"We serve Christ through our service to others."

 This vision statement of First Presbyterian Church is a reminder of the needs within our church as well as in the community and our world. Scripture repeatedly stresses the importance of doing the things we say we believe, so service has become an ongoing emphasis for our church. 

Ten percent of our annual budget is devoted to local and global charitable organizations.

Some of the ways we respond to our vision include:

• Collecting items for local agencies through our “Mission of the Month"
• Volunteering at the Matthew 25 Food Bank 
• Sending teams to work with Habitat for Humanity and Appalachian Service Project
• Involvement in annual community events (Operation Christmas Child and Rise Against Hunger) 

Four times a year (on fifth Sundays) we collect a special offering for local hunger programs. Additionally, we fund missionaries and hunger programs in Guatemala, Haiti, and South Sudan. On a more personal level, we have two groups of members who regularly use their sewing talents to create teddy bears for children in hospitals, and prayer quilts for people needing tangible gifts of love.

We also make our building available when possible to serve the community and other churches. Two examples include use by Narcotics Anonymous, who meet here three times a week, and the Gallatin Sudanese Church who recently used our church to complete a translation project to minister to their friends and families still undergoing great trauma in South Sudan.