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Outreach (Page 3)

Fremont School Board Recognizes St. James’

As a community St. James’ has a history of reaching out in our community. We serve dinners and help with the kids’ club at Sunrise Village, we support Sacred Space, we collect school supplies and gift cards for shoes and help families being re-homed. We want to demonstrate our faith in our community and sometimes…

Sacred Space Update

My Saturdays usually go like this:  After rising and grabbing something to eat and my water bottle, I’m off to the barn.  I’m usually there for several hours.  In the course of the morning, I end up dusty or muddy (depending on the time of year), with dirt smears on my shirt from where my…

Abode Services Update, Fall 2016

2016 Rapid Re-Housing starts up again in October. Abode Services Rapid Re-Housing program gets into high gear again with meetings beginning in October. The need for affordable housing continues to haunt the Bay Area. We now have over 16 churches from Fremont, Newark and Union City participating. Our storage unit is full with many items…

Come See – Come Be Conference

Ecclesia Ministries, a street ministry with affiliates in over 80 cities in the US, UK, and Brazil, is holding their Come See – Come Be conference at Mercy Center in October.  Our own diocesan ministry, Sacred Space, is hosting the conference. Come explore the roots of our street ministries and how our dependence on God’s…

 Sacred Space Update

Sacred Space is a specialized mission of the Diocese of California that provides an outdoor worship service and lunch to homeless persons each Sunday afternoon. This ministry is spearheaded by The Rev. John Trubina.  Currently there are two locations, Hayward and Oakland, and along with other parishes in the Southern Alameda County Deanery, St. James’…

Request for Travel Size Items

The Women’s Spirituality Group will be putting together “Care Packages” as requested by Deacon Ken for the Street Outreach Chaplain program. We are requesting donations from the parish of the following: Dark colored socks Face cloths Toothbrushes in a wrapper (ask for some at your dentist) Travel size tubes of toothpaste Travel size deodorant Travel…

Youth Outreach Projects

During each school year St. James’ Sunday School takes part in a number of outreach projects. Leading the sock campaign, making sandwiches for Sacred Space, and promoting the school supplies drive all impact our local community so our Spring project widened our horizons. In order to support Episcopal Relief and Development projects overseas through their…

Street Outreach Chaplaincy in the Tri-Cities Area

  Following the moving second annual memorial service in memory of the homeless men and women who perished on the streets of the Tri-cities area, Pastor Greg Roth of Centerville Presbyterian Church was moved to take affirmative steps to reach out to this frequently unseen and often ignored population. Pastor Greg came to Fremont from…