Highlights and Happenings
March 21, 2010 Sermon:
The Ripple Effect - God on the Margins
Kevin Kim
Navajo Nation Mission Trip to Arizona
The team will spend four days in a Navajo community in Arizona working on a construction/renovation project, participating in Kids' Club (similar to a Vacation Bible School), and making home visits to see firsthand what life is like in the community. There will also be a day off for sightseeing and opportunities to worship with the local church. 
Open Door Church Mountain View, in conjunction with First Presbyterian church of Mountain View, will be collecting food each Sunday in March for the Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army welcomes donations of canned meat, canned vegetables, canned fruit, rice, cereal, peanut butter, and other condiments. No glass containers please!
Donations can be placed in the bins near the back entrance in Fellowship Hall. For more information, please contact Jennie Bader, jsbader@sbcglobal.net.
Youth Band
Are you in Junior High or High School, play an instrument or sing, and interested in participating in Youth Worship? Are you a parent of a child that may be interested? If so, please contact Sue Overholser, sueover@yahoo.com.
Compassion Weekend (April 24-25, 2010): Team Leaders Needed
AIDS Caregiver Kit Build
This project will provide a family friendly service opportunity to assemble 1,000 AIDS Caregiver Kits.
Need: Leaders are needed for the following sub-teams: inventory, set up, registration, table managers, card table, quality control, packaging and shipping, refreshments, clean up, parking lot, and music and video. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Barbara Recine, barb@inregister.us.
Castro Preschool Playground – Sub-Team Leaders Needed
Castro Preschool serves 68 children 3 to 5 years of age from low-income families. Volunteers will rebuild the Preschool garden into a combined gardening and outdoor play area to serve the developmental needs of the pre-school students.
Need: Sub-team leaders are needed in the following areas: carpentry, registration, fencing, gardening, irrigation, and clean up. For more information or to volunteer, please contact John Mitchell, jmitch1962@hotmail.com.
Castro Elementary Día del Libro Festival
This public elementary school serves hundreds of Mountain View’s lowest income families. The campus also serves as a community center for the low-income, largely Hispanic community that surrounds it. This family-friendly project will facilitate festival booths, activities, and games focused on literacy, books, and the joy of reading. Activities will include lively storytelling, songs, games, and other educational activities in a carnival atmosphere. For more information, please contact Trina Weller, kweller@sbcglobal.net.
Community Pregnancy Center
The Community Pregnancy Center (CPC) is a Christ-centered beacon of hope, help, and healing for mothers of all ages in need of counseling and prenatal care. For Compassion Weekend, volunteers will paint the exterior of the Community Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Mountain View. These restoration efforts will provide a much needed upgrade to their facility, helping CPC to continue to provide their valuable services to our community. For more information, please contact Erik Davenport, 7davenport@sbcglobal.net.
Jeremiah’s Promise
This ministry serves young women who have aged out of the foster care system. Jeremiah’s Promise provides housing and counseling as well as academic, financial, and spiritual guidance. As a result, the young women have a family environment, stability, and support to persevere through a difficult transition in their lives and are able to connect with the local, Christian community. The Compassion Weekend team will create an atmosphere of beauty through interior projects and gardening projects. Please join us in praying for the planning of this project. For more information, please contact Tom Baenziger, tombdot@aol.com.
Note: General sign-ups to participate in any of the church wide Compassion Weekend projects will begin toward the end of March/early April at mppc.org.
Help Job Seekers!
Want an easy way to help our job seekers? Sign up for MPPC’s Career Actions Network! Here's what one job seeker named Sundra had to say, “I can truly say this service is a blessing for me and a lot of others. I forward all of your job leads to a distribution list of friends and family, who in turn share them with others who are job searching. Praise God that several people secured interviews and a few have actually been hired. By providing a service that is motivating, lives are being changed and spirits lifted.” Contact Al Hulvey, ahulvey@CareerActions.org.
