Boy Scouts
First Presbyterian charters and hosts Cub Pack 56, Boy Scout Troop 56 http://www.newark56.mytroop.us/ , and Venture Crew 56.
Girl Scouts
First Presbyterian charters and hosts Girl Scout Troops 15 and 157.
Recovery Community
First Presbyterian Church, sponsors meetings for those in recovery attending AA, NA, and Al-Anon groups. Weekly, the church hosts 10+ meetings in our Memorial Hall building.
Hope Dining Hall
Hope Dining Room provides noontime meals for all who are hungry. Hope is located in the basement of the facility of Kingswood United Methodist Church, on the corner of Marrows Road and Brookside Boulevard, and is a cooperative ministry among several churches in our community. First Presbyterian provides, cooks, and serves one meal per month (second Monday).
Newark Area Welfare Committee
Newark Area Welfare Committee serves the community with an Emergency Assistance Program, Food Cupboard, Holiday Food Boxes, and Shoes for Needy Children. Over 2,900 individuals in the Newark area receive assistance in one form or another.
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat for Humanity builds “affordable housing at no profit through a combination of volunteer labor, ‘sweat-equity’ and no-interest mortgages. They reach out from Christian roots across denominational, faith, economic and racial lines to bring together people concerned for their neighbors.” First Presbyterian members have been actively involved in this program since 1984.
Newark Empowerment Center
Housed in the Newark United Methodist Church, the Empowerment Center serves three primary functions. It offers daytime hospitality and survival services to Newark’s chronically homeless, provides consultation and referral services to homeless clients trying to address their issues in a strategic manner, and serves as a consultation and central screening station for participating churches who refer persons who contact them seeking financial assistance.
Meeting Ground
Meeting Ground is a mission in Elkton, Maryland that houses men, women and children who have basic needs of food, clothing and shelter. Each year Meeting Ground provides over 18,000 bed nights of emergency and transitional housing, serves over 35,000 meals, assists over 300 persons in the transition from being homeless, and are available 24/7 for referrals and supportive services.