2025
Updates
WHATCOM PREGNANCY CLINIC
The Clinic now offers Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support groups to men and women who have endured the heartbreak of losing a child by miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, or infant loss. Families can go through a six-week, faith-based curriculum which includes a Bible study and brings in the love of Christ.
This support group is just one of the many ways that the Whatcom Pregnancy Clinic serves our community. Learn more about this ministry by attending their annual fundraising dinner on Friday, October 24th at 5:30pm at the Ferndale Events Center.
ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER
Cristian & Emily Colacillo are preparing to return to full time missions with YWAM (Youth With a Mission) in Tijuana, Mexico, along with their two young girls, Sofía (8) and Constanza (4). Emily is currently on staff with our youth ministry here at NCCTK and together they have served with high school students the past 3 years. The Colacillos will be working with YWAM Homes of Hope to support the impoverished people of Mexico by giving them a proper roof over their heads. Cristian will also be working with children and teens using soccer to teach biblical values. Emily will use her gift of interpretation/translation to support the 7 schools offered through the University of the Nations, as well as with 7,500+ short-term volunteers (such as the teams of high school students that NCY has sent to Mexico the past several years).
“We are excited to serve the Lord by caring for these people in crucial ways, equipping and sending missionaries as they reach the world. Please pray for us as we prepare for all the changes ahead. For our daughters as they leave their home for the first time. For the Lord to provide all the monthly support that we need. For someone to help us get our 5th wheel to Mexico that we will be living in.”
If you would like to learn more about the work they will be doing and how you can donate you can email Emily at: emilycolacillo@gmail.com or follow their Facebook Page: Colacillo Family Missions.
Emily & Cristian Colacillo-Becoming Full-Time Missionaries
Update From Ichthus Ministries in India
Millions of children from poor and marginalized families face daily challenges in accessing quality education simply because they lack basic school supplies. By providing free school supplies, such as schoolbooks, uniforms, school shoes and stationeries, Ichthus Ministries is not just offering material assistance, they are empowering young minds to dream bigger, learn better, and break the cycle of poverty. Every school supply distributed becomes a powerful tool of hope, opening doors to education and opportunity that were once out of reach. This simple act of kindness creates a ripple effect, inspiring confidence within the children, easing the burden on struggling families, and building a stronger, more equitable future for their society. Ichthus Ministries has helped and supported more than 800 children with school supplies and basic essentials for uninterrupted academic sessions.
YWAM NORTH CASCADES
This past August, Lynden’s own YWAM base graduated seven students who completed a three-month Discipleship Bible School. Over the summer they read the entire Bible aloud, participated in lectures on every book, discussed the text deeply, and applied what they learned. The school concluded with a celebration where each student shared an overview presentation on the cohesive story of Scripture.
ROCKTOBER
Do you like live music AND supporting missions? Then join us for “Rocktober” on Thursday, October 23rd from 6:30pm-8:00pm in the Worship Center. Musicians from the NCCTK worship teams have put together a great night of some classic (and clean!) rock and roll for you! Come and support NCCTK Missions and rock out! Tickets are $10 and all proceeds will go to Missions (all children need a ticket unless they can sit on your lap). Don’t miss this great night of rock!
For more information, contact Joel.VanMersbergen@ncctk.com
International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 is a special time set aside as a global prayer meeting for persecuted Christians who stand as bold witnesses in the world’s most difficult and dangerous places. Join others in praying for our Christian brothers and sisters in hostile areas and restricted nations, their families, their needs, and their ministries.
ORPHAN SUNDAY
Sunday, November 9th is a day of global initiative for churches and communities to raise awareness and provide support for orphaned and vulnerable children. North County Christ the King is privileged to partner with ministries like New Generation and Starfish that have orphanages in Haiti, as well as the Life Giving Network and Ichthus Ministries who also support orphans in India.
Guadalajara Mission Trip
A 27-person team from NCCTK, led by Becky Gerlach and Bill Lynch, will be investing their Spring Break in a week of ministry to the orphans of Guadalajara, Mexico through the Emmanuel Foundation. Emmanuel is a Christian organization that provides shelter, food, and education to children in disadvantaged situations. In addition to these material needs, the Foundation teaches the children the Bible, faith in Jesus Christ, and provides opportunities for the children to express their faith in worship and prayer. They will be blessing the Emmanuel Foundation community through maintenance on their property, painting, Vacation Bible School with the children, sharing testimonies, prison ministry, street ministry, and leading a worship service.
Please pray for this group as they begin to prepare for international ministry together, for team unity, and for God to work through each member while they bring the love of Jesus to the orphan children.
Questions? Contact becky.gerlach@ncctk.com
UPDATE TO NCCTK GIVING PAGE
We’re simplifying things: instead of giving to individual missions through the website, you’ll now support our Missions & Outreach Fund, which will still benefit all our partnered ministries!
Prefer to give directly to a specific ministry? No problem—just bring or mail your gift to NCCTK with the ministry name on the memo line, and we’ll make sure it’s directed properly.
Questions or want details about a particular ministry? Reach out to Sandra Smith at Sandra.smith@ncctk.com