Farragut Presbyterian Church strongly believes in helping our local community. 

Some of the ways we hope to make a difference are listed below.  If you would like to help in our effort to make the world a better place, contact the church office at 865/966-9547.

Bridge Refugee Services

Bridge Refugee Services assists refugees, humanitarian parolees, asylees, and entrants through orientation and case management to learn how to live in the US. Prior to a family’s arrival. Case Managers and staff arrange for housing, household items, food, job interviews, etc. to help the family begin making Knoxville their home. In the succeeding months, Case Managers work with clients to assess their goals, set them up with English classes, connect families to local schools and other educational opportunities and help them navigate their new communities. Bridge provides unique, personalized support that sets up clients to be successful and self-sufficient as fast as possible.

Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking

The Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking (CCAHT) unites and equips Knoxville, and the 33 counties of East TN, to end human trafficking through awareness, training, intervention, and aftercare.

Human trafficking is a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for labor, services or commercial sex. Through direct services program, Grow Free TN, CCAHT offers a variety of Trauma-informed, comprehensive services to individuals impacted by human trafficking. CCAHT provides these services to adults, youth, primary responders and community outreach. All services are free, individualized and all-inclusive.

Emerald Youth Foundation

For 25 years Emerald Youth Foundation’s mission is to raise up a large number of urban youths to love Jesus Christ and become effective leaders who help renew their communities. JustLead is their youth leadership program that is implemented through a network of urban neighborhood churches and faith-based organizations located throughout Knoxville. Calling & Career Ministry provides support services to high school students as they transition to post-secondary experiences as well as to successful careers and into their Christ-centered calling. Emerald Youth Sports provides a year-round, comprehensive program of leagues, teams, and clinics.

Family Promise

Family Promise prevents and ends homelessness for families with children and helps them achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response with the assistance of local congregations of all faiths. Volunteers provide meals, children’s activities, security at night, and assistance with finding jobs (or better jobs), childcare, and affordable housing. Families shelter in the religious buildings, so they can save for rent and utility deposits, and after they transition to their own place, Family Promise follows them for two years to provide further help and resources needed.

Helen Ross McNabb Center

McNabb Center is a nonprofit provider for help of mental health, substance use and social and victim services for children and adults. Its work extends to 30 counties in East TN and provides services for more than 51,000 individuals each year.

Interfaith Health Clinic

InterFaith Health Center provides accessible, affordable, and quality health care to the working uninsured or underserved, primarily through the support of individuals, the religious, health care, and business communities. These services are provided within the capacity of the Center regardless of race, sex, creed, age, religion, national origin, or ability to pay. InterFaith Health Center provides comprehensive, affordable care to working uninsured or underserved people in the greater Knoxville area. They also offer dental care, provide mental health and prescription services.

Living Waters for the World

This is a PCUSA ministry so it’s a faith-based nonprofit that trains and supports volunteer mission teams to form partnerships with communities and install sustainable water purification systems. These water systems purify contaminated water to provide safe, affordable water for the community.

Maryville College

Maryville College is a private, liberal arts, Presbyterian Church USA-related college in Maryville, TN – right in our back yard.  Our annual gifts support Maryville’s outstanding music program, specifically the college choir’s annual spring concert tour.

Mission of Hope

The Mission of Hope is a year-round Christian ministry blessed to assist many of the less fortunate Appalachian neighbors with much-needed goods and resources; college scholarships; and help with basic educational, health care and home repair needs. During appropriate seasons of the year, such as Christmas and back to school, they provide clothes, food, toys and school supplies to impoverished families; assist in repairing existing homes; provide scholarships for qualifying children of the area and assist in developing new and expanded jobs in the area. This past Christmas, MOH served over 10,000 children across 29 elementary schools and mountain ministry centers.

Morgan Scott Project

The Morgan Scott Project is a non-profit, serving the needs of the elderly, disabled and unemployed in Scott and Morgan Counties of Tennessee.  They provide a common, multi-denominational base for churches, agencies and individuals to identify problems of and provide solutions for people in peril in these two very poverty-stricken counties in Tennessee.

Safe Families for Children

Safe Families for Children seeks to bring the church and community together to keep children safe and families together. Safe Families for Children is rooted in faith, fueled by radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion, to build a network of caring and compassionate volunteers to support families facing social isolation. Our goal is to support and strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and reduce the number of children unnecessarily entering the child welfare system.