Highlights and Happenings
Easter Helpers for Shepherd’s Village
We’re gearing up to welcome guests on Easter in Shepherd’s Village! An Easter Egg hunt and lots of other fun things are planned and we’d like to invite you to be a part of creating these wonderful experiences for our kids and their guests. If you’ve ever felt a tug in your heart to help out in Shepherd’s Village but haven’t yet done it, now is the time! No experience necessary, we have wonderful coaches in each Classroom who will let you know what you can do and who you will be working with. Come along and join in the fun!
Stop by the Easter Volunteer table on Sunday to sign up or contact Maria Hansen-Kivijärvi, 650-575-3167, mhanki@mppc.org.
Easter Eggs for Castro School Easter Egg Hunt
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:
The Service Outreach Team will meet on Sunday, March 28, at 12:00 noon, at the Starbucks on the corner of Miramonte and Cuesta (809A Cuesta Blvd.). Not a member? Please feel free to come and check it out! We will discuss our current projects and plans for new spring projects. Contact Michelle Leavitt, michelle_leavitt@msn.com, or Bonnie Clark, bonnclark@yahoo.com.
In preparation for Compassion Weekend, we are collecting new and gently used books for Kindergarten through 5th grade to be passed out at the Castro Dia del Libro (Book Day) Festival at Castro Elementary School. A drop-off box will be available in the back of Fellowship Hall through April 22, 2010. Contact Trina Weller, kweller@sbcglobal.net, for more information.
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 inter-generational 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.
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
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.
Planning for Compassion Weekend (Saturday and Sunday April 24-25) is underway and the momentum is building! We are excited to announce five 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.
AIDS Caregiver Kit Build
This project will provide a family friendly service opportunity to assemble 1,500 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.
activities and games focused on literacy, books, and the joy of reading. These
activities will be part of Castro’s Día del Libro (Book Day) Festival honoring
children and their well-being in a Latin American carnival atmosphere. Castro
is a public elementary school serving hundreds of Mountain View’s lowest income
families from a largely Hispanic community. Children aged 7 and up are welcome
to volunteer.
Need: People to help with the book drive prior to the festival. For more
information, please contact Trina Weller at 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 on Saturday, March 27 at mppc.org.
March 28, 2010 Sermon:
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
Holy Week Services in Mountain View
You are warmly invited to join us during Holy Week and Easter Sunday as we give thought to the experiences of Christ and relate them to our lives.
Maundy Thursday
April 1, 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Join us for a special remembrance of the the Last Supper of our Lord with his disciples, hosted by our own Scott Palmbush and Tim Boyer, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View! This combined service has become a beloved tradition for both congregations and will feature a joint choir, a time for communion and an opportunity to anoint one another with oil, as we recall the example Jesus demonstrated as He taught his disciples to serve one another. You won't want to miss the sweet blessing of this evening, so be sure to mark this on your calendar!
Good Friday
Join us for a special remembrance of the the Last Supper of our Lord with his disciples, hosted by our own Scott Palmbush and Tim Boyer, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View! This combined service has become a beloved tradition for both congregations and will feature a joint choir, a time for communion and an opportunity to anoint one another with oil, as we recall the example Jesus demonstrated as He taught his disciples to serve one another. You won't want to miss the sweet blessing of this evening, so be sure to mark this on your calendar!
Good Friday
April 2, 12 noon in the Chapel
This contemplative mid-day service will be led by Tim Boyer of First Presbyterian Church and will offer a time to reflect on the great love of our God and His willingness to spare no expense in bridging the gap between death and life so that unbroken relationship with Him could be restored to us now and always.
Easter Sunday
This contemplative mid-day service will be led by Tim Boyer of First Presbyterian Church and will offer a time to reflect on the great love of our God and His willingness to spare no expense in bridging the gap between death and life so that unbroken relationship with Him could be restored to us now and always.
Easter Sunday
April 4, 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Come join the celebration and bring your friends! Business card sized invitations will be available at church on Sunday, and all are encouraged to prayerfully consider who in your life might be blessed by an invitation to join you for church on Easter Sunday. Special music during the services and an Easter egg hunt for children following both services will make this a memorable time for all ages.
Come join the celebration and bring your friends! Business card sized invitations will be available at church on Sunday, and all are encouraged to prayerfully consider who in your life might be blessed by an invitation to join you for church on Easter Sunday. Special music during the services and an Easter egg hunt for children following both services will make this a memorable time for all ages.
Easter Helpers for Shepherd’s VillageWe’re gearing up to welcome guests on Easter in Shepherd’s Village! An Easter Egg hunt and lots of other fun things are planned and we’d like to invite you to be a part of creating these wonderful experiences for our kids and their guests. If you’ve ever felt a tug in your heart to help out in Shepherd’s Village but haven’t yet done it, now is the time! No experience necessary, we have wonderful coaches in each Classroom who will let you know what you can do and who you will be working with. Come along and join in the fun!
Stop by the Easter Volunteer table on Sunday to sign up or contact Maria Hansen-Kivijärvi, 650-575-3167, mhanki@mppc.org.
Easter Eggs for Castro School Easter Egg Hunt
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:- plastic eggs for the hunt
- candy to fill the eggs (Please avoid candy that contains nuts.)
As part of our Outlet program on Sunday, March 28, the Middle Schoolers will be getting ready for the project by stuffing eggs, preparing any decorations or posters, and anything else that we can prepare during that time. Contact Zack Aumiller, zaumiller@mppc.org.
Service Outreach Team Meeting
Sunday, March 28, 12:00 noon
Castro School Book Drive
Sundays through April 22
In preparation for Compassion Weekend, we are collecting new and gently used books for Kindergarten through 5th grade to be passed out at the Castro Dia del Libro (Book Day) Festival at Castro Elementary School. A drop-off box will be available in the back of Fellowship Hall through April 22, 2010. Contact Trina Weller, kweller@sbcglobal.net, for more information.
Navajo Nation Mission Trip to Arizona
July 3-10, 2010 (Applications Due April 1, 2010)
NEW! Join in an Inter-generational Family Mission Experience!
This is our first domestic family/inter-generational 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/inter-generational 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 inter-generational 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.
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
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 Team Leaders Needed
AIDS Caregiver Kit Build
This project will provide a family friendly service opportunity to assemble 1,500 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: People with experience or interest in carpentry, gardening, and irrigation systems. For more information, please contact John Mitchell at jmitch1962@hotmail.com.
Castro Elementary Día del Libro Festival
Celebrate literacy with Castro Elementary students by facilitating festival booths,Castro Elementary Día del Libro Festival
activities and games focused on literacy, books, and the joy of reading. These
activities will be part of Castro’s Día del Libro (Book Day) Festival honoring
children and their well-being in a Latin American carnival atmosphere. Castro
is a public elementary school serving hundreds of Mountain View’s lowest income
families from a largely Hispanic community. Children aged 7 and up are welcome
to volunteer.
Need: People to help with the book drive prior to the festival. For more
information, please contact Trina Weller at 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 on Saturday, March 27 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.
