Serve locally
We are a church that is focused on serving — with our time, talents and money —those in the Hartsville area. Through partnerships with organizations and non-profits, we are able to help meet the needs of people in our community.
“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.”
— 1 Peter 4:10
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
— Mark 25:40
The Service Committee performs many community services. They host regular Red Cross blood drives in the MFH. When requested, they perform jobs at the Trend Hill Center and assist the Days for Girls project. The committee financially assists many community charities using money from the church budget and special gifts.
Carolina Kids
A local charity that provides book bags, school supplies, clothes and food to needy school kids. FPC groups have contributed food, money (special offerings) and time by helping pack bags for one of their programs, Hunger Busters.
carolinas-kids.org • facebook.com
Christmas Food Baskets
An annual tradition in December, the congregation of FPC reaches out to less fortunate families in the Hartsville Community with baskets of food and presents for the kids.
FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF DARLINGTON COUNTY
FPC supports this organization that provides in excess of 600 medical visits a year to patients that otherwise could not afford the visits.
freemedicalclinicdc.org
Habitat for Humanity
The vision of Darlington County Habitat for Humanity is “A world where everyone has a decent place to live.” Teams from FPC have taken this vision to heart and have shared in the actual construction of several houses in Hartsville.
darcohabitat.org
HANDYMAN
Handyman is a team of skilled individuals that help members of our congregation with tasks/jobs around their homes. Contact a member of the Service Committee for help.
Hartsville Interfaith Ministries and Hartsville Food Bank (HIM)
HIM is a non-profit, Christ-centered ministry devoted to sharing the love of Christ with those in need in the Hartsville Community. FPC is a member church, and supports HIM and the Food Bank through donations and volunteers.
hartsvilleinterfaithministries.org
Hartsville Soup Kitchen
A group of churches and other organizations in the Hartsville Community, led by Wesley United Methodist Church, host a soup kitchen, located at 145 College Ave. Volunteers, both youth and adults from FPC regularly serve in the soup kitchen.
wesleyhartsville.org
PADD
The Mission of PADD is to provides the highest quality of life and the greatest level of independence for each resident within the context of a community based residential facility. The purpose of PADD is to; build and operate homes; coordinate community services; create training and support programs; maintain standards; raise funding.
paddsc.org
Collections and Special Offerings
Throughout the year, FPC collects food items, clothing and coins to support various helping ministries, and takes eight special offerings to give direct financial support.
Mission
Serve globally
Matthew 25:31–46 calls all of us to actively engage in the world around us, so our faith comes alive and we wake up to new possibilities. Convicted by this passage, both the 222nd and 223rd General Assemblies (2016 and 2018) exhorted the PC(USA) to act boldly and compassionately to serve people who are hungry, oppressed, imprisoned or poor.1
FPC Hartsville answers this call to action through Missions regionally, nationally, and globally. By sharing our given time, talents, and treasure with our neighbors near and far, across geo-political and cultural divides, we build lasting partnerships, friendships and bonds that will last beyond the physical building of homes, classrooms, and water systems.
The many capable hands of FPC, young and old, have built homes in Mexico providing safety and security for young families, renovated homes in West Virginia so that homeowners could remain in their homes, provided disaster relief in New Orleans so that those displaced from the flood could return to their homes, served at a refugee camp to offer comfort and hope to those displaced indefinitely from their homes, and provided A-Team support to Thornwell and Pee Dee Coalition which provide homes to children and families in crisis.
Missions strives to serve and work in ways that are sustaining and empowering. The water system in Sabana Larga DR provides employment, reduced cost water to several communities, free water to the elderly and allows children to attend school uninterrupted by absence due to water-born illness. Kiva micro-loans empower entrepreneurs chosen by FPC youth to build and operate their own businesses. Funding for two classrooms and scholarships have supported the mission of Mother Esther Rescue Center in Kenya where 150 Maasai girls, saved from child marriage, are gaining an education, empowerment and hope for a better future.
In Matthew 25, we recognize Christ’s urgent call to be a church of action, where God’s love, justice and mercy shine forth and are contagious. We hope that you catch this bug and join us.
1. https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/matthew-25/