How you can serve others at First Presbyterian...
English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes
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We offer 10 weeks of English classes starting each September and January. All are welcome.
Most Winter 2025 classes will be in person at First Presbyterian Church, 601 North Vermont Street (at North Carlin Springs Road, in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington).
Students can study at the Beginning, Intermediate or Advanced level.
Students can register for either Monday/Thursday classes, Saturday classes, or both.​​
Sorry, Beginner classes are full for Winter 2025 and registration for Beginner level is closed.
*Check back in August 2025 for Fall Semester.*
You can still register for Intermediate and Advanced Winter 2025 classes as follows:
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Monday and Thursday classes, 7 pm to 9 pm, January 27 to April 3
Cost is $20 for the semester. (All these classes are in person.)
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Saturday classes, 10 am to 12 noon, February 1 to April 5
Cost is $10 for the semester. (Intermediate and Advanced classes are on Zoom, requiring a smartphone or computer.)
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Monday and Thursday classes, plus Saturday class; cost is $25 total.
Questions? Interested in teaching? Contact Audrey Morris at ESLFPC@gmail.com
View classes held by other churches in our program at www.ESLIM.org
Donate Food to Arlington Food Assistance Network
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Over 2,450 families are going to AFAC each week to help keep food on their household table. This year, with inflation and rising rents, those struggling with food security in our community are having a hard time. Please bring extra food for AFAC on communion Sundays (the first Sunday of each month). Most needed items remain low-salt, low-sugar canned soups, vegetables, beans, tuna, tomatoes, cereal, and peanut butter (in plastic jars).
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Help Hungry Neighbors with Local Food Distributions
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Pastor Billy helps with food distribution at The Carlin and
The Springs on Thursdays. If you are available to help
with food distribution then, email him at
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Friends of Urban Agriculture Plot Against Hunger
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Come join your church friends for fun times in our
gardens. Our awesome green space features the Memorial Garden, various other ornamental beds, and a Friends of Urban Agriculture Plot Against Hunger vegetable garden. Let us know if you are interested by contacting Audrey Morris (agmorris1@yahoo.com).
Meals on Wheels
For over 20 years, FPC has been the staging center for a special community service: Meals on Wheels of Arlington, which is responsible for delivery of meals to home-bound people, mostly through their Wednesday bulk delivery of ten meals to 180 clients, but also through a daily delivery to about 10 clients. There are about 30 routes to cover on Wednesdays; each route has about 5-10 deliveries to make. Many volunteers operate in pairs -- one to drive and one to drop off the meal -- but most routes can be completed by one person. We also have a team of 5-8 people that help us unload from the caterer's trucks and into drivers' cars and then unload the cars when the drivers return. That's over 40 volunteers every Wednesday, plus 5 volunteers to complete the daily deliveries needed every week to keep this vital mission going. Volunteers come from community churches or are interested individuals; some business people even do this service on their lunch hour!
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Right now, Meals on Wheels Arlington needs more volunteers. Many of our volunteers are retired folks, people who are not working, and even people who work but take their lunchtime once a month to perform this vital service. Who knows? We who are mobile today may need this service in the future. Be an angel and volunteer once a month, twice a month, or even once a week. Whatever you can do, you will find it rewarding.
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We gather at the church at 10:30 am when the meals are delivered here by truck. We then take our particular route's meals, put them in our cars, and drive off to deliver them. Generally we finish our routes between noon and 1 pm.
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If you can help, please email volunteercoordinator@mealsonwheelsarlington.com, or click http://mealsonwheelsarlington.com/volunteer.html.
