Missions

For more information on any of our mission and outreach efforts both local and abroad please contact the church office. There is always room for one more set of hands to serve and minister to those in need.

Living waters for the World

Living Waters for the World (LWW) trains volunteers to establish  and lead water mission teams that partner with communities to implement and operate sustainable water purification systems and health education programs.  

LWW Networks come alongside water teams and partners throughout every phase of a water project.  They provide essential support for sustainable water systems that produce clean water for a generation.

T.E.A.M.

Trussville Ecumenical Assistive Ministry (T.E.A.M.) is a non-profit ministry providing food to those in need.

Located at:
570 Simmons St, Suite A
Trussville, AL  35173

Phone Number:
(205) 661-5039

Presbyterian home for children

The Presbyterian Home for Children, a ministry of the Presbyterian Churches of Alabama, cares for boys and girls of all ages and their female caregivers who find themselves homeless because of poverty, abuse, or abandonment. The Home is accredited by EAGLE, the world’s only faith-based accrediting body for ministry to children.

Presbyterian Home for Children workers assemble in the church lot on the first Wednesday and leave for Talladega at 8:30 AM. We work in the gardens and lawns, paint, do repairs, work in the office, or pitch in wherever we're needed. All people are welcome to apply their various talents. We usually finish and return by around 3:00 PM. Check with George Fritsma for this month's plans.

Three Hots & a Cot

Three Hots and A Cot serves those who have served. They provide a place for homeless veterans to receive the assistance they need to transition back to civilian society. Each veteran will be treated with the dignity and respect due to every member of our armed services. Without regard to race, creed, color, or religious background, any veteran who seeks assistance will be given the opportunities and services Three Hots and a Cot offers.

Call for more information:
(205) 520-2356

Communion of empty hands

History of Communion of Empty Hands
This practice was started by the Reverend Elizabeth O'Neill, pastor of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, after reading the following excerpt:

"Today is Resurrection Sunday. My first Easter in prison... There is not a single cup. But a score of Christian prisoners experienced the joy of celebrating communion - without bread or wine. The Communion of empty hands. ‘We have no bread, nor water to use instead of wine.’ I told them, 'But we will act as though we had. This meal in which we take part reminds us of the prison, the torture, the death, and the final victory of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The bread is the body which He gave for humanity. The fact that we have none represents very well the lack of bread and the hunger of so many millions of human beings. The wine, which we don't have today, is His blood and represents our dream of a united humanity, of a just society, without difference or race or class.'"

(From a book entitled, Visions of a World Hungry by Thomas Pettepiece, author and activist, who was an ordained Methodist pastor who served for many years as the Southwest Regional Director for Bread for the World. He served on the National Board of Directors for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF and established an organization committed to peace and justice efforts around the world called PeaceExpo. He died in 1995 at age 50.)

After witnessing this celebration at a presbytery meeting, Jennifer Smith and Pastor deNay brought the idea to our Session. In August of 2023, the Session voted to institute this practice on the last Sunday of every month. We invite you to come "forward to the table as one body, to give an offering of non-perishable food items for a local foodbank, or a monetary gift, in a grateful response for all we have been given". For those who do not wish to come forward, an usher will assist you.