North County Health Services Launches Health Care reform Hotline

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Community
Connector
INTERFAITH
November 2013
North San Diego
Community
Service News
Helping Our Veterans
How North County agencies are helping
homeless and struggling veterans
page 3
Despite funding cuts, North County winter shelters set to open page 3
Opportunities Await Veterans at Mira Costa’s Career Training Program page 5
Veterans Assistance of San Diego Awarded grants to help local veterans find work page 6
San Diego’s Innovative ‘Homeless Court’ Provides an Avenue of Success page 7
Contents
Editor’s Note
Editor’s Notes �� 2
by Jason Coker
Despite Funding Cuts, North County
Winter Shelters Set to Open�� 3
Opportunities Await Veterans at Mira
Costa’s Career Training Program�� 5
Making Beautiful Music Together�� 6
North County Lutheran Churches Put
Their Faith in Action by Giving Back�� 7
Veterans Assistance of San Diego
Awarded $850,000 in Grants to Help
Local Veterans Find Work�� 8
Youth Lead the Way in Social Justice
Efforts at Saint Thomas More�� 9
San Diego’s Innovative ‘Homeless Court’
Provides an Avenue of Success�� 10
North County Health Services Launches
Health Care Reform Hotline�� 11
North County Nonprofit Directory�� 12
Faith Center Directory�� 13
November Events �� 15
Published By
Interfaith Community Services
2195 Oceanside Blvd
Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 721-2117 x221
[email protected]
With Halloween behind us,
the holidays are officially here,
which, ironically, means we’re
often too busy to appreciate
everything we’re celebrating!
For those of us at Interfaith Community
Services, we’ve noticed that one of the
holidays to often go overlooked comes
around every November: Veterans Day.
That’s why our November issue is
dedicated to stories about challenges
that tend to deeply impact our
veterans. You’ll find plenty of other
stories between these pages – more
stories than any previous issue,
actually – but you’ll find that our feature
articles this month are about programs
like the soon-to-be-opened winter
shelters, new employment training
programs at Mira Costa College,
and San Diego County’s innovative
‘Homeless Court’ program, which
are all-too-often touching the lives
of San Diego’s struggling veterans.
This is one of those ‘good news,
bad news’ kind of things. It is very
good news, of course, that there
are programs in North County to
help the men and women who
have bravely served our country.
Yet it remains one of the saddest
realities of our time that so very
many of our nations veterans are
terribly vulnerable to unemployment,
poverty, and homelessness.
Fortunately, many there are a growing
number of organizations and people
stepping forward to help, and you
can be one of them. In these pages
you’ll find inspiring stories of hope,
success, and opportunity, and those
opportunities are there for all of us.
If you or someone you know is a
veteran in need, please call one of
the organizations listed in this issue.
If you or someone you know can
help, by volunteering, by donating
funds, or by just helping to make a
connection, please get involved today.
Don’t forget: send along the
stories ideas and events you find
that are making our community
stronger. You can reach me at
[email protected] or by
phone at (760) 721-2117 x221.
Publishing Team
Editor
Features
Jason Coker
Jeff Frank
Danielle Sheehan
Phil Corr
ICC Staff
Escondido mayor Sam Abed and Interfaith Executive Director
Richard Batt talk last winter during the ribbon-cutting ceremony
for Haven House, the inland winter shelter, which is set to open
for the 2013-2014 winter season on December 1
A winter shelter client in Escondido eats breakfast at Interfaith
Community Services, the 2012-2013 host for the inland shelter
Despite Funding Cuts, North County
Winter Shelters Set to Open
by Jeff Frank
Money is a little tighter than in the
past, but members of the North
San Diego Regional Winter Shelter
System anticipate opening their
network of emergency shelters on
time and at full capacity this year.
Cuts by government agencies,
foundations and other funding sources
have left providers scrambling to assure
they’ll have the resources they need
to house and to assist the hundreds
of homeless individuals expected to
use the shelters this winter. The six
programs in the system, overseen by
the Alliance for Regional Solutions,
housed 480 people last year.
“Funding for each of the individual
shelters that are part of the Alliance
system comes from the Alliance as a
whole. They allocate dollars to individual
shelters,” said Craig Jones, associate
director for Interfaith Community Services
and a member of the executive committee
of the Alliance. ICS operates Haven
House, one of the shelters in the network.
