Posts with the category “serve”

West Seattle High School is having a food & clothing drive - October 28-November 8 - to collect items for their pantry that students and families have access to throughout the year and especially to help supplement prior to school breaks. See the flyer below for drop off times. Most needed items: Food: Canned Goods (tuna, chicken, vegetables, fruits, beans, soups, etc.), Rice, Pasta, Tomato Sauce,...  Read More

Path From Poverty, one of our Global partners, invites you to their annual HARAMEE Fundraiser on Saturday, October 5, 2024. This year two of the Regional Program Managers from Kenya will be at the event to speak and share how Path From Poverty Kenya is doing. Registration ends on September 23. A Night of Fun and Festivities AwaitsWe are excited to announce that two of our Regional Program Managers...  Read More

Michael Madany—part of the New Life Media TeamThe purpose of New Life Media is to provide Somali-language resources that communicate the Gospel in a clear, relevant way via satellite TV, social media & websites.  The audience is encouraged to contact us so that our NLM team can build relationships to help individuals understand the Gospel, profess faith in Jesus Christ and (whenever possible) beco...  Read More

There is a request  from The Welcome Table All-Community Meal on August 24, 11:30am-1pm, seeking donations of hot casseroles, salads, desserts, etc. for this meal.In addition they need volunteers to serve food and handout donations. You can also being donations of rate food pantry: non-perishable as well as fresh produce, cereal, tortillas, canned goods, snacks pasta, rice etc.If you are able to p...  Read More

WIN is having an event on Tuesday, August 20 - “Faithfully Setting the Table to celebrate generosity of the community." Join fellow food security advocates for an evening of song and story at Admiral congregational UCC. Guest will be Carmen Smith executive Director of the White Center Food Bank....  Read More

Hi, we are the Kuskes! It is so nice to “meet” you in this way and we pray that we can meet face to face someday. We moved to Cambodia in August 2020 where we work to see churches planted and disciples made. Our sending organization, Beyond, focuses specifically on starting and supporting movements of house church plants that are multiplying disciples around the world.Ashlee works administratively...  Read More

OMF International missionaries Keith and Celia Olson serve in Hokkaido, Japan in church support, arts (Celia), theological education (Keith), and hospitality. We love living in Hokkaido; we enjoy hiking, tea ceremony, and meals with friends. We are excited when we see collaboration among the five small churches we are currently serving, and we mourn with the rural communities whose churches are re...  Read More

The Full Gospel Pentecostal Federated Church on Delridge caught fire Monday afternoon. (Read about it HERE on the West Seattle Blog.) We visited them on Tuesday to see if West Side could offer any assistance. No help is currently needed, and we received an invitation from their pastor to attend a fellowship event on their front lawn this Sunday, August 18 at 3:00 pm. The location is 5071 Delridge ...  Read More

Andrew and Rabya Prout serve at the International Graduate School of Leadership in southeast Asia. Andrew teaches Bible and Theology courses to Master's Level students, who are training to be pastors, evangelists, and university campus ministers in many countries throughout the 10/40 Window (Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu countries).Thank-you for your prayers and support.Andrew Prout...  Read More

Marlon: The Language Software Development (LSDev) designs and produces computer programs for scripture translation, dictionary and grammar building, literacy, and more, including orally. I write how-to-use Helps for a number of these programs and I help test them.Denise: First, I edit Translator’s Notes. TN’s help mother tongue translators (MTTs) translate Scripture verses accurately. Our current ...  Read More

Bruce: I work with a group of Indian leaders each week, both in north and south India, who are focused on major unreached populations. Many of these guys are mid-life leaders looking for fresh restoration of foundations for their second half of life ministry. We call it the 2HC collaborative within Frontier Ventures. We’re grounding them in the whole Biblical Story and Spiritual formation discipli...  Read More

Thomas began attending West Side at age 15 where he was active in the youth and then young adult programs. He married Bernice (who started attending at 18) at West Side 38 years ago. In 1992, after praying with the elders, they were sent as West Side missionaries to Germany to work with international teens.The work in Germany grew across Europe for the next nine years, and eventually Thomas founde...  Read More

Carla continues in the mission headquarters finance office in Sanford, Fl processing donations for Ethnos360 mission, its entities, and around 2,600 missionaries worldwide. Ethnos360 purpose statement "Motivated by the love of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit, Ethnos360 exists to assist the ministry of the local church through the mobilizing, equipping, and coordinating of believers to evan...  Read More