Join with the MPPC Men’s Bible Study in sharing God’s love with US Marines serving in Afghanistan! The troops of the 4th LAR Unit, USMC are serving in a rocky, dry, dusty, remote place where living conditions are difficult and fresh food is scarce. Let them know that they are not forgotten and are very much appreciated by preparing and sending an Easter Care Package!
March 21, 2010 Sermon:
The Ripple Effect - God on the Margins
Kevin Kim
Share Your Ripple Story!
Please let us know how God has been moving in your life and helping you to make ripples in our world. To share your story with us visit mppc.org/stories
Navajo Nation Mission Trip to Arizona
July 3-10, 2010 (Applications Due April 1, 2010)
NEW! Join in an Intergenerational Family Mission Experience!
This is our first domestic family/intergenerational trip for ages 5 and older. The whole trip is designed with families in mind. The most important influence on children’s lives is how parents and their families live out their faith.
This is our first domestic family/intergenerational trip for ages 5 and older. The whole trip is designed with families in mind. The most important influence on children’s lives is how parents and their families live out their faith.
The team will spend four days in a Navajo community in Arizona working on a construction/renovation project, participating in Kids' Club (similar to a Vacation Bible School), and making home visits to see firsthand what life is like in the community. There will also be a day off for sightseeing and opportunities to worship with the local church. This intergenerational trip is open to families, couples and singles. Adult and Child Applications available in Mission Office and online at http:// mppc. org/serve/short-term-mission-trips. Applications due April 1, 2010. Contact Dana and Juliana Andersen, 650.838.9622, juliana-andersen@comcast.net.
Needed by Sunday, March 28
On Friday, April 2, our Middle School Group will be serving Beyond the Bell, an after school care program for low income kids at Castro Elementary School. We will be putting on an Easter Egg hunt for the kids there. While many of the eggs will be filled with candy, we will also be giving away books and other simple things that the kids in this program very much need. You are invited to support our Middle School Group in this outreach by donating:
Bless Someone with Flowers on Easter!
In celebration of our Lord’s resurrection and the new life His sacrifice made possible for us, we will be decorating our worship space with potted flower arrangements. After the 10:30 a.m. service, these potted arrangements will be available on a first-come-first-served basis for anyone who would like to bless a person in need of cheer. Do you know of a shut-in or perhaps someone in an assisted care facility or hospital? Please consider delivering an arrangement on behalf of our church to brighten that person’s day. Questions? Contact Jane Liddle, jliddle@mppc.org.
Food Drive in March
Easter Eggs for Castro School Easter Egg Hunt
Needed by Sunday, March 28On Friday, April 2, our Middle School Group will be serving Beyond the Bell, an after school care program for low income kids at Castro Elementary School. We will be putting on an Easter Egg hunt for the kids there. While many of the eggs will be filled with candy, we will also be giving away books and other simple things that the kids in this program very much need. You are invited to support our Middle School Group in this outreach by donating:
- plastic eggs for the hunt
- candy to fill the eggs (Please avoid candy that contains nuts.)
Bless Someone with Flowers on Easter!
Food Drive in March
Open Door Church Mountain View, in conjunction with First Presbyterian church of Mountain View, will be collecting food each Sunday in March for the Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army welcomes donations of canned meat, canned vegetables, canned fruit, rice, cereal, peanut butter, and other condiments. No glass containers please!
Donations can be placed in the bins near the back entrance in Fellowship Hall. For more information, please contact Jennie Bader, jsbader@sbcglobal.net.
Youth BandAre you in Junior High or High School, play an instrument or sing, and interested in participating in Youth Worship? Are you a parent of a child that may be interested? If so, please contact Sue Overholser, sueover@yahoo.com.
