Missions, Outreach & Evangelism (MOE)
Hot Opportunities with MOE
Make ice cream in the Kid's Corner at Miss Mary's Ice Cream Crankin' - learn more or contact
Christmas in July - school supply drive runs through August 13. Leave donations under the tree in the Narthex. Help sort at 9 AM, Saturday, August 14.
Ongoing Opportunities with MOE
Alternative Gift Mall - This event is held annually, prior to Thanksgiving, and provides practical gifts for mission-related groups that you can purchase and donate in someone's name. These gifts range from inexpensive to generous. Projects vary annually. Certificates are provided for gift recipients.
If you have any questions, contact To volunteer, click here.
Aerie - Orphanage in Ethiopia - Aerie means "a nest built in a safe place." We support two children, Sercalem and Israel. NPC families correspond with these young people, provide immediate needs, as well as Birthday and Christmas gifts. Read our latest message from Israel.
Contact if you have any questions. To volunteer, click here.
Angel Food - Northminster Presbyterian Church is a monthly food distribution center. Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief and financial support to communities throughout the United States. Generally, one unit of food assists in feeding a family of four for about one week or a single senior citizen for almost a month. The food is all the same high quality one could purchase at a grocery store. There are no second-hand items, no damaged or no out-dated goods, no dented cans without labels, no day-old breads, and no produce that is almost too ripe. We pick up food from the Angel Food warehouse in Monroe, and we distribute it to our "customers." For further information, you can check out the Angel Food website .
We need Drivers - If you have questions, contact To volunteer, click here.
We need Distributors (we pack boxes, visit with customers and take orders to their cars)- if you have questions, contact . To volunteer, click here.
Angel Tree - We collect Christmas gifts for North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC) and our HomeStretch families. The Christmas tree with the appropriate gift tags is located in apse of the church. Unwrapped gifts should placed under the Christmas tree. If you have any questions, contact To volunteer, click here.
Brazil - We support our friends at Manaus Presbyterian Church in several ways.
- Missionaries - Quarterly, we send money to help support two missionaries working in the Amazon region. We also provide for emergency needs when necessary.
- Annual Trip - Every year a group from Northminster Presbyterian Church and Ebenezer travels to Manaus, Brazil. A week is spent on a medical mission boat on the Amazon River. We have built two churches, painted numerous houses, played lots of soccer, evangelized in villages, cut hair, held Vacation Bible School for children in the villages, and provided medical and dental care for those along the way. We have also left clothes, toys, flip flops, Bibles, and candy in each village.
- Little Disciples - This ministry helps keep the children off of the streets in Manaus. They provide after school care, soccer, study assistance, and religious training to the children that they serve.
- For more information, contact . To volunteer, click here.
Christmas in July - We collect school supplies for children in North Fulton County. Supplies are distributed through NFCC.
For any questions, contact To volunteer, click here.
Drake House - This is a homeless shelter in Roswell. Because it is an apartment complex, entire families may stay together. The apartment complex is located near grocery stores and MARTA lines. The apartments are sponsored by various local organizations. NPC provides boxes of food from our Angel Food distribution monthly.
If you have any questions, contact . To volunteer, click here.
ESOL - English as a Second Language is taught mainly by George Copenhaver. George has worked closely with many members of Ebenezer Brazilian Presbyterian Church.
Contact if you have any questions. To volunteer, click here.
Habitat for Humanity - NPC has built a Habitat House this past winter and dedicated it in March 2009. We will continue to support and work with Habitat of North Central Georgia.
Contact to volunteer.
HomeStretch - This program's goal is to help local homeless families overcome their housing crises and return to self sufficiency by providing short term transitional housing in combination with an individualized support program including mentoring, money management and life skills development.
Our HomeStretch team works with families living in two apartments sponsored by NPC. Contact if you have questions. To volunteer, click here.
Hunger Walk - The Atlanta Community Food Bank's Hunger Walk is held annually, usually in March. There is a 10K run and a 5K Fun Run/Walk. NPC usually forms a team for the walk. Money raised by NPC is donated to Presbyterian Answer To Hunger (PATH). To participate, click here.
