In light of AAPI History month, join us and the Chinese Historical Society (CHS) of Southern California for a guided walking tour of LA’s Chinatown on Saturday, May 24, tentatively from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Together, we’ll explore the neighborhood’s rich history from 19th-century roots to modern-day community highlighting immigration, culture, economics, and faith. The tour is immersive, informative, and led by passionate volunteers from CHS. Afterward, we plan to enjoy a shared meal together in Chinatown! 

RSVP: https://forms.gle/2xjsHLuZkvwiqAx58

We are having another women’s event. This time we will do a clothing swap while enjoying some delicious tacos . Feel free to bring clothes you would like to exchange, or to simply come and browse, or even just come to hang and eat tacos  make sure to rsvp so we can get a head count on food!

We're excited to re-introduce Saturday Morning Fellowship (formerly known as Dessert Club). It's an opportunity to eat and connect with the former residents of Centennial. We'll meet Saturday, May 17 at 10:30am to enjoy coffee, refreshments, and conversation at their new affordable housing complex at 2439 N Lincoln Ave. Let us know if you need a ride.  To sign up, RSVP here or email amy@missiocc.org

Join us for a private viewing from the Mt Wilson Observatory and see planets, stars, and objects that are millions of light years away!  Invite a friend to this awe-inspiring outreach event. We'll carpool at 5:30pm.

Missio's first-ever dance party is Friday night, May 9 from 7:30-10:30pm at the Tang's home. Whether you like to dance or not, come, bring a friend, play board games, and have relaxed time together. If you're able to bring a drink or snack to share, please do. And if you need a ride, please email wayne@missiocc.org.

What is the role of ethnoburbs, PWI-WAA (predominantly white institutions with a lot of Asians), and ethnic churches for Asian Americans? How might we think about affirmative action and ethnic studies programs? How might the refusal to assimilate help form a more robust Asian American political identity? Join us this May (AAPI Heritage Month) as we discuss these questions through reading Bianca Mabute-Louie's memoir, Unassimilable, set in the San Gabriel Valley (SGV). We’ll meet for four Sundays in May, from 12:30pm-2:30pm.

We'll celebrate the resurrection of Christ with a special Easter service followed by a free taco truck luncheon after worship. So invite a friend!

Union Station will be serving a Thanksgiving lunch for the residents at Centennial Place. We have been invited to join them and share the meal and conversation with the residents. Set up begins at 10:30, lunch will be served at 11am and clean up will happen from 1pm-1:30 pm. If you would like to join us, please contact Amy[at]missiocc.org by November 18

SUNDAY, November 24, 2024

• 6:30 PM 8:00 PM

• 235 EAST HOLLY STREETPASADENA, CA, 91101UNITED STATES (MAP)

Missio partners with Centennial Place to host a monthly worship service and dessert club. We worship, listen to a practical and heart focused message, pray for each other, the community and world, and enjoy dessert, coffee and conversation around tables. Our theme for November will be gratitude. If you’d like to serve with us this week, fill out this form and we’ll contact you with the guidelines and details

Missio’s artist circle is a space that encourages creativity for those compelled to create or curious to learn from and join other artists. Our theme for this time will be “community.” All creatives are welcome — musicians, painters, spoken word artists, designers, dancers, photographers, poets, chefs, etc. Come join us for a free time of creating, followed by a time to share our creations with each other! Some art supplies will be provided, but please bring the essential items you need to create (instruments, paintbrushes, canvases, notebooks, etc.) if you have them.

Location: Sami’s house (email wayne@missiocc.org for address)

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

This Face to Face, we will have a communal Scripture reading of the Joseph novella (Genesis 37-50).

Location: Wayne’s apartment (email wayne@missiocc.org for address).

SUNDAY, September 22, 2024

• 6:30 PM 8:00 PM

• 235 EAST HOLLY STREETPASADENA, CA, 91101UNITED STATES (MAP)

Missio partners with Centennial Place to host a monthly worship service and dessert club. We worship, listen to a practical and heart focused message, pray for each other, the community and world, and enjoy dessert, coffee and conversation around tables. If you’d like to serve with us this week, fill out this form and we’ll contact you with the guidelines and details

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

This Face to Face, we will be prayer walking around the Old Town Pasadena area.

Location: Jackie and Mack Robinson Statues (95 Garfield Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101).

