Making Disciples in Our Neighborhoods and Communities
Take steps of faith to share God’s love in word and deed with our community! A great first step is to connect with local ministry partners through prayer and giving time, talents, and treasures to one of our partners in sharing the gospel!
See the calendar of opportunities to serve below, as well as the full list of our local ministry partners. You may also sign up to serve using the form below.
Week of Events
Sunday, May 3, 2026
No events on this day.
Monday, May 4, 2026
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May 4, 2026 –Oasis at Mission First FPC Tutoring Team
Oasis at Mission First FPC Tutoring Team
Meets Mondays during the school year 3-4:30 p.m. at Peyton’s House (417 West Ash Street) FPC Team Leader: Ashley Meena – 601-573-3389 – ashleymeena@aol.com Assist in the weekly elementary-aged, after-school Read more…
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026 –Center for Pregnancy Choices – Gift Wrapping
Center for Pregnancy Choices – Gift Wrapping
Join us at the Center for Pregnancy Choices each Tuesday 10:30-11:30 AM as we wrap diaper gifts for new moms. Contact Mary Ellison with questions or to join our team Read more…
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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May 6, 2026 –Gateway Rescue Mission FPC Team
Gateway Rescue Mission FPC Team
Meets Wednesdays 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Gateway (328 South Gallatin Street) FPC Team Leader: Cheryl Crawford 601-918-4953 – clcrawfor@aol.com Volunteers serve lunch to homeless and program men at Read more…
Thursday, May 7, 2026
No events on this day.
Friday, May 8, 2026
No events on this day.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
No events on this day.
Find Out More about Our Partners
Center for Pregnancy Choices
The Center for Pregnancy Choices offers alternatives to abortion for women experiencing crisis pregnancies, while declaring the good news about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with an emphasis on abstinence education and presenting adoption as a loving option.
Contact Information
Erin Kate Goode – 601-487-1063
MTJ Liaison: Val Vickery – 601-668-7268
WIC: Mary Ellison – 601-942-3507
Get Involved
The center is in need of volunteers to help with the annual banquet, the Run for Life, parenting groups, and quarterly baby showers for moms that choose life. There is also periodic need for simple clerical/ organizational assistance in the office. Specific needs from volunteers as they pertain to scheduled events range from those of organization for the banquet and fun run to food and set up for parenting groups. One parenting class is in need of medical volunteers with training in childbirth education and newborn care. Baby shower volunteers will be asked to help with decorations, photography, new mommy makeovers, and shopping for specific shower items.
Gateway Rescue Mission
Gateway Rescue Mission offers life-changing hope through the Gospel of Jesus Christ to homeless men, women and children through programs to deliver food, shelter, counseling, and discipleship.
Contact Information
Mitch Lott – 601-353-5864, ext. 207
MTJ Liaison: Glen Bush – 601-842-6258
WIC: Lou Ann Flatgard – 601-940-3012
How to Get Involved
Evening Chapel
FPC hosts evening chapel at Gateway several times each year on Monday nights. Come at 4:15 p.m. to help serve dinner and/or join us for a brief worship service around 5:15 p.m.
Weekly Volunteers
Volunteers serve lunch and offer a short devotional for both transients and program men at Gateway Rescue Mission each Wednesday. Most volunteers come once a month. We need volunteers who would be willing to provide a small dessert (store bought or homemade) for approximately 100. This could be as simple as several bags of cookies. Volunteers are not only helping serve the homeless but our help gives the Gateway kitchen staff a short break each week.
Jackson Leadership Foundation
Jackson Leadership Foundation is a Christ-centered 501c3 dedicated to the spiritual and economic transformation of Jackson’s under-resourced communities through the empowerment of leaders, development of ministries, and networking of volunteers and donors. We are a part of the Leadership Foundation Network, a network of 42 Leadership Foundations throughout the world with over 40 years of experience serving cities. Jackson Leadership Foundation partners with ministry leaders to provide resources and services that the leaders need to develop as leaders and grow their organizations. Jackson Leadership Foundation also partners with churches, families, and mission-minded organizations in Jackson’s resourced communities to help them make a difference in Jackson’s inner-city communities.
