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For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve...

Mark 10:45

Our Outreach opportunities allow you to Love People by sharing the love of Christ with the local community. Know Jesus as He continually served the marginalized. Live Transformed by serving selflessly at one of our outreach partners or participate in an outreach program right here at MPC.

Where is your heart guiding you?
We have many opportunities to serve

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In-House Opportunities to Serve

If you're looking to serve the community, we have a variety of in-house opportunities that will allow you to show the love of Christ to others while tangibly helping. Some of these opportunities include: 

Special Needs Ministries
We offer Special Needs programs for both youth and adults.  These include games, activities, special guests and so much more!  For more information on one of our programs or to sign up as a volunteer, please CLICK HERE
Military Ministries
The mission of Community Care for Military (CCM) is to come alongside military families and veterans in our community and assist in meeting their physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs as an expression of our gratitude for their selfless sacrifice and service for us. Our desire is to help others gain an understanding of today’s military culture and experience. We have developed strong partnerships with veterans and professionals in our area. If you know of a military family in your midst, please let them know that we are here for them. If you are in the service or are a veteran, we encourage you to let us know!

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We also have numerous ways you can get involved and show your appreciation and care for our service men and women in our community:

Operation Strong Mind
Veteran's Breakfast Club

Support for our Veterans

Wounded Warrior Project - The WWP staff work to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded warriors in our nation's history; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members. To find out how you can donate and support WWP, please visit their website for events in our area.

Veterans Leadership Program - If you’ve served in the military and you’re in need of assistance, Veterans Leadership Program is here to help. From housing and career development to wellness and supportive services, our passion is helping Veterans reach their fullest potential. The vision of Veterans Leadership Program is that every Veteran of the United States Military reach their fullest potential as citizens of the Nation that they have so proudly served. We are proud to serve all who served, regardless of VA eligibility, discharge status or length of service. VLP has successfully made an impact on over 8,300 Veterans annually in 30 counties across Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.
 
Outdoor Immersion - Outdoor Immersion is a Community Care Mission using outdoor activities to create connections of friendship, moving them from isolation to community and rebuilding resilience physically, mentally and spiritually.

Team RWB - VISION: FORGING AMERICA’s LEADING HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY FOR VETERANS In the military, service members push the limits of their well-being to support the mission. That selfless service posture has always been necessary because service members of every era knew they may be called to war. As they move into civilian life, many veterans carry that mission-first mindset with them, neglecting their health in the process. We believe that veterans are America’s most resilient citizens — and it’s time for more veterans to prioritize their well-being first. Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB) exists to guide them through that journey with real-life and virtual opportunities focused on building a healthier lifestyle because a strong focus on mental and physical health is critical to ensuring veterans’ best days are ahead.  

Southwestern Veterans Center - This is a veteran residence.  They can often use volunteers to escort veterans to activities and events on campus.
Volunteer Resource Coordinator.  412-665-6790

Army Strong Community Center - ASCC provides support and resources to all branches of current military members and their families as well as veterans. They serve as a "virtual installation" to assist those who are holding down the home front when their loved ones deploy. For more information or to refer someone, please contact Lisa Ellek @ 1-800-400-2650 ext. 8314

ELL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

MPC Ministries offer English Language Learning. The commitment is simple: meeting with a pupil once a week for a few months to teach basic English communication skills. No experience required.

The ELL program is flexible, lessons are not restricted to a classroom setting. In fact, many tutors and their students take walks in the park, go shopping together, or share a meal at a local restaurant. Volunteers also impact the lives of their students by studying the Bible together and assisting with their travel plans. Many of these friendships have lasted for several years. Even when students move back to their homeland, many keep in touch through SKYPE and email. One particular tutor was 'adopted' by the entire family and was called 'grandma' by the student's children. The ELL program continues to grow and there are currently students in need of tutors. Please consider this rewarding way to serve God and the international community in our own backyard. 
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Special Events

In addition to weekly service and outreach opportunities, we offer a variety of Special Events throughout the year that we would love for you to be part of!  
Love Local Day
Love Local Day is an opportunity to serve our community through our time, talents and treasures.  We typically plan a number of events on this day that will directly benefit various mission partners.  However, this Love Local Day we have something much bigger planned and we'll be packing meals for 100,000 people in need on March 30th from 9:00AM until 1:00PM.  We are asking for 90 minutes of your time to help pack these meals and training will be provided day of.  

