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Aug 14

Update from Kids Alive, August 2020

By Cathy Colten General News, Missions

Kids Alive has rescued orphans and other vulnerable and forgotten children in 14 countries around the world. The Kids Alive Constanza campus in the Dominican Republic has literally come alive over the last ten years as God and his people have transformed it from a cornfield to a life-transforming campus...

Aug 01

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Thanks from Partners in Mission

By Cathy Colten General News, Missions

First Pres, we couldn't do it without you! Partners in Mission thanks everyone involved with helping to support a successful August 1st Bike to the Lake (BTL) event this year. Funds raised from the event will help support students and staff at Kamwenge Secondary and Vocational School in Uganda. This...

Jun 25

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Do you have extra time on your hands this summer?

By Cathy Colten 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...

Jun 23

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Thank you for your generous support of Missions Giving 2020!

By Cathy Colten Missions

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...

Jun 13

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Make An Impact: Give to MissionsGiving 2020

By kklinger Missions

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...

Jun 05

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YMEN gardening update, June 2020

By Cathy Colten General News, Missions

Again this year our church will help plant the YMEN Community Garden at the corner of Cermak Rd and Avers Ave in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. This will be especially meaningful to the YMEN community at this time of health, financial and social insecurity. Volunteers will need to coordinate their...

Jun 05

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Keep it up: Your response is rebuilding lives through Missions Giving 2020

By Cathy Colten Missions

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...

May 19

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Missions Giving 2020: How can we help our neighbor in need?

By Cathy Colten Missions

Many of you reached out to the church in recent weeks of the Covid-19 crisis to ask the fundamental question of the Christian: How can I help? How can I help those who need food? Who are homeless? Anticipating the significant impact of the economic shutdown and shelter-in-place orders, the...

Apr 11

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Covid-19 and flood relief for PIM

By Cathy Colten Missions

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....

Apr 11

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Letter from YMEN, March, 2020

By Cathy Colten Missions

COVID-19 Emergency Plan for North Lawndale Children and Families, Young Men’s Educational Network The Mission of the Young Men’s Educational Network is to equip young people in North Lawndale and to strengthen the families of our community. During these extraordinary days, YMEN will continue our work in a safe and...

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Update from Kids Alive, August 2020

Thanks from Partners in Mission

Do you have extra time on your hands this summer?

Thank you for your generous support of Missions Giving 2020!

Make An Impact: Give to MissionsGiving 2020

YMEN gardening update, June 2020

Keep it up: Your response is rebuilding lives through Missions Giving 2020

Missions Giving 2020: How can we help our neighbor in need?

Covid-19 and flood relief for PIM

Letter from YMEN, March, 2020

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