Missions

Music Ministry

Our choir rehearses each Sunday morning following worship. The congregation sings traditional hymns each week accompanied by our talented organist. We also have a guitarist, soloist, harpist, violinist and flautist -- all who make beautiful music to praise our Lord.

Our guitarist, singer and songwriter is Jordan Burris -- a member of the congregation. Jordan plays twice a month and participates in the choir. The choir currently consists of about eight singers.

Youth Group

Our Youth Coordinator is Mason Warren and is supported with adults from the congregation. The youth meet each Wednesday at 4:30 to study, have fun, support and explore their faith together. The group also participates in church camps and mission projects.

The Bees

The Bees is a group of ladies, members and non-members, meeting weekly. The Bees make quilts, blankets, pillow covers, scarves, sleep mats, Easter gifts and Christmas gifts for shut-ins, nursing home patients and assisted-living residents. The Bees is among our most vibrant missions.

The Blessing Box

Our "Blessing Box" is one way that we serve the less fortunate in our community. The blessing box is located in the front yard of the church. Our members put goods in, and our neighbors take goods out as needed. We do not require any sort of identification or proof of need. Goods flowing the box include food, diapers, dog food, socks, gloves, and much more. We are blessed to have an opportunity to serve our neighbors in this way.

The Community Garden

Each spring our church prepares the land, provides (at no cost) garden plots and access to water to anyone wishing to grow their own food or flowers. Plots are 15' x 30'. Please contact the church if you would like a garden plot.

Special Missions

Each year the church elders prayerfully conider supporting a new mission and provide fundraising opportunities for the congregation to be involved.

Recurring and one-time contributions

Operation Christmas Child
Loudon County Habitat for Humanity
Loudon County Animal Shelter
Family Promise
Child Advocacy Center of Lenoir City
Second Harvest food bank distribution
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Good Samaritan Center of Lenoir City
Camp John Knox
Hospital kits for soldiers wounded in Iraq
Compassion International
Iva's Place
Distribute water bottles at Fourth of July parades
Possibilities Africa
Central Plateau Scholarship Program (Haiti)
RIP Medical Debt
Street Hope
Sunset Gap
Morgan Scott Project
Community Food Connection

Mission Trips

School of New Vision - Haiti
Faith Mission - el Cenizo, Texas
Katrina recovery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Tornado recovery, Moore, Oklahoma

Hispanic Ministry

The Iglesia Misericordia (Mercy Church), a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation, is not quite large enough to support themselves in a dedicated building. Our building is large enough to share; the Mercy Church helps us by sharing the cost of utilities and by helping in maintenance. Due to language challenges our interactions are not as frequent as we might like, but we do the following together:

Christmas party
Fellowship events
Mission trips
Spanish as a second language