Welcome to MPC Connected! With our church family separated, we will be communicating with you throughout the week in a more intentional way, including emails from Max and Jeff, opportunities to serve others, and more. Enjoy!
MPC Family,
Usually you hear from Max on Tuesday, but we had a simple and delicious opportunity to be a blessing to others this week that we wanted to let you know about.
Some of us at the church play basketball at the YMCA three mornings a week. In addition to the guys from MPC, there are a bunch of guys that have joined us through invitations, just showing up at the Y, etc. It's a great group and we have really enjoyed getting to know each other.
One of the guys from this group owns his own catering business and he's undertaken to serve the community through an initiative called "WC Cares." From his website:
While West Chester Area School district is considered to be one of the wealthiest school districts in the state, we are not immune to food insecurity. Close to 1800 students (over 16% of the student population) rely on free or reduced lunch thru the district. WC cares hopes to unite the community during this national crisis and is asking everyone to help a neighbor in need.
For $50, you can purchase a great meal for you/your family (meals serve 4-5 people), and Serock Catering will donate a corresponding meal to a family in need. They've done this a few times with different meals. This time it's:
3 pounds Sausage and Peppers in Red Sauce
3 pounds Penne Vodka
1/2 Dozen Club Rolls
Family Size Salad
If you just want to donate $50, Serock Catering will make two meals and give them both to families in need.
Check out the program and place an order here: https://serockcatering.com/wc-cares/
Pick-up options are tomorrow (Wednesday) or Thursday.
Prayer Guide
One more thing - This week's prayer guide - including suggested prayers for people in our church family, our current crisis, our own growth as believers (this week's prayers based on Jesus' prayer in John 17) and our missionaries is now available. It was included in the email version of this post. Contact Jeff if you didn’t receive it. Thank you!
Jeff
Though we are separated during this unique season, we want you to know we are available. We will be doing our best to stay in touch in many ways, but if you need prayer or just need someone to talk to, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. You can always send a prayer request to Donna (mpcadminteam@gmail.com). You can also email or call Max or Jeff or any of our elders. Max's email is mbenfer@meadowcroftchurch.org and his phone # is 484-886-7726. Jeff's email is jeff@meadowcroftchurch.org and his phone number is 540-818-6215.