First Baptist Church partners with Downtown Ministries and other civic and religious organizations to provide weekday meals to our neighbors in need. Meals are served daily, Monday through Friday. Breakfast is served from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m., and lunch is served from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Meals are served in the Fellowship Hall

First Baptist Church and its members provide a lunch meal each month on the second Thursday. Our members also serve as lunch volunteers and greeters each week. If you are interested in volunteering to help with one of these meals please contact Connie Ivester for more information.

Additional opportunities to volunteer as a greeter or helper are also available through Downtown Ministries. For more information and to inquire about additional volunteer opportunities, follow this link to Downtown Ministries.

Several weeks each year, we host guests from Family Promise of Athens. A number of volunteers are needed to serve. Whether you’d prefer to serve as an evening host, make a meal, or simply help with set up, we invite you to consider volunteering for our next hosting week. New volunteers will be paired with someone with experience. If you have not volunteered for this mission work before, it will require some modest training that is very quick and easy and can be done via computer.

For more information about our partner Family Promise, click here see a video that tells some of their story.

We collect food for distribution through the Food Bank. Food can be donated at church (in the mission area on the first floor) or directly to the foodbank at your convenience (640 Barber Street). See FBC publications for donation suggestions.

Clarke Department of Family Services’ Angel Project provides Christmas gifts for children in Foster Care. Cash donations are also welcome. Watch FBC publications for information.