ACTIVATE ZAMBIA

Activate Zambia is a new initiative for C3 Church! Early in 2023 Pastor Seth presented the vision to the congregation of being a church that has both a local and a global outreach. This vision grew into an exciting partnership between C3 Church and Grace Pentecostal Church and Ministries in Zambia.  


Pastor Seth is currently leading the first overseas missions team from C3 NEPDX to Zambia for a conference, ministry and business training on August 13-27. The C3 Zambia missions team has eight people, with five team members coming from the C3 Church congregation.  Pastor Seth Brooks is running Activate Zambia Conference in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia in partnership with local pastors, community leaders and churches in Zambia. 


The focus of the missions trip is a ministry and business training conference, with a kids program running concurrently. There are 163 children registered for the kids program and 117 young adults registered for the business training and mentorship program. The people of Kapiri Mposhi are excited to be a part of Activate Zambia 2023! 


Thank you to everyone who has prayed, supported and given financially to this work in Africa. To learn more about the partnership between C3 Church and the churches in Zambia, click the link below.



TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ACTIVATE ZAMBIA!

C3 Communnity Outreach

The hub of our community outreach is the building on the church property that is home to C3 Food Pantry. This building is dedicated to serving and providing for the needs of our local Portland community through food assistance. Pastor Kaz Brooks is the director of C3 Food Pantry and she oversees a team of 50+ volunteers who run a public food box distribution every Tuesday. Since March 2020, C3 Food Pantry has provided food help and food boxes to over 280,000 people. 


watch C3 Food Pantry in action!


In addition to the weekly food box distribution, C3 Food Pantry has provided food help and food donations to dozens of non profit organizations, churches and schools over the past three years in N/NE Portland. Every Thursday a C3 Food Pantry volunteer does a food drop off to the local Sabin Elementary for their Family Resource Center. C3 also provides care and builds community through flower donations, Easter basket giveaways, community BBQ events, an annual community summer block party, school supply giveaways, Fall events, Thanksgiving meals, Christmas giveaway events and more. 


Over the past five years C3 Church has served the community in numerous fire events, including providing use of the church building as space for an evacuation center for Multnomah county in 2018, serving 10,000+ people food, clothing and emergency supplies during the Oregon fires in 2020, and being a donation drop off site for people affected by the Hacienda apartment block fires in January 2021.


C3 Church is dedicated to serving the Portland community, and to providing care, building community and showing compassion to all in need. For more information on the services and impact C3 Church and C3 Food Pantry has had on the local Portland community, please visit c3foodpantry.com

Fall/WINTER COMMUNITY GROUPS

Community Groups are small groups of 5 to 10 people that meet regularly to build friendships, share a meal and grow in faith together. The Fall/Winter season of Community Group kicks off Tuesday, September 19, 2023 and runs weekly on Tuesdays at 6:30-8pm. The Fall/Winter season runs for ten weeks and finishes on Tuesday, November 28, 2023


What happens at Community Groups?

  • 6:30-7pm: Potluck dinner. Groups start with a meal because it is a great way to build community and get to know each other. 
  • 7-8pm: A time of teaching from the Bible, followed by a time to share thoughts and ideas and simply discuss the Bible teaching as a small group. It's an opportunity to hear from others and contribute your own perspective in an honest, friendly and open environment.