Sunday Supper - ON HIATUS

Five churches in the Cedar Valley have partnered together to offer a free community meal at our church each Sunday Night. This is a great mission opportunity as we always appreciate volunteers. There are 2 shifts: Opening shift is from 3:30-5:30; and Closing shift is from 4:30-6:30. There is something for every age to help with during this event. If you would like to volunteer on a Sunday or two, please contact Kari O. Narey or the church office.

Little Free Library

A Little Free Library is located on Walnut Street by the church. The library makes children's books available to our neighbors. This ministry is part of a larger international movement to encourage reading and build community. Please stop by and take a book, enjoy it, return it, or share it with others. Then come back for another. This Library is for everyone!

Link and the Walnut Neighborhood

Our church is an active partner with LINK ministries and the Walnut Neighborhood Association.  We believe in loving our neighbor and working for the well-being of all people.  Our neighbor is often quite literally the person across the street.  LINK is connected to the Christian Community Development Association and uses CCDA principles for the full flourishing of the Walnut Neighborhood and Eastside Waterloo.

Partners in Education

First Presbyterian Church is a Partner in Education with Irving Elementary in Waterloo. The church supports children, teachers, administration, and parents in their mission to educate and improve lives. We show support by providing Cafe Awards, filling celebratory bags for the 100th day of school, offering awards for Star Week, adopting a Family at Christmas, helping with the May Spring Fun Fair, and giving aid in any way we can. At the beginning of the school year we love to collect school supplies to deliver to the school for a fresh start.

PCUSA Offerings

First Presbyterian Church supports mission work around the world and in our community through offerings sponsored by the Presbyterian Church (USA). 

• Christmas Joy: Half of this offering benefits retired clergy through the Board of Pensions and half benefits our students of diverse ethnicity who are training to go into the ministry. 
• One Great Hour of Sharing: The offering benefits Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Self-Development of Peoples and the Presbyterian Hunger Program.
• Pentecost Offering: This provides a direct way to meet the needs of children at risk, youth, and young adults in our own community. 40% of the Offering is given to support local ministry with young people in our own hometown.
• Peacemaking Offering: This is received on World Communion Sunday, celebrated the first Sunday in October. It is recommended that 25% of the offering received be retained by each congregation, 25% be used by synods and presbyteries, and 50% be used by the General Assembly ministries through the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.

Florence Warnock Scholarship

Students graduating from a Black Hawk County High School are eligible to apply for the Florence Warnock Scholarship. Applications are available at all guidance offices in Black Hawk County High School.s This scholarship is $1,500 and renewable for four (4) consecutive years toward a college education at the university of the student's choice.

Background: Florence T. Warnock was a native of Coggin, Iowa. She received her degree from the Iowa State Teacher's College (UNI) and taught school in Waterloo from 1924 to 1961. Florence was a sixty-year member of First Presbyterian Church, Waterloo, until her death in 1990. This scholarship is established to recognize her many years of service to her church, school, and community.

Scholarship: The Warnock Scholarship will be awarded annually in the amount of $1,500.00 to one graduating student from a Black Hawk County school to be applied toward tuition in a four-year college or university of their choice. The Warnock Scholarship will be renewable annually for three subsequent years contingent upon the recipient making satisfactory progress toward graduation while maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

Eligibility Criteria: The Warnock Scholarship is open to any student meeting the following:

• Graduation from a Black Hawk County high school accredited by the Iowa Department of Education with a firm intent to pursue a four-year baccalaureate degree
• A high school GPA of 3.0 or better based upon a 4.0 scale
• Demonstration of financial need based on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Demonstration of active membership in a church, synagogue, or mosque
• Demonstration of character, citizenship, and leadership qualities

Application & Selection Procedure: The Florence Warnock Scholarship Committee will read all applications and will select up to ten finalists. These finalists will be invited to participate in a personal interview with the Committee. One scholarship winner and one alternate will then be selected. It is intended that the selection process will be completed by mid-May, and the recipient will be invited to First Presbyterian Church to be recognized as the Florence Warnock Scholar. By July, the Scholar will be required to submit to the Committee the name of the college or university in which they are enrolled for the fall semester. The $1,500.00 stipend will then be sent to that college or university.
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Renewal Procedure: By January 10 and July 1 of each year, the Warnock Scholar must have sent to the Committee a transcript documenting a minimum 2.7 GPA based on a 4.0 scale. The Scholar must also submit a letter reaffirming his/her intention to continue pursuing a four-year baccalaureate degree.

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