Missions | REACH

Our mission is to join God on His mission to reach and redeem this world from sin and brokenness. We do this through strategic partnerships with missionaries and mission organizations locally and worldwide, by training and equipping people to live as disciple-makers, and by offering dozens of opportunities for people to actively engage in God’s global mission.

Discipleship Pathway Reach Workshops

Upcoming Events

December

Local Reach Opportunities

HOMELESS MINISTRY

DONATE ITEMS 3rd SATURDAY FEED BUILD A CARE KIT CREEKSIDE FOOD PANTRY OWL COOPERATIVE (formerly Winter Sanctuary) MOBILE SHOWERS

DONATE ITEMS

You can be a blessing to the homeless in our area by donating most needed items. CLICK HERE to see list of most needed items.

Socks are always needed. Our local homeless prefer white crew socks.

Drop off donations in the designated barrels at the church.

3rd SATURDAY FEED

BUILD A CARE KIT

CREEKSIDE FOOD PANTRY

OWL COOPERATIVE (formerly Winter Sanctuary)

This winter (December 2021-March 2022) Creekside is joining other Elk Grove churches and collaborating with the City of Elk Grove to provide overnight housing for the homeless in our area. This ministry was formerly called Winter Sanctuary. We are working more formally with the city now which gives us some welcome benefits. The new name is Overnight Warming Location Cooperative (OWL). Elk Grove HART will be liaison to the city and will be administrating and coordinating the program.

The details are still be worked out but will soon be revealed. So keep checking back.

MOBILE SHOWERS

REFUGEE MINISTRY

AFGHAN REFUGEES -BUY GROCERIES AFGHAN REFUGEES - ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

AFGHAN REFUGEES -BUY GROCERIES

Creekside is partnering with World Relief to help resettle refugees from Afghanistan. You can participate by helping to provide groceries that are culturally sensitive to these newly arrived families. CLICK HERE for a list of suggested groceries and drop off instructions. Drop off donations to World Relief (DO NOT drop off at Creekside).

AFGHAN REFUGEES - ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

ALTERNATIVES PREGNANCY CENTER ELK GROVE FOOD BANK SERVICES ELK GROVE HART ELK GROVE TEEN CENTER USA ELK GROVE YOUNG LIFE JC AND US MINISTRIES LOVE INC PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE UNION GOSPEL MISSION SACRAMENTO

ALTERNATIVES PREGNANCY CENTER

http://alternativespc.org/volunteer

Alternatives is dedicated to meeting the medical, emotional, material, and spiritual needs of women facing unplanned pregnancies.

ELK GROVE FOOD BANK SERVICES

ELK GROVE HART

ELK GROVE TEEN CENTER USA

ELK GROVE YOUNG LIFE

JC AND US MINISTRIES

LOVE INC

PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE

UNION GOSPEL MISSION SACRAMENTO

Help Others Say "YES" to Jesus

Experience the joy and satisfaction of being used by God to help another individual understand how deep the love and limitless the grace of God is in their lives.

Be part of a team that follows up on people who make 1st time commitments or people who inquire to know more about Jesus.

Contact Karen Stoneburner: karen.s@creeksideeg.com

Yes Team Brochure

International Reach

ECUADOR

Creekside has the vision to help end extreme poverty and transform the country of ECUADOR. To do this, Creekside is partnering with Compassion International and Stadia to plant churches, build child development centers, sponsor children and deepen relationships through sponsor trips.

RESOURCES/STAYING ENGAGED LETTER WRITING COVID19 ECUADOR CHRISTMAS IN ECUADOR Updates - Church Plants/Compassion Centers Introduction to our 3 Church Plants CHILD SPONSORSHIPS

RESOURCES/STAYING ENGAGED

Celebrate your sponsored child's birthday in your own home. CLICK HERE for details. This is a great way to engage the whole family in the life of your sponsored child. Here is a PHOTO of the party I had for Dana, the girl I sponsor (Karen S).
Learn some Spanish Phrases. Use these phrases and Bible verses in your correspondence.
Discover the Culture of Ecuador. Discover the Amazing Animals of Ecuador.

LETTER WRITING

Covid19 virus is slowing down the interchange of letters. But do keep writing. Just think how excited your child will be to receive an abundance of letters!

We want you to have a meaningful relationship with your sponsored child. An important aspect of that is letter writing. The children receive letters once a month, so Compassion recommends you try writing one letter per month.

Click here for Compassion Letter Writing Website

Downloadable Resources

Guidelines to Letter Writing and Gift Giving
About Me (for adult writer)
About Me (for child writer)
California Coloring Page
Writing Tips

COVID19 ECUADOR

Creekside is sponsoring 3 church plants/compassion child development centers in Eduador: Santo Domingo, Santa Elena and Pueblo Nuevo. Schools are still closed, that includes Child Development Centers. Compassion International staff in Ecuador is still active in monitoring and offering help. Click here to read about Compassion's response to Covid19. Click here to see daily updates from the official Ecuador government site (to read in English, click on the Translate Page option. Scroll down and you will see the data in English).

CHRISTMAS IN ECUADOR

Updates - Church Plants/Compassion Centers

Introduction to our 3 Church Plants

CHILD SPONSORSHIPS

Creekside is partnering with Compassion International to make a significant difference in the lives of children living in extreme poverty in Ecuador.

By sponsoring a child, you can change the entire course of their life. For $38/month, you can extend your family to a child in Ecuador and help provide life-changing opportunities such as:

Receiving an education
Medical care and learning personal hygiene
Nourishing food
Vocational training, mentoring, developing self-confidence
And most importantly, the opportunity to hear the gospel

Even more remarkable is that for every child sponsored, there are typically 30 people in their sphere of influence that will also hear the message of Jesus.

SPONSOR A CHILD
If you have not yet sponsored a child or wish to sponsor additional children in Ecuador, CLICK HERE

A total of 817 children were sponsored during our child sponsorship Sundays in December.

To read more about Ecuador, CLICK HERE.

Compassion Youth Choir

INDIA

Creekside has the vision to reach those far from Christ, especially those who live where they have little access to the gospel. India has the highest percentage of unreached peoples in the world. Creekside is partnering with a team of national pastors who are focusing on one unreached people group, the Ansari.

Mission Partners

Alternatives Pregnancy Center

Asia Leadership Development Network

Avant Ministries

BEE World

Bicol Center for Christian Leadership (Philippines)

Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary

Compassion International

Connect International

Courage Worldwide

Creekside Foster Adoption Ministry

Creekside Jail Ministry

Creekside Ministry to the Poor & Homeless

Creekside Women's Missionary Circles

Cru

Elk Grove Food Bank Services

Elk Grove HART

Elk Grove Teen Center USA

Frontiers USA

International Mission Board (Ansari)

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship

JC & Us Ministries

Love INC

Ministry Gateway

North American Baptist Conference

NorCal Association

One Challenge International

Samaritan’s Purse

Stadia Church Planting

Sioux Falls Seminary

Taylor Seminary

TEAM

Training Leaders International

Union Gospel Mission

William Jessup University

World Venture

World Vision

Young Life Elk Grove

Youth for Christ International

About Us

Our Mission

Missions | REACH exists to help people obey Jesus' final instructions “ you will be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8) within the context of the Great Commission “go and make disciples” (Matthew 28:19-20) and within the confines of Jesus' return timetable “the gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). Creekside desires to train and equip people to live missionally and be disciple makers and to resource kingdom building until all nations, tribes, peoples and languages (Revelation 7:9) have been reached.