Mountain Park News Blog :: May REACH Events

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Our monthly REACH events give you the opportunity to get in the game and cultivate a heart of compassion towards others. Each REACH event is fully volunteer staffed and provides a place for you to have deep impact in others' lives.

Keep reading below to find an opportunity that interests you.

CASS Homeless Shelter Dinner

MAY 6 - Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) provides shelter, meals, counseling, job skills and addiction recovery for homeless individuals. MPCC volunteers work together to prepare and serve meals every six weeks and lead a recovery group. For additional information or to get involved, click here.

Family Promise

May 13-20 - Family Promise connects church communities to families who are in transition. We provide hot meals and a safe place to sleep for families who are working hard to regain their independence. For additional information or to get involved, click here.

REACH Saturday

May 19 - From maintenance and cleaning projects to prepping and serving meals, these events allow us to work side-by-side to meet the needs of our community. To learn more and get involved, click here.

United Blood Services Drive

May 20 - Be a hero by donating blood to United Blood Services on Sunday May 20 from 8:30 am-12:30 pm. The UBS Bloodmobile will be in the MPCC parking lot all morning for your convienence. For additional information or to register, click here.

Bottled Water/Food Pantry Drive

May 20-27 - Help restock Mountain Park's Food Pantry and the Phoenix Rescue Mission Hope Coach. Together, these two groups provide hundreds of food boxes and thousands of bottles of water to needy families or homeless individuals in our community. Just bring your non-perishable food items and cases of water to church anytime between Sunday, May 20th, and Sunday, May 27th, and drop them off in the lobby. For questions, please contact Barb at bleclerc@mountainpark.org.

Mountain Park News Blog :: May REACH Events

"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. " James 4:7  Lord I thank you for your grace, guidance, and love in helping me to continually seek Your will and avoid the lies and temptations of the devil, AMEN. "Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements." Big Book pg 13 Have a blessed week y'all! http://mountainpark.org/mountain-park-news-blog/may-reach-events/

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Food Pantry :: Mountain Park Community Church

Food Pantry :: Mountain Park Community Church:

Donate non-perishable food items to the Mountain Park Food Pantry all year long! You will find a list to the right of acceptable items but you may contact us at any time to find out what items we are running low on. You can drop off any donations throughout the week or on Sunday mornings near the donation sign.

Our Pantry provides food boxes to those individuals who are in need of non-perishable essential items. Each year we provide between 2-4 food boxes per week and yearly we  give out upwards of 200 boxes. Most families which request assistance are single parents with multiple children requring each food box to contain a significant amount of food.
Christmas, please contact us for more information.
http://mountainpark.org/ministries/care-support/food-pantry/

Food Pantry Item List

• Tuna
• Mayo
• Jelly
• Peanut Butter
• Canned Fruit
• Canned Vegetables
• Canned Soup
• Pasta
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Cereal
• Granola Bars

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Family Promise - May 2012 :: Mountain Park Community Church

For the week of May 13th-20th, Mountain Park is partnering with Family Promise to provide shelter to homeless families. The mission of the Family Promise initiative is to love and serve our neighbors by providing hot meals and a safe place to sleep, while they work hard to regain their housing, their independence, and their dignity. We need volunteers (that's where you come in) to prepare and serve the meals and also to make sure the families have what they need during their stay at MPCC. 

This serving opportunity is excellent for families and small groups. It could also be a great way to meet people if you're new to Mountain Park. 

Please use the link below to sign up to serve on a particular evening (open to anyone) or to stay overnight  (Adults only)

We need meal help for Wednesday and Saturday evenings.  We need overnight help for Sunday, Monday, and Thursday

Family Promise - May 2012 :: Mountain Park Community Church

Why do we call it Good Friday if that’s the day that Jesus died?

 What’s good about that? To be honest, even after I became a Christian, I didn’t really understand the significance of Good Friday. After I became thirsty for His truth and started to grow in my faith, through learning and daily study of God’s Word. I learned the significance of Good Friday, the actual day that Jesus was crucified, it became clear to me. Now, whenever I really think about it, my understanding is renewed, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude.

Good Friday is good because that is the day that we celebrate and honor the fact that Jesus Christ chose to die for us. Celebrating Good Friday means you understand the importance of Christianity and what this day means to us believer and our faith.

Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture He said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit. (John 19:28-30)

Recognizing the importance of Good Friday, along with the celebration of Easter on Sunday, is a part of my faith.   It’s important to me that I be able to show and share the importance of this day to my family and others. This day says we cannot save ourselves. Without Christ’s selfless act, without His choosing to give His life, we would be living by the law, and not by grace. That’s the reason Christians put so much emphasis on Good Friday and Easter as such  important holidays. It is a large part of the “why” behind the celebration of our salvation.

“Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to His eyes and we hear these words, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” That’s us! And so we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. We see in that cross a love so amazing, so divine, that it loves us even when we turn away from it, or spurn it, or crucify it. There is no faith in Jesus without understanding that on the cross we see into the heart of God and find it filled with mercy for the sinner–whoever he or she may be.” Robert G. Trache

Please join me in celebrating Good Friday and may you and your loved ones enjoy this Easter time and receive God’s grace and blessings.   http://mountainpark.org/event/2012-04-05-stations-of-the-cross/

"Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you--until then." Big Book Pg 164