The Congregational Care and Fellowship Committee cares for members who are ill or shut-in, manages the prayer ring and plans fellowship events. Caring people are needed to help with this important work.

 

Congregational Dinners take place after church monthly or bi-monthly and everyone looks forward to the pot-luck menu. Some dinners are planned to celebrate special occasions like high school graduation or to welcome new members. Sometimes we just feel the need to have a get-together.

 

Prime Time Senior Ministry luncheons are served on the first Tuesday of every month. A program of interest to seniors is provided. Prime Time Tours are offered several times each year for travel. Local excursions are also planned as needed and wanted.

 

Men's Prayer Breakfast meets every Thursday at 6:00 a.m. Men from our church and the community gather for a devotional and a delicious breakfast.

 

Through Lifeblood, donations of blood made by our membership help to cover the expenses of any member who needs blood.

 

Other special events in our church include Advent Sunday, Breakfast with St. Nicholas, Promotion Sunday and Easter Egg Hunt.

 

Presbyterian Women, the organization of women in the church, includes the fellowship, service, and study activities. Small groups called circles meet monthly at the church. The larger group, including all of the women, meets together several times a year. We have one morning and one evening circle. Each circle meeting includes Bible Study, prayer fellowship, and suggestions for service.

 

Men of the Church get together each month for a Steak dinner, fellowship, Bible study and mission update. Men of the Church meets on the 2^nd Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m.

 

Local and Foreign Missions of First Presbyterian Church supports local (in Hernando and other areas of the United States) and foreign missions. We helped to form Interfaith, the Hernando Area Council on Poverty. We serve local needy individuals through several annual programs - "Dress A Child" for school, Thanksgiving baskets, Christmas baskets, and through periodic contributions to the food pantry. Our Share account assists needy persons with food, utilities, medicine, and rent subsidy. Each month members contribute two cents per meal they eat for a food ministry in Africa. Our annual Breakfast with St. Nicholas helps support the local Palmer Home for Children. We help to support Dr. Sue Makin in her ministry as a medical missionary of the Presbyterian Church USA to Africa. We contribute regularly to the Hernando DeSoto Habitat for Humanity affiliate.