SERVE and MISSIONS
We Support Our Partners
Mission of the Month for September
The Table (Presbyterian Student Center). Dates OPC to serve: 9/16, 10/21, 1/20/26, 3/03/26 and 4/21/26.
- Garden (produce is donated to A.C.T.S and made available at our Little Free Pantry)
- Little Free Pantry https://www.littlefreepantry.org
Current donation opportunities include:
Nonperishable, tightly sealed food items; Personal care items; No home cooked items. Please check often
and help keep our Little Pantry stocked. Thank you!
- A.C.T.S. https://www.facebook.com/ACTSOconee/
- Athens Wellness Clinic https://www.athenswellnessclinic.org
- Downtown Ministries https://downtownministries.org/our-daily-bread/
Current volunteer opportunities: (https://downtownministries.org/volunteer/)
To register for The 2025 Legacy of Hope Impact Banquet (https://downtownministries.org/legacy-of-hope-
impact-banquet/?swcfpc=1)
- Family Promise https://www.familypromiseathens.org
- Lydia's Place
https://lydias-place.com
Current donation opportunities include:
Coming Home Gala fundraising event (https://www.lydias-place.com/fundraisers/coming-home-gala/) - Mercy Health Center https://www.mercyhealthcenter.net
Current donation opportunities include:
Music on the Lawn 2025 fundraising event (https://www.mercyhealthcenter.net/music-on-the-lawn-2025)
- Oconee Food for Kids (OARC)
https://www.oconeeconnection.org/programs/food-for-kids/
Current donation opportunities include:
- The Table
https://www.tableuga.org
Dates for OPC to serve dinners: September 16, 2025, October 21, 2025, January 20, 2026, March 3, 2026, April 21, 2026. For questions or to volunteer, please contact Chris Franklin at chris_franklin@icloud.com.
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia (Presbyterian Village of Athens)
https://www.phgainc.org
Thornwell Children's Home https://thornwell.org
Current donation opportunities include:
Sign-up to travel with OPC to Thornwell on Saturday, October 11th, to help with their Fall Festival and Corn
Maze
- Appalachia Service Project https://asphome.org
- Love Without Boundaries https://www.lwbkids.org
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) https://pcusa.org/about-pcusa/agencies-entities/interim-unified-agency/ministry-areas/disaster-assistance
Current donations opportunities include:
Responses to recent disasters
(https://pcusa.org/disaster-assistance/how-help/give/active-disaster-response)
We come together to worship. We are sent out to be the church. We serve at church by share God’s love in Word and deed. We serve the world by relieving suffering in Christ’s Name.
We serve through the church itself as leaders, teachers, cooks, singers, liturgists, greeters, and countless other opportunities. Every ministry of this church is dependent on good hearted volunteer servants (like you).
We serve through our mission partners near and far. Our mission partners cover a wide range of needs, and accept our gifts of time and treasure. Each year, we promise and deliver 10% of our budget to mission partners.
Pastors remind us every Sunday, they are pastors, but we are the ministers. Our gifts of talent support the people through the ministries and programs of the church. Every ministry and program needs volunteers. How could you help?
