Serving Others
Blest2Bless change to “FPC Serving Others”
At FPC we believe we can tangibly show the love of Christ by serving others. It is our hope that members of our community who are passionate about blessing others will find support and encouragement from other FPC congregants and together we can work on projects that will share God’s blessing with others around Bellingham, Whatcom County, and really the rest of the world.
If you are interested in helping with any of our projects (current or past) click on the links provided or contact Tracy Johnson at 714.8839 or tracyj@fpcbellingham.org to find out what you can do to get involved. Feel free to contact Tracy if you have an idea for a project as well!
Current Project:
A note from Tracy Imbach on the ICC Project:
I just wanted to thank each of you for contributions and support as we walked a 10k on Saturday to raise awareness and support for International China Concern. In Bellingham, we had beautiful weather and a fun day as we walked from Fairhaven to the Farmer’s Market and back.
I also want to thank you for supporting ICC’s biggest fundraiser ever. This year, we raised over $300,000 through 32 walks all around the world. Because of your help, ICC can continue to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, therapy and education to children who would otherwise have no hope.
Below are pictures of the children who were Walking the Wall in China on September 24. Many of these are the kids we have in our care. Again – thank you!
Sincerely,
Tracy Imbach
National Office Administrator
Previous Projects:
Intergenerational Mission to Mexico 2011: One of our three Advent Conspiracy foci this year was the Intergenerational Mission to Mexico that took place July 1-7, 2011. FPC sent 15 people, ranging from incoming freshmen in High School to septuagenarians, on a seven day mission emersion experience to Baja California, Mexico. It was a great week of serving, studying, growing together and growing in Christ.
Many Congregations & The Lighthouse Mission: An amount of over $5,200 was donated for the Lighthouse Mission at the Many Congregations – One Spirit worship service held at the Mt. Baker Theater on Sunday, June 5.
Advent Conspiracy 2010: FPC participated in the Advent Conspiracy for the second time for the 2010 Advent season. The Advent Conspiracy encourages us to Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, and Love All. This year we designated Habitat for Humanity, FPC’s Intergenerational Mission to Mexico, and Evangeline International as the specific groups we wanted to bless with the fruits of our participation. We were able to give $6,500 to Habitat for Humanity, $2,355 for the Mission to Mexico, and $4,814 to Evangeline International!
Habitat for Humanity Apostles’ Build: We joined a group of 12 churches to build a home in Ferndale for a family in need. Throughout 2010, we helped raise $10,500 for Habitat of Humanity in Whatcom County.
Childcare Worldwide: Our Summer 2010 Blest2Bless focus was Childcare Worldwide. Throughout the summer we collected over $3,000 to support their mission in a variety of ways including raising money for life saving mosquito nets, hosting a Haiti Relief Concert, and having a Farmers’ Market here in our Fellowship Hall. www.childcareworldwide.org
Rebound of Whatcom County: We collected snacks for the teenagers Rebound supports and also donated $838.75 through our Change for Children coin drive. www.reboundwc.org
Replacing a Roof: The congregation donated over $3,000 to help a team from FPC build a much needed new roof for FPC attendees, Al and Beverly Rene, who are also local missionaries to the Nooksack people in Everson.
Mexico Mission Trip 2010: Our Spring 2010 Blest2Bless focus was the Intergenerational Mission to Mexico that took place July 2-8, 2010. FPC sent 25 people, ranging from pre-teens to grandparents, on a seven day mission emersion experience to Baja California, Mexico.
Habitat for Humanity Blaine Build: In September 2009, a team of Elders and FPC Staff joined the Habitat for Humanity crew to help build a home in Blaine for a local family. www.hfhwhatcom.org
Harvested Food for the Food Bank: Over 40 people from FPC joined together with the Bellingham Food Bank to harvest fruits and vegetables from local farms for those in need. www.bellinghamfoodbank.org
Supported Cancer Awareness: We were able to help Carrie Chute as she raised money for cancer research through the Cancer Walk in October 2009. Her team raised $17,600. www.The3Day.org
Coordinated Operation Christmas Child Gift Boxes: Through the help of this community, the Feller family packed and sent 71 boxes overseas to children in need. www.samaritanspurse.org
Raised Funds for Whatcom Middle School: FPC was able to forward $2,000 to the school after the school was damaged by a fire in November 2009.
Supported Urbana: We were able to forward $200 to a college student going to Urbana. Urbana is a student mission’s festival that is held once every three years. www.urbana09.org
Supported Childcare Worldwide and the Ugandan Children’s Choir: In November 2009, we hosted the Ugandan Children’s Choir. With over 240 people in attendance, we were able to raise over $1,900 for the ministry and sponsor 7 children. www.childcareworldwide.org
Advent Festival – 2009 & 2010: Close to 120 people crowded in Fellowship Hall and we were able to “Give More” and “Worship Fully” as we wrapped gifts, made cards for the women attending the YWCA party, and then worshiped together in the sanctuary.
YWCA Christmas Party- 2009: 35 women and 25 volunteers joined together on December 13, 2009, to bless our neighbors with a Christmas party. FPC was able to raise over 2,000 to go toward the party. The catering and gifts for the women were also donated by FPC members and Fred Meyer. www.ywca.org
Living Water International: At our worship services on December 2009, we brought forward financial gifts in an effort to participate in the Advent Conspiracy which encourages people to give more and spend less. FPC was able to forward over $22,000 to Living Water International which helps to provide clean water to people in need all around the world. www.water.cc
Lighthouse Mission: Through the offering taken at our Christmas Eve services, we were able to give over $4,100 to the Lighthouse Mission here in Bellingham. www.thelighthousemission.org
