Refuge
Join us September 27th at Hope Women's Center for an open space of prayer and presence. Come as you are, alone or with others, and give your mind and body an opportunity to be still. There will be prayer and journal prompts to guide you if you don't know where to start, a designated place to receive specific, individual prayer, and a creative table where you can practice presence through a simple craft. Come and go as you please; the space will be open 6-7:30pm.
Mobile Pantry - October
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Pie Fest
Come gather with us for a cozy evening of good food, community, and all things FALL!
Bring your favorite sweet or savory pie to share—whether it’s a classic apple pie, pumpkin pie, chicken pot pie, or your own family favorite. There’s no wrong way to pie!
So grab a pie, invite a friend, and come ready for a fun of all things fall!
Sign up Here!
Mobile Pantry - November
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Mobile Pantry - December
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Mexico Mission Trip
This spring, our team will travel to Mexico to serve alongside our partners at Ocean View Ministry, a vibrant local ministry committed to meeting both spiritual and physical needs in their community. Together, we’ll participate in hands-on projects that support local families, strengthen community partnerships, and share in the life and work God is already doing there.
Whether through building projects, community outreach, or simply showing up to listen and learn, our goal is to embody Christ’s love in tangible ways—and to return home with a deeper understanding of God’s global mission.
MORE DETAILS TO COME!
Congregational Meeting
Building on our time looking back, we'll now turn our attention to looking around, taking an honest look at who we are and where we are right now. Through individual reflection, table conversations, and group discussion, we'll explore our church's strengths, the needs we see both within our congregation and in our surrounding community, the limitations we face, and the resources God has already given us. We'll close by imagining what's possible in the season ahead. Come ready to dream, discuss, and discern together over lunch!
Please sign up in advance so we can plan enough food for everyone.
Sign up HERE!
Mobile Pantry - September
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Congregational Meeting
Join us as we gather as a church family to look back together! As part of our vision process, we'll walk through our church's history, celebrating the milestones, honoring the people who've shaped us, and reflecting honestly on the hard seasons too, all over a meal together. We'll build a timeline of our story, name the lessons we've learned along the way, and uncover the values that have shaped who we are today. Whether you've been part of this church for decades or just a few months, your perspective matters. Come share your memories and hear from others!
Please sign up in advance so we can plan enough food for everyone.
Sign up HERE!
Big Idea: Political Theology and Civic Engagement
What does it mean to follow Jesus in the public square? Is politics simply about voting every few years, or is there a distinctly Christian way of understanding power, citizenship, justice, and our responsibility to our neighbors?
Rev. Clint Leavitt will facilitate a conversation with Rev. Dr. Caleb E. Campbell, exploring the foundations of a biblical political theology, drawing on his doctoral research at Fuller Seminary and his forthcoming book, "The Politics of Loving Your Neighbor."
Join us as we explore the necessary, deeper question: How does the gospel form us to be faithful citizens of the Kingdom of God?
Sign up HERE!
Parent's Night Out
An opportunity for parents to drop off their kids for a date night! Bring dinner for your child; quality care and activities will be provided for the kids. Parents must sign up by July 15th. No day-of drop-offs permitted.
Sign up HERE!
Hope Family Night
Come and serve the families of our neighborhood with a team at Hope Women’s Center! You can help provide and serve a meal and get to know and love the families that Hope serves, embodying the love of Christ to your neighbors! What to expect:
- You can bring/ donate the following: water bottles, paper goods (plates & silveware)
- You will be responsible for: setting up, serving the food, leading an activity/ message for the kids
- We are serving around 50-70 families
Sign up HERE!
Backpack Drive
Join Kidtown as we serve the kids and families of Hope Women's Center by donating new or gently used backpacks for their back-to-school drive. Bring a backpack to church on Sundays during the month of June and drop it in the collection box.
