First Presbyterian Church of Corinth, MS
Sunday, September 05, 2010
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MissionsJuly 12 - 19, 2008 25 people from FPC went to Antigua, Guatemala on a mission trip. Click here for more information about the trip.
Missionaries We Support
Keith and Paige live in Baton Rouge, LA working with students on the LSU campus in the Reformed University Fellowship. Their ministry is to be involved with students through group Bible studies and one-on-one witness.
Rod & Debbie Bond- Global Outreach, P. O. Box 1, Tupelo, MS 38802, rod@rodbond.com
Rod and Debbie have three daughters, and they are a missionary family in Quito, Ecuador. They are working with Sara Risser, a Medical Missionary, to aid her with the handicapped of all ages; reaching them with the gospel through their physical needs. Rod is also working part time with the Ecuadorian Baptist Seminary and Pastor Manuel Pumisacho in his ministry.
Bill & Allen Bradford- 100 Larco, Trujillo, Peru, South America, Telephone: 001-51-44-29-0394 or 0395, billbradford@perumission.org, www.bradfordsinperu.blogspot.com
Bill and Allen returned to Peru with their children, Mollie, William, Hannah Hess, and Andrew Bradford, on February 22, 2005. They will continue the work with church planting and seminary training for Peruvian ministers.
Dr. Martha Bustos- Team Expansion, 12009 Louisville Rd., Cox’s Creek, KY 40013, marthinabustos@yahoo.es, Or martha@cfc-proj2010.net
Dr. Bustos is a medical doctor who works with the people in the poorest area in Bogota where Team Expansion is planting churches. Some of these are displaced people by the violence who find refuge but have no jobs or a place to live. They come to the churches for medical assistance.
Jeff and Belinda and their son Zac will be going to Costa Rica for a year of Spanish school. After their training in Costa Rica they will go to Ecuador to serve as misionaries under the Global Outreach Foundation.
Bubba and Rockie are trained and commissioned as career missionaries with Global Outreach Foundation of Tupelo, MS and are currently serving in England.
Dr. Makin works as an obstetrician/gynecologist at a Presbyterian mission hospital in southern Malawi. The hospital serves some of the poorest of the poor in the world. She is especially interested in helping women injured in childbirth, reducing maternal mortality, and preventing cervical cancer through visual inspection of the cervix with vinegar.
Ron & Beth Mills- 2146 S. Las Flores, Mesa, AZ 85202, gmills2@juno.com
Ron and Beth work with the international students on the campus of Arizona State University. Their mission is to witness to the foreign students so that when they return home, they can in turn witness to their people.
David & Laura Pratt Nelson- P. O. Box 50144,Tulsa, OK 74150, laurapratt11@juno.com, www.rocablanca.org
Laura is a nurse working at the base in Roca Blanca in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her mission is to run the clinic at the base, to teach health and hygiene at the Bible Institute located at the base. She also arranges for medical mission trips to villages around the region. David teaches various subjects at the Bible training school at the base.
Peggy Skattebo- 8380 Pilot Ct., Colorado Springs, CO 80920, skat47@msn.com, Or peggy.skattebo@navigators.org
Peggy lives in Colorado Springs and continues work with the Navigators. She is the widow of Jim Skattebo, and she has five children. Peggy stays involved in the ministry to cadets at the Air Force Academy.
Dedria & Mark Tidwell- 655 Smythe Rd., Greenville, SC 29715, onthehouse@juno.com, www.josephhouse.org
Our ministry remains "Assisting Missionary Kids in Transition" and we are thrilled to help seasoned missionaries remain on the mission field by providing care for their college-aged children returning to the
At Joseph House Ministries/MKSTAY, we advance global missions in 2 crucial ways: 1) we provide peace of mind for overseas missionaries by providing a safe haven for their stateside MK. (The #1 reason why missionaries leave the mission field is because of family concerns; our ministry to their college-aged children serves to alleviate one aspect of these concerns); 2) we mentor the next generation of missionaries (studies of global missions show that 1 of every 4 overseas missionaries is an adult MK).
Mike & Nancy Watkins- 6a Calle Poniente #59, La Antigua, Guatemala, www.mikeandnancy@mikeandnancy.info
Mike, Nancy, Matt and Amber have been in Guatemala for six months, where they are beginning their mission work.
Bill serves as Executive Director of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship, an organization that helps Presbyterian congregations be part of what God is doing in taking the gospel to unreached people groups and seeing the church planted and the kingdom advanced among them.
Community Ministry
AMEN Food Pantry (662-287-6727) - a community food pantry that our congregation helped get started, and our members volunteer to work in the pantry.
Thanksgiving Meal - a ministry of the Deacons that provides Thanksgiving meals to the needy throughout the community.
Support for Public Education in Alcorn County - In 1989 First Presbyterian Church co-sponsored with Horizon, Inc. the Guy Doud Event. Many members of the church are active in Horizon, which is an education advocate organization. The pastor, Don Elliott, served as President of Horizon in 1991-92.
Friendship Class - a program of activities and education for mentally impaired teenagers and adults.
Deacons' Fund - designed to meet the needs of our own church members and the poor of the community.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts - FPC sponsors a variety of scouting troops that include Boy Scouts; and Daisy, Brownies, and Junior Girl Scouts.
Our Church facilities have been used by community organizations such as Corinth Welfare Association, Krossroads Kollection, Junior Auxiliary, the Music Club, and the Corinth-Alcorn County Ministerial Association.
The Community Farmers' Market is located on our Chambers lot facing Shiloh Road. This serves the community by allowing local farmers to bring their homegrown produce to sell.
Resource Center for Women (662-287-8001 or 800-663-1639) is a pro-life ministry to women and men who are in a crisis pregnancy. Some of our women serve as counselors.
The Lighthouse Foundation (662-286-0091) is a ministry for racial reconciliation that some of our men helped to establish. A weekly men’s prayer group meets at the Lighthouse and Unity Services sponsored by the Lighthouse helps us to cross denominational and racial barriers. The yearly Youth Baked Goods Auction provides money to buy toys for the Lighthouse Toy store which provides toys to the needy children in the community.
Habitat for Humanity (Judy Glenn- President, 662-808-2455) is an organization that builds homes for the needy and several members of our congregation volunteer regularly.
Sharing Hearts(Becky Dalton, 662-286-3957) is a non-profit day care center for elderly diagnosed with dementia at First Baptist Church that our church supports through providing lunches occasionally and several members volunteer there.
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