The Blood Connection is an independently managed, non-profit community blood center, governed by a board of local leaders. Their mission is to support healthcare partners with adequate, safe, cost-effective blood supplies and services.

Annually we partner with the Charleston Department of Social Services to provide local children in need with gifts from their Christmas wish lists.  In 2024, the PPC congregation members generously provided new gifts for 80 children.

Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy’s ministry provides comfort and counsel to first responders, their families and the victims of the crisis. The chaplains bring expert critical incident stress management and a caring presence to the most difficult, stressful scenes.

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.​

Hell or High Water NC is a project dedicated to the restoration, rebuilding and long term support to all areas of western North Carolina affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. They are a boots on the ground organization with a variety of skills, and have been involved in relief efforts from the very beginning with a priority of wiring generators into dwellings to bring wells online and water back into faucets.

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Each week, East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO) provides food for hundreds of families and individuals in our community. Their pantry follows the client choice model – allowing neighbors seeking food assistance to choose for themselves what products they receive.  PPC’s Missions organizes ECCO food drives three times per year. In June 2023, our congregation generously donated 994 pounds of food worth a total value of over $1,700!

As part of our ecumenical outreach, we support our sister church, Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, with their ESOL program which offers Level 1,2,3 and 4 English classes in person as well as an online advanced class. Volunteer assistants are needed and will not have a teaching role, so no foreign language skills are needed. Assistants help students during class by answering questions and orienting them to the correct material & assignments.

God's Goods is a non-profit, Christ-centered store, staffed 100% by volunteers. They provide usable goods to the community at a reasonable price, assists people in need with pass-through goods, and supports Christian outreach ministries.  PPC Missions and congregation members donate goods and time as volunteers.

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Charleston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. PPC Missions engages with Habitat to learn about upcoming local projects and organizes volunteers to participate.

See PPC volunteer pictures HERE.

Hibben United Methodist Church is the only East Cooper church that offers a cold-weather shelter to those in need during extremely cold nights.  The Christian Life and Learning Center (CLLC) is set up with cots for men with a separate sleeping area for women. Guests are offered home-cooked dinners, a warm, safe place to sleep, showers, hot breakfasts, and transportation to/from downtown pick-up locations.

Hope House’s mission is to function as a hospitality house and provide a Christ-centered, safe, secure, temporary home-away-from-home for individuals and families in need by serving adults (18 and over), who have an adult family member in Charleston, SC area hospitals. PPC Missions held a gingerbread house fundraising event for children last December and many Missions and PPC congregation members donate their time as “caretaker” volunteers.

PPC maintains three blessing box locations in Awendaw, Darrell Creek Trail and Six Mile Road. PPC Missions and congregation members donate food/supplies and check on the blessing boxes weekly to ensure they are replenished.

Nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Montreat is a private, non-profit conference center with roots in the PC (USA). For over 100 years, they have been a place set apart for those who journey here seeking a closer relationship with their Creator.  PPC Missions supports Montreat by giving periodic monetary donations from our annual budget.

PPC Missions organizes four special offerings per year as follows:

One Great Hour of Sharing: Presbyterian Disaster Relief & Hunger Program

Thornwell Home for Children: Foster care home and services located in Clinton, SC

Presbyterian Communities of SC: Mother’s Day Offering for Seniors

Undesignated Special Offering:  Reserved for crises that arise in our area

Water Mission is a nonprofit Christian engineering ministry providing sustainable safe water solutions, through a Christian worldview perspective, to people in developing countries and disasters.

Click Here to register for the annual Walk for Water with the PPC Team.