Missions...

Global Missions

     International Hunger Fund

     Kay-Billie-Klaer Academy, Ghana

     Ethiopian Mission Partnership

     New Orleans Mission Trip - 2007

Local Missions

     Durfee Tutoring Project

     Campus Ministries

     IACC Day Care

     English as a Second Language

     Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard

     American Red Cross Friendship Center

     Youth Group Projects

     JPIC

Service is a core element of our youth groups at First Presbyterian Church.  Each year, the congregation supports the youth in their missions efforts.  Some past efforts the youth have undertaken include:

• Group Workcamps to Lockport, NY; Bristol, TN; and Machias, ME.
• Service/Learning trips to Overlook Farm, operated by Heifer Project International.
• Flood relief trips throughout portions of New York's Southern Tier during the summer of 2006.
• Trip to New Orleans, working with a program called RHINO - "Rebuilding Hope In New Orleans."

To support these trips, the youth hold several fundraisers.  Probably the most popular is the Madrigal Dinner - a delicious meal, followed by a concert from the Ithaca College Madrigal Singers.  The Dinner takes place in mid-December each year.  Another popular event (although not a fundraiser) is the annual Youth Report Dinner - another meal the youth host, at which they report to the congregation about their recent missions experiences.

For more information about our youth groups, click here.