Larry and Andrea Ciccarelli have worked in the Mediterranean region for over thirty years on Bible translation projects in Bedouin Arabic, Standard Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, and a number of other dialects and languages. They particularly enjoy working with local and international colleagues on new media and arts projects (chanting, calligraphy, and music, among other genres). Since 2005, Larry and ...  Read More

Have you ever considered helping at a Young Life camp? Or ever wanted to see what it was all about? This is your opportunity!We, as West Seattle Young Life, have an opportunity to help serve at Washington Family Ranch Canyon from July 14th-21st through what we're calling mini-sessions. These mini-sessions are made up of people just like you and me and they help our Summer Staff (college) and Work ...  Read More

Dear West Side Presbyterian,Thank you so much for all of your financial support and prayers this past year. It has been a year of jubilation, for sure! This year, I spent time working with Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship at Western Washington University. I led a small group of 14 girls and led outreaches on campus to Western students. I also took seminary-level courses, learning about theology and ...  Read More

Greetings West Side Members, More than 40 years ago, God directed me to the ministry of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Not wanting to quit doing what I love, I went part-time two years ago and jettisoned 13 of my 15 western states, 2,500 of 3,000 CMDA members, and 65 of 75 medical & dental campuses. So, as long as God allows, I plan to continue serving the medicos, i.e., the physicia...  Read More

The White Center Food Bank, one of our community partners, is hosting the 3rd Annual Taste of White Center benefiting the food bank.  With 30+ restaurants participating, attendees purchase $5 tickets to try a variety of foods like banh mi sandwiches, bubble tea, Indian fry bread tacos, and much more. Iconic restaurants like Puffy Pandy, Tomo, El Catrín, and others are ready to serve up amazing bit...  Read More

At VBS this year, the mission the kids will be learning about is Food Banks! We will be learning about food insecurity and what we can do to help others in our community. To go along with this, we will be gathering donations for the White Center Food bank all week at VBS. We would love to have you join us! You can bring items on Sunday (6/24 or 6/30) or donate by scanning the QR code.Food Items:Ca...  Read More

 The 3rd Annual One Seattle Day of Service on Saturday May 18, 2024. Opportunities to serve are available in West Seattle in a variety of locations: West Seattle Junction Plaza ParkHigh Point Open Space Bee FestivalDirt Corps West SeattleRiverview Neighborhood CleanupFirst Tongan Street BeautificationAfrican Community Housing & DevelopmentRoxhill ParkArbor Heights Elementary Gardening EventWhite C...  Read More

The Welcome Table needs blankets and men’s work clothing.Smaller sized (twin and full size) blankets, sheets, or fleece throws are most in need. The clothing should be appropriate for men working outdoors and in construction (jeans, khakis, hoodies, sweatshirts, heavy boots, etc.). If you have unneeded items like these in your closets and drawers you can drop them at West Side, and we will make su...  Read More

Hey West Side!I just wanted to give you an update from Western Washington University!On a personal note, I am doing well! I am learning a lot right now about administration, and what goes on behind the scenes to make sure that events run smoothly. We are doing a Rev. Dr. MLK celebration for students on Friday.Please keep praying for students in winter quarter - it’s the darkest (weather wise), and...  Read More

This week has been a great week! I arrived in Puerto Plata last Friday, January 5th. It was so fun to meet up and reunite with the workers at the Caraballo school. I was amazed with how the painting our West Side team did in 2020 still looks good!I am currently leading a father and son team from Chicago. We are working in Caraballo on a new site that was abandoned and donated to the school. This n...  Read More

Warm clothing and outdoor supplies wanted. See Urgent Request below. West Side will have a warm weather clothing drive - to collect items for The Welcome Table February 18-25. Please bring your clean clothing items or outdoor supplies to West Side and leave at our Welcome Center (Sunday mornings or Tu-Fri, 9am-1pm). They will be delivered to The Welcome Table for distribution. We are bereft. The l...  Read More

Hello West Seattle Community!We have our club dates scheduled for the remainder of the school year! All meetings will be from 7:15-8:25 pm at Trinity West Seattle (7551 35th Ave SW, Seattle 98126).Themes/changes for these clubs will be sent in a reminder email before the club. For the quickest information look to our insta page @westseattleyounglifeWe hope to provide a meal, fun and games, and a m...  Read More

Hola West Side!We are having a wonderful time and are being treated well!Our Airbnb is a very nice house with great outdoor space, a cute friendly kitten and amazing food from the school cook who is also in chef training.Our host, Mariselys, is with us at the school until after dinner. She is gracious and a lovely Christian sister.The work has gone well and we will give more information on it with...  Read More

