FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Canton, South Dakota

This church provides a small food pantry for the people in need in the community. The church is also thinking about setting up an "Elisha Den" (a place where one can stay temporarily in the church).

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Hazel Green, Alabama

Has a special program to provide respite care for parents of special needs children and their siblings.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Mary Esther, Florida

This church has a food pantry.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH - Ft. Wayne, Indiana

This church in the western section of Fort Wayne has a special program for newborn babies and expectant mothers. They have a "Baby Boutique". Items are purchased with tickets received because of medical check-ups, pre-natal counseling, etc. The church also has a food pantry.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

This church has quite a few compassion ministries. The Helping Hands Ministry exists to assist the frail, elderly and disabled of the Detroit Lakes Area Community with minor home maintenance through recruitment, training, and sending of volunteers and friends. Parish Nurse Ministry at First Lutheran Church provides a connection between the needs of church members and the resources of our church and the greater community.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Wetumpka, Alabama

This church has a housing ministry. They have turned an unused classroom in their Christian Education Building into a place of respite for people. There are two fold-out sofas, bedding and linen kept in a chest, a television, and an air conditioning-heater unit. The bathrooms on the main floor have showers and the church provides towels and toiletries. The kitchen is also stocked with food. People can stay there three nights.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Charleston, West Virginia

The Care 'n Casserole team makes and delivers food for those experiencing grief and death in their families or during times of illness, a new birth, or other special circumstances. Serve meals at Manna Meal, Ronald McDonald House,Sojourners Shelter, or Giltinan Center. Volunteer at Covenant House’s Clothing Closet or Food Pantry. Mentor young people with Literacy Volunteers, Read-Aloud, East End Resource Center, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, or Oakwood Terrace. Drive for Meals On Wheels or HospiceCare. Help furnish and maintain homes through Daymark, Covenant House, or the Religious Coalition for Community Renewal. Participate in the "Global Marketplace," Oct. 21-25, 2009, through planning and by purchasing fair trade products. Purchase fair-trade coffee, chocolate, tea, and other items through the Presbyterian Coffee Project.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Soup Kitchen - A weekly lunch program served to those who need a hot meal each Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. This program has been going on for over twenty years. Other supported local causes are Blue Star Moms, Center for Counseling, Creek County Jail Ministry, Goodland Children's Help Fund, and Lend-A-Hand Ministry. Supported international ministries are Angel Tree; Malawi, Africa Ministry; and Partnership with the Mexico Mission Project ( A joint venture between the Presbyterian churches of the U.S. and Mexico that is responding to the health and other needs of the border communities of El Buen Pastor Castanos, Mexico. )

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Wetumpka, Alabama

The church provides a Thanksgiving meal for those in need. Along with the meal, there is a chance to get a warm jacket. This church also has a food bank.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Orlando, Florida

This church has ministry programs for : Adult Literacy, Backpacks for Middle School Students (Volunteers collect backpacks and school supplies during the summer for distribution to students at a middle school with a number of children on free or reduced lunches), Bicycle Ministry Team (The team consists of women, men and youth who enjoy bike riding. The group meets for a monthly ride and other activities. The Team becomes a witness to others who see them rising around Orlando as a group from First Church. They also have given bikes to those in need of transportation and to youth), Coalition for the Homeless Monthly Meals (Volunteers help prepare and serve a dinner to resident at the Coalition's Family Center on the first Monday of each month), Feed The Need (Volunteers gather food from the collection bins located throughout the church campus. They sort and package the food into "Feed a Family" food kits for distribution to Ferncreek, Lancaster, Eccleston and Pineloch elementary schools and Salvation Army, Christian Service Center, Coalition for the Homeless and Harbor House community agencies), First Friends (They provide transportation to a doctor, the grocery store, to physical therapy. In a time of family crisis, on a short-term basis, they can provide meals, run errands, transport children to school or activities, help with other practical needs, do some yard work. Also they will provide non-medical respite care for people who are caregivers for a family member so that person can have some respite.), Helping Hands (Members assists with chores, painting, lawn work and maintenance for individual groups that need help), Interfaith Hospitality Network ("IHN") of Orange and Seminole Counties is composed of host and support congregations that provide volunteers, overnight accommodations, and meals at churches for 3 or 4 homeless families with children (maximum of 14 people) who are trying to make a fresh start. First United Methodist Church of Orlando has participated in IHN since July 2003 and has hosted a total of 14 weeks since that time), Meals Ministry (Group shares God's love through a friendly hello and a warm casserole or meal), Mentoring program for children in the Orange County Public School System, Nursing Home Visitation, Outreach Love Tutoring (Group tutors for children from Fern Creek Elementary School), Parish Nurse Ministry, Sewing Ministry (Group provides new clothing for needy children in their community), Transportation Ministry (Group provides transportation to both church members and others in the community who cannot drive and/or have no appropriate transportation available), Used Car Ministry, Wednesday Evening Tutors and Instructors.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sapulpa, Texas

