Our mission emphasis include our congregational focus on Sedgefield Elementary School, as well as others including:
Local
Backpack Program, Sedgefield Elementary School
The Backpack Program was created to break the cycle of hunger and food insecurity for children in low-income communities by providing them with healthy nutritious food that are easy-to-prepare, to take home on weekends or extended holidays throughout the school year when other resources are not available.
Greensboro Urban Ministry
Founded in 1967, Greensboro Urban Ministry is an ecumenical outreach agency supported by more than 200 congregations representing Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faith traditions. Not only does Greensboro Urban Ministry provide crisis intervention and emergency services through the basics of food, shelter, and clothing, but we also help many individuals and families break the cycles of poverty, hunger, addiction, and homelessness.
Guilford Interfaith Hospitality Network
Guilford Interfaith Hospitality Network (GIHN) coordinates volunteers from almost 60 Triad churches and faith communities to provide temporary shelter and care to local homeless children and their families. GIHN first formed in 1997 and hosted its first guests in October 1999 at Friendly Ave. Church of Christ in Greensboro. Through the participating faith communities, a host of volunteers, and its dedicated staff, GIHN provides temporary shelter, meals, hospitality, case management services, and hope to homeless children and their families.
National
Appalachia Service Project
Appalachia Service Project (ASP) brings thousands of volunteers from around the country to rural Central Appalachia to repair homes for low-income families. The group spent their week at two different houses installing drywall in a bedroom and kitchen, installing faceting around the exterior, priming and painting interior walls and ceilings, installing underpinning around the exterior, and building a porch and steps. This trip is for youth and adults (14 and older). Contact Gin Reid Hall for more information.
International
Montagnard immigrants, refugees and residents
Sedgefield Presbyterian Church and the Bonung Alliance Church oversee a grant they have received to asist new Montagnard immigrants.