Some of the agencies that have
supported the shelter network in the
past have reduced or eliminated their
contributions for various reasons, leaving
the shelters with about 20 percent
less with which to work, said Jones.
“In previous years, we got $36,864.
This year it’s $29,250. In dollars
that’s a significant chunk. Seven
thousand dollars worth of cuts is
not insignificant,” Jones stated.
The individuals housed must be members
of families. Each participating faith center
hosts the guests for two weeks at a time,
after which they move to another faith
center. Breakfast and dinner are provided,
and the clients receive counseling and
guidance from CRC to help them acquire
the skills and resources needed for them
to find a more permanent living situation.
Still, the providers in the shelter network
are determined to carry on their programs
to perform the critical task of keeping
North County’s homeless off the street
during the colder winter months.
A similar rotational shelter program
operates in Inland North County, with
client assistance provided by Interfaith
Community Services. That program is
scheduled to begin Dec. 18 this year.
“We are a little short this year, but we’re
still going to give it a shot,” said Steve
Bassett, executive director, shelter
director and pastor for the Bread of Life
Rescue Mission in Oceanside. “We’ll
try to find a way to make it work.”
The other four shelters in the network –
Haven House in Escondido, Bread of Life
in Oceanside, La Posada de Guadalupe
in Carlsbad, and Operation Hope in Vista
-- are scheduled to open Dec. 1 and will
operate each night through March 31.
The winter shelter season was scheduled
to begin Oct. 27, with the opening of
a rotational shelter in Coastal North
County. Operated by Community
Resource Center in Encinitas through
the Interfaith Shelter Network, the
rotational shelter will house up to 12
people at a time at area faith centers.
“We’re hoping to provide the same
level of service. We’re probably facing
a 30 percent cut in funding,” said Joe
Zilvinskis, rotational shelter coordinator
for the Interfaith Shelter Network. “We’re
working to make up the difference. The
service level will be the last thing to drop.”
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The need for the shelters is great,
providers point out. The annual Pointin-Time count coordinated by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, conducted in January
2013, found nearly 1,800 homeless
individuals in North County, which
includes people in shelters and temporary
housing. Previous counts suggest that
more than one-third of those homeless
are unsheltered, some 600-plus.
Clients at the Haven House winter
shelter in Escondido eat at their bunks
during last year’s season. Meals for
the winter shelters are provided by
volunteers from area congregations
and businesses
“There’s quite a few of them living out
there, camping out when the weather
is nice. When it gets cold, they like
to be out of the cold,” said Bread of
Life’s Bassett. “The intention of the
winter shelters is to get them off the
street, out of the cold, and counsel
them to try to get them a better life.”
The capacity of the winter shelters
is 120 beds per night.
“What that illustrates is that the available
capacity for sheltering the homeless
during the winter season still falls far
short of the number needing shelter.
We don’t have nearly the available beds
or room capacity for the homeless
to satisfy the need,” said Jones.
“That reality is recognized in the ongoing
process to develop a plan to end
homelessness in North County. There
are some general provisions in the
current draft of the plan to meet those
needs,” he added. “We need hundreds
of additional beds to meet the needs.
That’s not going to happen overnight.”
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Developing a plan to end homelessness
in North County is an effort spearheaded
by Richard Batt, chief executive officer
of Interfaith Community Services,
through a steering committee comprised
of public officials, professionals
from health-care, law enforcement
and social services agencies.
The committee began this summer
to develop a plan with the goals of
identifying homeless individuals in North
County and creating an improved system
of services, more supporting infrastructure
and housing capacity, and accountability
to measure success of the plan.
There is only so much that the winter
shelter network can accomplish in helping
to reduce the number of homeless
in North County, admitted Jones.
“By nature, it is an extremely limited
resource. People are just there overnight.
We stretch to do engagement and case
management to remove the barriers for
the chronically homeless,” he said. “We
have had a remarkable success rate as
shown in the statistics in moving the
chronic homeless into a better living
situation at the end of the shelter season.”
A report prepared by the Regional
Task Force on the Homeless showed
that 31 percent of the 480 people
who spent a day or more in one of
the Alliance shelters during the winter
of 2012-13 were stably housed when
they left. Another 40 percent found
some kind of temporary shelter.
That number rose to 100 percent
at Operation Hope, which provides
emergency shelter for single women
and families. All 97 people who stayed
at the shelter last year had a housing
plan in place when they left, said Beth
Hallock, director of administration.
