Church Ministries
Below are some of the ways we aim to serve others in our community.
Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup
About once a quarter, church members spend a Saturday morning picking up trash on a stretch of W. Third Street (Highway 15) as part of our participation in the Adopt-a-Highway cleanup program. We usually meet together at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at Country Cookin’, and then at around 9:30 a.m., we head over to the Rt. 15 near Davis Pontiac to pick up trash along the road. Wear comfortable clothing and wear gloves. See our blog entry for more information.
Jail Ministry
On the first Sunday of each month from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., a small team visits the Piedmont Regional Jail to lead the female inmates in a time of singing, devotion and prayer. We meet at the church at 9:00 a.m. and carpool to the jail. This ministry requires no specialized talents, just an open and flexible spirit. Please contact Anita Lynn, 391-3751, for more information and to participate. Please pray for the inmates as they serve their sentence and be released to rejoin their families and the society. See our blog entry.
Emergency Food Pantry
We have an emergency food pantry that serves individuals and families in their short-term need for food. The food we give away consists mostly of canned goods, cereals, and spaghetti.
Community Food Pantry
On the third Saturday of every month during this summer, a group from Farmville Baptist has been helping out at FACES (Farmville Area Community Emergency Services), our local food pantry, in packing bags of food for our neighbors. See our blog entry for more information.
Leading Worship at Holly Manor
During the month of February, our Sunday School classes take turns leading a special Sunday morning worship service from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at Holly Manor, the nursing home facility of The Woodland. We spend time with the residents at Holly Manor singing hymns, reading Scripture, and giving a devotion. See our blog entry for more information.
Halloween Water Handout
Every year, Farmville hosts a “Halloween Parade” along a section of Main Street right in front of the church. During that event, our youth group (and others) hands out over 500 bottles of water to trick-or-treaters walking along Main Street. It is always fun seeing and saying “hi” to so many kids (and parents) all dressed up and having a great time enjoying this community tradition. See our blog entry for more information.
Thanksgiving Baskets
Every Thanksgiving, our church provides Thanksgiving baskets for ten families in our community identified by social services that are in need during this season. The church purchases frozen turkeys while various Sunday School classes purchase other items like dressing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie mix, sweet potatoes, etc.. Then our children get together to fill each basket. It is a project that the whole church can participate. See our blog entry for more information.
Christmas Angel
Every Christmas season, we work with Social Services to buy gifts for children in our community whose parents are incarcerated. members of the congregation adopt a child — a Christmas angel — and we invite those families to our Christmas dinner at the church where we present the gifts to the children.