Social Justice

FISH

We provide two bags of food for ten low-income families on a monthly basis. This is done with donated food and designated funds from the congregation, and the help of the OFs for delivery to Transfiguration Catholic Church where the food is distributed.

Survivor Bags

Each week people drop into the church office looking for food or groceries, for a hot meal, for money for their needs. We have “Survivor” bags of food to help them, but sometimes they need more than that. Unfortunately, the need is great and Social Action really doesn’t have any income for this project. Would you like to help? Please place your check or cash in the offering plate, marked for Social Action gift certificates. If you would rather purchase the certificates yourselves, please bring them to the office, along with the cash register receipt, which the people will need when they cash in the certificate. Certificates from fast food places are also welcome, as are monthly bus passes. Your help would be appreciated.

Shelter Cooking

Our cooking teams cooks and serves one meal a month for Julian Street Shelter. We had a very successful fundraiser in July. A typical meal for 60 costs $120 to $140.

 

Summer of Comfort

Typically for the summer will collect layette items or backpacks and back to school items to give to families in need.

 

 

 

Fair Trade Coffee

We purchase Fair Trade Coffee for use at coffee hour and also have ground and whole bean coffee for sale. This supports a fair wage for the workers, and a portion of the money we pay goes to Lutheran World Relief.

Stewardship

Second Mile Giving

One Sunday per month, we give an extra offering for a designated organization. Some of the organizations are: our sister synods in Rwanda and Taiwan, Lutheran Social Services, Health Trust, Help one Child, Mt. Cross, Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, San Francisco Night Ministry, Lutheran Office of Public Policy, ELCA Disaster Relief, California Lutheran University, Pueblo de Dios, and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Health Connection

The congregation regularly donates about 50 cans of ready to serve soup for their food basket program, which provides individualized monthly food baskets to low income persons with AIDS in our county.

Second Harvest Food Bank

We continue to collect seasonal non-perishable food and garden products for the food bank.

Worship and Music

Christ the Good Shepherd is full of people who love to give thanks and praise and serve others by using their talents in the choir. The choir is very active, singing most Sundays (except in the summer). CGS also invites singers and instrumentalists to serve as worship leaders during services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Council

There are some in our midst who feel called to governance within the church. The council is elected by the congregation to be leaders at CGS. Meetings are held monthly on the third Tuesday 7pm. Meetings are open to all.