Compassion Weekend (April 24-25, 2010): Team Leaders Needed
Planning for Compassion Weekend is underway and the momentum is building! We are excited to announce four projects that will take
place in the South Bay community! A few of these projects need sub-team
leaders if you are interested in a one day leadership role.
place in the South Bay community! A few of these projects need sub-team
leaders if you are interested in a one day leadership role.
AIDS Caregiver Kit Build This project will provide a family friendly service opportunity to assemble 1,000 AIDS Caregiver Kits.
Need: Leaders are needed for the following sub-teams: inventory, set up, registration, table managers, card table, quality control, packaging and shipping, refreshments, clean up, parking lot, and music and video. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Barbara Recine, barb@inregister.us.
Castro Preschool Playground – Sub-Team Leaders Needed
Castro Preschool serves 68 children 3 to 5 years of age from low-income families. Volunteers will rebuild the Preschool garden into a combined gardening and outdoor play area to serve the developmental needs of the pre-school students.
Need: Sub-team leaders are needed in the following areas: carpentry, registration, fencing, gardening, irrigation, and clean up. For more information or to volunteer, please contact John Mitchell, jmitch1962@hotmail.com.
Castro Elementary Día del Libro Festival
This public elementary school serves hundreds of Mountain View’s lowest income families. The campus also serves as a community center for the low-income, largely Hispanic community that surrounds it. This family-friendly project will facilitate festival booths, activities, and games focused on literacy, books, and the joy of reading. Activities will include lively storytelling, songs, games, and other educational activities in a carnival atmosphere. For more information, please contact Trina Weller, kweller@sbcglobal.net.
Community Pregnancy Center
The Community Pregnancy Center (CPC) is a Christ-centered beacon of hope, help, and healing for mothers of all ages in need of counseling and prenatal care. For Compassion Weekend, volunteers will paint the exterior of the Community Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Mountain View. These restoration efforts will provide a much needed upgrade to their facility, helping CPC to continue to provide their valuable services to our community. For more information, please contact Erik Davenport, 7davenport@sbcglobal.net.
Jeremiah’s Promise
This ministry serves young women who have aged out of the foster care system. Jeremiah’s Promise provides housing and counseling as well as academic, financial, and spiritual guidance. As a result, the young women have a family environment, stability, and support to persevere through a difficult transition in their lives and are able to connect with the local, Christian community. The Compassion Weekend team will create an atmosphere of beauty through interior projects and gardening projects. Please join us in praying for the planning of this project. For more information, please contact Tom Baenziger, tombdot@aol.com.
Note: General sign-ups to participate in any of the church wide Compassion Weekend projects will begin toward the end of March/early April at mppc.org.
Help Job Seekers!
US Marines Easter Care Package
Join with the MPPC Men’s Bible Study in sharing God’s love with US Marines serving in Afghanistan! The troops of the 4th LAR Unit, USMC are serving in a rocky, dry, dusty, remote place where living conditions are difficult and fresh food is scarce. Let them know that they are not forgotten and are very much appreciated by preparing and sending an Easter Care Package!
- Fill a “large flat rate” postal box (available free at any post office) with snacks, toiletries, etc. Tip: Take the box to the store with you so you can be sure your items will fit. See reverse side for a list of suggested items to include.
- Pray for the marines who will receive the care package.
- Consider including an encouraging note with a favorite scripture verse and an assurance of your prayers.
- Address the box to:
GySgt Jason Williams
4th LAR BN DET A
Company A
Unit 40651
FPO AP 96427-0651
Include “MPPC” in the return address.
- Take the box to any US Post Office and pay a discounted rate of $12.50 postage to mail your package to the FPO address above—regardless of weight. Note that delivery time to Afghanistan is approximately 2-3 weeks.
In the “contents” section on the US Customs Declaration Form, state that the box contains: “misc toiletry and non-perishable food items.” Tell the clerk that your package is going to a Marine in Afghanistan.For a full list of suggested items to include in the care package, contact Judy Lovejoy, jlovejoy@mppc.org.
