Life in the Community http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/ Read this news blog to learn more about opportunities and worthy community causes we recommend participating in. These organizations and events operate independently from Mountain Park, but are causes MPCC chooses to sponsor at various levels. Read More :: Subscribe to RSS :: Receive Email Updates Thu, 08 May 2014 21:38:01 GMT en-us Copyright 2014 Ahwatukee Church | Mountain Park Community Church | Phoenix, Arizona Storm Clean Up http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/storm-clean-up/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/storm-clean-up/ Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:11:39 GMT Ahwatukee had a pretty nasty storm this week. If you drove home you might have noticed that the streets were covered in palo verde. Join in the cleanup effort. We had a pretty nasty storm this week. If you drove home you might have noticed that the streets were covered in palo verde.

This Saturday, July 20 from 7am to 11am, join other citizens to help with storm clean up in the southern Ahwatukee area. Those who are interested will meet at 29th St. just North of Liberty Lane and will need to bring whatever yard tools they may have available.

This event, organized by City of Phoenix officials, will included volunteers from other churches and organizations in the area. Though Mountai nPark is not endorsing this as an official event, we would love to encourage those who are able to participate to do so.

If you have any questions, please contact Matt Stone with the City of Phoenix, 602-262-7491.

]]> Toastmasters http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/toastmasters/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/toastmasters/ Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:23:45 GMT Looking to develop speaking and leadership skills? Ace a job interview? Ignite your career?

Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. Our membership is 280,000 strong. These members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 13,500 clubs in 116 countries that make up our global network of meeting locations.

Membership in Toastmasters is one of the greatest investments you can make in yourself. At $36 every six months, it is also one of the most cost-effective skill-building tools available anywhere.

Click here to visit Toastmaster's official website. For more information, click here.

]]> Cinderella Affair http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/cinderella-affair/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/cinderella-affair/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:04:08 GMT Every girl deserves to feel like a princess. Make room in your closets while making a student's dream come true!

The Cinderella Affair is an all-volunteer project. It is their mission to make attending prom affordable for all Phoenix area high school junior and senior students, as well as make it an event in their lives to remember.

We are a collection site for this organization. Please drop off your cleaned prom or party dress in one of the boxes in the hallway towards the gym. You can also donate party shoes, wraps, costume jewelry and evening bags. Items will be collected through February 25, 2013.

Visit The Cinderella Affair website for more information.

]]> Central Arizona Shelter Services http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/central-arizona-shelter-services/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/central-arizona-shelter-services/ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:30:41 GMT Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) provides shelter and supportive services to nearly 10,000 of the Valley’s homeless each year. Info Video

Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) provides shelter and supportive services to nearly 10,000 of the Valley’s homeless each year.

For over 25 years, CASS has been empowering homeless individuals and families to become self-sufficient and effectively end their homelessness.

Our shelters and programs serve our community’s most vulnerable and those in the greatest need, who often face nearly insurmountable barriers in ending their homelessness. Our programs empower our clients to not only end their homelessness but to rebuild their lives.

CASS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that relies on the generosity of our supporters. Your financial contributions and volunteerism are invaluable investments in the success of CASS shelters, programs and mission.

]]> Cinderella Affair http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/cinderella-affair/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/cinderella-affair/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:04:07 GMT Make room in your closets while making a student's dream come true!

The Cinderella Affair is an all-volunteer project. It is their mission to make attending prom affordable for all Phoenix area high school junior and senior students, as well as make it an event in their lives to remember.

MPCC is a collection site for this organization. Please drop off your cleaned prom, party or fancy dress in one of the boxes in our lobby. You can also donate party shoes and fancy purses. Items will be collected through February 24, 2012.

Visit The Cinderella Affair website for more information.

If you have any questions, contact Carolyn Cooke.

]]> Bike Ministry http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/bike-ministry/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/bike-ministry/ Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:44:55 GMT Bike Ministry accepts donations of new and gently used bicycles in all sizes, refurbishes, and distributes the finished bicycles to families for transportation to work or school and for pleasure. This ministry provides 40-60 bikes for children in Mexico. Opportunities include: Saturday work days to repair and refurbish bicycles; transporting donated bikes for repair; delivering finished bicycles to the recipients.

Contact the Bike Ministry

]]> Apartment Life CARES Program http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/apartment-life-cares-program/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/apartment-life-cares-program/ Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:31:12 GMT Few people would associate strong community with apartment living. Yet forward-thinking managers see the potential in building authentic community to attract and retain residents. Apartment Life is an organization that places, recruits, trains and manages onsite CARES Teams to assist management in building community and serving residents.

Visit the Apartment Life Website | Contact Apartment Life

]]> Crossroads Youth Intervention http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/crossroads-youth-intervention/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/crossroads-youth-intervention/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:01:17 GMT Mission

To help children, youth, families and individuals overcome the challenges of life in the inner-city.

Vision

The vision of Crossroads Youth Intervention is to bring restoration and wholeness to the community. Our goal is to bring recovery to broken relationships; whether broken lives, broken families, broken social and spiritual relationships, they all add up to a destabilized community.

Values

In principle one of our key priorities is to strive for a higher standard of integrity in all that we do.  For success, it is imperative that we maintain a disciplined code of ethics in our personal and professional conduct.  Integrity and Judeo - Christian ethics coupled with hard work, commitment, faithfulness, and perseverance form the basis of excellence.  Therefore, when we serve our community we do it with a diligent effort and a commitment to make a measurable difference.

Visit the CYI Website

]]> Christian Women's Connection http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/christian-womens-connection/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/christian-womens-connection/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:49:42 GMT
In 2008, Women of the Church of God conducted the Relevance survey to determine the needs of the women in the Church of God. The findings of this survey formed the foundation for the next phase of ministry. The name was officially changed to Christian Women Connection in the fall of 2009. The women in the Church of God have always been willing to adapt and form around the needs of the church.  They helped meet the needs of missionaries, missions education in our churches and they helped support the ministries of the Church of God. The next steps in women’s ministry in the Church of God are possible because of the foundations laid by the insightful and Kingdom-focused women of the National Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society, the Women’s Missionary Society, Women of the Church of God, and now Christian Women Connection.

Women's Connection Center Website

]]> From Gangs to Jobs http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/from-gangs-to-jobs/ http://www.mountainpark.org/life-in-the-community/from-gangs-to-jobs/ Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:37:29 GMT UPDATED, May 8, 2014 // Mountain Park is supporting From Gangs to Jobs through our 2014 Spring Outreach Offering. Contribute to our offering here, or learn more about the scope of this year's offering here.

From Gangs To Jobs provides opportunities for young men to find hope and a positive future through caring relationships, skill building and job placement. They specialize in positioning young adults to succeed by offering them long-term coaching, empowerment through job readiness skills, employer support and job placement follow-up by visiting participants at the job site and encouraging both the youth and his employer. The goal is to place all these young men in a rewarding job that will demonstrate their value.

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