At First Presbyterian, we are mission-bound, with youth and adults participating in work trips from Chicago to Nicaragua, and we help support missions in Africa through our denomination.

• Volunteering at Food for Greater Elgin

• Supporting our local homeless shelter, P.A.D.S. of Elgin

• Participating in the annual Elgin CROP Walk

• Church World Service School kits for needy children in the U.S. and around the world

• U-46 Elgin White Gifts project providing Christmas gifts to needy children in the Elgin area

• Nicaraguan Scholarship Program with FNE International

• Annual Elgin Holiday Toy Giveaway

• Bread for the World Letter Writing Sunday

• Books for Nicaragua

• Martin Luther King Jr. January Food Drive

• Loose Change program for the Elgin Community Crisis Center

• Home to Kairos Family Center, is a private, not-for-profit community-based agency dedicated to providing quality, affordable, family-centered counseling and psychotherapy on a no-wait basis to individuals, couples, and families.

• Home to Elgin Parent Co-Op School, a not-for-profit, parent-owned cooperative preschool for children ages three to six.