A Guide to Disability Ministry in Our Partner Churches

A GUIDE TO DISABILITY MINISTRY IN OUR PARTNER CHURCHES February, 2016 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING: Self-contained class (with a designated teaching team)NOTE: Many of these cross multiple ages) East Bay: Cornerstone Fellowship, Livermore (Annette Goodman, [email protected] ) Golden Hills, Brentwood (Luann Aiello, [email protected] ) Valley Community Church, Pleasanton (Kris Volkir, [email protected] ) South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Mt View (Magda Ramos, [email protected] ) Bethel, San Jose (Christa Leamons, [email protected] ) Bridges Los Altos (Shannon Durand, [email protected] ) Calvary Church, Los Gatos (Joyce Roberts, [email protected] ) Cathedral of Faith, San Jose and Morgan Hill (Theresa Lopez, [email protected] ) Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (Kelley Winslett, [email protected] ) New Beginnings, Mt. View (Ashley Drewery, [email protected] ) Venture Christian, Los Gatos (Lisa Krejci [email protected] ) West Gate Church, San Jose (Sarah Burlini, [email protected] ) Modesto Area: Ceres Christian Church, Ceres (Megan Beckhart, [email protected] CrossPoint, Modesto (Kathy Weltner, [email protected] ) Shelter Cove, Modesto (Erin Thiessen, [email protected] ) Buddies(inclusion) with a sensory room break-out option South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Mt View (Magda Ramos, [email protected] ) Bethel, San Jose (Christa Leamons, [email protected] ) Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (Kelley Winslett, [email protected] ) New Beginnings, Mt. View (Ashley Drewery, [email protected] ) Bridges Los Altos (Shannon Durand, [email protected] ) Bethel Church, San Jose (Christa Leamons, [email protected] ) Saratoga Federated Church, Saratoga (Debbie Lillo, [email protected] ) Venture Christian, Los Gatos (Lisa Krejci [email protected] ) Modesto area: CrossPoint, Modesto (Kathy Weltner, [email protected] ) Buddies (inclusion) South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Communidad Cristiana de Milpitas (Danette Zuniga, [email protected] ) Christ Community, Milpitas (Linda Tatsuno, [email protected]) Evergreen Church, San Jose (Irene Trapp, [email protected] ) South Bay Church, San Jose (Maria Andrews, [email protected] ) Venture Christian, Los Gatos (Deb Omori, [email protected] ) Westgate Church, San Jose (Sarah Burlini, [email protected] ) West Hills, Morgan Hill (Brad Mortensen, [email protected] ) East Bay: Hillside Covenant, Walnut Creek (Sarah Ago, [email protected] ) Valley Community Church, Pleasanton (Kris Volkir, [email protected] ) Hope Center Covenant, Pleasant Hill (Karen Valdez, [email protected] ) Moraga Valley Presbyterian, Moraga (Bonnie Bjerre, [email protected] ) Neighborhood Church, Castro Valley (Sarah Foxworthy, [email protected] ) San Francisco/Upper Peninsula: First Baptist San Francisco (Cheryl Vidales, [email protected] ) Sunset Church, San Francisco (Mel Lew, [email protected] )

TEEN PROGRAMMING: Self-contained class Modesto area: CrossPoint, Modesto(Kathy Weltner, [email protected] ) South Bay: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship (Magda Ramos, [email protected] ) New Beginnings, Mt. View (Diane Kim, [email protected] ) Saratoga Federated Church (Debbie Lillo, [email protected] ) (hybrid) Buddies (inclusion) San Francisco/Upper Peninsula: First Baptist San Francisco (Cheryl Vidales, [email protected] ) Modesto area: CrossPoint, Modesto(Kathy Weltner, [email protected] )

Buddies (inclusion with a break-out room option) East Bay: Hillside Covenant Church, Walnut Creek (Sarah Ago, [email protected] )

PROGRAMMING FOR OLDER TEENS AND ADULTS: Sunday programming San Francisco/upper Peninsula: Sunset Church, San Francisco ((Mel Lew, [email protected] ) South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Santa Clara Valley Japanese Church, Santa Clara (Michelle Yamashita, [email protected] ) Stirring Waters ministries, San Jose (Otila Salazar-Torres, [email protected] ) Santa Cruz area and South: Twin Lakes Church, Aptos (Kathy Kritikos, [email protected] ) First Presbyterian Church, Salinas (Diane Wriedt, [email protected] ) Modesto area: CrossPoint, Modesto (Kathy Weltner, [email protected] )

