Join us on Sundays at 10 am
1100 Middle Avenue at Arbor in Menlo Park

 

Easter Sunday, March 31

Join us at 10 am
in the sanctuary or on the patio

We will worship and celebrate all together today. Kids will stay with their families (activity packs available).
Bring a few flowers from your garden and put them on the cross in front of the sanctuary as you arrive.

Please join us afterwards for special treats, including some fun family activities.


For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
— Matthew 25: 35-40

Our Easter offering supports international ministries that embody these words of Jesus
in their work, and also have a connection with NCC through members of our congregation.

Our Goal: $30,000

 
 

ESPACIO MIGRANTE - Mexico

Espacio Migrante provides shelter for families, facilitates a community center for all migrants in the area, and partners with churches and other agencies in Tijuana to help those who are in the process of applying for refugee or asylum status in the US. This process can be lengthy, and families need shelter, food, education, translation services and advocacy while they wait for processing.

Our Borderlands team visited Espacio Migrante on our pilgrimage with Journey Home to the US/Mexico border, meeting with five women who work there, including one whose family sought asylum in Mexico after her father was assassinated in Haiti. Now she helps others whose stories hold trauma that she herself experienced. NCC team: Judy Adams; Jason Ally; Ashley, Ted, Elle & Lachlan Callahan; Rachael Cho; Todd Johnson; Pat Little; Maria Lozano; Cat Meyers; Amanda Pandjiris; Janet Perez; Katharine Sherwin; Christine Taylor.


HANDS OF HOPE - ZIMBABWE

Hands of Hope cares for orphans and children at risk in Zimbabwe, providing homes through a network of churches in Harare, as well transformation centers with wholistic services for education, sports, and counseling.

NCC congregation member Christine Taylor grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and has taken five teams in recent years to participate in Hands of Hope week-long summer vacation Bible camps, helping with skits, Bible teaching, crafts, singing, games and puppet shows. The camps focus on building relationships, having fun, and introducing kids to Jesus and the Gospel. This year’s NCC Global Formation trip to Zimbabwe is July 4-18. Team members: Christine & Curt Taylor, Rita Mathews, Connie Rey, Rebecca Rey, Patrick Ross, Mary Shefveland, and Sandra Sweet.


ETHIOPIA ACT - ETHIOPIA

ACT started in 2002 as an HIV/AIDS project, caring for families in and around Addis Ababa. While still supporting many HIV+ people, they now respond to other public health problems and diseases, such as tuberculosis and cervical cancer. One of the strengths of ACT is that they partner closely with local community health centers in order to help strengthen the overall public health system in Ethiopia. 

NCC congregation members, physicians Hardwin Mead and George Savage, have led and participated in annual medical trips for 14 and 11 years respectively, serving alongside ACT and local community healthcare providers. They hope to make their next trip in the fall of 2024.


kamukama foundation - uganda

Kamukama Foundation's mission is to nourish the spiritual, emotional, physical, and educational well-being of impoverished youth in rural Uganda, empowering them to reach their full potential. In addition to sponsoring 650 children for school fees, they provide healthcare and other enrichment programs, including Project Harvest, which teaches families about agriculture and gives them the resources needed to grow high quality nutritious food. Over the course of four years, Project Harvest has brought undernutrition down from 29% to .05%.

NCC congregation member Ann Carter has been involved with Kamukama for 11 years and serves on the board. She travels each year to Buhoma, Uganda to ensure the integrity, progress, and success of the organization.


See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
— Isaiah 43:19