December Update | Menlo Midweek | Mark Morinishi

We get the run down on all things December, Christmas, and do a devotional together out of the Come All Ye Faithless Reading Plan! Connect with Us | Text US: (650)600-0402

The holidays are supposed to be joyful, but for many they feel heavy—filled with unmet expectations, quiet pain, or spiritual drift. The good news? Jesus didn’t come for the ones who had it all together. This Advent, we’re flipping the script on a familiar carol. Come All Ye Faithless is a reminder that the invitation to meet Jesus isn’t just for the strong, but for the struggling. If you’re hopeless, joyless, anxious, or lonely… you’re exactly who Christmas is for. Thank you Dr. Jo Vitale from Kardia Questions for helping start our series! Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

This week we celebrate one year of our Hope for Everyone Campaign, and try to give you some ammo for the conversations that are going to happen around the holidays. Here is the link for the Good Questions Convo and the link to the 20 questions. Text Us: (650)600-0402

In the parable of the prodigal son, the father doesn’t waste the waiting. He’s doing what faithful love does—watching the road, preparing the house, and running toward redemption when the moment comes. This message invites us to see our commitments not as one-time transactions, but as ongoing acts of faithful anticipation. While we wait to see all the fruit of Hope for Everyone, we are not passive. We’re participating in the preparation—believing the best is still ahead and behaving like it. Whether you’re reaffirming your “yes” or stepping in for the first time, the invitation is the same: step into the work God is already doing—because hope isn’t just coming home. Hope is building the welcome. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

This we further explore the timeliness and importance of our Hope for Everyone Campaign using Haggai as our framework. We see the parallels of a culture who placed value on something then stopped - and how it cautious us no to do the same. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

For over 150 years, Menlo Church has been part of something bigger than itself—generation after generation choosing to invest in hope they might never fully see. Hope for Everyone is more than a campaign; it’s a declaration that God’s not done yet. In this two-week series, we’ll revisit the vision that launched a bold step of faith last year—and celebrate how far we’ve come. But more than that, we’ll explore what it means to keep going. To believe again. To keep building even while we wait. Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or are just joining the journey, now’s the time to lean in. God is still working. And He’s still using people like us to bring hope to everyone. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

In this special episode, Jo and Vince from Kardia Questions joins us to help ease the anxiety we might all be feeling when imagining the conversations around the holidays. They help set helpful framework for what good questions are, give practical examples and tangible ways to navigate conversations, and share their heart for bringing Jesus into every conversation.  Text Us: (650)600-0402 | Connect with Us      

As we close out our series on Jonah we have Matt Summers joining us to talk sumo wrestling, the dangers of comfort, the importance of friendship and the difference hope can make.

In Jonah 4, we meet a bitter prophet and a compassionate God. Jonah is angry that God cares too much, and if we’re honest, we’ve been there, too. This message will call us to choose compassion even when it hurts, and let God soften the places we’ve grown hard. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402

This week we dive deeper into Jonah 3, recap how to approach holidays like Halloween, ask how to make sense of God's requests, and ways we can start to see our world around us through the lens of bringing hope. Connect with Us | Text Us: (650)600-0402