Killer Creek/Open Door - Killer Creek, a popular restaurant in the Roswell/Alpharetta area donates food left over from Sunday Brunch to the Open Door Community. NPC members deliver the food to The Open Door on Sunday afternoons. Contact if you have any questions. To volunteer, click here.
North Fulton Community Charities (NFCC) - This is the longest running mission activity in NPC history. We were one of the original supporters of NFCC. We make a monthly financial contribution. Three times a year for a month, we collect for NFCC's Food Bank. In July, we collect school supplies (Christmas in July). In October, we collect gently used coats for their Coat Closet. In November, we collect food and gift cards for their Thanksgiving Food Drive. Groups have also helped assemble the Thanksgiving Boxes. In December, we collect gifts (Angel Tree) for Christmas for the less fortunate in the community. We have several folks that volunteer regularly.
Contact if you have questions. To volunteer, click here.
The Open Door Community- Open Door offers hospitality to the homeless and ministry to the imprisoned. In addition, the Open Door has developed into a center of learning and theological study, a church, and a publishing house. NPC members donate t-shirts and sweatshirts, toiletries and other items needed at the shelter. Several NPC members drive folks from the Open Door to prison to visit their loved ones.
If you have any questions, contact To volunteer, click here.
Pound Cakes - Bakers and Takers - We deliver home-made pound cakes to first-time visitors. We thank them for coming to NPC and offer assistance in "getting to know the NPC family."
Contact if you have any questions. To volunteer, click here.
Rebuilding Together- This national organization's mission is to preserve affordable housing by bringing volunteers and communities together to rehabilitate the homes of low-income homeowners. We work with the local Gwinnett County chapter and have worked on houses in the Norcross area. Contact if you have any questions. To volunteer, click here.
Safe Havens- This program is sponsored by the Georgia Presbytery in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services. The purpose is to enable weekly visitation for children in foster care with their birth parents with the ultimate goal of reuniting families. The families and children meet at NPC, and members serve as chaperones and observers. Contact if you have any questions. To volunteer, click here.
Special Offerings
Christmas Joy Offering - Fifty percent of the receipts to the Christmas Joy Offering are distributed to the Board of Pensions for assistance programs that provide support to retired and active church workers, their spouses, and their families. The other fifty percent supports Presbyterian-related racial ethnic schools and colleges through the National Ministries Division of the General Assembly Council.
One Great Hour of Sharing - Our gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives, and work together to strengthen their families and communities.
Past activities...
- Katrina Relief - A team of NPC volunteers went to Slidell, LA, after Hurricane Katrina to work with the Slidell Northminster Presbyterian Church. Team helped to clean up in the aftermath of the storm.
- NPC - Rebuilding Together - helping someone we know - A group of NPC members worked with a member's brother who was disabled and needed help with his home.
- Children's Cross Connection - NPC families have had children and their families (from other countries) in their homes while the children received medical treatment in Atlanta hospitals.
- Café 458 - Groups from NPC have dined at the Café 458 which is part of Samaritan House, a homeless shelter downtown. All proceeds of the meals go to the mission. Groups may also work as servers.
Other things we would like to do...
- Every Woman Works - The ministry's goal is to help women from a variety of unpleasant situations get into or back into the workforce.
- US Mission Trip - A group would travel within the United States to help those less fortunate.
This is another place that YOU play a part. Do you have a passion for a group or organization that we can help? Step up! Let us know! Be ready to go to work! God is always sending opportunities to NPC...it may be through YOU!
All activities need your participation. You do not have to be "in charge," unless you would like to be. Come work with us...we laugh a lot...and we always have a good time. You may get some hugs that you weren't expecting...you may also change your own life. I know that you will change other lives. Step out of your comfort zone...you will love it, WE Promise!!!
**Most all activities are "kid-friendly." What better way to introduce your child to their church family and to God's world of helping others?**