Ministries

Mission and Outreach

The mission of the church is given form by God's activity in the world as told in the Bible and understood by faith.  One aspect of the church's mission is participating in God's activity in the world through its life for others by

Healing and reconciling and binding up wounds,

Ministering to the needs of the poor, the sick, the lonely, and powerless,

Engaging in the struggle to free people from sin, fear, oppression, hunger, and injustice,

Giving itself and its substance to the service of those who suffer,

Sharing with Christ in the establishing of his just, peaceable, and loving rule in the world.

First Church's mission and outreach ministries include:

Community Outreach Team:  A ministry that provides financial and personal service support to community organizations in the Winchester area that provide social services.

Disaster Response Team:  A ministry that provides hands-on and financial assistance to communities recovering from natural and human-made disasters.  The ministry works very closely with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.  For additional information, visit www.pcusa.org/pda

Ethiopian Partnership:  A church-to-church partnership between First Church and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus congregations in Mettu, Ethiopia.  For additional information about our partners, visit www.eecmy.org

Jubilee Kitchen:  A ministry that provides more than 4,000 nutritious noontime meals on 50 Saturdays each year in the church's Fellowship Hall.

Mission Funding:  First Church provides direct support to the following mission co-workers:

The Rev. Dr. Karla Koll, PhD, in Guatemala.  http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/kollk.htm

Dr. Les Morgan, MD, and Dr. Cindy Morgan, MD, in Bangladesh http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/morganl.htm

Bruce and Lora Whearty in Ethiopia  http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/wheartyb.htm