Outreach Ministry

Living out our faith in service to others is core to Christ Church's mission. Every week, Outreach provides an opportunity to uplift the most vulnerable in our community and beyond via one of the five organizations we support.

A woman standing in a room with wood-paneled walls and four large stained-glass windows. She is smiling and pointing to a large collection of folded colorful blankets and quilts arranged on a built-in curved bench.

LifeMoves provides food and interim shelter to 1,500 people each night staying in 26 shelters in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Through their efforts, 2,100 people moved into stable permanent housing in 2024. Christ Church Outreach has special partnerships with Redwood Family House in Redwood City and the Hoptel in East Palo Alto serving homeless Veterans. Each year, through volunteer days and collection drives, we provides meals, toiletries, kids snack bags, food baskets, backpacks with school supplies, linens, clothes, and blankets to the most needy in our community through Life Moves.

Group of students and teachers in graduation gowns and caps, holding umbrellas, outdoors on a rainy day.

Since GAIA Global Health was founded in 2000, Christ Church has supported their work to eradicate AIDS in Malawi, Africa. In spring of 2025, Christ Church led the charge in raising funds for 27+ nursing scholarships. In Malawi, GAIA Scholars represent 10% of public sector RNs. GAIA also supports seven mobile health clinics which operate in the rural areas. Our fundraising also provided medical supplies for a mobile clinic for a four months, providing care for 15,400 people in 2024.

GAIA global health logo in green text
Two women standing indoors, each holding packages of quilted fabric with Halloween-themed patterns, next to a table with a 'Happy Halloween' sign and decorative items.

SpiritCare provides spiritual support to forgotten seniors at 70+ Bay Area Senior care homes. Christ Church partners with Burlingame Long Term Care (crafts programs), Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park (music/communion programs) and assisted living/memory care at the Sequoias in Portola Valley.

Older women wearing red hairnet hats preparing food at a communal table in a wooden-facade room.

Rise Against Hunger is working to eradicate hunger worldwide; it currently operates in 37 countries. Every September, we package 15,000+ nutritionally balanced meals which are sent to countries in need.

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Keep an eye out for our next packing event!

Two women standing behind a table filled with containers of food, preparing meals in a room with large windows and a wooden ceiling.

Project WeHope addresses homelessness, hunger, underemployment and recidivism in the Bay Area. They operate three shelters (EPA, SF and Coast House in HMB) plus a safe parking lot in SJ for "vehicle dwellers," provide mobile showers and laundry in five Bay Area counties (Dignity on Wheels) and distribute food weekly to the hungry in EPA. We help in the following ways:

  • Providing a monthly hot dinner to the residents of Coast House in Half Moon Bay

  • Distributing food in East Palo Alto quarterly

  • Running food drives for their kitchen, which provides two meals a day in their shelters.

Smiling elderly woman, Ruth Ann Wrucke, in a kitchen holding a dish towel, wearing a blue sweater and gray pants.
Group of eight diverse people standing together at a Gaia event, posing for a photo in front of a Gaia banner, with city skyline visible through large windows behind them.
Three women wearing masks at Burlingame Skilled Nursing, where they led activities for SpiritCare Ministry, standing behind a table decorated with patriotic items, including a large paper fan, ribbons, and flowers for July 4th.
People smiling and working at a food preparation event for Rise Against Hunger, wearing hairnets and gloves, in a large, well-lit room with wood beams.
Two women wearing hats and gloves standing under a blue canopy in East Palo Alto handing out food and supplies.
A woman sitting on a wooden bench with colorful pillows, holding a blanket with a floral pattern, in front of a display of various posters or flyers on a wall.
Multiple black meal containers with fried chicken, potato salad, and cake on a table.