A Church on Mission.
What if we were a people who truly did the things Jesus said? Cared for the marginalized, actively worked toward peace and justice, and made disciples of all nations?
Here are Overlake we desire to do just that. More than 10% of our annual budget goes out the door to support local and global partnerships as well as empowering YOU to live missionally in your everyday lives.
Service-Learning Trips:
Service-learning trips are an incredible opportunity to engage with our global partners, stretch our faith, learn from other cultures, connect in community, and participate with what God is doing around the world!
Service-Learning Trips 2023
Put your name on a Trip Interest List!
For more info on trips, click HERE.
Serving our Local Community
Over the years many incredible local ministries have been birthed out of Overlake and partnerships established in our local area. Below are some ministries and partner-organizations, that you can come alongside, here in our local community.
If you’re interested in serving with Overlake’s Safe Parking Ministry or You Belong Community - or you just want to learn more - go here.
Bridge Receiving Center
The Bridge Receiving Center is a safe place for children entering foster care to land to receive services while a permanent placement can be found.
Go here for more info.
Contact Person: Tracy Rubstello
Seattle Angels
Seattle Angels is a local foster care non-profit that walks alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community with tangible love and support.
Find out more info HERE.
Contact Person: Deb Christian
R.E.S.T.
R.E.S.T. is a locally based organization that offers pathways to freedom, safety, and hope to individuals who have experienced the sex trade. They believe that everyone deserves to be loved and a life free from exploitation.
For further information click HERE.
Contact Person: Lisa O'Dell
World Relief
World Relief is a humanitarian organization working locally to help refugees and other immigrants resettle here in Western WA.
For a complete list of ways to serve with World Relief, click HERE.
Point of contact: Vienna Christensen
Serve Globally
OCC works with over 20 different global partners and organizations in 20 countries around the world providing financial ministerial support. Many of these global partners were originally from Overlake! Here are a few highlights of some of the amazing ministries we are able to be a part of:
THAILAND & SPAIN:
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
OCC works in Pattaya, Thailand, one of the largest destinations for sex tourism in the world, with an estimated 200,000 people trapped in the sex industry. We work alongside our partners, Not Abandoned, to offer women a way out of this life of oppression through resources and job skills training.
KENYA: VULNERABLE CHILDREN
Our hearts are broken for the children who live and die alone on the streets of the world’s cities. OCC has been helping vulnerable children in Kenya for more than 20 years through our partnership with Agape Children's Ministries, reintegrating children on the streets back into family, a model we hope to reproduce all around the world.
MIDDLE EAST/EUROPE: REFUGEES
Overlake is serving refugees in Jordan, Palestine, Kurdistan, and Greece by providing love, care for, and advocating for this vulnerable population. This past year we have also started a partnership with Border Perspective down at the South Texas Border.
LATIN AMERICA/ASIA/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA: CHURCH PLANTING
OCC has been involved in the work of church planting and mission mobilization/equipping among the unreached for around 30 years now. A key partner in the work has been our partner, IAM. Through this partnership, many Latinos are now serving throughout Latin America and in the Middle East. We are greatly encouraged by how God is working and moving among the unreached!