Messiah Stories of Hope choose hope & connect to joy April 16, 2020

Where do you find Joy? Thank you for sharing ways that you find joy at home, spread it to others and keep living in hope and faith. Here are some stories from this week! Share your story here.  Photo: Prayers are Powerful "Praying during Easter Sunday Worship." 

Special messages created for all to see on Easter Sunday and after. Nice job Pastor Bob & Jeannie!

Many of you stood up and did the "Today is the Day!" cheer at home on Easter Sunday! See one of our families cheering by clicking here!

"Loved the Virtual Choir on Easter Sunday! Such a professional job full of so much talent. Thank you!" To see the video again CLICK HERE

Worship from Home on Sunday, April 19 and hear this special message. Worship together with other Messiah friends at 8:30am and 10am or anytime after as services remain on our website. We have Kids and Jr. High messages along with activities and discussion guides plus much more! It's all available here on our Worship Now page .

S TILL TIME TO SIGN UP! Join Pastor Jay and other Messiah friends online Wednesday nights. We had participants start last night ( catch up and watch last night's lesson here ). You can still jump in for next Wednesday and the coming weeks so don't miss out! Join us. Get more info and sign up here.

Many families are placing teddy bears in their windows for "bear hunts" and to serve as a marker of hope. Check out this article .

Messiah Kids Ministry dropped off Easter Egg Hunt Kits at homes before Easter. Families loved them! "The boys and I want to thank you for the Easter bag. What a super thoughtful and kind surprise!" "Thank you so much for the Easter Egg delivery! The surprise brought such big smiles to our kids' faces! We are so blessed to be part of the Messiah family."

MESSIAH PENPAL PROJECT This is the perfect time to create a new friendship with someone through the written word or through pictures. The Messiah Pen Pal Project is easy to be a part of. Commit to writing a letter to your pen pal (someone else from Messiah) and they will write you back. It's fun to correspond back and forth while getting to make a new friend. People of all ages are encouraged to become a pen pal. Parents, this is a wonderful project for your children! We will pair people up from different generations to make things extra interesting. Let's have some fun! Sign up here.

Dignity Baskets were taken to Critenton Family Services to help families in need. Thank you to all who participated. We had over 25 baskets!

WALK-INS WELCOME Great job Messiah! You filled all of the appointment spots! If you would still like to donate, a number of walk ins will be accepted. Blood is needed more than ever during this crisis. Red Cross strongly urges healthy eligible blood donors to donate to maintain a sufficient supply of blood for those in need. Red Cross is taking every measure to manage the safety of donors, volunteers, employees and blood recipients

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MONDAY DRIVE THRU Our Drive Thru is a great way to give and receive, Thank you for your donations. We'll be back next Monday. CLICK HERE FOR CARING HANDS CURRENT NEEDS

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FREE PIZZA PROGRAM If you and your family could use a slice of help during this financially difficult time (or if you know of a local hospital staff or any other essential workers that could use this help please let us know here ) please order a free individual size pizza on us (up to five per family). Pizzas can be picked up on Mondays at Messiah at 5pm. Please share with anyone! Order now to receive Monday. Click Here to Order. MATCHING OPPORTUNITY ELCA World Hunger is supporting our program with a $500 matching grant! Thank you to all who have donated to this outreach ministry! We are so close to reaching the $500 for matching. Help us get there by the deadline on Sunday, April 19! If you would like to DONATE please click here and choose "Pizza of God" for your giving type. Thank you!

THE POWER OF GIVING We know these are uncertain times and it's not always clear when giving to the Church. This Messiah couple shares their powerful story about giving during these times. Thank you for sharing! Read here.

"Delivered meals from Joaquin's Mexican Restaurant in Yorba Linda to St. Jude Medical Center. Thank you for your service!"

This family brought joy into their home by adopting this sweet pet!

Many families decorated eggs and still had joyful Easter celebrations on their own during this Quarantine.

This family brings joy through music in their home with piano playing and singing.

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