Opportunities to Serve
September 2026
City Hope Dinner & Game Night
Monday, September 14 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM
The Tenderloin
City Church "adopts" one City Hope dinner each month! If you haven't been to a City Hope dinner before, this program provides a dignifying experience for community members experiencing homelessness and poverty. We seat our guests for a restaurant-style meal, greet everyone by name, and create the dignity of choice with a menu. As a volunteer, your tasks may include waiting on and bussing tables, expediting meals, and plating food. You will at some point during the program have the privilege to sit, eat, and talk with guests.
Open to children ages 9 and up, and ages 9-12 must be accompanied by an adult who is also volunteering.
REGISTER HERE by September 7
Beautify the Block: Street Cleaning with City Hope
Saturday, September 19| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The Tenderloin
Join City Hope in extending radical hospitality beyond their walls by beautifying the streets of the Tenderloin! In partnership with SF Public Works, City Hope is adopting the Ellis and Olive block as our area to clean and maintain. Each month we will join together to clean the streets in an effort to show our neighbors that we care about keeping our streets clean just as much as keeping our guests fed. Volunteers must arrive in time for orientation and wear closed-toe shoes. All equipment will be provided.
The Beatles Choir
Saturday, September 26 | 9:30 - 12:00 PM
Laguna Honda Hospital
Come join the Beatles Choir as we sing and bring cheer to the residents of Laguna Honda Hospital! Laguna Honda Hospital is a long-term, skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, committed to serving the elderly or indigent populations of San Francisco. The Beatles Choir, led by worship team member Christie Chew, brightens the day of residents and staff through the easily recognizable & multi-generational songs of the Beatles. This is a spontaneous choir - no rehearsals or auditions needed!
Weekly Opportunities
City Hope Grocery Delivery
Tuesday Mornings, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
The Tenderloin
City Church member Bethany Gaudet leads this grocery delivery program, which is a partnership between SF Marin Food Bank and City Hope. Each Tuesday the Food Bank delivers boxes of food to City Hope. Volunteers sort, bag and deliver bags of groceries to people living in the Tenderloin who have mobility issues or who are homebound. Volunteers can serve once or on a regular basis. If you’d like to join in and help bag (or even deliver) groceries, sign up through the City Hope website:
Immigration Court Vigil
Weekly: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays | 2 hr shifts
Downtown SF or Concord
Led by the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI), Immigration Court Vigils provide presence, support, and community outside of the SF and Concord immigration courthouses. You'd be joining a small group of volunteers who offer hot coffee, snacks, prayer, and rapid response cards to folks waiting in long outdoor lines for their appointments. On rainy days, we seek to offer the shelter of an umbrella or poncho as well. Volunteers sign up for a 2-hour shift on the day and site of their choosing.
Learn more and sign up here.
These vigils are part of the Public Witness Team's Invitation to Action. In addition to these vigils, we invite you to pray, practice awareness, and speak to a member of the Public Witness Team if you're interested in taking further action on immigration.
Opportunity for Learning & Reflection
Faith & Justice Fellowship: 2026/27 City Church Cohort
Biweekly, September 2026 - May 2027
Various Neighborhoods | San Francisco
This is a 9-month journey (Sept-May) in community with other City Churchers to explore the intersection of critical understanding and theological imagination. Through the Faith and Justice curriculum, we will put contemporary questions and theological voices in conversation with the issues, places, and concerns of today. This cohort will be led by Rev. Joshua Jalandoon and Pastoral Associate Amanda Samuel.
The cohort will meet twice monthly: once on the first Wednesday, from 6:30-8:30pm, to reflect and discuss assigned readings, and once for an immersion-learning experience related to our discussion topic (date variable).
City Hope Documentary Screening
Wednesday, September 23, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Richmond District
Come watch and support City Hope's new documentary - and maybe see familiar faces on the big screen)! "I See You Joe" is a new documentary produced by Cynthia Stone about the transformative work of radical hospitality that City Hope does in the Tenderloin. This screening will be followed by a panel discussion. (Some filming took place during volunteer shifts last year - so come find out if any familiar faces made the cut!)
Accessibility:
If there are barriers or limitations that keep you from being able to participate in volunteering opportunities, let me know! While accessibility is somewhat determined by the organizations we partner with, I would love to know what access needs exist within our community so I can keep an eye out for appropriate volunteer projects.
As always, thank you for your interest and participation! If you have any questions, reach out to Amanda Samuel at amanda@citychurchsf.org.