Community Partners

A faith-inspired organization, Clinic with a Heart serves people who are uninsured and underinsured through a ministry of healthcare. Our volunteers provide free healthcare with hospitality, dignity, and grace.   

A team from First Presbyterian volunteers at CWH every month, and we hold regular collections for supplies.

Community Crops provides education, advocacy and experiences to grow local food.  In partnership with neighbors, Community Crops manages gardens all over the Lincoln community.

The Food Bank of Lincoln is a proud member of Feeding America. Since our founding in 1982, we’ve been focused on our mission to alleviate hunger in Southeast Nebraska.

From sun up to sun down (and even longer), our dedicated team and partner agencies work together to put food on the tables of those in need, right here at home.

Including Polk, York, Fillmore, Thayer, Butler, Seward, Saline, Jefferson, Saunders, Lancaster, Gage, Otoe, Johnson, Pawnee, Nemaha and Richardson counties.

Click Here for their food distribution schedule:   https://www.lincolnfoodbank.org/get-food/food-distribution-schedule/

Our goal at the Gathering Place is to provide food and nourishment to all who may need it, supporting achievement of our agency’s mission to empower people living in poverty to reach economic stability.

We have teams who serve meals on the first Tuesdays of the Month.  If you’d like to be part of a team, let us know!  Contact the church office to be connected with our Gathering Place volunteer coordinator.  (info@fpclincoln.org)

The Gathering Place sometimes has needs for additional volunteers in other capacities.  contact Georgann Roth, their Volunteer Resources Coordinator, at groth@communityactionatwork.org, or 402-875-9320

Jacob’s Well is devoted to working with individuals, churches, and community organizations in an effort to connect people in need with resources and skills which will improve their quality of life both physically and spiritually.  

Lighthouse has helped thousands of middle and high school students become successful adults by providing them with a safe, loving environment where they could come after school. Programs like mentoring, tutoring and academic support, activities, and nutritious snacks and meals have been the foundation that has made it possible for our students to thrive.

We have several dog/handler teams who visit the Lighthouse several times a month, as well as individuals who volunteer as needed.  If you’d like to be a part of the wonderful work Lighthouse is doing, click the Volunteer link below.

Our mission is to strengthen our community by teaching the English language and a variety of literacy skills to people of all cultures.

For many years we have hosted Lincoln Literacy in our facility to do their wonderful work with Lincoln immigrants and refugees.  They now have a space of their own and we continue to support them.

McPhee Elementary is just two blocks from our church 
in the heart of one of the most ethnically diverse areas 
of Lincoln with a student breakdown of:

25% Caucasian
15% African American/Black
12% Asian, 39% Hispanic, and
9% other.

They are also located in one of the most economically challenged areas of Lincoln.

Our partnership with McPhee is well established and involves several areas including ESL, reading mentors, providing food, diapers, coats, and more.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crises and catastrophic events.