Common Commitments Course
If you call Midtown your community and are looking to get more invested by serving and becoming a member, join us for a three week journey! You'll get to connect with other folks new to the church to walk with them in their journeys, ask any and all questions you have about Midtown and its structure, and ultimately chart the path towards covenant partnership, or membership, at Midtown. Plus, lunch is on us every week! We need you to sign up online for this, so hop on asap and complete that. We ask that you commit to attending for at least two of the three weeks.
Sign up HERE!
Church Camp
Come to church camp expecting a fun time practicing our faith in community as we learn about what it means to abide in Jesus! Scripture shows us over and over again the value of getting away from the stress and busyness of daily life to spend time with God. We find one example of this in Mark 6 after Jesus feeds the 5,000. Immediately after leaving the crowd of people, he leaves even his disciples and goes “up on a mountainside to pray” (v 46). It’s our prayer that this weekend gives you a chance to get out of the valley and spend some time sitting and abiding with Jesus, in community.
You can expect games and adventures of all kinds, times of worship and teaching, and time for reflection and solitude. Meals will be provided and covered in your registration cost, as is lodging in the shared cabins.
Sign up Here (Reminder: you are not officially signed up until your payment is received)
Mobile Pantry- May
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Volunteer Lunch
Free food for: past, current, and future volunteers! Midtown doesn’t happen without all the people who give their time to set up, teach our kids, lead us in worship, and so many other things. Come hear about what’s happening on each of our service teams and how you can be a part of it. We’ll also spend some time learning the ins and outs of our online platform, Planning Center - really thrilling stuff, we know, but at least there’ll be pizza!
Click HERE to sign up!
Mobile Pantry- April
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Easter Sunday
To conclude Holy Week we will gather together at our normal Sunday time (9:30 am) to reflect on the resurrection of Christ and its significance in our lives today! Join us for the celebration, and be sure to invite your friends and neighbors!
Good Friday Service
Join us for a meditative experience on the evening of Good Friday! We will reflect upon the death of Christ through the stations of the cross, each represented by artwork from local artists, immersives audio readings of each text, and devotional reflections along the way. You won’t want to miss this unique and powerful experience! It’s an open house from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm - be there, and bring headphones!
Maundy Thursday
Join us for our annual Maundy Thursday seder dinner, a night where we reenact the final meal Jesus ate with his disciples and connect the themes of that meal to the larger story of Christ and the scriptures. The meal will be hosted at the Leavitt home, and since we will be providing food, we need to know no later than March 27th who is planning to come.
Be sure to RSVP ASAP here!
If you want to help with any part of the evening (i.e. preparing food or drink) Sign up HERE!
Faithful Presence: Standing with the Local and Global Persecuted Church
Today, about 1 in every 67 people worldwide has been forcibly displaced from their home, including 42 million refugees--survivors of persecution--many of them our Christian brothers and sisters.
Yet the God of the Bible is alive and well, building His Church against all odds (Matt. 16), working in and through people on the move, as he has since the beginning.
What are forcibly displaced people facing today, and what is our response? How might we learn from them and come alongside them in unity and mission? What does that practically look like, right here in Phoenix?
Join renowned authors and speakers Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens, along with local Phoenix leaders, for an eye-opening and empowering time, including a meal from a refugee-owned restaurant.
Register on their website HERE! (Promo Code: FRIEND)
Mobile Pantry- March
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Mural Walk
Join together for an intentional morning out where we will explore the many murals around the Roosevelt Row area in Downtown Phoenix. Amazing artists have poured thoughtful artistry into each of the murals. Let's enter into the stories they are telling.
Sign up HERE!
Communities of Flourishing: Moving from Critique to Action
Many of us can name what’s broken in our communities—polarization, isolation, poverty, food insecurity, injustice, and the fatigue that comes from trying to do good in challenging times.
This gathering is designed to help churches, ministries, and everyday Christians move beyond critique and into hopeful, collaborative, biblically-grounded action. Together, we will explore how the church can embody God’s love in public life in ways that are faithful, creative, and deeply rooted in Scripture.
