Rev. Craig Morrison accepted the leadership role as Executive Director at Fayetteville Area Operation Inasmuch on April 1, 2020. He enjoys the challenge (on most days) of developing leaders and facilitating organizational transformation, as well as seeing the churches in Fayetteville show up everyday to demonstrate the love of Jesus with the Inasmuch family.

Dr. Anne Waple has spent her career working in climate science, climate change assessment, and adaptation/resilience planning. Anne spent over 12 years in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where she led global, national, and regional 'state of the climate' reports, and more recently led NOAA's climate assessment program for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. She then spent over three years as Vice President at a national sustainability-focused non-profit. For the last 10 years, Anne has run her own consulting practice that supports hazard assessment and resilience planning across multiple sectors, along with climate education projects. Anne is now the Disaster Recovery Coordinator for the Presbytery of Western North Carolina following the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene.

Chaplain Lisa DeCandia is an ordained minister and clinical Chaplain who has dedicated her career to providing spiritual care and grief support. With extensive training in pastoral counseling and clinical pastoral education, complemented by graduate studies in health psychology, she brings a comprehensive approach to her work.
 
As the Home Services Coordinator with Mid-Carolina Council of Government Department of Aging, DeCandia draws from her twelve years of hospice experience and certification as a Grief Educator under David Kessler. Her commitment to service earned her a Community Service medal at Fort Liberty through WAMC, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the United States Army.
 
DeCandia is the founder of the Community Grief Coalition, where she continues to make a meaningful impact in grief support and education. Additionally, she serves on the CARE Clinic Board and is Committee Chair for the Congregation of CARE Committee working to connect churches to the CARE Clinic and fulfill the passion of caring for those in need. She shares her life with her husband, Retired Air Force Veteran Kristopher DeCandia, combining their shared values of service and dedication to community well-being.

Terry Plummer served on the Mission Committee at First Presbyterian for 10 years, six of those as the Mission Committee Moderator.  He is actively involved with many of our local partners, having served on the Board of Operation Inasmuch and Connections of Cumberland County, while also serving as a volunteer with several others.  The emphasis lately has been on the church's outreach with Walker Spivey Elementary and Connections of Cumberland County as we support families with children through our Local Relief and Snack Kit Ministries. 

The intent of the Snack Kit Ministry is to provide nutritional food items for use over a weekend to children in need when they leave school on each Friday. Food requests from the Social Workers at area schools are steadily rising, and we want to grow our Snack Kit Ministry so that we can help.    

The Snack Kit Ministry is in need of Sunday School Classes, Committees and Church Groups to pack Snack Kits. Sign up to volunteer outside of the Snack Kit Ministry Room.

Drivers are needed to deliver snack kits to Walker Spivey Elementary and Douglas Byrd High School.

If you are interested in helping, please contact:
Leslie DeSessa, LDesessa@gmail.com
Terry Plummer, plummer.terry57@gmail.com

It takes about $180 to provide food for the entire year to one student. Monetary gifts can be made to our Local Relief Ministry and dropped off at the church office.

One Million Meals Celebration
Join in the meal packing & celebration on February 22.
9 a.m. Meal Packing begins

The celebration includes face painting for the kids (and those who are kids at heart), a boxed lunch, and guest speakers from Rise Against Hunger.

All volunteers must register. Boxed lunches are available for preorder until February 19 at no cost.

To register, click here or call the church office at (910) 483-0121.

Following dinner on Wednesday February 26, children (Kindergarten and up) and youth in attendance will have the opportunity to spend some time packing supplies for Western Carolina. Children and teens will also have the opportunity to participate in an open discussion to share how the impact on the victims of Helene is seen through their eyes.  

You can now make donations directly to a fund that will provide relief to people in Western North Carolina including:
The PWNC Hurricane Relief fund is now accepting contributions. These will help people with the unmet needs within the bounds of our Presbytery who were affected by hurricane damage. While this fund will be used for emergency supplies, it will also help assist with the long-term efforts to clean and restore buildings and property.

Monetary donations can be made on the Presbytery of Western North Carolina's website. Click here to view the site.

Children’s Ministry sponsors two children in Haiti. Youth Ministry sponsors one child in Haiti. To help us continue to support these children, we ask you to consider making an offering for Haiti Outreach Ministries. In Haiti, there is no free, public education. HOM and its Haitian partner MICECC operate three primary schools and a secondary school, providing a quality education steeped in Christian principles.

Monetary donations can be dropped off at the church office
and marked “Sponsor a Child in Haiti”.

Children will have crafts for sale during Mission Conference in Eller Hall. All proceeds will benefit sponsoring these two Haitian students.