Mission & Outreach  
     
 

Local Mission Work supported by our church and its members

  • NETworks (Youth ministries)
    - Break out - Spring Break mission trips to various sites including Presbyterian Border Ministry in Mexico, Gulf Coast hurricane recovery, and St, Louis urban ministry sites
    - Mishpack – summer mission/backing trip for youth working with Habitat for Humanity

  • Grace Place 
    http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/www_usc_graceplace.nsf/

    - 4th Thursday of each month we provide the family style meal for the residents of the
    homeless shelter

  • North Hudson Elementary School Backpack program
    - Twice a month we provide 26 backpacks filled with food for children in need

  • Hudson Food Shelf
    - St. Patrick's Church, 1500 Vine Street, Hudson, WI 54016
    - Month of April our church runs the program

  • The SOURCE
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    An organization in Hudson whose purpose is to provide a place where area residents can interact with volunteers to identify the best available social services to meet their needs.

  • Halloween Trick or Trunk - Church members and friends decorate the trunks of their cars as youth and young adults from the Bridge for Youth with Disabilities, our church, and the community trick-or-treat around the parking lot.  Ordinarily held the Saturday before Halloween 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

  • Mission Sewing
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    First and third Tuesdays of the month Sewing, Knitting and Crocheting baby layettes and blankets along with their cold weather projects of hats, scarves and mittens

  • Prayer Shawl Ministry
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    An opportunity for knitters to reach out in prayer and concern to others, some of whom they know well and others they will never meet. Prayer shawl recipients are wrapped in the warm and loving prayers of a shawl and receive God's love in a touchable way.

  • Fair Trade Coffee All coffee served at First Presbyterian Church is fair trade, purchased through the Presbyterian Coffee Project.  A full line of fairly traded coffees, teas, cocoa, and chocolate bars are sold to individuals through the church.  http://www.pcusa.org/coffee/index.htm

Four Special Offerings of the Church year which support local, national and international mission work

International Missions supported by our church and its members

  • Care Corner Ministries - Dumaguete City, Philippines

  • Avodec  Jinotega, Nicaragua

  • Presbyterian Border Ministry: Puentes de Cristo