Sunday, February 5, 2012
From sandwich making to yard clean up, dozens gathered to give or perform tasks for the elderly or underserved.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Anne Ernst
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Sunday, February 5
Not a sermon, but cool air, hot coffee, doughnuts and a long list of chores greeted parishioners at West Valley Presbyterian Church the morning of Jan. 29 for the church's Service Worship Sunday. For the last couple of years when a month has five Sundays, that last Sunday of the month becomes a Service Worship Sunday where instead of heading inside the chapel to listen to Pastor Kim Englemann deliver a sermon, the group heads out into the community to do such things as deliver freshly made sandwiches to the homeless in a park, or do gardening work in the yard of an elderly couple, or, as was the case on Jan. 29, a group of Boy Scouts helped put together shelves at a local nonprofit organization. Linda Bale was part of a group getting ready…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Fifth Sundays Turn Into Service Days at at West Valley Presbyterian Church and other churches.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Anne Ernst
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Wednesday, January 18
There’s no need to go to church every Sunday; permission to skip granted courtesy Kim Engelmann, senior pastor at West Valley Presbyterian Church. Yes, there’s a catch but it’s a feel-good catch that has lured in new members who have told Engelmann they joined the church just because of WVPC’s Service Worship Sundays. For every month with five Sundays WVPC turns that fifth Sunday into a Service Worship day and turns loose the congregation into the community to do good deeds. “From a theological perspective we are worshiping by serving,” Engelmann says. But you don’t have to be a member of the church to join them, Engelmann says. Anyone can help out then stick around for the potluck dinner back at the church at the end of the day. …
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
West Valley Community Service's gift drive could use a little help for older kids and adults.
- HOLIDAY GUIDE 2011
- Anne Ernst
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
To some teenage girls a gift of a make-up kit this holiday season could get lost among her other gifts, but to those who come from meager income families that make-up kit may be the only new thing she'll receive. It is for teens—and other age groups—such as this that West Valley Community Services and West Valley Presbyterian Church work to make the holidays a little brighter. "Our biggest needs are gifts for adults, as well as young adults, teenagers and senior citizens," says Jacqueline de Guzman, director of community resources for West Valley Community Services. WVCS operates a Holiday Shopping Spree Gift Drive for its clients—low income families who live in Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Saratoga and West San Jose—an event where …
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randy albin
2:44 pm on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
everybody wants me or anyone to be a volunteer. what about meeting the high costs of being in this kind of an area? more ›