Orinda Youth Service Trip – Serving the Homeless of San Francisco February 12 & 13, 2011 Weekend began at City of Refuge.
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Orinda Youth Service Trip – Serving the Homeless of San Francisco February 12 & 13, 2011 Weekend began at City of Refuge UCC Receiving assignments for the food pantry Front entrance to City of Refuge where 100+ people enter to receive their food every Saturday. Once the food bank truck arrived we helped other volunteers stack the food. We distributed potatoes, onions, turnips, sardines in hot sauce, rice, apples and oranges. Dekkers handed out bread A LOT of bread! Next stop – cable car to Ghirardelli! While we waited in line… We took turns giving blankets to people on the street. We also met people with a different view of God Riding the cable car Outside of Ghirardelli was a man making balloon animals A balloon sword-fight soon followed Dekkers’ balloon turned into a hat for Anne Enjoying the sunny weather Making friends with a man and his parrot The parrot made lots of friends! We headed to our host church, St. John’s UCC to make sandwiches to be distributed the next day These guys had WAY too much fun making sandwiches Former OCC Minister-in-Training Thom Longino showed us the ropes of the San Francisco Night Ministry We walked the streets, handed out blankets and talked to people until midnight We ended the night with donuts BIG donuts! REALLY big donuts! No one said being a chaperone would be easy After a long first day, we slept at St. John’s – grateful for a warm place We were really tired Up early on Sunday. We ate breakfast at “Squat and Gobble” Whipped cream + waffle = good morning Who knew breakfast could be this fun? Arriving in style at Glide United Methodist Church. (We actually rode inside the truck) Waiting for church to start. Did I mention we had a late night and got up early? Last stop - Open Cathedral with the San Francisco Night Ministry The 34 hour weekend helped us see the invisible – the homeless of San Francisco. Really see them, as beloved children God. But seeing them is only the first step.