For over 30 years, the FPCY Food Pantry has been serving the less fortunate of our community. And as with many things, it started small. As a matter of fact, it was a closet. The Deacons had been...
Food Pantry Plus
ACME is helping the FPCY food pantry — please support this effort!
Bags of food that you can purchase at the local ACME will go to our food pantry as well as Yorktown Community Help. While the bag only costs you $10, the value of the food is approximately $15. Our food...
Toys for Tots 2015 a Big Success!
Volunteers Sophia Primiana, Amy Primiani, Marty Scatola, Christine Edelman, and Drew Edelman The Deacons, acting as partner with USMC Reserve Yorktown Area Chapter, held their Toys for Tots distribution ...
Consider the Food Pantry for your end-of-year gifts
A gift to the food pantry in a loved one’s name is always in good taste! Remember that every cash gift is doubled by our matching grant. Gifts may be made online or by placing gifts in the offering...
Giving Opportunities this Holiday Season
Items for the Hat and Mitten Tree, Bedford Prison, and Toys for Teens will be collected during the services on Giving Sunday, December 6. You can find details of what is requested below. (If you are unable...
Deacons’ Corner: Loaves, Fishes, and the Food Pantry
I was thinking recently about the Bible stories of Jesus feeding the 5,000 people who had come to hear him preach and ask for healing. It was late in the day and the Disciples had implored Jesus to send...
Help us reach our goal for the food pantry matching grant
FOOD PANTRY MATCHING GRANT UPDATE Give to the food pantry so that your gift may be matched. So far this year, nearly $4,000 has been given to the food pantry. Our goal each year is at least $10,000....
Calling All Knitters and Crocheters!
The Deacons are sponsoring the “Hat and Mitten Tree” again this year and will have a tree in the gathering space during advent. People can make or purchase hats, mittens, and scarves and hang...
It’s Time to Start Bringing in School Supplies!
On Saturday, August 8 our Food Pantry will distribute school supplies to children. We will be purchasing kits of supplies for the younger grades, and are asking the congregation to bring in supplies...
The Diaper Ministry
Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so; Little Ones to Him belong; They are weak, But He is strong. Jesus loves me! This I know, As he loved so long ago, Taking children on His knee, Saying,...