“Our staff worked an enormous amount
of hours and on their own time to
find solutions for clients,” she said.
Children at Operation Hope this winter
will be able to enjoy a new playground
with a variety of climbing structures and
slides. Homework and reading clubs and
a focus on nutrition are also planned.
“This will help them experience some
normalcy. They can come to the shelter
after school, eat a snack and go out and
play, do their homework,” said Hallock.
“We’re setting a priority of working
to stop the cycle that gets started
with children who once experience
the homeless lifestyle, so they don’t
become homeless as adults.”
Some change, too, is in store at La
Posada de Guadalupe, which this
year completed a permanent facility
on its site in Carlsbad. La Posada will
continue to provide beds for 20 men
in its winter shelter. The new units
host a year-round shelter for 50 men
and housing for 50 farm workers.
Haven House will continue to offer 40
beds, some for women, at its Escondido
site. Bread of Life will continue to shelter
50 men and women in Oceanside
during the four-month shelter period.
The wish of all the providers
is to be able to do more.
“Four months is not enough time for us to
do what you’ve got to do,” said Bassett.
“It just breaks your heart when somebody
comes to you in the off-season and says
they need shelter and we’ve got nowhere
to send them. It’s really sad we can’t
do anything on a permanent basis.”
If you or someone you know
is in need of shelter, or if you
would like to volunteer to help
one of the many area shelters
this winter, please contact us
at (760) 721-2117 x221 or email
[email protected].
Opportunities Await Veterans at Mira
Costa’s Career Training Program
by Jeff Frank
Linda Kurokawa is looking for a few
good men, and women – particularly
veterans -- to take advantage of career
training programs at MiraCosta College.
veterans and others for careers as a
certified armed protection specialist
or high-risk first responder, or in
corporate executive protection.
Opportunities await for veterans and
the unemployed “to get skills quickly
and find jobs quickly,” said Kurokawa,
director of the community services
and business development program.
The college provides training and/or
certification in 18 professions, ranging
from high-threat protection specialists
to veterinary or optical assistants.
Security concerns don’t allow Kurokawa
to say whether any graduates have
landed positions protecting high-end
movie stars or corporate executives,
but she did say “Some are getting jobs
with high-end security companies.”
Many of the courses are built around
the skill sets and interests of veterans,
who may have performed similar duties
during their service in the military, noted
Kurokawa. The fee-based, not-forcredit programs are GI Bill approved
and eligible for assistance through
the Workforce Investment Act.
The high-threat protection program
has proved particularly popular among
veterans. MiraCosta’s program is one of
three in the nation that is GI Bill funded,
said Kurokawa. The program trains people
to provide high-end corporate protection
for people going into high-risk areas.
“If somebody is going to Afghanistan
and building bridges, somebody is
needed to protect them in a highrisk environment,” she said, “or even
a movie star with a stalker. … Some
(veterans) are already geared for that
kind of security. We teach them what
they need to know, and they can earn
$100,000 a year immediately. People
pay a lot for this kind of protection.”
MiraCosta offers three other Homeland
Security courses, which train
“And if they go through and they do not
want to work in security, they can get
bumped to the top of the list for police
academies, because they’ve already gone
through the training,” she said. “That’s
a good thing for a 21-day course.”
Another popular course is manufacturing
machinist technology training. Since
beginning in March, the program has
already graduated 24 students, most of
them quickly finding work in their field.
“Machinists have jobs waiting for them
before they finish the course. I get
calls everyday from companies that
want our machinists. Those jobs are
out there like crazy,” Kurokawa said.
The machinist course involves 480 hours
of training over 12 weeks; eight hours
a day, five days a week. The intent is
to offer an accelerated program “to get
them trained and get them out into jobs.
That’s kind of our motto,” Kurokawa said.
In September, MiraCosta was awarded
a $2.75-million grant from the U.S.
Department of Labor to create a
Technology Career Institute to “prepare
returning military veterans and the
unemployed for high-skilled, highpaying employment in manufacturing
MiraCosta now offers a career
training services through their
business development program
and technology industries,” noted
a college press release.
Plans for the money include moving
the machinists program to a larger
facility and creating electronics
engineering technician and robotics/
automation certificate programs.
Many veterans have competed programs
at MiraCosta since an emphasis was
placed on work skills five years ago,
shortly after Kurokawa arrived.
