Ministries

Local Ministries

Faith Feeds Garden – The work of the Holy Spirit has led FPC to create a vegetable garden on our grounds in which the bountiful harvest will be shared with the Emmaus Food Bank and ultimately the people of Emmaus. We are looking forward to new beginnings! Want to be on our e-mail distribution list? Please contact the church office.

We provide and serve a meal the 2nd Monday of each month at Daybreak, a drop in center for those recovering from mental health/retardation and drug and alcohol addiction. You can volunteer to bake a dozen cookies, do the shopping for the meal, or help prepare and serve. Any questions about Daybreak can be directed to Zona Farmer or Carolyn Baittinger.

We participate in Crop Walk, a 5k walk through historic Allentown to raise funds for Church World Service (CWS)/CROP worldwide and in Allentown.

Each year, our youth collect funds on Souper Bowl Sunday. Monies received are sent to a local charity to help fight hunger. We also sometimes collect cans of soup, which are donated to the Emmaus Food Bank.

We partner with Bethel Bible Fellowship Church in Emmaus to support Groceries PLUS. We communicate with them regularly to establish their current needs (i.e. hygiene products).

We sponsor spring and fall clothing and food drives each year in support of the Emmaus Food Bank and the Clothes Closet at St. Matthew’s.

We are also part of the Angel Network, which supports the local elementary and middle schools in the East Penn School District providing clothes, food, money, or whatever is needed.

Community Yard Sales are held in the fall and spring. These sales are at the same time as the Emmaus Community yard sales. Contributions go to local missions.

Our Teachers’ Closet offers supplies and resources to local teachers.

Our Free Little Library on the edge of our property on 2nd Street.

We participate in several community events throughout the year to include Lehigh Valley Pride, Emmaus Farewell to Summer, Emmaus Old Fashioned Christmas, and America 250.

National & International Ministry

For over 30 years, a group of our young adults ages 14 and up have participated in Workcamp, under the auspices of Group Workcamps. Workcamp is the ultimate expression of Christian service that provides unlimited spiritual growth. For more information, click here.

In response to God’s call to share his love with our Christian brothers and sisters beyond our geographical community, we financially and prayerfully support the mission of various entities throughout the world. These beneficiaries are different from year to year, often inspired by needs indicated by the Presbyterian Giving Catalog.

Faith Church Congregational Support

We support local, national and international concerns through pledges to our church annual budget and other special needs.

Faith Church has made  yearly donations to the Lehigh County Conference of Churches in support of their ecumenical work in the local community.

When disaster strikes at home or abroad, the Mission Committee keeps the congregation informed of ways to assist.  Donations can be given through the church to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA).  “PDA enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic events.  They provide a ministry of relief and response to disasters, aid to refugees and displaced persons, and refugee resettlement.”

Special Offerings

  • One Great Hour of Sharing – Causes supported include disaster, hunger, poverty, climate change, immigration, migration and refugees.
  • World Communion Offering – Causes supported include racial justice, gender justice, peacemaking, global witness, ecumenical and interfaith relations.
  • Christmas Joy – Causes supported include children-at-risk, youth, young adults, leadership development for people of color, Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color, and servants to the Church in need through the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions.
  • At Faith Presbyterian Church, 25% of all giving to the special offerings is reserved for local mission use.

 

Women of Faith

Our Women of Faith have an annual Craft Fair.  Proceeds benefit local mission.

Other Ministries

The Mission Team at Faith Presbyterian Church is truly blessed and gives of their time, talents, and treasures. We are a generous congregation that supports a wide variety of ministries locally, nationally, and throughout the world.