Food Ministry to hungry people – “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…”

• Burke United Christian Ministries
  Soup Kitchen offers a free mid-day meal every day of the week and two evenings a week.  Meals are prepared by mission teams from different churches so that hungry people might eat a hot meal.  First Presbyterian Church members volunteer on the second Tuesday of every month.
  
  
• Meals-on-Wheels
  is a program which delivers meals to senior citizens in Burke County.  Mission Teams from First Presbyterian Church pick-up about 12 meals in Morganton and deliver them to seniors on a pre-arranged route. 
  
  

Ministry building affordable housing – “I was homeless and you gave me a room…”

• First Presbyterian Church’s Mission Team to Habitat for Humanity
  works on the third Saturday of each month.  Carpentry skills are not required, just a desire to help build a home with someone who might otherwise never own a home.  Join the Wednesday Warriors if you are free during the weekday. 
  
  

Prison Ministry – “I was in prison and you came to visit me…”

• Yokefellows program at the Western Youth Correctional Institution
  in Morganton provides an opportunity to support the regular Bible studies in this facility for 785 boys between the ages of 13 and 22.  Our Presbyterian Women’s Circles rotate providing the refreshments on the third Monday of every month.  Volunteers take the refreshments to the prison to provide an extra touch to the fellowship and Bible study which is lead by others. 
  
  
• Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women            
  
  

Ministry to developmentally disabled persons

• The J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
  in Morganton provides comprehensive residential care and treatment for 350 developmentally disabled persons.  A mission team from First Presbyterian Church assists residents to attend the Sunday morning worship service in the campus chapel on the second Sunday of each month. 
  

Periodic Activities/Events/Projects

• Canned Food Drives for Burke United Christian Ministries Food Pantry
• Five Cents a Meal
• Souper Bowl of Caring
• 30 Hour Famine

• Mission Morganton – (Held on a Saturday in September) A coordinating team spends many months determining important community ministry opportunities and securing volunteers for each project. The team seeks to mobilize the entire church family in some capacity, as well as additional volunteers from other churches and the community.