About 275 veterans have gone through
the Scuba dive-master program and
more than 200 have graduated from
the security/protection programs. The
door is open for more, Kurokawa said.
“We always encourage veterans to
come to any of (the courses),” she
said. “These people put themselves in
the line of fire to protect our country. I
feel I owe it to them to do everything
I can to put them into careers.”
For information, visit
miracostatraining.com
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Making Beautiful Music Together
by Phil Corr
For years, Cathy and Justin Gray have
melded their musical talents. Cathy’s
instrumental (violin) and coordinating
abilities combine with Justin’s gifts
of arrangement, conducting, and
more to create productions greater
than the sum of their parts.
hats as vice chairwoman, first violinist,
and concertmaster, procures the best
musicians she can find to participate
in the orchestra. Justin then comes
up with a vision for each concert and
rehearses the orchestra and choir
to produce the finished product.
Such will be the case Dec. 4, when
the San Diego Interfaith Choir and
Orchestra will present two performances
of a holiday concert to benefit
Interfaith Community Services.
The musicians hail primarily from North
County and are selected by audition.
Community members are invited to
participate in the concert choir for this
show. Those wishing to do so must
be available for evening rehearsals
Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, as well as for
the performances the next day.
The program will feature Christmas
carols, songs of Hanukkah and other
Jewish traditions, plus a Kwanzaa
number, said Justin Gray, chairman of
the ensemble. The date of the concert
was moved so that it would take place
during Hanukkah. The Grays collaborated
to choose the music for the program.
The couple worked together to form
the interfaith ensemble about two
years ago. Cathy, who wears many
Justin’s goal is to raise $5,000 for
Interfaith Community Services. Donations
are welcome to help underwrite costs of
the concert, including music, and can
also be made through the website.
Come and join the Grays, the orchestra,
chamber choir, concert choir as they -and you -- make beautiful music together.
Dec. 4 , 6 - 8 pm
First United Methodist Church
341 S. Kalmia St.
Escondido, CA.
Helping to raise money for Interfaith
Community Services helps attract people
to the ensemble, notes Cathy Gray.
Tickets - through Nov. 30
$10 adults
$5 children under 12
“Our focus is to raise money to help
people,” she said. “The instrumental
musicians have been blessed and want
to give back to the community. Our vision
together is to give a little time to help.”
Tickets - after Nov. 30
$15 adults
Available for purchase at
sandiegointerfaithchoir.com
The San Diego Interfaith Choir & Orchestra permorming last spring at the California Center for the Arts
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North County Lutheran Churches Put
Their Faith in Action by Giving Back
by ICC Staff
This summer, hundreds of church
members and friends chose to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America by taking
part in the “God’s Work, Our Hands”
Sunday. After short worship services,
congregates scattered throughout
North County to tackle a variety
of projects to help people in need
and strengthen the community.
Participating faith centers included
San Marcos Lutheran Church,
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in
Encinitas, House of Prayer Lutheran
Church in Escondido, King of Kings
Lutheran Church in Oceanside and
Incarnation Lutheran Church in Poway.
“Our pastor puts a huge emphasis on
making our ministry happen outside of the
walls of the church,” said Joel Dickman,
a member of Incarnation Lutheran
Church in Poway, as he decorated
cards for hygiene kits being assembled
for homeless high school students.
About 110 people participated in
Incarnation Church projects that
included trail maintenance, crocheting
caps for babies at Camp Pendleton,
making quilts, collecting food, picking
up roadside trash and more.
“One (participant) said his favorite part
was when one of the people using
the trail said he was surprised to see
us and said thank you for doing this,”
said the Rev. Karla Seyb-Stockton,
the associate pastor who coordinated
Incarnation’s volunteers. “That kind
of affirmation was good for them.”
Alan Jones,
member of San
Marcos Lutheran
Church, and
Lawrence Wood,
founder of Fan
of the Feather,
after a morning
of planting trees,
flowers and
succulents on
site at the home
for veterans in
San Marcos
Doing major landscaping and planting
at a home for veterans in San Marcos
and at an Interfaith Community
Services apartment complex for
seniors in Escondido were among the
projects tackled by 140 volunteers
from San Marcos Lutheran Church.
Sharon Phelps and Marie Schilke were
among several women knitting prayer
shawls for what they hope will become
a prayer shawl ministry at the church.
“This is a wonderful idea to do this,” said
Phelps, who was just learning to knit.
