You can watch the full meeting here.

We began our winter meeting with a visioning exercise that asked everyone to explore the following two questions. Below each question are a sample of answers given by the elders and staff at their recent retreats.

Question 1: Why church?

• we meet christ (sacraments + word + people)

• community of relationships to learn, grow and practice with

• collective creates more than individual (way more interesting together)

• a place where you can feel home 

Question 2: Why City Church?

• space for questioning/questions

• raising kids in church, faith formation, community

• a church that cares about the arts

• unique combination of evangelical + progressive (intelligence on fire)

We then shared our new visioning language that emerged from the retreat:

At City Church San Francisco we aspire to be an inclusive community that follows Jesus with our head, our heart, and hands.

FOLLOWING JESUS WITH OUR HEAD

Spiritual Formation

• "Elements of Faith" - a 6-week group experience. 

• Take & Read; A Monthly Theological Book Club - March Book: "Waiting For God" by Simone Weil. Sign up here!

• We celebrated our 4-week Queer Theology group that just concluded.

Faith + Justice

• March is Art & Justice with Daniel Roumain

• April is Justice in a Multi-Faith World with Shirin Shafaie

• May is Justice in a Biography, Storytelling and Justice with Paul Harvey 

• Reminder, all within the City Church community can join the F&J Network for a discounted rate.  Sign up at www.faithjustice.net/ccsf

Elder Meetings

Elder, Lucia Angel, shared about the happenings on the elder team including plans to share the Elder Meeting minutes in our E-News and ways for you to become an elder. This is a great reminder to sign-up for the E-News!

FOLLOWING JESUS WITH OUR HEART

Community + Fellowship

• Congregant led community events; East Bay Meetup, BIPOC Kick-Back in the Mission, North Bay Meetup/Hike and the monthly 2-Hour Cocktail Party. If you have ideas of a group or event you would like to organize, let us know!  

• 3rd Sunday Fellowship on March 19th, 2023. Bring something to share!

Lenten Spiritual Practice

During Lent we will take a walk with some of our partners, (Open Door Legal, Kingdom Rice, and City Hope SF) in the neighborhoods they call home and work for justice. Walks are kid-inclusive. Space is limited so don't wait to signup!

Diaconate + Counseling Center

Pastor Jay is working to revise our Diaconate and Counseling Center offerings.  We are also hosting a Gottman Couples Retreat for all married or long-term partnered couples, April 21-23.  More details soon!

FOLLOWING JESUS WITH OUR HANDS

Service + Justice

• Quarterly and one-off service projects such as the Food Pantry at St. John's PCUSA, which is led by Katie Biber.
• Service Sunday on July 2nd, 2023

Manny’s Civic Corps

We are launching a new partnership with Manny's Community Space to join 100 San Franciscans on the first Saturday of every month beginning April 1st, 2023 from 10 AM - 1 PM to meet practical needs in our City. Sign up today!

City Hope San Francisco

• Serve at City Hope SF once a quarter.

• Learn more at www.cityhopesf.org and get involved today!

SF Unity Coalition

The San Francisco Black-Jewish Unity Coalition was formed in 2016 to bring Black and Jewish clergy together to address concerns of the Black community of San Francisco and seek meaningful solutions. Join us as we explore this new partnership and important justice work.

FOLLOWING JESUS WITH OUR HEART + HANDS

Evangelism

• Keep your eyes out for our upcoming outreach campaign to let folks know that City Church is "A Place To Be _____." The goal is to let folks know who we are, what we're about, where we are going as a church. You'll see familiar faces and reflections about why City Church matters.

Pop-Up Evangelism

• We'll be trying out some pop-up events in concert with important civic and cultural events happening around the City. Keep your eyes peeled for ways to share joy at Bay to Breakers and SF Marathon Sunday. We'll also be adding some glitter to that joy by marching in the SF Pride Parade 2023. Want to get involved! Email Jason at jason@citychurchsf.org

STAFFING UPDATE

We are hiring! Pastor Emily shared our current role openings as well as introduced the personnel team. Robin, Ryan and Ryan (the R Team!) which have been empowered to come alongside the Elders and Emily and advise on personnel decisions. Thank you, R Team!

Join An Interview Team

Apply to be on the Interview Team for our current openings. We are forming two teams: a Worship Interview Team for jobs in the Worship & Arts area and a Non-Worship Interview Team for all other roles.  Applications are due by March 15th. Apply Here.

City Church SF is building a team that has experience learning, serving, and experimenting with ways to share the life-giving, liberating, and loving message of Jesus Christ. We are looking for a kind of person…

• Committed Christian
• Collaborative
• Open to Correction
• A Builder
• A Person of Integrity

Open Positions:

• Musical Worship: Vocals

• Musical Worship: Instrumental

• Pastor for Liturgical Worship: Arts + Liturgy (MDiv + Ordination Required)

• Discipleship: Learning + Spiritual Growth

• Discipleship: Service, Justice and Community Life

You can learn more at www.citychurchsf.org/jobs

Applications for these jobs will be open until April 30th!

FINANCIAL UPDATE

Our Finance Team shared the results of our first ever pledge campaign, "We Are City Church''. We are grateful to report the following results:

• $2.5M Budget Goal

• $1.575M Pledged

• $600k Donations in received/recurring gifts (outside of pledge)

• $325k Budget Need (we currently have strong reserves and our spending is in line with budget)

Thank you to everyone who has pledged, given a one-time or recurring gift! If you would like to help us reach out goal then head over to www.citychurchsf.org/give to set up a recurring or make a one-time gift.

SAVE THE DATE

Holy Week 2023 | April 6-9

• Maundy Thursday in Homes + Office*

• Good Friday @ Russian Center

• Holy Saturday @ Russian Center

• Easter @ GGP Bandshell

*We are looking for hosts and leaders for Maundy Thursday Gatherings! If you have a home or apartment that could host 10-20 people, let us know here.

Spring Youth Retreat - Santa Cruz

• April 14-16 at Mount Hermon Retreat Center
• Scholarships Available.
• Registrations closes by March 17th

City Camp 2023

• Russian Center, Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
• Preschoolers 9:00am-12:30p
• Elementary aged kids 9:00am-5:30pm
• Register Here