This church has quite a few outreach ministries. Backpack Program - To feed the hungry children of Sapulpa by providing approximatley 50 young children with backpacks every Friday full of non-perishable and nutritional food for their entire family for the weekend. Mission Program - To provide assistance to any of God's people who need help with house repairs, clean-up, building ramps, etc. Flood Disaster Buckets - Donates 5 gallon buckets filled with items needed by flood victims. Junior High Mission Trips - The Junior High annually goes to Stillwater, Oklahoma to assist during their Youth Force program. Senior High Mission Trips - The Senior High visits Piedras Negras, Mexico to provide any assistance necessary.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Titusville, Florida

This church has a small food pantry. Has a Ladies Day Out Program. Part of the Jubilee Club Tutoring Program. Site of the Step Gap Community Dinners. Works with The Society of St. Andrew to collect unwanted citrus and distributes it to feeding programs nationwide at a time when people living in cold areas need it most.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Van Horn, Texas

This church has taken over the old Greyhound bus station and turned it for a place of refuge for travelers in need. There is a small clothes closet and food bank. Meals are prepared in the kitchen. Church members volunteer to staff the center.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Whitesboro, Texas

For the 10th year, free lunches for students eligible for free or reduced school lunches will be available through the Sack It To Me summer lunch. Last year thechurch provided lunches for 84 children. The food provided for each child includes bread, peanut butter and jelly or turkey and cheese for sandwiches, fruit, cut-up veggies and a snack cake or cookies.

GINGHAMSBURG METHODIST CHURCH - Tipp City, Ohio

This church has a large number of compassion ministries through it's "New Path Outreach Program". Its outreach ministries include a food pantry, car ministry, clothing through the "Gingham Clothesline", furniture ministry, transitional housing and limited financial assistance.

GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH - Springfield, Ohio

- "Ladies' Day Make-over Program" : Third Straight Year. Works with drug rehab programs in Dayton and Springfield, Ohio. Church converts educational wing into a full-service salon with hair, makeup, and nail stations. Participants can also choose from a wide selection of donated business attire and personal wear thanks to generosity of parishioners. Gift Cards, transportation, church women assisting with day's activities that includes a worship service and dinner. During any given event, up to 35 women can be helped. "Back Pac Ministry" : In conjunction with Fifth Lutheran Church, Grace collects new school back packs to be given to needy children in Springfield every August. "Christmas Food Baskets" : Grace collects, sorts and organizes Christmas food baskets for local residents in need. "Christmas Giving Tree: Grace collects and distributes Christmas presents to underprivileged children and teens in our local community. “Heart & Hand” Charity Auction : Donated handmade and home-baked items are auctioned annually in December. The proceeds benefit a designated charity. "Interfaith Hospitality Network" : Members of Grace provide evening meals and/or stay overnight at Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) with those who are temporarily homeless and are working towards a better life.

IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

After conducting a survey to discover the needs of their community, which is 80% Haitian, the church has opened a clothes closet, food pantry, and medical and eye clinics.