Outreach Ministries
These ministries focus on the local community and
wider global community to promote peace with justice.
Drop-in-the-Bucket:
Provides a bag of food to hungry people every other Saturday throughout
the year. Staffed by church members; food is purchased from the Nevada Food
Bank and through donations all year.
Ridge House:
a non-profit program that helps people integrate back into the community
after incarceration. Operates homes for those newly released, an outpatient
program and an educational program for law enforcement.
Annual Mission trips:
First Church has participated in three Volunteer in Mission trips to
Louisiana in 2008-2010. Trips to other countries are being considered for
the future. These are in addition to youth mission trips.
Family Promise:
Four times each year our church hosts up to four
homeless families in our facility, providing a place to sleep, hot showers
and meals. Church members sleep in the church (as hosts) and provide
breakfast, a sack lunch and a full dinner for the week. St. Paul’s United
Methodist Church helps with the meals at least once or twice during the
week.
Homeless Memorial Service:
Our pastor works with other interfaith clergy to
provide a worship service on December 21 (National Day for Homeless
Memorials) for those who have died during the year on the streets of Reno.
Pico
(People in Community Organizing): In Pico’s
congregation-community model, congregations of all denominations and faiths
serve as the institutional base for community organizations. They work to
solve local neighborhood issues to improve the community.
Teen Success:
Our church hosts pregnant teens or teens that have had
a baby. The program is part of Family Planning that works to keep these
young women in high school; childcare and a nurse is provided along with a
support group.
12 Step Groups:
Two groups of AA and one NA meet weekly at the church.
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