The Presbytery of San Francisco encompasses 81 congregations and new church developments of 25,000 members and 300 minister members in the four counties surrounding San Francisco Bay. In this multi-cultural environment we have identified three priorities:
Goal: ongoing need
Deadlines: Ongoing period; annual 2-3 week trips in February
Lakeside Presbyterian Church (San Francisco) assists orphans and vulnerable children and their families (mainly destitute grandparents) in the town of Meru, Kenya. Partnerning with Meru's Christian agencies and churches, this project provides these children with food, school fees/uniforms, healthcare and love, showing that we care about them
This is a Christian residential ministry next to the San Francisco State University campus and is an active presence on the campus extending visible witness to the students, faculty and staff.
Goal: Minister to San Francisco's Asian community
This is an outreach to the Asian community of San Francisco with a close partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Chinatown.
Goal: Harbor House emphasizes holistic ministry as the way to provide opportunities for people to fulfull their potential.
This organization is a regional, multi-denominational, multi-ethnic nonprofit agency in the San Antonio district of Oakland with a focus on service to children, youth, families and seniors.
This 36-year-old ministry is centered in the Tenderloin and addresses the needs of the homeless and poor.
Goal: Minister to the homeless.
When the Welcome Ministry was founded in 1996, our initial mission was to work with the homeless. In 2008, our work resulted in over 155 people moving indoors, causing the Welcome Ministry board (in 2009) to change both our name and our mission to: WELCOME – a communal response to poverty. We continue to work with the same low income individuals to help them learn the skills they need to remain indoors, to improve their quality of life and to become self-sustaining individuals. We are also helping congregations to respond to poverty in their neighborhoods by helping them to create community gardens to grow food for those in need.
Goal: Provide compassionate ministry for homeless people.
With an objective of providing compassionate ministry for homeless people, a number of Korean Presbyterian Churches, as well as those of other denominations, have provided leadership to serve meals to over 100 people weekly as well as at special events.
Goal: Create healthy power relationships, prevent misuse of power, and protect those at risk of abuse.
Kyros provides leadership within the Presbytery of San Francisco, its churches and the broader national religious communities to create healthy power relationships, prevent misuse of power, and protect those at risk of abuse.
Westminster House offers off-campus housing for UC Berkeley students in two facilities accommodating 175 students at full occupancy. It has a variety of programs and activities intending to connect the campus community with Jesus the Christ.
