Archives for August 2012

20,000+ Meals in Two Hours

Stop Hunger NowIt took just over two hours and in that time the 100+ folks gathered on a Saturday afternoon at the Robert Ellis Middle School in Hendersonville, TN assembled and packed 20,000+ meal packets filled with soy flour, rice, dehydrated vegetables and vitamin packets. These packets will be sent to the international partners of Stop Hunger Now in one or more of 76 countries across the globe.

This mission service project was a joint effort of First Presbyterian Church Nashville and New Creation Church Hendersonville and provided a fun and lively multi-generational service project for all ages.  This was the first meal packaging project in the Nashville area for Stop Hunger Now and we are hopeful there will be many more to come.

Stop Hunger Now meals pack a big punch. Every dehydrated rice/soy meal is fortified with 21 essential vitamins and nutrients. Research has shown that one in three people in developing countries are adversely affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Addressing the problem of hunger is the single point where we can leverage relief for all humanitarian issues.

The packaged meals will be delivered to school feeding programs at international partners working to provide sustainable,  lifelong change. Providing a hot meal during school gives parents an incentive to send their children to school. Through receiving a primary school education, the cycle of poverty can begin to be broken by leveraging change in many other issues including education, maternal health, childhood mortality, gender equality and combating HIV/AIDS.

If you’d like to learn more about Stop Hunger Now, please visit their website or contact the Missions Office of First Presbyterian Church using the Contact link above.

Selected photos provided courtesy of Don Claussen, Trap the Light Photography.

Raise the Roof

Habitat for Humanity of Greater NashvilleFor the first time in our partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville, First Presbyterian Church will build a Habitat home for one of its own employees. Our own property staff team member, Erica Greene, has qualified for a Habitat home and been assigned to FPC as our partner family. If you were blessed to be at worship on Sunday morning, August 5, you may have had a chance to hear Erica give a Minute for Mission, or perhaps you visited with her and her family in Courtenay Hall or in your Sunday School class later that morning.

Now you have a chance to work on-site with Erica to lovingly build the home soon to be occupied by her and her four children. We will work every Saturday AND Sunday (we only stop for lightning or extreme downpours) from September 15 through October 7. Mickey Martin and Michael Baron, co-captains for the final build day, promise the home will be finished and dedicated on Sunday, October 7, so plan now to join them at the celebration.

All tools and supplies for every build day are provided by Habitat so all you need to bring is a friendly and a can-do attitude! The build is set in southeast Davidson county; specific directions will be available closer to the build date. This is the perfect project for a Sunday School Class or group of friends or co-workers. All volunteers must be at least 16 years old and youth volunteers require parental permission ahead of time.

FPC has committed to provide 25-30 volunteers each build day. There are jobs for all skill levels with a special need for lunch providers for our hungry builders. You’ll want to commit early to reserve your volunteer spaces for this very exciting project here at FPC.

Sign-ups have begun in Courtenay Hall for this special home build. Won’t you join us? Contact our fall build co-chairs, Steve Butler and Les Coble, with any questions or special offers of assistance. Patricia Heim in our Missions Office is also available to answer questions or assist (615-298-9593 or adultmissions@fpcnashville.org).

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