The Beatles Choir
Saturday, May 23 | 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! 
REGISTER HERE.

Beautify the Block: Street Cleaning with City Hope
Saturday, May 23 | 11:00am - 12:30pm
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.
REGISTER HERE.

City Hope Grocery Delivery
Tuesday Mornings, 10 - 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: 
REGISTER HERE.

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..

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Open Door Legal: Good Neighbors' Gala
Thursday, May 21 | 5:30 PM
South of Market @ SOMArts
Join the Open Door Legal community for an evening of celebration, stories, and hope. Open Door Legal offers free legal services to underserved San Franciscans, a model of universal access that has been shown to significantly reduce poverty. Every year, Open Door Legal closes hundreds of cases across Family, Housing, Immigration, Employment, Elder, and Civil Law. At the Good Neighbors' Gala, the ODL team will share three of these stories. As partners, we're invited to come and celebrate the real difference access to justice makes. Together, we can be good neighbors and ensure everyone receives equal treatment under the law.
Learn more and buy tickets here.

Faith + Justice Network and Specialized Fellowship Tracks
Online + Hybrid Resource
City Church is a partner of the Faith & Justice Network, a theological learning community that puts contemporary questions and theological voices in conversation with the issues, places, and concerns of today. As a partner, City Churchers can access the network's online curriculum at no cost: SIGN UP HERE.

Additionally, applications have just opened for three specialized tracks of the Faith & Justice Fellowship: for storytellers, preachers, and prospective seminarians. These are opportunities to journey through the nine-month curriculum with a cohort of peers and with a specific focus. (Note that City Church also runs our own cohort from Sept-May, so if you'd rather be in a cohort with City Church folks, wait for the official City Church registration this summer! But if you're interested in one of the specialized tracks, now is the time - learn more and apply here by May 31.)

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.

Thanks for your time and interest, and I hope to see you at one of these events! Please send any questions to me at amelia@citychurchsf.org.