We’ll engage real issues facing our neighborhoods: caring for immigrants and refugees, the sanctity of life, addressing hunger and food insecurity, confronting racism, sustaining soul-care while serving, stewarding creation, and resisting the pull of consumerism and greed.
You’ll hear from nationally recognized leaders along with practitioners from across Arizona, including leaders serving in Phoenix, Flagstaff, Tucson, and other communities, who are demonstrating what faithful presence looks like in their context.
Expect to leave with renewed imagination, practical ideas, and new relationships with others committed to seeking the flourishing of our cities and neighborhoods. This is a day for anyone who wants to see the church live out the love of Christ in tangible, transformative ways.
Sign up HERE!
Mexico Mission Trip
This spring, our team will travel to Mexico to serve alongside our partners at Ocean View Ministry, a vibrant local ministry committed to meeting both spiritual and physical needs in their community. Together, we’ll participate in hands-on projects that support local families, strengthen community partnerships, and share in the life and work God is already doing there.
Whether through building projects, community outreach, or simply showing up to listen and learn, our goal is to embody Christ’s love in tangible ways—and to return home with a deeper understanding of God’s global mission.
Cost: $225 (free for under 18yr olds)
Deadline: Feb 1st
Sign Up Here!
Ash Wednesday Experience
Join us for our annual Ash Wednesday experience, a kickoff to the Lenten season in which we reflect upon our need for Jesus and choose to embrace specific Lenten practices together as a community. Rabbi Simcha Bunim taught that we should carry two truths: “For me the world was created,” and “I am but dust and ashes.” In this tension, we seek renewal in Christ, embracing His love and grace to transform us. The theme for the service will be reflecting upon Jesus' final hours with His disciples, specifically when He chooses to wash their feet, and what this prompts in us as we face our own mortality, purpose, and life in Christ - it will involve a series of meditative stations with scripture readings, explanations, reflection questions, and prompts to consider for the Lenten season, fasts, and more.
Mobile Pantry- February
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Super Bowl at the Parkers
Come for the food, come for the friends or come for the football. Either way, it’ll be a great time! Bring something to share, leave with memories of a great game…or maybe just memories of one weird commercial. Come one come all!
Sign up HERE!
Welcome to Midtown Lunch
New to Midtown? Want to learn more about how to take your next step? Have any burning questions about the church, its mission/vision/values, etc.? Join us for our Welcome To Midtown lunch. Food is on us!
Sign up HERE!
Mobile Pantry- January
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Christmas Eve Service
Join us for our annual candlelight service, where we celebrate together the very center point of history: Christ's arrival into the world! Join us in celebrating the truth that the light has come, and be sure to invite neighbors and friends to join!
Christmas in Garfield
We are partnering again with our friends at AimRight to love and serve our neighbors in Garfield. We need volunteers to dress up, hand out toys, assist with setup and tear down, and more!
Sign up Here!
Midtown Christmas Party
Join us for our annual Midtown Christmas Party! It's a perfect event to invite neighbors, friends, and family - we'll have chili for everyone, and anyone attending can bring sides/drinks for all to enjoy! We'll have games, music, and--of course--eggnog for all to enjoy!
Sign up HERE for potluck contribution!
Mobile Pantry
Midtown's Mobile Pantry is back! The mobile pantry is an opportunity for folks in the Garfield neighborhood to receive free food boxes. As a volunteer, you will help set up tables, organize food, hand out boxes, and meet our neighbors. The time is from 6:30 am - 8:30 am am, but if you need to scoot out earlier than 8:30 am for work this is totally doable! We NEED to have at least 10 people signed up, so jump on it!
Sign up HERE!
Litter Lifters
Join us as we partner with neighbors to help care for creation and our community together! Meet at the Kresta Home (address above), United States, to get things started - we provide everything you’ll need to clean up trash! Then stick around after we're done to connect with neighbors over some brunch!
Sign up Here!