OUTREACH Ministries
Backpack Buddies
The Backpack Buddies food ministry provides healthy non-perishable food in bags that go to Langston Chapel Elementary and Middle School students each Friday. We currently provide for an average of 100 students.
On Wednesdays just before Open Table dinner we pack the bags from food in our pantry. The food is purchased from America’s Second Harvest warehouse in Savannah after submitting request online. Whatever items we are unable to receive from donations we provide from outside sources such as Walmart and Amazon. Monthly reports of food disbursed is sent in online to Second Harvest for their grant funds requirement.
In 2025, the Backpack Buddies program received a visit from Langston Chapel Elementry School’s Principal, Mr. Dekle, who presented the church with a Roaring Lion Award.
Can Do Spirit Food Pantry
At the church, we often receive visits from folks with acute needs. The Can Do Food Pantry offers a full bag of non-perishable groceries which can be offered to people that drop in at the church office. Bags are prepared in advance by volunteers. Pantry food is gathered from both donations and the Second Harvest warehouse in Savannah. Recipients fill out a form which is kept in pantry to record how much food is being given to individuals per month. Currently, the ministry serves an average of 13 households each month.
Grace Team
Each Sunday, Grace Team volunteers are stationed throughout the church to ensure everyone coming to worship feels welcome and has a friendly face to help them find what they need. For more information or to participate, fill out the form below.
Sewing for Missions
Sewing for Missions is a Pittman Park mission started in 2007. Julie Good and Tricia Duggan had attended a workshop at Epworth by the Sea. They met a group of women who made little girls’ dresses and little boys’ shorts that were sent to mission fields. Julie and Tricia organized the “Sewing for Missions” ministry at Pittman Park.
Through the years hundreds of dresses and shorts have been made and sent with missionaries, medical teams, and construction teams to countries in Central and South America and countries in Africa.
In addition to the dresses and shorts, big bibs are made for local assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Baby blankets, little bears, tote bags, and sanitary pads have also been made.
We are not professional seamstress. We enjoy creating, sewing, and fellowshipping together. We pray that as the clothes cover the children’ bodies the love of Jesus will cover their hearts.
Shower Ministry
Pittman Park has a shower in the Fellowship Hall and provides towels and soap for those in need of a place to bathe. Shower times must be arranged through the church office.
Amazing Grace Bags
The Amazing Grace Project is a Pittman Park mission started in 2015. Our objective is to meet the needs of area homeless and struggling persons or families through the distribution of Amazing Grace Bags. These bags contain essential items to make daily life a bit easier.
We meet on the third Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. to prepare 30-50 bags and deliver them to our partners. Our partners are the Food Bank, Safe Haven, Statesboro Library, St. Matthew’s Church, Eastern Heig
Donations of items and money are appreciated. Items needed: water, disposable coffee cups with lids, hard candy, washcloth, bath soap, shampoo, conditioner, disposable razor, Shave cream, toothbrush with cap, toothpaste, flosser, comb, deodorant, plastic silverware, napkins, instant coffee packets, tea bags, sugar packets, creamer packets, instant drink powder, band aids, alcohol prep pads, ibuprofen, antiseptic wipes, lip balm, tissues, lotion, hand sanitizer, face masks, hand warmers, granola bar, raisins or dried fruit, crackers, laundry pods, dryer sheet, socks, socks, women’s personal items, hair tie
pen/paper, reading material
