WAYS TO ENGAGE LOCALLY
EPIC
Looking for a fun and purposeful way to serve the community? Join EPIC, a local, CPC supported ministry! We work alongside children in Westview Village on Ventura Avenue and Cabrillo Village, with tutoring as well as teaching leadership skills, art, games, and more! We are in need of volunteers who are excited to work with kids and make a meaningful impact. Visit epicleadershipcenter.org.
The City Center
TCC is a transitional housing center on E. Thompson that provides housing and comprehensive training to help families get back on their feet and eventually into housing. The always need help in a variety of ways. You can find out more here: https://www.cpcventura.org/the-city-center
Bring Non-perishable food to church!
We collect food to help stock the shelves of local food pantries. You can also donate hygiene items, bus passes and gently-used clothing. A collection box is available in the foyer of Fellowship Hall.
Operation Christmas Child
OCC at CPC operates all year. Click here https://www.cpcventura.org/operation-christmas-child or Call Dawn (805) 907-2512 or Jennifer (805) 218-5986 for more information.
Action VC
This is a great county ministry that seeks to connect people with skills to help people with needs. You can volunteer any and every day. Find more and how to help at https://www.actionvc.org
Surf Rider Beach Clean-up Day
Each month the Surf Rider Foundation holds a beach clean-up starting at the C-Street Promenade. You can register at: https://ventura.surfrider.org/programs/ventura-promenade-beach-cleanups.
There are many organizations in Ventura providing help and care in creative ways. Below are just a few:
The Move-In Project
Collecting lightly used furniture and household items for newly housed people – contact: Kathy Powel – kathypurpleprincess@gmail.com
Laundry Love
Partners with groups of local laundromats to enable people in need launder their belongings. Contact Shayna Metzner – shaynametzner@realityengineering.com
Bike VC and the Ventura Bike Hub
Provides bikes, equipment, bike repair and education to the underserved in Ventura and Oxnard. Learn more at: https://bikeventura.org
Local Organizations that can always use help and donations: The Salvation Army, Arch, Safe Haven, The Rescue Mission.
All our Local Mission Partners can use help!
We partner with and support 10 different local ministries and mission programs. They can use hands-on help as well as financial and prayer support. Check them out on our website: https://www.cpcventura.org/local-missions
Pray for the nation
Join Pray For America every first Friday of the month at 1PM in the Fireside Room. Please contact Donna Smith at 805-647-4407 to participate and be placed on the email list.
WAYS TO ENGAGE GLOBALLY
Collect Bottles and Cans for Signpost Mission Works!
Signpost Mission Works, our CPC based Global Mission Partner, will take all of your cans and bottles. These are recycled to raise funds towards completing the Godwin Vocational Training Center in Sierra Leone. Bring yours to our lobby or call Joe Vaughan and he’ll come pick them up - (805) 216-4478
Write our Global Partners
Our partners are dear friends to CPC. Mission work is hard and often lonely. Send emails and cards, connect via Facebook Messenger, set-up Facebook and WhatsApp video conversations. Check out our global partners page: https://www.cpcventura.org/global-missions or contact Pastor Bruce – Bruce@cpcventura.org
International Partnerships and God’s Hidden Treasures
Our partners in Ukraine are now serving those suffering the effects and trauma of many months of war. Ukraine is now in the very cold winter months and displaced people often left home with very little. They need warm clothes and shoes. You can donate directly through their websites.
https://ipministry.org/donate/
https://www.godshiddentreasures.org/supportus
Four of our Global Partnerships are run by our own CPC people!
You can engage in-person right here in our own church. Find out their needs and ways you might be able to serve alongside them - here in Ventura or around the world! Pastor Bruce can help you connect - Bruce@cpcventura.org.
o Signpost MissionWorks - Contact Jean Stiles: jean@signpostmissionworks.org
o Dos Pueblos – Contact Sheila Raives: sraives@yahoo.com
o Care Corp – Contact Jim Witty: CareCorps@aol.com
o CLEAN International – Contact Heather Baker: heatnbake@gmail.com