God's word in Micah 6:8  tells us, "He has shown you. O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” You’re invited to join in communal prayer beginning January 8 leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 15. Sign up to receive daily prayer prompts that will lead us to reflect on the themes of peace, justi...  Read More

This special offering on Christmas Eve is received each year for special projects or programs that our missionaries have requested, that would enhance or meet needs in their ministries.If you are unable to join us Christmas Eve, you can donate online or send a check with "Christmas Eve Offering" in the memo line. Vic and Leslie TrautweinDental care for 850 children. Kids Alive, Dominican Republic....  Read More

Merry Christmas to all our West Side family! Thank you for your continued prayers and support that has enabled us to have a productive year of ministry despite some down periods due to Debbie’s widespread cancer. We just completed a four-day workshop for iTEE staff and 27 NW church leaders in Long Beach, using new curriculum she developed to “multiply disciple makers.”  We led the workshop in Asia...  Read More

Often an Advent calendar is used to count down the days until Christmas by opening a box and discovering an ornament or something that helps you focus on the Advent journey. A reverse Advent calendar focuses on giving something instead of receiving – a Christ centered idea indeed – since Christmas is all about God giving himself to us as a baby.The idea behind a reverse Advent calendar is simple. ...  Read More

Interns provide a critical boost to the ministry of Kids Alive International as they work with KAI missionaries and staff to multiply their efforts. Cooper will assist in team hosting roles in Caraballo, Constanza and Santo Domingo East when visiting work groups are present (like our adult DR team!). He will also assist with afterschool sports programs at the Constanza school helping with logistic...  Read More

The holidays are fast approaching. A child that is missing their parent due to incarceration needs YOU to help them feel loved and connected to that parent! Prison Fellowship offers inmates the opportunity to give their children a gift from them through volunteers like you.Here are different ways you can help:Choose a child or a family to buy a gift/gifts for the incarcerated parent to give to the...  Read More

Join this evening keynote and panel with Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra to gain tools for active engagement in God’s work of racial justice and reconciliation in our individual and shared lives.Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra is co-author of Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World, Academic Dean of the Centro Latino at Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as the Assistant P...  Read More

Registration is open for Harambee (Swahili for "pulling together")!You are invited to join us for a fun and inspiring evening. Enjoy a catered dinner and hear updates from our partners in Kenya. Try your luck in the raffle, sprint for delicious treats in the dessert dash, and shop at the Kenyan Marketplace.We look forward to celebrating with you. Your support will help us continue to bring life-ch...  Read More

Tallulah Reyes is doing an internship with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries at Western Washington University where she will be working with college students. Chi Alpha Campus Ministries exist to reconcile students to Christ – transforming the university, the marketplace, and the world. Please keep Tallulah in your prayers. Hello! I moved back to Bellingham on September 1st. It has taken me a little whi...  Read More

Is God calling you to serve more? Are you interested in learning about serving in a short term mission trip?This trip might be perfect for you! The amazing organization Kids Alive International serves kids living in impoverished conditions. These saints and school need us to come alongside them. Sunny weather, a little adventure and lots of fun are some of the perks.Any age (18 and older) and abil...  Read More

Lesley Is officially in “full teacher mode,” but she wanted to make sure she thanked everyone who helped make her teaching dreams a reality! Creating her first kindergarten classroom was made possible by each and every one of you! Thank you for loving Lesley, her sweet kids, and all of our YoungLives moms well!Hello, I want to thank everyone who has supported me with my dream classroom. It has bee...  Read More

One of the Young Lives moms, who was supported with rent grants from the YLCF and the WSPC Deacons, has just finished her education and will start a new job this fall teaching special education/integrated kindergarten. The best part is that her new job is at the school that she attended for K-3! Talk about coming full circle. Our contributions helped pay for rent so that she could focus on her edu...  Read More

"Nothing can touch the immense impact of the Kenya experience. If you want to make a real difference in someone’s life, if you want to have a cultural impact -become involved in PFP. It all starts with a water tank!"—Gretchen, Work Team 2023 volunteerThe Work Team 2023 trip to Makueni was incredible. The team worked hard building tank bases and learned about the challenges facing our partners in K...  Read More

I was 23 years old, sitting in the kitchen with Norwegian cousins from the same generation as my grandparents. These dear, distant family members shared their memories of care packages sent from family in the States during the war. The impact of these gifts was far greater than their modest contents. My cousins described, with tears in their eyes, the encouragement of knowing that they were not al...  Read More