“It’s a wonderful way to
share,” added Schilke.
Residents of 65 homes around the church
found the service day to be a sweet event
after receiving deliveries from the “Cookie
Brigade,” which baked and then delivered
cookies around the neighborhood.
Doris Payne, who coordinated the
church projects, was very pleased
with the first-time effort.
“Everyone was very very energized today.
I thought it was a good day,” she said. “It
was definitely a labor of love. People have
already said they’d like to do it again.”
That’s something Bethlehem Lutheran
has already done. This was the Encinitas
congregation’s fourth day of service.
“I saw it happen in Solana Beach (at the
Presbyterian church) where I was very
impressed with what they did,” said
Steve Goetsch. “I asked if we could try it
and, of course, they put me in charge.
Nearly 200 people participated in
Bethlehem’s service projects, which
included repainting the Community
Resource Center building, making
meals and packing hygiene kits for
the needy and doing a concert for
residents at a retirement community.
“I think the idea is instead of having a
service, we do service,” said Goetsch.
“It’s very important that the church should
be a part of the community. … People
really enjoyed this. It’s a good time for us.”
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Awarded $850,000 in Grants to Help
Local Veterans Find Work
by Harry Brooks
Interfaith Community Services has
been awarded $850,000 in grants
to provide employment-related
assistance for military veterans.
Veterans Assistance of San Diego,
a division of Interfaith, was notified
recently that its applications were
approved for grants of $400,000
from the state Workforce Investment
Act program and $300,000 from
the federal Homeless Veterans
Reintegration Program. Soon after,
VASD was selected to receive a
$150,000 Homeless Female Veteran and
Veterans Families grant (from whom).
The three grants, which range from
12 to 21 months, are all renewable.
Interfaith management is confident the
renewals will occur, given the agency’s
long history of meeting the goals and
objectives set forth in federal and state
grant allocations for veterans’ job
training and employment purposes.
“The targets are all achievable in
these grants,” said Marinea Goodson,
employment services manager for VASD.
“We bring a lot of experience to the
table, and that enables us to provide
our clients with effective guidance.”
Steven Mason, a Navy veteran and
VASD employment services client,
echoes Goodson’s outlook on the
benefits provided by the program.
“It’s a blessing. Instead of an individual
trying to get somewhere, you have a
whole group involved. That creates
access to more resources, more
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Steven Mason,
a veteran
benefitting from
the employment
training programs
at Interfaith,
stands in front
of the ICS
Escondido
service center
energy, and more possibilities,” said
Mason, referring to program staff
support and guidance as clients pursue
vocational training and job placement.
With funding support from VASD
employment services, Mason is
completing training for two high-caliber
Cisco Systems technology certificates.
The Homeless Female Veteran and
Veteran Families grant strikes directly
at a national deficiency in providing
needed services to those two referenced
populations. The grant will allow
the veterans department to better
serve female vets with mental health
care, housing and child care, as well
as job training and placement.
The same goes for veterans with
families, especially single parents
such as Samantha Morales.
For Morales, an Army veteran and a
single mother of daughters 1 and 3 years
old, participation in VASD employment
services has led to a full-time security
guard job and self-sufficiency.
“If it wasn’t for the opportunity I
got, I wouldn’t have been able to
do that,” Morales, 26, said of her
involvement in the program.
The ability to attain basic security
guard certification and an array of
related certifications is also a major
benefit for Durante Bradford, 32,
a Marine Corps veteran of combat
in Afghanistan. Bradford, whose
security training is being funded by
VASD employment services, plans to
become a police officer and eventually
work in federal law enforcement.
Bradford spent the last four months
of his military tour in Afghanistan
escorting and guarding suspected
Taliban insurgents. That will help his
candidacy for civilian law enforcement
jobs, but he looks at his security guard
training as being a bigger boost.
“This will help me stand out,” he said
of the training he received through
veterans employment services funding.
“This is definitely a program that gives
you the opportunity to get ahead.”
If you or someone you know is a
veteran looking for assistance, go
to VASD.org to learn how Veterans
Assistance of San Diego can help.
Youth Lead the Way in Social Justice
Efforts at Saint Thomas More
by Phil Corr
Raising money and giving it away to
help the needy is an ongoing effort
for young people at St. Thomas
More parish in Oceanside.
