From our earliest days when we were organized in 1992, Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church has been hands and feet for Christ responding to the needs in our local community, local and international disasters as well as international missions. It has become an essential part of who we are as a community of faith – helping those less fortunate and opening our doors to those in need.
The Outreach Mission Team finds local missions where a large population of church members can participate. The members that participate at local missions around the area and are always looking for new people to join them:
Mission House
We prepare and serve lunch on the second Tuesday and serve dinner on the third Monday of every month at Mission House for those living with homelessness and who are less fortunate in the Beaches area.
Beaches Habitat for Humanity
Beaches Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in the Jacksonville Beaches area. Volunteers need to be able to follow instructions and will be taught the skills needed to use different building tools.
Hodges Blvd Presbyterian Church supports Beaches Habitat through monetary donations and with volunteers who work at their building sites. Available work times are Tuesday thru Saturday mornings throughout the Year barring legal holidays and Tuesdays after legal holidays.
Mission Trips
16 (With Guardian) and Older
Groups from the church regularly travel to areas in need to work on Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Projects in communities that have been damaged by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA, Hurricane Ike in Galveston, TX, floods in South Carolina and Hurricane Matthew in St Augustine, FL. Periodically, we also participate in international mission trips to Nicaragua with El Porvenir or to Cuba with the St. Augustine Presbytery’s Mutual Mission team. These trips are an excellent experience for singles, couples or entire families. Financial aid will be available for those requesting help with trip expenses.
Other Serving Opportunities
Family Promise
Children/Youth/Adults
Family Promise is a non-profit, interfaith hospitality network providing temporary assistance, hospitality and case management for families with children experiencing homelessness. Three times a year, we sponsor one to three families who are in the Family Promise program. We provide daily meals and organize special events such as our Memorial Day cookout or Saturday dinners out at a restaurant. We also sponsor the laundry facility at Family Promise and provide the needed supplies. We need volunteers who will offer to cook a meal, donate food, or spend time with the families at the Family Promise center.
Arlington Community Services (ACS)
A non-profit organization providing food and assistance to the needy in the Jacksonville area. In 2023, ACS served 78 families with 318 family members through their Temporary Shelter, Family support and Prevention funding. Our church collects food year around for ACS and provides volunteer help at their facility. We also supply ACS with Hygiene Kits for their clients twice a year and our youth go to the ACS facility once a year to bring food and help in the food pantry.
College Outreach
Jacksonville Campus Ministry – Food for Thought is a weekly campus ministry meal, where the students gather as a community to talk about the intersection of faith and life. A partnering congregation provides a meal every week. Our church provides three meals in the fall semester and three meals in the spring semester.
Hygiene Kits
Twice a year, our church prepares hygiene kits for unhoused and needy individuals. The hygiene kits contain a number of hygiene items including soap, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a small towel, a comb and other items. Hygiene Kits are distributed to Arlington Community Services and Beaches Habitat for
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FLAME
FLAME is a program that our church sponsors for children thru the fifth grade once a year in the spring. The letters of FLAME stand for Friends Learning about Mission Enthusiastically. This year our children lent their helping hands at Arlington Community Services, Mission House, Sanctuary on 8th Street and Family Promise.
Blood Drives
The BloodOne van comes to the church quarterly. Donations begin at 8:00 a.m. and last until the last volunteer is able donate blood.
Angel Tree
Our church supports the Salvation Army Angel Tree program and supplied 42 Angel Tree Bags for needy children this year. In addition we will support the Marine Reserve Toys for Tots Literacy program which is associated with the Salvation Army.
Marion Medical Mission
Marion Medical Mission seeks to share the love of Christ with the extreme poor in Africa by providing all in need with a sustainable source of clean, safe drinking water. $475 BUILDS A WELL FOR A RURAL AFRICAN VILLAGE. Our church gives to Marion Medical Mission through three means: 1) Through a portion of our Peace and Global Witness offering 2) Through an Outreach Mission Team dedicated portion of the budget 3) Through a third special offering.
El Porvenir
Since 1990, El Porvenir has worked side-by-side with rural families and schools in Nicaragua to construct wells, water systems, latrines, school hand-washing stations as well as support watershed restoration projects. Our church from time to time goes on mission trips to Nicaragua to work alongside with El Porvenir.
Caribbean Missions
Our church financially supports the ‘Mutual Mission with Jamaica’, through our Hearts and Hands Offering providing spiritual, medical, and dental support in Jamaica. We also do periodic mission Trips to Cuba with the same three aims.
Missionaries our Church Supports:
