ONGOING OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
Pantry on Church
The Pantry on Church packs and distributes food in our community every Tuesday. Our partner is Sweetwater Mission in Austell. We serve 400 families each week.
Volunteers can choose to serve in the mornings, evenings, or both.
Club 3:30
Monday-Friday | 4-6pm
Club 3:30 is the longest continually running elementary afterschool program in the state, and brings 30 students to the church every weekday to offer homework help and a host of other support services.
4th Mondays at The Extension
The Extension provides comprehensive addiction treatment services and life rehabilitation at two resident facilities – one for men and one for women. Volunteer to help cook, deliver, and serve part of a meal at the Women’s Extension facility just off the Square.
FPC On Demand
This program serves care facility residents, the homebound, and the imprisoned. In service to them, our program members find joy and fulfillment as we bring faith, hope, and love to those we encounter in four areas: Musical entertainment, jail ministry, Live-streaming assistance, and birthday ministry.
Refugee Assistance
Volunteers share a day of worship, fellowship, and hands-on service to the refugee community in Clarkston, GA. Volunteers may also collect/donate household items and clothing to assist refugee families in getting settled.
ANNUAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
MUST Summer Lunch
FPC has a long history of working with MUST Ministries to ensure that vulnerable children do not go hungry during the summer. Volunteers donate food, pack and deliver meal kits once a week to children who would normally receive breakfast and lunch at school.
Winter Shelter Transportation
People experiencing homelessness face especially difficult challenges during extremely cold weather. When temperatures fall below freezing, FPC volunteers help these neighbors in need by providing transportation to emergency overflow shelters. Please consider joining us!
Habitat for Humanity
FPC and other Cobb County faith groups partner each year to fund and build a Habitat house. Volunteers are needed to help with construction and to provide food and beverages for the builders. You can also help recruit builders and collect funds prior to the build.
Rise Against Hunger
This fun and meaningful opportunity is great for the entire family! Rise Against Hunger provides food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable. Volunteers are needed for for event set-up and to package meals that provide emergency food assistance around the world.
Red Cross Blood Drive
Donating blood makes a big difference in the lives of others.
FPC hosts 2 blood drives each year. Blood donors are needed, as well as volunteers to help with the drive on Sunday mornings.