Urban Cross Trek

The Spring ‘Take a Break’ program comes to Seattle this week. With emphasis on homelessness, they will visit area programs to understand the many challenges and effort underway here. Lodging at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church also enables students to take in the larger Lake City District’s community effort at addressing inequities and advocacy for support. […]

The Urban Cross Trek program began as a ministry of Maple Leaf Lutheran Church in Meadowbrook. With the formation of the community nonprofit Meadowbrook Community CARE (MC2) in 2007, the plan was to be inclusive with our traveling guests and promote care for the planet, one neighborhood at a time. With the 2004 implementation of the […]

All sorts of images come to mind when one hears ‘Spring Break!’. Recalling my youth or remembering my daughters time away, so many years ago, it usually comes with a word of caution or fears of some sort of excess. Happily, we’ve had the good fortune to welcome the Bearcats of Willamette University for the […]

With Moscow getting so much news of late, its necessary to know that, not only is there another ‘Washington’ (state) but also another ‘Moscow’. The one in Idaho came to visit, serve and make a positive impact here in Seattle this past March. Home to University of Idaho, students came to give back most of the week to ‘Rebuild […]

On a hot summer day we welcomed St. John Lutheran Church from Fargo ND to our summer outreach at the Meadowbrook Community Gardens and Orchards (MCGO). The group comprised of two chaperones’  (Pastor Brian) and youth visiting the Pacific NW. The mission group spent time serving in Puget Sound region and one of the locations they chose was MCGO!  […]

Youth and their traveling chaperones have signed up for this year’s Urban Cross Trek Program and will be visiting Seattle this summer. The St. Johns Lutheran Church guests from Fargo ND trek their way to Seattle with a service visit to the beautiful Meadowbrook Community Gardens and Orchards. A late July visit will build on past efforts by […]

Urban Cross Trek, an MC2 summertime outreach campaign that supports engagement with rural communities has sent out their annual ‘invites’ for 2016. Most communities hail from areas along the north I-90 corridor. The UCT experience involves week long opportunities to see sustainable projects in action, participate in them, visit larger efforts and enjoy a bit of […]

A Spring journey to Seattle was on tap for Willamette U. students visiting with their ‘TaB’ program. Staying at the local Meadowbrook church gave them opportunities to support the nightly coed shelter and give back with their service at the Meadowbrook Orchard. Our community is a little bit healthier because of the ‘Take a Break’ […]

This week we welcome students from Willamette University as part of the ‘Take a Break’ program.  This is the second year we have hosted the students Spring outreach program.  As part of their visit they will be studying aspects of urban violence and the best models to improve dynamics around this serious topic. They are […]

The 2015 Concordia College/Moorhead Social Justice visit by students to Seattle yielded great results and good times. Meeting community, understanding and experiencing urban challenges and giving back, all add to the exchange of perspectives from folks with different backgrounds. The itinerary included visiting the sites of the Pacific Northwest with trips to the Olympic Peninsula,  […]