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The Giving Tree
Share your blessings and the spirit of giving during the holiday season! The Giving Tree (plus!) begins on November 12! Why the plus? Because we're making this year's Giving Tree even better.

Each year, we come together to bless those less fortunate by coming alongside our outreach partners to purchase gifts or gift cards for less fortunate families to help parents shop for their kids. And this year, we're wrapping what we used to call the Holiday Mission Offering up in one big bow, or snowflake, that is! Our Giving Tree this year will benefit not only our outreach partners with gifts and gift cards, but will also support Open Hand Ministry. Their goal is to empower black families in Pittsburgh to build multi-generational wealth through improved financial management skills and support on the path to achieving their financial goals; facilitate affordable home ownership opportunities by acquiring vacant properties & rehabbing them to superior energy and quality standards for families whose goal is home ownership.  This year we want to raise $15,000 through Giving Tree donations to support this amazing ministry.

Here's how you can help!
Pick Up a Snowflake from the Giving Trees in the welcome area starting November 12! Purchase the gift or gift card listed and return your wrapped (unless otherwise noted) gift by December 5. Drop off your gift before or after weekend services, or throughout the week at the Admin wing.

Make a monetary donation that will support the Giving Tree and our Outreach partners! You can contribute in three ways: via check (note Giving Tree in the memo line), via ACH through MPC Connect, via credit/debit card on our mobile app, or via credit/debit card through the online form here.

Packages will be distributed the two weeks prior to Christmas so the gifts make it to their destination before Christmas. Please be sure to drop all gifts and gift cards off by December 5. The deadline for financial contributions is December 18. Questions can be directed to the Giving Tree chairperson, Kathy Fenton by e-mail, or you can call the church office at (412) 364-9492.

The 2022 Giving Tree blessed MPC families, friends in the community, homebound friends, military families and veterans, Memorial Park Christian Preschool families, Mission Partners and their families, LaRoche College students, and Special Friends of MPC. Gifts also benefited individuals through organizations like Allegheny Youth Development, Family Guidance, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Kane Hospital's Presents for Patients, Mosaic Community Church, Prison Fellowship, Shepherd's Heart Fellowship, Uncommon Grounds Cafe, Women's Choice Network, and EduNations' teachers and staff.

We appreciate your generosity during the holiday season! 
NHCO All you can Eat Community BBQ
North Hills Community Outreach (NHCO) is holding a fund-raising Community BBQ on our grounds from 12p-3p on Sunday April 27th! NHCO is a community- and interfaith-based organization addressing the needs of people in crisis, hardship and poverty. We will be setting up the Clayton and the grounds beside it with tents, tables and chairs, the bounce house. We will serve the community with Wheelfish's BBQ and bus their tables. Of course, clean-up will be required afterwards.  Sign up HERE to volunteer.
We packed 100,000 meals on March 30th and now we're packing 150,000 meals on May 17 & 18!  We would love for you to help by signing up for one of three packing sessions.  Saturday May 17th at 6:00PM, Sunday May 18th at 9:00AM or Sunday May 18th at 11:15AM.   See you there!
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Northside Partnerships

We are called to love one another, just as God loved us first. Nearly four decades ago, MPC followed the Holy Spirit’s call to the Northside of Pittsburgh to help bring a sense of dignity and hope to homeowners in the poverty-stricken neighborhoods there. We look to continue following that call with Northside Partnerships, an effort to connect MPC with churches and agencies on the Northside to come alongside as they address issues that families there are facing. The issues are significant—poverty, affordable housing, childcare, unemployment, healthcare, gun violence—issues that take a mighty toll on Northside families. Learn how to get involved by contacting Kevin Steele, Outreach Coordinator.

Meet our Local Service Partners

It takes many people to be the hands and feet of Christ!  We partner with a number of local organizations that truly share the love of Jesus through their service and you can even join them.  Click on the videos below to hear from them.

