Loving San Jose

Two important quarterly events will merge on March 29th: our All Church Family Service and Loving San Jose.  This is an opportunity for all of us, from 0 to 100 years old, to get out and serve together!

We will begin our morning at 10 am as usual in the ballroom of SJSU. We will have a shorter message and time of worship before we hit the streets of San Jose. There will be ten service opportunities located in the downtown area and most of them will be kid friendly. We will then gather back in the ballroom at 11:45 am for a pizza lunch and to share about our experiences together.

Please review the Service Opportunities below. Kid friendly events are noted with an asterisk. Please contact Tony Traback, Pastor of Mission Mobilization, at , with general questions or to sign up for a particular project. Parents can contact Jill Bekaert, Kids’ Community Director, at , for questions regarding family involvement in this event. Limited childcare will be available for children two and under on the Sunday morning of the event.

Service Projects:

* SJSU Handouts— Handing out scantrons (SJSU students have to pay for them!) and other school goodies to SJSU students.

Car Wash— Pastor David Alvarez will be leading a group to the ministry center to host a car wash.  

Handing out doughnuts and coffee at First St and Santa Clara downtown— a group will be going to bus stops and other spots to offer coffee and doughnuts to those waiting and living on the streets. 

* Baskesto Park clean up and water handout— a group will be going to a park downtown to pick up trash and pass out water to those at the park.

* Serving families at EHC— a group will be going to EHC to distribute gift baskets and play with families at emergency housing consortium. 

Intercession— Our head pastor Brad will be leading a time of intercession.  The group will walk around SJ praying around significant buildings and about other issues facing our city.

* Care packages and yard clean up at Heritage Home— a group will be going to Heritage Home (where pregnant women who have no where to go live) to hand out care packages and do some yard clean up. 

Survey on Financial Crisis— a group will go out to gather information on how the community thinks that a church could best respond to the financial crisis.

* Homewood— a group will be going to Homewood (a facility for the elderly) to offer flowers, prayer, and conversation.