Reach Out & Mission Partners

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Reach Out

First Church focuses on one of our Reach Out Partners each month to help raise awareness and money for their cause. Please read below and consider a donation today.

January 2026 Reach Out

During these cold winter months … let us not forget the less fortunate!

January Reach Out: South Park Inn

Founded in 1982, South Park Inn provides a range of programs and services to assist people experiencing homelessness as they transition back to permanency. The agency’s goal is to provide a safe, temporary place to stay as individuals identify the supports and opportunities that will yield long-term housing solutions.

South Park Inn’s emergency shelter, opened in 1984, operates 24/7/365 and provides 55 beds to men and women.

South Park Inn has 15 Transitional Housing beds for Veterans, ten of which are dedicated for high–barrier Veterans exhibiting acute and/or active substance use and mental illness.

South Park Inn also operates 17 respite beds to provide people recovering from recent medical or behavioral health hospitalizations with a safe place to stay that includes staffing to monitor for complications/side effects, follow-up care, treatment compliance, and/or medication errors; case management, and rehousing support.

Your support changes lives!

When you donate to South Park Inn, you support our mission to improve our community by providing equal access to shelter and solutions for all people to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.
The cycle of homelessness CAN be broken, and it happens with your support!

To learn more and donate please use the links provided or donate in church (note South Park Inn on your envelope or check the Reach Out box) or online thru the church: whfirstchurch

To learn more and to donate directly: southparkinn.org

Mission Partners

At First Church we understand that we truly are the body of Christ, and our outreach missions reflect our belief in showing kindness and compassion to all of God’s creation. First Church Outreach is involved in helping people who struggle with food insecurity and homelessness, and we are particularly involved in working for equity and social justice. Many of our Mission Partners are listed below.