Churchwide Collections
Collection Bins Around Campus
All year round, First Baptist Greenville is collecting items for local organizations. You will find collection bins placed around the campus for gathering donated items for these ministries.
Read below for more information about how, where, and what to donate.
Missions Collections
There are bins located around the church for collecting donated item for three main categories:
Canned Fruit for United Ministries
Canned Pasta for Mission Backpack
Monthly Missions Focus
Canned Fruit for United Ministries
Throughout the year, we collect canned fruit for the food pantry run by our local partner, United Ministries. In September of each year, it also the focus of our monthly missions collection. Bins for collecting canned fruit can be found in the following areas:
- Reception Area
- Children’s Hall
- Fellowship Hall Lobby
- AYMC Lobby
Pop-Top Cans of Pasta for Mission Backpack
Another ongoing collection is canned pasta for Mission Backpack, which provides weekend food bags for children in Greenville County schools. Please only donate cans with pop tops. Bins for collecting canned pasta can be found in the following areas:
- Reception Area
Monthly Missions Focus
Each month, the church collects items for specific organization or ministry. It may be Christmas gifts for MinisTREE, candy for Trunk or Treat, or items for mission trips. See below for more details about our current collections. Bins for collecting items for the monthly missions focus can be found in the following areas:
- Reception Area
- Children’s Hall
- Fellowship Hall Lobby
2025 Monthly Missions Collection
January – YouthBASE
February – Jasmine Road
March – Pendleton Place
April – Greenville Church Without Walls
May – Youth Mission Trip
June – Soteria
July – United Way School Tools
August – Haitian Church
September – Hygiene Kit Supplies
October – Nicholtown Missionary Baptist
November/December – MinisTREE
March Focus
Snacks for YouthBASE
This month’s featured partner is YouthBASE, an organization that uses after-school programming, field trips, summer camps, and more to fulfill their mission “to equip children in K5 through 2nd grade with the behavioral, academic, social, and emotional skills they need to succeed at school, at home, and in the community.”
Their request for the month is individually-wrapped snacks for their after-school program:
• Teddy Grahams or other graham snacks
• Nabisco classic variety pack
• Cheeze-Its
• Goldfish crackers (all flavors)
• Chips
• Cookies
• Chewy chocolate chip granola bars
• Peanut butter crackers
• Cheese dip and breadsticks/crackers
• Ritz crackers
• Belvita Biscuits
• Granola bars
• Nutri-Grain bars
• Cereal bars
• Pretzels
• Pop Tarts
• Chex mix
• Apple sauce cups or pouches
• Fruit cup snacks
• Jello cups
• Pudding cups (vanilla & chocolate)
Miscellaneous items:
• Plastic forks
• Plastic spoons
• Paper plates (10-inch)
• Plastic Solo-type cups
• Paper towels
• 13-, 8- and 4-gallon garbage bags
• Swiffer WetJet mopping pads
• Hand soap
If you would like to help provide snacks, you can bring donations to the Reception Area or to the hallway outside the Fellowship Hall, any time during the month of March!
