be placed in the bins near the Ross St. entrance of the FEC.
Contact: Ben Conrad, Director of Community Engagement
Every Wednesday at 5:00 PM, in the Christian Life Center (CLC), there is an indoor, sit-down meal experience for anyone in the community who wishes to participate. This will involve eating together in community, then moving onto a time of worship, prayer, communion, and spiritual education using personal lessons and videos. Health and safety guidelines like masking will be in place.
If you are interested in serving in meal preparation, cooking, meal distribution, or clean-up, reach out to Tyree.
Contact: Michael Glazier, Acts Network & College Minister
Upcoming Events
From January to March, First Church opens its doors to offer warm food and shelter to anyone in need. The shelter is open from 9 PM to 7 AM daily.
If you are seeking this resource, please arrive to the front doors by the fountain at 9 PM.
TRANSFORM is our city-wide mission experience where we seek to serve those in need, build relationships, and bless our community through construction projects and work with local nonprofits.
Contact: Ben Conrad, Director of Connections
Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has demonstrated God’s love in a tangible way to children around the world. Would you consider joining us to share the Good News of Great Joy to children through simple gifts packed in shoeboxes? There are many ways to help this year:
– Pick up a shoebox before or after 9 AM and 11 AM Sanctuary Services on Sunday mornings between October 15 – November 12
– Join us for the Packing Party on Wednesday, November 15 starting at 6:30 PM in the CLC. We have lots of fun items and shoeboxes, we just need your help to pack them!
– Assist with shipping costs for shoeboxes packed during the Packing Party. You can donate online using the direct link to First Church’s Fundraiser Page.
Once you have a full shoebox, please include $10 shipping cost via cash, check (made payable to Samaritan’s Purse), or online donation. This allows your box to go from Williamsport to any of over 100 countries all over the world by plane, train, truck, boat, bike, camel, or elephant to arrive in the hands of a child. The last day to return a filled shoebox is November 12.
Contact: Church Office | 570-322-3572
Partner Organizations
DWELL ORPHAN CARE
Dwell Orphan Care exists to support foster and adoptive families in Lycoming County, PA and beyond, so that children have a safe, loving, forever home in which to dwell.
EXPECTATIONS WOMEN’S CENTER
Expectations provides a variety of pregnancy and relationship services to expectant mothers and fathers. These services include pregnancy testing program, ultrasound program, healthy pregnancy classes, labor and birth courses, healthy marriage/relationship program, adoption education, and other programs to assist parents.
FAMILY PROMISE OF LYCOMING COUNTY
Family Promise of Lycoming County (FPLC) equips families to break the cycle of homelessness. They seek a society in which every family has a safe home, a sustainable livelihood, and the opportunity to build a better future for themselves and their community.
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION (GHANA)
In Ghana, children as young as three are enslaved in the fishing industry, forced to do hard and dangerous work to earn a profit for their masters. IJM works to free these children and to bring those in the slave trade to justice.
SHEPHERD OF THE STREETS
Shepherd of the Streets is often the first responder for persons in financial need. The ministry provides for: clinical pastoral counseling, bedding and hygiene items, medical transportation assistance, medical, dental, and visual assistance referrals