Since 2010, Faith has joined with other churches to support an area development project in Abaya, Ethiopia, through World Vision. The goal of the ADP is to help the people of Abaya improve their lives through education, food security, healthcare, water/sanitation/hygiene and sponsorship program management. In addition to supporting the project through the Mission budget, Faith members have sponsored more than 100 children from Abaya through World Vision, and six teams from the church have visited the region to meet the people and see their progress as it unfolds.

One Child One Hen is a poverty-alleviation project in Kenya that empowers women and children by teaching them how to raise hens and sell their eggs. The project is funded through donations, as well as the collection of recyclable cans and plastic bottles. You can drop your CRV recyclable cans and plastic bottles at the church on Sundays or during weekday office hours.

Click here for the One Hen One Child photo gallery.

Click here to read the Sacramento Bee article about One Child One Hen.

Each fall, Faith Presbyterian Church raises money for clean water projects in Ethiopia by participating in Team World Vision. Volunteers run or walk in the Urban Cow race, participating in either the 5K or the half marathon. Training takes place individually and as a group in the months leading up to the October race.  For details on how to participate in the team's next run, email Jill Whitney. 

Faith Church, along with other faith communities in South Sacramento, supports the SSIP Food Closet, whose mission is to ensure that all our neighbors have enough to eat. Several of our parishioners volunteer at the food closet, and many support it through generous donations of food and finances. Bring your non-perishable food items to the church and drop them in the SSIP bin in the narthex. From there, they'll be delivered to SSIP. Or, you can make a financial donation to SSIP so its staff can buy extra food.