First Covenant Church, Salina, Kansas
Ministries > Outreach
Local Outreach Opportunities 
Alpha
Contact: 
Tom & Lee Ann Christy (785) 823-2887. Help with food prep, childcare, small groups.

The City

Contact:
Shawn Copeland (785) 452-1268
Site: 129 North 7th St./P.O. Box 1332, Salina, (785) 827-2109 Work with youth, mentor young people, etc.
 
Christian Challenge (College & Career Ministry)
Contact:
Aaron Kaufmann  (785) 410-3582; Rebecca Mason  (785) 201-4344 
Reach out to college students & young adults
 
Disaster Ministry
Contact: John & Vickie Degand  John (785) 342-0366; Vickie (785) 342-4625;
Opportunities to help when area disasters occur
 
Emergency Aid Food Bank
Contact:
Freda Rees (785) 827-1227; Hannah Applequist
Site: 255 S Chicago St., (785) 827-7111
Help stock and distribute food items
 
First Covenant Men’s Ministry
Contact:
Mike Fabrizius (785) 820-2926; Ryan Branfort  (785) 820-1931
Help out on various community projects/helping individuals move, etc.
 
Contact: FCC Outreach Board (785) 823-3792
Site:1425 Sherwood Lane, Salina, (785) 823-9331
Work together building new homes in the community
 
Helping International Students (HIS Ministries)
Contact: Rebecca Kejr (785) 643-7999
Karla Dennis (785) 825-7012
Help International Students for 1-2 hours/week
 
La Miel
Contact:
Joe Hodges (785) 826-5958
Site: 905 West Cloud Street, Salina
Help with various needs for our Hispanic Church Plant
 
Contact: Bev Romans (785) 825-2156.
Women gathering to pray for children.
 
Pregnancy Service Center
Contact:
Martha Beggs  (785) 452-9090
Site: 104 W. Elm St.,
Salina, (785) 823-1484
Help on various tasks at the center & help young mothers & families, mentoring opportunities, etc.
 
Prison Ministries: Daughters of Destiny
Contact: George and Mary Overstreet  (719) 214-9587
Assist with occasional ministry events at Women’s Prisons
 
Juvenile Detention Center
Contact: Tom Egan  (785) 342-5886
Site: 229 North 9th St.,
Salina
Visit teens & help with the Bible Study in the detention center, etc.
 
Salina Rescue Mission
Contact: 
Mike Catlin  (785) 404-2344
Site: 1716 Summers Road/P.O. Box 1667, Salina (785) 823-2610

Serve meals, do light construction

Salvation Army
Contact:
Dan & Jenny Stack (785) 201-4290
Site: 1137 North Santa Fe, Salina, (785) 823-2251
Work with children & youth, help serve meals in the evenings, etc.
National & International Mission Opportunities 
Huasteca, Mexico 
Contact:
Jason & Egla Eikleberry. Jason  (785) 342-6782; Egla (785) 823-8624
 Each year our church sends a team in the summer to the Huasteca region of Central Mexico where we have developed a sister church relationship with a group of 24 Evangelical churches located within a four hour radius of each other.  Ministries that we participate in are the construction of a seminary to train and develop present and future pastors; teaching seminars for the pastors; medical missions; children's ministry; and the development of cement block making micro-businesses in the communities.  Future plans are to help with the construction of churches when the seminary building is compete.

Nicaragua
Contact:
David McCowan  (785) 823-3792
              Larry Screen (785) 479-1539
Each year our church sends a team in the summer to Guadalupe, Nicaragua (north of Matagulpa in the northern coffee growing area of the country).  We have developed a sister church relationship with a group of Evangelical churches located within an hour radius of each other.  Ministries that we participate in are the construction of a Ministry Center to train and develop present and future pastors and lay-leaders; teaching seminars for the pastors and church leaders; medical missions; spors ministry (soccer and baseball); children's ministry; and ministry to the elderly.  Future plans are to help with construction projects at the area of churches when the Ministry Center is completed.
 
Nairobi, Kenya
Contact: 
David McCowan (785) 823-3792 x. 1360
Ministry to children and youth at First Love Orphanage, and ministry to children, youth and women in one of the world's largest slums.

Alaska
Contact:
Bob Ross  (785) 823-6123
Construction projects and ministry to students at the Amundsen Education Center in Soldotna, Alaska, and/or being part of a small ministry team that travels to a remote village where we are developing a long-term sister relationship with an Alaskan Evangelical Covenant Church.  The team participates in ministry that helps the church in that village with their ministry goal, and edifies and encourages our brothers and sisters in Christ.
First Covenant Church, 2625 Magnolia Road, Salina, Kansas 67401 785-823-3792