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. For more information or with questions, contact outreach@fpcjackson.org.
Week of Events
Sunday, October 25, 2026
No events on this day.
Monday, October 26, 2026
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October 26, 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, October 27, 2026
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October 27, 2026 –We Will Go – Grocery Delivery
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October 27, 2026 –Center for Pregnancy Choices – Gift Wrapping
We Will Go – Grocery Delivery
Join the FPC team at We Will Go, praying with and giving groceries to neighbors from 9-11 a.m. Contact Rae Ann Lawrence at 601-278-4935 or lawrence.raeann@gmail.com for more information & to Read more…
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 at 601-942-3507 or honeysuckle2g@gmail.com.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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October 28, 2026 –We Will Go Women’s Bible Study
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October 28, 2026 –Gateway Rescue Mission FPC Team
We Will Go Women’s Bible Study
You’re invited to be a part of a Bible & Prayer Time for Women! FPC is partnering with We Will Go for this twice-monthly get-together beginning September 2. This opportunity Read more…
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, October 29, 2026
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Featured October 29, 2026 –Featured Care Center Ministries Women’s Dinner
Care Center Ministries Women’s Dinner
Care Center Ministries Women’s Dinner — October 29 Care Center Ministries is a gospel-centered ministry near downtown Jackson that offers hope and restoration to those affected by addiction, homelessness, and Read more…
Friday, October 30, 2026
No events on this day.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
No events on this day.
Find Out More about Our Partners
CarePortal
FPC partners with Lifeline in their CarePortal ministry, which delivers necessities to families that are at risk of being separated or parents who are in the process of being reconnected with their children. Members of our congregation can participate in this ministry by delivering items like beds, infant clothing, or baby cribs to homes of those who need them.
If you are interested in being a part of this ministry of our church, check the First Word each week, where opportunities for the week will be shared. Please contact John Noblin with questions or for more information.
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
CPC Cole Chandler
601-487-1063 volunteer@cpcmetro.org
MTJ Liaison
Val Vickery
601-668-7268
vvickery@gmail.com
WIC
Mary Ellison
601-942-3507
honeysuckle2@gmail.com
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
GRM Mitch Lott
601-353-5864, ext. 207
mlott@gatewaymission.org
MTJ Liaison
Glen Bush
601-842-6258
gbush@cctb.com
WIC
Lou Ann Flatgard
601-940-3012
louflatgard@gmail.com
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.
Harbor Day School
Harbor Day School is a tuition-free, Christian Developmental Center that provides educational and therapeutic services to young children with special needs. Volunteers are the backbone of their ministry. They are always seeking men, women, and youth who desire to make a difference in the lives of children with special needs.
Contact Information
HDS
Jennifer Colson
601-956-6131
jennifer@harbordayschool.com
MTJ Liaison
Grant Ridgway
601-899-2801
grant.ridgway@cbre.com
Hope Exchange
Hope Exchange is a ministry initiative of JLF that helps the church engage their members in the biblical call of mercy and justice and reach their neighborhood with practical tools for stewardship – so that loving neighbors can serve toward a restored future together. Programs under HE include Faith and Finances, Work Life, Equipping the Church, and Art + Soil Community Garden.
Contact Information
HE
Levi & Kateri Gill
970-946-8467
lgill@jacksonleadershipfoundation.org
MTJ Liaison
Mary Ellison
601-942-3507
honeysuckle2g@gmail.com
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
JLF
Samuel Bolen
601-421-4445
sbolen@jacksonleadershipfoundation.org
MTJ Liaison
Paul Davis
601-826-5042
paulwdavis323@gmail.com
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
John Noblin
601-366-4282
john.noblin@lifelinechild.org
MTJ Liaison
Melissa Ridgway
601-624-9222
melridgway@gmail.com
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.
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
MF
Lee Thigpen
601-949-1932
MTJ Liaison
Lee Owen
601-209-8206
lowen94@comcast.net
WIC
Ashley Meena
601-573-3389
ashleymeena@aol.com
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
MS
Sara Gunter
601-992-3566
sgunter@mustardseedms.org
MTJ Liaison
Price Davis
601-720-5556
pricedavis4@gmail.com
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
Pearson
Jarvis Ward
601-942-2990
jarvis@pearson39208.org
MTJ Liaison
Jim Prince
601-942-3678
jprince@onlinemadison.com
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
Pioneer
Ron Bingham
601-939-3659
MTJ Liaison
Willem Lamar
601-201-2151
willemlamar@att.net
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
WWG
Catie Shofner
601-398-2410 ext. 104
visitus@wewillgo.org
MTJ Liason
Neil Witherow
601-906-3296
neil.witherow@gmail.com
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
YL Private Schools
Elizabeth Nenon
601-941-0940
YL Inner-City
Vince Gordon
601-209-0036
vgordonyL@comcast.net
MTJ Liaison
Auston Edwards
601-527-0244
aedwards@augustinems.com
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.”