New Life Shelter and Outreach FPCE has a long-standing relationship with Good News Partners. But our focus on the families living in interim housing in the Good News system dates back ten years. Outreach is primarily with mothers and their children through tutoring, music ministry and more. Contact information: Dana Teeter – danateeter@gmail.com Catherine Potts-Watkins

Overnight Shelter The Overnight Shelter will be hosted for several weekends each winter. If you never volunteered before and are interested, contact us and we’ll work with you to get you trained. We’ll need volunteers for set up each night and clean up each morning. It’s a great small group opportunity, too! Visit here

Souper Saturday Souper Saturday was established in 1983 as a ministry of First Presbyterian Church Evanston. Every Saturday, 80-100 guests are served a three course well prepared meal in a warm, welcoming environment. Most guests in attendance are adults and a few are children. Souper Saturday is open to the community and nearly all

Build Congo Schools The Congo Focus Team works closely with Presbyterian church leaders and members in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to support their ministries. In particular, the team seeks to improve primary and secondary education, as well as women’s and children’s programs. In cooperation with the Build Congo Schools organization, the team

Tumekutana Tumekutana is a Swahili word meaning “We have come together.” It is a gathering of Presbyterian and Reformed Church Women Leaders from around Africa. It began in 2007 with the vision to bring women together as peers across Africa. These women who might otherwise never meet, are now able to meet for

First Friends First Friends is a group at First Presbyterian created to help, welcome and befriend refugee families. “First Friends” was chosen as a name because we are from “First” Presbyterian Evanston, and we may also be some of the “first” people that these people will encounter in the US. People in the group will have