Feeding Families

​1st Pres has always had a passion for serving their community, especially families in need.  We are constantly looking for new ways to love and serve our community. Feeding our friends and neighbors has been one of those missions, and for many years, we accomplished that through the Turkey Fund each November. Its goal was to bless families, specifically during the holidays. Naturally,

during the holidays, giving is at the forefront of our minds. 

In the brilliant Christmas movie, The Bishop’s Wife, Dudley (played by Cary Grant) writes a sermon for the Bishop (played by David Niven).
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​“You give me a book; I give you a tie. Aunt Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer, and Uncle Henry can do with a new pipe. For we forget nobody, adult or child. All the stockings are filled …”

​It’s easy to remember those less fortunate during the holidays, but we knew in our hearts that this moment in time wasn’t enough. So, as with the one-day Barb McPoland summer clothing giveaway (now the year-round 1st Pres Neighborhood Closet), clearly, feeding families is a year-round need.

This thinking brought us to transition the Turkey Fund to a new, year-round program aptly named Feeding Families. The fund will supply food gift cards as before, but they can be used at any time during the year. These food gift cards will help put food on the table for families who visit our 1st Pres Neighborhood Closet and for special situations when the church feels called to help throughout the year.
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We would like you to think about supporting our Feeding Families fund, specifically during the month of April, but this is something that you can support at any time.

“Dear Children, let us not love with words or speech
but with actions and in truth”.
1 John 3:18 NIV

​In His Name, Gina & Connie