Food/Diaper/Gift Card Drive

Project Reach Diaper/Food/Gift Card drive was wonderful! Thanks so much to all who contributed and served. We received over 550 items, and somewhere around 1400 diapers, plus hundreds of dollars in gift cards and cash donations. Way to go FCC! We have already been able to bless our Reach partners Golden Corner Food Pantry and Foothills Pregnancy Care Center :)

FCC Project Reach October Appalacia Mission Re-Cap

This was a trip filled with provision! During the weeks leading up to our departure, many people stepped up to deliver clothing. By the day we left, we had so many bags of clothing that we almost could not take them all. One of our church members donated probably around two thousand lbs. of construction supplies (such as ceiling fans, electrical items, plywood, tile, hardwood flooring, a shop vac, etc. And we received what had to be several thousand lbs. of food/diapers/etc. from one of our Project Reach partners (Golden Corner Food Pantry.) All in all, we probably had about 5000 lbs. of items to bring to donate to the ministries we work with in Kentucky, and even a few we don’t work directly with.  

As you can see in the pics, our trailers were LOADED down! Neither trailer could have handled much more; and my poor old GMC Jimmy had all it could handle before the suspension would squat so low that the trailer chains were dragging! What a blessing. Look at all that stuff! Thank God for Will Black and his big old F150 4x4 which pulled the FCC trailer no problem. 

After coming down Black Mountain,

Golden Corner Food Pantry Reach Day - October 8th Re-Cap

Our family Project Reach day at the pantry was a wonderful time! We had about 40 people on the team ranging from a few years old, on up through people in their 70’s.  For two hours we boxed hundreds of boxes of food and meats for the families in need that receive help from this ministry.  What an incredible time of fellowship and getting it done!

Some team members taught their children how to box food as they slid the boxes
down the rolling shelf system. It was so cute to see the parents sliding their children along sitting on the rolling shelf, with the young ones grabbing a can of vegetables or fruit and dropping them in the box.

We re-organized the large walk-in freezer, so that it could accommodate all of the boxes of meat that we had prepared. Golden Corner is blessed in the fact that they do have access to some great cuts of meat. Ya never know what is available, but I have seen steaks and chicken that made my mouth water!  I always joke that we need to put a gas grill outside the door for those cuts of meat that might just "happen" to fall out of the package.

The pantry director Richard Kulper was a bit surprised by our large turnout, and the fact that we not only accomplished everything needed, but also re-stocked the pantry shelves for the next workers to come during the week and cleaned up our mess when we were done! Our team came in like a whirlwind J

Thank God for the work that Golden Corner Food Pantry is doing in Oconee County. As we began to wrap up the day by cleaning up, we gathered in the parking lot in a big circle to pray, and ask God to bless this ministry as they now serve over 1200 qualified families in our area.

Our next serve day will be on Tuesday, November 15^thfrom 1-3pm. We need 6-8 people for this one. If you would like to Reach with us, please call the church office at 864-888-8008, or go to our website and click on the "get involved/find mor info" button at the bottom of the page here:
http://www.foothillscc.org/projectreach/

Reach Night at Home with a Heart Re-Cap

A Reach Team of 9-10 people headed out to spend some time with the men at the Home with a Heart Addiction Rehabilitation ministry last Tuesday. It was a great time of fellowship as we grilled up some tasty hot dogs, hamburgers, and chili on the outdoor brick grill. The grill hadn't been used in quite a while, and many of the men said they were so blessed to have a meal off that grill. They said it just tasted better!

Each of our team members had some good conversation with men in the program. After grilling out, we hung out in the cafeteria and ate with them, and just got to know some of them and their stories a little. Several of the men shared with me that they had come to faith in Christ within the last few weeks in meetings at Home with a Heart! Praise God! The Lord is truly using this ministry in a big way. As we finished eating, the men were preparing to head to their evening NA meeting. Each one I talked to had hope of freedom from addiction, and had clearly been influenced for Christ by the Director Alex Richey, staff, and volunteers of HWAH. This was the first of many Reach Teams we will be sending out. If you or your family has experience in addiction in any way, this is a great place to allow God to use you to share your experience, and love on others struggling with addiction in the name of Jesus.

You can sign up by going to http://www.foothillscc.org/projectreach/ and clicking on the "Get Involved, Tell Me More" button at the bottom of the page with the big ? on it.

Golden Corner Food Pantry Tuesday, Sept 13th Reach ReCap

Wow! What a great time we had serving together at Golden Corner Food Pantry. Blown away by the Reach Team that showed up ready to ROCK! They only asked for 6 people to come. We had I believe 14 or 15 that showed up, and we were able to serve alongside some of our friends from Bountyland Baptist. 


This team came prepared to "get er done!" Tons of work was accomplished including boxing meat bags for 600 Seniors, loading all the storage shelves with cases of canned goods, boxing toiletries, and preparing large food boxes for program families. 
We moved cases and cases of canned food items, and even had a couple children (Jacey and Eli Atkins) serving breaking down boxes and helping out wherever they were needed. Great job team! This will be a blessing to so many in our community!

Richard Kulper is the Director of Golden Corner Food Pantry. He recently had a surgery, so he was getting around best he could showing the team what needed to be done. Please pray for a quick recovery and full healing for Richard. He has a lot on his plate facilitating getting food to over 1150 families per month through this incredible ministry. God is truly using him and his heart to feed people who depend on the pantry to sustain their families each month.



Foothills Community Church is so honored to come alongside Golden Corner Food Pantry. This partnership gives FCC families an opportunity to see the benefit of working with others who are called to a specific area in showing the love of Christ.  


Our next BIG Reach day at the pantry will be on SATURDAY, OCT. 8TH from 10am- 12 Noon.
This is a special opportunity open to all ages. Bring the entire family to help! No expertise is needed.

To sign up/get more information, please check the box on your information card Sunday or go here http://www.foothillscc.org/projectreach/  and and scroll down to click on the "Get Involved" button.

Head's Up!: Golden Corner Food Pantry Serve Opportunity- Tomorrow

Reach Opportunity Reminder: 

We have a Reach Team headed to serve at Golden Corner Food Pantry tomorrow (Tuesday) from 2-4pm. A large team is not needed this time, but we can use 5 additional people to serve preparing food for those who receive boxes of food from the pantry. Are U in?

Reminder: Habitat for Humanity Serve Opportunity- Tomorrow

A Reach Team from FCC will be serving at the Habitat for Humanity sites tomorrow morning from 7:30am-10:30am. They have been making great progress and new friends are made each time. Join the fun in serving and being a blessing to people in need!
No tools are needed, but bring your own hammer and pouch if you'd like. Currently they are framing walls on the 2 new builds. Adult volunteers 18 and over only during this phase of construction.

The directions to the sites are:  Take hwy 123 to Miracle Mile Circle and turn onto hwy 28 toward Seneca.  Take hwy 28, 1/2 mile to North Perkins Creek Rd. (which is just passed Black Electric) and turn right.  You will pass under a railroad trestle on a one lane road and come to Jaymorey Way. You will see all the equipment at the build sites.