Missions | REACH

Our mission is to join God on His mission to reach and redeem this world from sin and brokenness.

Local Missions

See how Creekside reaches people in Elk Grove and the greater Sacramento area.

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Global Missions

We're committed to spreading the gospel to the very ends of the earth.

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Mission Partners

No one can go it alone. See who we partner with around the world.

Our Partners

Local Missions

How We Reach Our Community

Upcoming Ways to Engage

Kirchgater & Starting Point Backpack Drive

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For the next two weeks, we are collecting backpacks and school supplies for kids that have extra need at Kirchgater Elementary as well as for refugee children connected to Starting Point Ministry! Backpacks and supplies can be dropped off in the collection buckets or to the church office Sundays or throughout the week!
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Ministry to Muslims Walk Through Experience

Come and learn about how Creekside is reaching out locally and globally to Muslims. There will be a “Ministry to Muslims Walk Thru Experience”  in the south wing of the Atrium where you will also get to meet a familiar family, who has been sent by Creekside to serve in the Middle East.

Homeless Ministry

Resettled Neighbor Outreach

Other Opportunities

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Experience joy and satisfaction following up with people who are inquiring about Jesus or make first time commitments to Christ.

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Global Missions

How We Reach The World

Ecuador

Church Planting and Child Sponsorships

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.

How to Get Involved

Change the life of a child living in extreme poverty in Ecuador by sponsoring them.

For $43/month you can provide life-changing opportunities such as:
  • Education
  • Medical care and personal hygiene
  • Food
  • Vocational training, mentoring, and self-confidence
  • Most importantly, the opportunity to hear the gospel
If you want to sponsor a child in any of three church plants/compassion centers funded by Creekside, you can call Compassion International at 800-33-7676 Monday through Friday, 7a.m. to 5:30p.m. MT. Ask for a child from one of these 3 cities:
Santo Domingo EC0183
Santa Elena EC0660
Pueblo Nuevo EC0662
Or to sponsor any child, click on this link:

Sponsor a child in Ecuador today

India

Ansari Initiative

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.

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Mission Partners

Who We Partner With

Alternatives Pregnancy Center

Asia Leadership
Development Network

Avant
Ministries

BCCL
Philippines

BEE
World

Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary

Compassion
International

Connect
International

Courage
Worldwide

Creekside Foster Adoption Ministry

Creekside Jail
Ministry

Creekside Ministry to the Poor & Homeless

Cru

Elk Grove Food Bank Services

Elk Grove HART

Elk Grove
Teen Center USA

Frontiers
USA

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship

Intervarsity
Link

J.C. & Us
Ministries

Kairos
University

Love INC
Sacramento

Making Disciples
Russia

NAB
White Cross

NAB
Conference

NorCal
Association

One Challenge
International

Pacific Justice
Institute

Samaritan's
Purse

Taylor
Seminary

TEAM

Training Leaders
International

Union Gospel
Mission

William Jessup
University

World
Venture

Young Life
Elk Grove

Youth for Christ

Youth for Christ
International

Missions Staff

Matt Rau

Position: Outreach Pastor
Phone: (916) 685-4821x141
Email: matt.r@creeksideeg.com
Categories: Discipleship Pathway, Missions, Pastors
Matt is an Elk Grove native and originally attended Creekside from the time he was in the nursery until graduating high school. After graduation he moved away to go to college at Azusa Pacific University and then began working in youth ministry in Branson, Missouri. He has worked in full-time ministry since 2013 and moved back home to join the staff team at Creekside in 2018. Matt got married in July 2020 and had his first son in July 2021, gladly adding to the up-and-coming COVID Boomer generation. Other than his little guy capturing much of my time, Matt loves anything outdoors! Biking, hiking, rock climbing, sports, you name it and he’s in! Matt’s favorite passage is: · Psalm 63:1-8 – God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. Matt loves that this passage draws attention to our true and deep inner longing for our Creator while giving recognition to the reality that the Lords steadfast love is the greatest thing we can cling to in this life, He is our strength and in Him alone is true satisfaction

Matt Rau

Outreach Pastor

Matt is an Elk Grove native and originally attended Creekside...

About Creekside Missions

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.

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.

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