Missions

June 2020 Update from Outreach Community Center: Would you like to find a way to make an impact in the local community? Starting in July, volunteers are needed at the Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream, a mission partner of First Pres. Take a look at these opportunities and see...

Thank you to all who prayerfully considered giving to this year’s Missions Giving 2020 campaign. Your response will help First Pres mission partners serve those in need in our community and throughout the world now, and for the rest of the year. You generously donated more than $66,000 through your...

We've made strides in garnering support for our Missions Partners these past few weeks - but there is still an opportunity to help these partners deliver the critically needed food, shelter and other important social services to people in the community and around the world struggling with the effects of...

Since launching the Covid Missions Response Fund and the Missions Giving 2020 campaign this May, our congregation has been able to achieve tangible, positive impact for our mission partners, resulting in life-changing advancements for vulnerable people they serve. Recently, Missions Council member Barb Retelny, President of PIM USA, told us...

First Pres has a longstanding and fruitful relationship with Partners in Mission (PIM) that has been instrumental in building the Kamwenge Secondary and Vocational School (KSVS) and the Good Shepherd Kindergarten and Primary School (GSK) in Kamwenge, Uganda.  The schools sit among many small villages in the rural Kamwenge District....

Outreach Community Ministries is based in DuPage County and partners with churches to offer faith-based community service to area residents free of charge. Their goal is to help people realize their God-given potential as uniquely gifted individuals, in their family and community relationships, and in the relationship they can have...

In Crisis but in Christ!! Dear Friend, Our last written update was on Nov. 18, 2018!! We will improve sending prompt communications. It’s to our advantage that many of you visit our ministry yearly and learn firsthand of our progress. Others initiate contact through email, and some follow Kasandra on...