FIRST JAMAICA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

First Church is working with First Jamaica Community Urban Development Corporation to bring a 12-story building with 174 affordable housing units, feeding programs, financial literacy and other skills training, and health services that will enrich and empower the lives of Jamaica residents... A central part of our church's mission is to serve our community as Jesus first served us. Our biggest project is a partnership with First Jamaica Community Urban Development Corporation to bring a 12-story building with 174 affordable housing units, financial literacy and other skills training, the Tree of Life Center. We also have a weekly soup kitchen and food pantry feeding hundreds of people, host an Annual Prostate Screening & Health Fair and hold regular Blood Drives. We also lead in Queens Power, a community organizing effort under Metro IAF... We provide afterschool programs such as LOGOS and Scouts of America as safe spaces for young people to spend their time. We have Sunday Kids..

Also known as: First Church

Primary location: Jamaica United States