Our Projects

San Jose Presbytery has had a close partnership with the Refugee Resettlement Program at Catholic Charities for more than twenty years. This organization resettles some 200 refugees each year in the San Jose area from war-torn places around the globe.  Immanuel Presbyterian Church in San Jose Presbytery closed June 12, 2011.   The congregation discerned God's leading to designate a "legacy fund" of $200,000 toward the purchase of a house for refugee ministry, to be called the Immanuel House.  The Presbytery of San Jose is raising funds to add $200,000 toward this purchase. 

Completion of the Mission Training Center under construction will benefit Calvin Crest with an additional meeting place for it's partnership with Clean Water U. This program equips mission teams and local leaders with the skills to reach out to communities around the world in need of clean water, health, hygiene and spiritual education.

In their seventh year as a new church development in Bakersfield, Nuevo Amanecer ("New Hope") is led by Rev. Arcesio Cruz, an ordained Presbyterian pastor originally from Colombia This congregation works "diligently," confident that God blesses their outreach and service in the community.  Their dream of a place to grow and expand and to build their own identity as a congregation was helped this year by being honored with the Walton Award. The $50,000 adds to their building fund, while they keep looking for a place they can afford.

On any Saturday just before 5:30 p.m., the lobby of First Presbyterian Church of McMinnville, OR, begins to fill with a wide variety of people. Church members mingle with the homeless, the elderly, the lonely and the poor.

Project is to replace the aging appliances in the 83 year old kitchen.  Menucha is a sacred sanctuary held in stewardship as an ecumenical, community-based mission of First Presbyterian Church - Portland, Oregon.  Our mission is to offer the finest retreat and conference center experience possible by providing opportunities for reflection, spiritual discovery, renewal, education and enrichment for individuals, families and communities.

 There are a number of volunteer opportunities; gift shop host/hostess; gardeners, on-site host/hostess, various other volunteer opportunities which vary seasonally.

FIRM mobilizes churches to minister to Southeast Asian and other refugees in Fresno through a variety of programs.

FIRM just learned that their Preschool has received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  This is a huge accomplishment-- there are only six accredited preschool programs in Fresno!