2017 Wholeness Grants | fcclouisville

2017 Wholeness Grant Ministries

The ministries below are some of the ministries that took place in 2017. Each of them was funded through our Wholeness Grant Ministry.

FCC Helps Support Academic Readiness and Achievement Program

For student living in the Russell and Parkland neighborhoods of Louisville, academic readiness and achievement often stand in the way of...

FCC Helps Provide Meals to Those in Crisis

The Mercy Meals ministry is designed to provide meals for members when they are experiencing a significant challenge or life change--most...

FCC Member Helps Workers at Churchill Downs Receive Vision Screenings

One of the services provided to backside workers at Churchill Downs is regular vision screenings. However, due to language barriers it...

FCC Member Helps to Feed and Care for Pets of the Homeless

Through his volunteer work at My Dog Eats First, church member Joseph Bianca found an opportunity to provide healing to an often...

FCC Helps Shakespeare Behind Bars Bring Hope and Inspiration to Inmates

Thanks to the efforts of First Christian Church member, Joseph Bianca, we have entered our second year of a supportive partnership with...

First Christian Helps Provide Uniforms for Low-Income Students

The Family Resource Center at Foster Traditional Academy in Louisville’s West End provides a number of supportive resources to over 600...

FCC Supports Anti-Racist, Pro-Reconciliation Ministry

Reconciliation Ministry is a ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that advances our Church's journey toward wholeness...

FCC Member Uses Ice Cream to Bring Joy to Dementia Patients

One of the small joys for dementia patients at a local nursing home was the soft serve ice cream residents received as part of their...

FCC Church Member Helps Keep Students Warm During Winter

When asked weekly during the closing of church service, 'Where do you see brokenness in the world around you?', FCC member Angela...

FCC Helps Louisville's MOLO Village Provide Ministry of Healing and Hope

The MOLO Village Community Development Corporation (MVCDC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011 by St. Peter’s Church to engage...

FCC Helps Bring Hope Through Life Saving Technology

WaterStep dreams of the day when no child or adult suffers or dies from a waterborne illness. Water connects every aspect of life....

FCC Provides 150 Safe Sleep Kits!

Meet Baby Sincere. She lives with her mother and 4 siblings at Wayside Christian Mission (homeless shelter) on Jefferson St. She was 10...

FCC Member Helps Make the Blessing Clean Water Possible

Water with Blessings is a faith based mission that has provided over 50,000 water filters in over 40 countries. In 2017, FCC church...

FCC Helps Change Lives Through Youth Sports Program

According to Ty Anderson, co-president of St. Stephen Bulldogs Football and Cheer, their youth sports program is about much more than...

FCC Helps to Bring Joy Across the Globe

The congregation of First Christian Church has supported Operation Christmas Child, a shoe box ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, for many...

FCC Helps Eastern Area Community Ministries Provide Essential Services to NE Jefferson County

Eastern Area Community Ministries provides emergency and supportive services to families in Northeast Jefferson County. From free diaper...

First Christian Provides 100 Mattresses for Local Homeless Students

In April of 2017, dozens of volunteers gathered to build beds for local students who could not afford a bed of their own. Of course, what...

First Christian Provides Supplies and Enrichment Opportunities for Local Students

While the North Oldham School District is home to many affluent students, there are also those who come from low income families. While...

First Christian Church Member Helps Keep the Homeless Warm

Helping the homeless has always been a passion of church member, Jenny Hohman. She has felt a calling to serve the homeless in response...

First Christian Helps Bring Hope to Abused Teens

Maryhurst is a place of new beginnings for children who have been traumatized by unimaginable abuse. The young ladies on the Maryhurst...

FCC Member Helps to Fill "Johnny's List"

The Forgotten Louisville is a group of volunteers who serve the homeless community every Wednesday. Each week the homeless are assured of...

FCC Builds 25 More Beds for Homeless Students

After doing a story for WHAS 11 about the heartbreaking reality of so many children in our community not having beds, church member...

FCC Louisville Helps to Provide Safe Space for Local LGBTQ+ Teens

Teenage members of the LGBTQ+ community face many struggles as they seek to find their way in life. These struggles often lead to...

FCC Continues to Support Vital Prison Ministry

For the third year in a row, First Christian Church has provided financial support for a vital prison ministry. New Life in Christ...

FCC Supports Hurricane Relief Efforts

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria each wreaked their own havoc across Texas, the southeastern United States, Florida, Puerto Rico, and...

FCC Member Provides a Warm Hug for Homeless Community

The winters in Louisville can be cold! This is especially true for our city’s homeless residents. Seeking to use her talents for knitting...

FCC Grant Helps Create a Healthier Community

ElderServe is a non-profit agency in Louisville, KY serving older adults since 1962. Their mission is to empower older adults to live...

First Christian Members Help Care for Animals in Local Shelters

When church members Lee Otto and Terry Wooden thought about how they might bring healing and hope to our world, they thought about an...

First Christian Provides Scholarships for Summer Camp

First Christian is always eager to provide support to our local schools and their students. In the summer of 2017 that support included...

FCC and Our Muslim Neighbors Pledge That We Will Not Be Enemies

For the past three years, First Christian Church of Louisville has been building relationships with our local Muslim community. We have...

First Christian Church Supports Essential Missionary Efforts

GO Ministries seeks to empower passionate, local leaders serving inside their cultures to REDEEM people, RENEW communities and RESTORE...

First Christian Member Helps Provide Books for Barbershops

When church member Carrie Gerard heard about the Books for Barbershops program, she knew it was something she wanted to support. As part...

FCC Member Creates Sensory Garden for Nursing Home

In her work at the Episcopal Church Home, church member Cheryl Cubbage saw how institutional life, no matter how good it is, can lead to...

FCC Children Provide Care Kits for Children Receiving Chemotherapy

Every Sunday morning, the children of First Christian Church engage in some form of outreach ministry. Recently, they decided to provide...

First Christian Helps to Power Up Technology at Local Elementary School

Whitney Young Elementary School teacher Mary Sapienza saw a need at the school where she teaches and applied for Wholeness Grant from...

FCC Helps Create Sacred Space Through Art

On the Sunday before Easter, 35 children, youth, and adults from First Christian Louisville participated in a Lent-themed service project...

First Christian Church Partners with Hildegard House, a Hospice for Those Without a Home

While serving as a Nurse Practitioner of Palliative Care, Karen Cassidy's heart broke every time she had to discharge a dying patient...