This month, our outreach focus is on Bright Futures. Bright Futures is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to ensuring students have access to the essential resources needed to support their success in the classroom. We partner with them on many of their initiatives each...

November's Outreach partner is The Manna Center.  It was established over 30 years ago by churches (including First Pres) that wanted to coordinate efforts and improve assistance to those in need in our community.  Perhaps you might know them best through their food assistance programs...

Ability Tree was established in 2010 with a singular mission: to come alongside families impacted by disability through R.E.S.T. – Recreation, Education, Support, and Training.Ability Tree began a partnership with JBU a few years ago, Connections University (CU). The purpose of Connections University is to...

The Wheatons Update from the Wheaton family, EPC missionaries to an unreached people group in North Macedonia:We began 2024 in the middle of our team's planning retreat. Many good discussions were had and it was a joy to see deep alignment on values which impacted what...

Children and Family Advocacy Center Our October ministry partner spotlight is on CFAC. You might not be familiar with the acronym yet, but CFAC is an organization that First Pres has supported for several years now, only you might remember them as CAC. For over 20 years,...