Weekday fellowship South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Cry-out ministries, special day class(Otila Salazar-Torres, [email protected] ) Santa Clara Valley Japanese Church, Santa Clara (Michelle Yamashita, [email protected] ) Westgate Church Young Life Capernaum (Sarah Burlini, [email protected] ) East Bay: Castro Valley First Baptist (Matty Blevens, [email protected] ) Grace Lutheran Church, Hayward (Sharon Morgret, [email protected] ) Valley Community Church, Pleasanton Friday Friends (June Irick, [email protected] ) Valley Community Church, Pleasanton Young Life Capernaum (Kris Volkir, [email protected] )

SUPPORT FOR SIBLINGS: South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Saratoga Federated Church, Saratoga (during respite)(Debbie Lillo, [email protected] ) Community sibling support launching summer ’15-16 with SFC and Westgate West Gate Church, San Jose (during respite and Family Community Nights) (Sarah Burlini, [email protected] ) East Bay: Hillside Covenant Church, Walnut Creek (Lee Ann Williams, [email protected] )

DEAF INTERPRETATION: Santa Cruz area and South: Calvary Chapel, Scotts Valley (Lydia Abell, [email protected] ) East Bay: Golden Hills, Brentwood (Melissa Masterangelo) Valley Bible Church, Pleasanton (Robert Galbreath) SouthBay Westgate Church, San Jose (Sarah Burlini, [email protected] ) SPECIAL WORSHIP SERVICES: South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Stirring Waters, San Jose (Otila Salazar-Torres, [email protected] ) East Bay: Valley Community Church, Pleasanton (June Irick, , [email protected] ) SUPPORT FOR PARENTS: Parent Support Group and/or Bible Study: South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Special Needs Family Community (Westgate,Saratoga Federated, Calvary and Bridges)- Meets quarterly The Vineyard, Palo Alto (Susan VanRiesen, [email protected] ) -community Sunnyvale Presbyterian (Whitney Hillestad, [email protected] ) East Bay East Bay Community Support Group (Hillside Covenant and Hope Center) Santa Cruz Area: Twin Lakes Church, Aptos (Kathy Kritikos, [email protected] )-community Other parent fellowship options South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Mt View (Diane Kim, [email protected] ) Bridges Los Altos (Chris Beals, [email protected] ) Cathedral of Faith, San Jose (Theresa Lopez, [email protected] ) New Beginnings, Mt. View (Ashley Drewery, [email protected] ) Saratoga Federated Church, Saratoga ([email protected] ) RESPITE MINISTRIES:

South Bay/Lower Peninsula: Bethel, San Jose (Christa Leamons, [email protected] ) Bridges, Los Altos (Chris Beals, [email protected] ) Calvary, Los Gatos (Joyce Roberts, [email protected] ) First Baptist, Los Gatos (Joshua McCarty, [email protected] ) First Methodist, Palo Alto (Michele Conway, [email protected] ) Holy Cross Lutheran, Los Gatos (Art Larson, [email protected] ) Los Altos United Methodist church (Katrina Watters, [email protected] ) Saratoga Federated Church (Debbie Lillo, [email protected] ) Westgate, San Jose (Kristin Artery, [email protected] )

East Bay: Moraga Valley Presbyterian (Mary Kaye Stephens, [email protected] ) Hillside Covenant, Walnut Creek (Lee Ann Williams, [email protected] ) Shiloh, Oakland (Pearl Poon, [email protected] ) Valley Community (Kris Volkir, [email protected] )

N. Peninsula/San Francisco: Central Peninsula Church, Foster City (Kristen Robinson, [email protected] ) First Baptist San Francisco (Cheryl Vidales, [email protected] ) Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit , SF (Cecelia Ng, [email protected] ) Sunset Church, San Francisco (Mel Lew, [email protected] )

South San Jose/Milpitas: Bernal Community, San Jose (Roz Weisenburger, [email protected] ) Cathedral of Faith, San Jose (Theresa Lopez, [email protected] ) Cathedral of Faith, Gilroy (Theresa Lopez, [email protected] ) Christ Community, Milpitas (Linda Tatsuno, [email protected] ) Evergreen Community, San Jose (Irene Trapp, [email protected] ) Mount Olive, Milpitas (Thomas Taylor, [email protected]) West Hills, Morgan Hill ((Brad Mortensen, [email protected] )

Debbie Lillo, Church Relations Manager [email protected] 408-252-4160 www.joniandfriends.org/bay-area