Open Hand Ministries

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Incorporated in 2008, Open Hand Ministries (OHM) is the effort of four local churches who came together to fight against displacement, gentrification, and wealth disparities on behalf of their immediate neighbors. To that end, OHM serves it's neighbors by providing programming that is aimed at helping families pursue financial wellness, credit repair, and ultimately home ownership. Many of our families have a desire of being homeowners but see no path to that goal. Open Hand Ministries works to help them get mortgage ready and also works to remodel homes in their neighborhoods for affordable purchase. This work is accomplished in partnership with local churches, who provide volunteers, prayer support and financial support. We also work with local businesses, foundations and individuals to meet the demands of the work that we are called to. In our over 17 years of service, Open Hand Ministries has empowered our neighbors to possess over 6 million dollars of equity, in the homes that they own. This partnership has led families from a place of dis-investment to a place of generational wealth.
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Whether it's in cities or villages, towns or tower blocks, in countries on every continent, Young Life leaders are working with over two million young people, right in their own neighborhoods.
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Ligonier Camp

Light of Life Rescue Mission 

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Founded in 1914, Ligonier Camp and Conference Center is a Christian outdoor adventure camp in the Laurel Highlands. The camp is prided on their core values of Christ, Community, Challenge and Creation. The camp has a rich history with over 110 years of service. Each summer, the camp is full as they aim to help bring our youth closer to God. Their mission is, "is to provide people with reflective and recreational opportunities that will build faith in Christ, self-esteem and supportive relationships." For more info on the camp, click the links below! 
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CCO Campus Ministry at La Roche University

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Transforming college students to transform the world.
The CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) is a college ministry organization based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Our mission is to transform college students to transform the world. We believe that every student needs to hear the Gospel, be connected to the local Church, and to gain a vision for serving Christ in the world. We want to meet those needs in every student.
In partnership with the CCO, Julianna serves students at La Roche University in the North Hills of Pittsburgh (just down the road from Memorial Park Church!). The ministry at La Roche consists of a weekly large group gathering, smaller weekly discipleship groups, training and equipping student leaders for the work of ministry on campus, outreach events, ministry to international students and so much more.
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1. We transform lives through the love of Christ by providing food, shelter and hope to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, poverty, or addiction. We have a donation center and free store for those living paycheck to paycheck to help prevent future homelessness.
2. Snapshot of who you are and what you are doing? EMERGENCY SERVICES
• Emergency Shelter Services
• Meal Ministry
• Chapel Services
• Men & Women’s Day Center
• Showers
• Access to Mental Health Services
• Ability to join or learn more information about our Long-Term Recovery Programming LONG-TERM PROGRAMS
• Men’s Long-Term Recovery Program
 High Commitment Shelter
 Men’s Life Recovery Program
 Mental Health Program
• Women & Children’s Program
 Sister’s Recovery House
 Scattered Sites Housing OUTREACH SERVICES AND OUTREACH CENTER
• Transportation back to Light of Life’s Emergency Shelter to access necessities such as meals, emergency shelter, and showers
• Case Management
• Fellowship Activities
• Community Clean-Ups
• Assistance in obtaining:
 Identification Cards and Birth Certificates
 Housing
 Employment
 Clothing and Hygiene Products
 First-Aid and Medical FOOD PANTRY / IN-KIND DONATION CENTER / FREE STORE/FOOD PANTRY
3. How can MPC best support you. Your financial gift can support housing, food and recovery services for those in greatest need. Your volunteer efforts allow us to provide the caring people in place to provide important services. Your in-kind donations give tangible resources to those people that might be one paycheck away from experiencing homelessness. Your prayers help bring Heaven down to earth!
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Urban Impact Pittsburgh

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Urban Impact is a non-profit located on the Northside of Pittsburgh that seeks to make an impact one person, one family, one block at a time.

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PRISM (Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries)

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Scott Boyd has served as Director of PRISM since 2002. Memorial Park Church has partnered with PRISM from their beginning in 1980. That's 45 years of ministry partnership!
Summary: PRISM focuses on sharing the Gospel to Pittsburgh-area international students, visiting scholars and their families with the hope that they will be befriended, led to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and discipled for service to Christ and His kingdom.
Description: Our focus is to mobilize PRISM staff and local church members to effectively engage international students, visiting scholars and their families to grow in their walk with Christ and work strategically for the advancement of the God's Kingdom the USA and in countries around the world.

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