Our Projects

The Woods' is a well equipped camp located in a redwood forest in western Sonoma County six miles from the Pacific Ocean. Summer camps, adult programs, youth weekends and retreats are offered.

Nuevo Amanecer a New Church Development helps to provide health insurance for the children of poor farm workers, in their congregation, who cannot afford it on their own. When these children become sick, they often go without medical care, sometimes leading to serious and life-long complications.

Amazing Grace Ministry builds a community of faith among the homeless and near-homeless individuals and families living in the Las Vegas area.

In partnership with the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Fremont Presbyterian Church (Sacramento) leads a coalition of seven congregations in a wholistic ministry to the Shekkacho people of Southeastern Ethiopia.

Congregations of the San Jose Presbytery are partnering together with Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Division and other community organizations to support refugees who are starting a new life in the Bay Area.  Roughly 245 free case refugees resettle to the San Jose, CA, area every year.

This 36-year-old ministry is centered in the Tenderloin and addresses the needs of the homeless and poor.

What makes a teen Bible study missional? Instead of youth coming to the church building across town, this study goes to where they already hang out. In the mall next to West Sacramento’s new high school, adults from Trinity Church meet at a Subway sandwich restaurant (boys) and a Starbucks Coffee store (girls) to connect with kids where they are (spiritually and physically).

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.

Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen has been serving the working poor, families, homeless and seniors living in and around the downtown and East Side of San Jose for more than 27 years. What began as a simple first meal of fish and bread for 11 adults and 15 children has grown to 1,000 meals per week, served with dignity.  Loaves & Fishes is committed to providing free, nutritious meals and support services in a dignified, safe, and caring environment.  These services are provided to all needy individuals, with special concern for families and senior citizens.

Each year since the Huricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike washed away many homes in the Gulf Coast area, the Presbytery of San Jose has sent groups to Houma, Louisiana to repair homes.  The next group will be there November 8 -14.