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We support a variety
of community and faith-based organizations by
volunteering our time and resources. These
include:
| Lancaster Outreach Center
Lancaster Outreach Center is an
interfaith social service agency committed to
relieving suffering, restoring dignity, and
promoting self-sufficiency by providing
assistance and support in Lancaster, Wilmer, and
Hutchins. Services include: emergency assistance,
transportation assistance, mental health program,
and special programs such as Back to School Wish
List and the Giving Tree Christmas Shoppe.
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A First Church member
keeps children occupied
at the Outreach Center while their
parents shop
for gifts at the Christmas Shoppe. |
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The Lancaster Outreach Center distributes
thousands of bags of
groceries each year. The Client Choice Food
Pantry allows clients to select food for
their families, much like a trip to the grocery
store. This method of distribution is
more empowering for the clients, while at the
same time helps to ensure better use of the food as
each client is able to select the foods his
or her family will enjoy. For this process to
work, the Outreach Center periodically seeks the
participation of area church congregations in
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First Church members
provide monthly donations
of food and other essentials to the
Food Pantry.
Please check the Calendar
to
see what LOC has requested for the current month. |
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LOC's Executive
Director, Ronnie Lowe, recently extended special thanks to First
Church for our continuous faithful support of the Outreach
Center. He said that per member, we donate more
goods, services, and financial support to LOC than any other
church in town. We may be small in number, but we are
mighty in our deeds!
More information is available at www.l-o-c.org, or by calling the Outreach Center at (972) 227-0138.
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Grace Presbyterian Village
Grace Presbyterian Village
provides 143 units for progressive senior
care, from independent retirement living to
assisted living to full nursing care. Special
services include 24-hour nursing, rehabilitation, and units for
people with early and late stage Alzheimer's, dementia or other special care
needs. The churches of Grace Presbytery,
including First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster,
provide volunteers for special projects to
improve the quality of life for the residents of
Grace Presbyterian Village. in
2003, Grace Presbyterian Village received the highest score in the
Quality Reporting System of the Texas Department of Human Services
among the 55 nursing homes in Dallas County that are certified to
accept Medicare and/or Medicaid residents. Grace Presbyterian
Village tied for the second highest score among the more than 1,100
nursing homes in all of Texas that were rated by the state agency.
More information about Grace Presbyterian Village is
available by calling their office at (214) 376-1701, or on the
web at www.gracepresbyterianvillage.org.
If you are interested in supporting any of
these ministries, please call the church office
at (972) 227-4098, or send your e-mail to outreach@fpclancaster.org.
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