Contact Information
Jackson Leadership Foundation – 601-326-7432
Samuel Bolen – 601-421-4445
MTJ Liaison: Paul Davis – 601-826-5042
Lifeline
Lifeline is a Christian agency that services women in crisis pregnancy, services families through adoption, assists families in crisis through partnering with local churches for hosting and support of vulnerable children.
Contact Information
Lifeline – 601-974-3092
John Noblin – 601-366-4282
MTJ Liaison: Melissa Ridgway – 601-624-9222
How to God Involved
CarePortal
- Social workers uncover high-impact needs.
- CarePortal makes local churches aware, giving their ministries and teams a real-time opportunity to respond.
- Responding churches can then make direct connections with the families in need with the support and guidance of the caseworker.
More info coming soon!
Mission First
Mission First, Inc. serves over 2,500 clients in the Jackson area who represent a cross-section of Jackson’s poor, their mission is to “Reach out to those in need.” Goals are to share the gospel of Jesus Christ while assisting clients with their various needs, such as counseling, food, clothing, tutoring and utility assistance, while helping them to become independent and self-sufficient. They also help with medical/dental, legal aid, and provides a sports ministry while receiving daily biblical instruction.
Contact Information
Mission First – 601-608-6901
Lee Thigpen – 601-949-1932
MTJ Liaison: Lee Owen – 601-209-8206
How to Get Involved
Mission First Homework Help
This team will assist Mission First in their weekly after school homework help program, held here at FPC on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m. This relational ministry will involve you in the lives of inner-city kids via homework help, snacks, and Bible teaching. You may sign-up for Monday or Tuesday afternoon (or both!)
Peyton’s House
The Exceptional Leadership After School Program at Peyton’s House is for 6th – 12th grade boys. The purpose is to promote spiritual, educational and relational growth for inner-city middle and high school young men. The afternoon program includes a snack, Bible lesson, homework help, and time for recreation. Volunteers are needed to serve as tutors on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 4-5 p.m.
Mustard Seed
The Mustard Seed is a Christian community providing group home living, a workplace and a ministry for adults with developmental disabilities to live and share the word of God. Mustard Seed provides a place where special people can reach their full potential that God has created within them.
Contact Information
Sara Gunter – 601-992-3556
MTJ Liaison & former Board President:
Price Davis – 601-720-5556
PEARSON
PEARSON Foundation provides mentorship and discipleship to students through in-school mentoring, faith-based community mentoring in cooperation with the Rankin County Juvenile Court, after-school tutoring and mentoring at three locations in Pearl. They also provide summer reading institutes for students in the Pearl, Rankin County, and Metro Jackson school districts who are identified by the school system as reading below grade level or who have failed and are one or more grades behind.
Contact Information
Jarvis Ward – 601-939-7517 / 601-942-2990
MTJ Liaison: Jim Prince – 601-942-3678
Pioneer Ministries
Pioneer Ministries is a ministry whose purpose is to prepare boys and girls spiritually, educationally and emotionally to serve Christ in their communities as contributing citizens. We further envision helping married couples to acquire relationship skills that will produce stable homes in a fast changing world.
Contact Information
Ron Bingham – 601-939-3659
MTJ Liaison: Henry Greaves – 601-842-7999
We Will Go
We Will Go focuses efforts towards Education, Essential Food, and Engagement. This looks like distributing groceries to low-income families in our community, offering afterschool care with a focus on literacy, and providing all day summer learning for students in need. All programs are centered around evangelism and sharing the love of Christ with our neighbors.
Contact Information
Jonathan Lancaster – 601-398-2410
MTJ Liaison: Neil Witherow – 601-906-3296
Young Life
Young Life is a mission community of Christ-centered people committed to reaching adolescent youth with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Contact Information
Elizabeth Nenon – 601-941-0940 (Private)
Vince Gordon – 601-209-0036 (Inner City)
MTJ Liaison: Beau Burrow – 601-672-8505
Register for One of Our Teams
How does support for Mission to Jackson work at First Presbyterian Church?
One way FPC invests in the local Jackson area is through involvement with selected ministry partners who are supported through the Mission to Jackson budget under the guidance of our Benevolence Committee. We partner with these organizations through financial support, but also through prayer, volunteering, and other means as needed. Your giving is at work to fulfill our mission: “to glorify God by making disciples in our neighborhood, our communities, and the world.”