SUNDAY, July 28, 2024

• 6:30 PM 8:00 PM

• 235 EAST HOLLY STREETPASADENA, CA, 91101UNITED STATES (MAP)

Missio partners with Centennial Place to host a monthly worship service and dessert club. We worship, listen to a practical and heart focused message, pray for each other, the community and world, and enjoy dessert, coffee and conversation around tables. If you’d like to serve with us this week, fill out this form and we’ll contact you with the guidelines and details

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

Location: Wayne’s apartment (contact wayne@missiocc.org for address).

July 19, 2023 12:00 PM July 20

• CRYSTAL LAKE (MAP)

Save the date for the 4th-ever Missio camping trip . Some of us will head to Crystal Lake early in the day on Friday to secure spots. If you need camping gear, we can help provide that. More details coming. If you'd like to help with planning or meals, please email amy@missiocc.org. 

The Race and Faith Narrative groups are a space to share, hear, and process our race and faith journeys. The groups will be small (four people max in each group) and will be meeting for four weeknights in June at various places in Pasadena.

Format: Each week, one group member will share their life story through the lens of race and faith. Other group members will hold space for the sharer in prayerful and attentive listening. After sharing, the group will have an opportunity to respond by offering anything they may have received from God or from their own listening to the story.

RSVP by May 31 here: https://forms.gle/Bzt4YpJbAjo5NyrZ7

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

Location: The Tang’s (contact wayne@missiocc.org for address).

Missio’s artist circle is a space that encourages creativity for those compelled to create or curious to learn from and join other artists. All creatives are welcome — musicians, painters, spoken word artists, designers, dancers, photographers, poets, chefs, etc. Come join us for a free time of creating, followed by a time to share our creations with each other! Some art supplies will be provided, but please bring the essential items you need to create (instruments, paintbrushes, canvases, notebooks, etc.) if you have them.

Location: Sami’s house (email wayne@missiocc.org for address)

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

Location: Wayne’s apartment (contact wayne@missiocc.org for address).

Missio partners with Centennial Place to host a monthly worship service and dessert club. We worship, listen to a practical and heart focused message, pray for each other, the community and world, and enjoy dessert, coffee and conversation around tables.

This week, we’ll have a special art focus. The residents are invited to bring their artistic creations to share.

If you’d like to serve with us this week, fill out this form and we’ll contact you with the guidelines and details.

Missio sponsors Science and Faith events 2-3 times per year on the Caltech campus, and the event includes a free dinner (for members of the Caltech community), a talk , and time for Q&A and dialog about the topic.

Pythagoras taught in 500BC what science now affirms: that the hidden order of the universe can be expressed through mathematics. Why is the universe intelligible to us in this way?

Our conversation will start with a talk from Dr. Alexey Burov, a physicist at the Fermi National Laboratory in Chicago, where he is employed as Senior Scientist. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and the organizer and chair of Fermi Society of Philosophy.

Register here

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

Location: The Tang House (contact wayne@missiocc.org for address).

What does it mean to be an Asian American? What are key aspects of the Asian American experience? What does it look like to be an accomplice to or a resistor against thestructures of white supremacy and racial stratification? Whether you identify as Asian American or not, join us for this 4-week discussion group as we unpack Asian American identity through reading Julia Lee's memoir, Biting the Hand.

For more information, email wayne@missiocc.org.

The resurrection of Jesus is the most significant event in human history. We get to celebrate Easter and invite our friends to consider "Reasons for the Resurrection" as part of a new sermon series called "A Reasonable Faith." So please pray for and invite an unchurched friend to Easter worship, followed by a free Panda Express lunch (RSVP using this link).

Calling all Missio men! As Jesus declared, “On this rock I will build my church,” we’re excited to climb together for our first men’s event this year. We’ll meet at The Post (1100 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103) at 10am on Saturday, March 16th. Cost is $20 for entry and $4 for rental shoes; students will receive $10 off the total price. RSVP here, and bring a friend!

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

Location: Wayne’s apartment (contact wayne@missiocc.org for address).

Attention college students! Save the date for a dumpling-making party, where we’ll wrap, cook, eat, and repeat (“The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat…”). Hosted at the Tang’s. If you need a ride/the address, email wayne@missiocc.org. Bring a friend!

Face to Face is a space where we encounter God intimately in worship and speak to God just as Moses did, as one speaks to a friend (Exodus 33:11). Come for a time of worship and prayer, as we spend some face-to-face time with God and pray for the needs in our community and in our world. Bring a friend!

Location: Wayne’s apartment (contact wayne@missiocc.org for address).