Mission Statement
Reflecting the love of Jesus Christ, We encourage all church members to give their time, talents, and treasure; to support mission projects of the First Presbyterian Church of Wildwood
James 2:15-17.
Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
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"Souper Bowl 2025"
As National Football League teams vie for playoff spots, hoping to make it to the Super Bowl, we already know we’re going to the Souper Bowl!
For the past few years this congregation has collected cans and containers of soup that we donated to the St. Vincent DePaul food pantry in the Clow Center. Our first year we collected under 1,000 cans. Last year we collected 1,586 cans. Can we make it to 2,000 cans? Can we make this the mother of all Souper Bowls?
This year the Mission team has decided to distribute the soup collected to several different food pantries. This is an easy way to help hungry people. Watch for BOGO (buy one, get one) sales, and specials on soup. Think what a bowl of soup will mean to someone in need.
We will be collecting soup throughout January and the first two weeks of February. The Super Bowl will be played on February 9, 2025. That Sunday morning we will announce the final count.
So let’s do it! Let’s see if we can collect 2,000 cans of soup – or even more. The race to the Souper Bowl is on!
Angel Tree
Angel Tree
The Angel Tree program has given many of these children the opportunity to experience not only their first Christmas, but the true meaning of Christmas. We know that with your caring and generous hearts we can onece again give these children the Christmas they deserve.
On behalf of the Medical Foster Care, they would like to thank you for remembering their precious angels and for partnering with them once again to make a special Christmas for these children.
In June, a couple Mission team members met with the Principal of the Wildwood Intermediate School to determine how our church might assist them. We learned they needed a "clothing closet" for kids either inappropriately dressed or having an emergency and in need of clean clothes. During September and October, we collected items for both boys and girls, in various sizes. These items included shirts (short & long sleeve), pants (long & short), undergarments, socks, belts, fleece jackets, and 27 pairs of sneakers!! Several team members sorted the clothing by type, gender and size, which will be delivered to the school within the next two weeks.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to our generous congregation! Love INC also made a
clothing donation! 383 items were received at an approximate value of $1,728.00 dollars!!!!
“Things We Take For Granted”
“The Things We Take For Granted” was a great success!! FPCW members contributed approximately $2,037 of personal hygiene items to the House of Hope, Forward Paths and The Haven. The majority of items were divided between Forward Paths and The Haven, with a smaller percentage going to the House of Hope. (They currently have a very small group of men they are assisting and have no storage space while their facility is being built.) Hotel sized items that were donated were given to the Soup Kitchen for them to give out.
The Mission team thanks everyone for their very generous support!!
Snack Pack Donations 5 -23
FPC of Wildwood has donated the equivalent of over 10 shopping carts full of nutritious snacks for the Wildwood Soup Kitchen snack pack program. The Soup Kitchen is partnering with Wildwood Schools to provide snacks packed in backpacks, that are sent home with children from food-insecure families. In addition to the snack program, the Wildwood Soup Kitchen provides over 1400 meals per week to local families, which First Presbyterian supports with monetary donations.
