Local Missions
Food 4 Kids Program
FOOD FOR KIDS OVER THE WEEKENDS
Food 4 Kids began in 2013 with the idea that some school kids in Cody were coming to school on Mondays hungry. A steering committee, formed by members of two churches, decided to create a backpack program, which would provide a bag of food for school kids to take home on the weekends. Those two churches were the First Presbyterian Church of Cody and Christ Episcopal Church of Cody.
Jubilee
Inner-Town Ministries
BOARD OF DEACONS ASSISTS
The Deacons orchestrate and provide a dinner once a month (the first Friday of the month) at the Jubilee Inner-Town Ministries Community House in Juby's Trailer Park. The meal is open to any resident of Juby's.
The Innovation, Missions & Outreach Committee (IMO) provided dinner and movie night in May of 2022. They plan several outreach opportunities this coming year 2023.
The Good Samaritan Group
BOARD OF DEACONS ASSISTS
The Deacons continue to work closely with the Good Samaritan Group in granting aid requests. This group includes Christ Episcopal Church, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, and the United Methodist Church. Our churches receive reports and information from either each other or the One Less Stop Shop (OLSS). This is an entity that is a part of the Poverty Alleviation Coalition. They are located in the same office as the Heart Mountain Free Clinic. This is a central location for people living in poverty to be connected with community resources/assistance without having to go from place to place. Again, located in the same office as the Heart Mountain Free Clinic: 1735 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 205, Cody.
Local Non Profit Efforts...
INNOVATION, MISSIONS & OUTREACH
The Innovation, Missions & Outreach Committee (IMO) provided dinner and movie night in May of 2022.
They have also historically donated to Serenity Pregnancy Resource Center, Cody Cupboard, Crisis Intervention Service, Spirit Mountain Hospice, and others, They plan several outreach opportunities this coming year 2023.
Out-of-State Missions
2017
Bahamas
FPCC MISSION TO THE BAHAMAS
The FPCC Youth partnered with Praying Pelican Missions to take a mission trip to the Bahamas. On their first work day they went to the school with kids from nursery age up to 6th grade. They worked on the alphabet with them as well as numbers and colors. They then played games including an Easter Egg Hunt. In the afternoon the team loved on babies in the nursery, organized a catch-all closet, and helped dig a hole for a cross to be placed. The next work day they spent at the school with the older kids playing "Duck, Duck, Goose" and "Red Light, Green Light," as well as helping with some teaching. In the afternoon they helped with food distribution and helped hand out fliers for a Women's Prayer Gathering. The following work day the group was back at the school to help teachers with craft day. FPCC gathered at the picnic table area and set up different craft stations. They then helped students make bracelets, finger painted, and glued cotton balls to make sheep. That evening FPCC had a youth group night playing games and sharing Bible stories. They also built birdhouses and ended it all with a big Easter Egg Hunt.
2014
Louisiana
FPCC MISSION TO NEW ORLEANS
FPCC youth and several adults teamed up with RHINO (Rebuilding Hope In New Orleans) for this mission trip. The group helped in a neighborhood hit by flooding from hurricane Katrina. They, along with several other church groups, worked to clear, then take a house down to the studs. The house will then be made live-able again by the next mission group's work.
2011
Alaska
FPCC MISSION TO ALASKA
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2009
Belize
FPCC MISSION TO BELIZE
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2008
Guatemala
FPCC MISSION TO GUATEMALA
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2004
Mexico
FPCC MISSION TO MEXICO
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FPCC MISSION TO BRAZIL
1996
Brazil
The Mission Trip to Brazil in 1998 was organized by Peter and Lynn Pizor. Among the volunteers who traveled to Brazil from our congregation were: Timmy and Jannelle Davenport, Mark and Connie Fisher, Roger Kearns, Chip and Debbie Rich, Ann Pasek, Paula and Malia Dimler, Amy Nielsen, and lastly, Peter and Lynn Pizor.