For more than three years, Confirmation
candidates at the church have organized
a variety of fundraising events. The
entire parish has joined enthusiastically
in supporting the youth group, buying
free-trade chocolate and coffee, with
all of the proceeds being given to
vetted projects locally and globally.
show solidarity “as consumers in the
Gospel call.” She further points out
that the students “can be leaders with
unique inspiration and bring it to the
family of the church. They are teaching
the larger parish as members ask,
‘Tell me why this is a good thing?’”
More recently, Marcus Cabrera has
taken the lead as the youth advocate
for the group now called Edge. Cabrera
rejoices that the project “helps make
faith public … and that we come to
church with a sense of going. Faith
is not just a mental exercise.”
Teenager Cristina Tusei expressed her
personal motivation for the project
in this way: “It is wonderful to see
parishioners taking an interest in our
Father Mike Ratajcak, pastor of St.
Thomas More, provides this perspective
in describing this inspirational youth
ministry: “It is so uplifting to see our
Since beginning in 2009 under the
direction of Susan Lagasse, the
young people have raised money
through a parish car wash, bake sale,
and clothing drive. The proceeds
allowed for a donation of $1,000 to
the Stand Up for Kids teen homeless
shelter in Oceanside, as well as more
than $300 to KIVA International (a
nonprofit microfinance organization).
Funds raised have also supported
the Heifer Project and other
reputable charities.
Cherie and Greg Abrahms became
involved with the program in 2011.
Under their leadership, the students
developed the continuing fundraisers
of selling chocolate and coffee
to parishioners after mass.
Both youth and adults are learning
valuable lessons from their
economic justice projects.
Cherie notes that the students learn
that though they live in a consumer
culture, they can make choices that
Daniel Abrahms and Sydney Yates talk to a congregant about their cause
endeavors, to put a good word out
there for teens, and to be fundraising
for such beneficial organizations.”
Fellow teen Stephen Abrahms said,
“As disciples of Jesus, we are called
to become neighbors to everyone and
to show special favor to those who are
poorest, most alone, and most in need.”
young parishioners living out the Gospel
message through their concern for those
in need, not only locally but worldwide.
It is truly a Catholic effort and is fulfilling
the desire of Pope Francis to be a
church that is poor and for the poor.”
Jane Gladden of the St. Thomas
More parish in Oceanside
contributed to this article.
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San Diego’s Innovative ‘Homeless
Court’ Provides an Avenue of Success
by Jeff Frank
The frustration was getting to
Steve Binder, a deputy public
defender in the San Diego office.
Daily he went to court to represent
clients, many of them homeless,
who had accumulated numerous
citations for misdemeanors such
as drinking or sleeping in public,
and other minor offenses.
Often those homeless clients didn’t
show up. When they did, they were often
sentenced to pay fines they couldn’t
afford, to perform public service, or taken
into custody. Most ended up back on the
streets, and the cycle would continue.
Nearly 25 years later, that’s not always
true, thanks to the Homeless Court
program Binder helped innovate in
1989. Homeless Court allows people
working to improve their lives to eliminate
the burden of unresolved offenses.
program activities, wrote Binder in a
2012 article in “The Judges Journal.”
Hearings are held monthly in San Diego
and in North County. Up to 40 individuals
may appear at a session, usually held
at one of the provider agencies.
“It’s an environment where clients
know we’re there to help them,” said
Terri Peters, a deputy public defender.
“Some people are afraid to go to
the courthouse because in the past
they’ve been taken into custody.”
On a Thursday in August, about 35
people waited at North County Lifeline
to appear before Superior Court Judge
Martin Staven. Among them was Michael
Grovner, 33, of Oceanside, a Marine
veteran. He signed up for the Homeless
Court program through Interfaith.
Grovner spent eight years as a Marine,
including three deployments to Iraq. He
was diagnosed afterward with posttraumatic stress disorder and migraines
related to that service. Finding himself
unemployed after his discharge, he
moved home to Georgia for a year.
There he discovered, while seeking a
driver’s license, that he had an unpaid
ticket. The notice had apparently
been sent to an old address. The
unpaid fine and penalties totaled
$837, more than Grovner could pay.
Individuals applying for Homeless Court
agree to make amends for offenses
by working with agencies such as
Interfaith Community Services to move
themselves toward self-sufficiency.
Clients who succeed then appear
before a Superior Court judge at a
group hearing. The judge reviews their
accomplishments and hears statements
from a public defender and a client
advocate detailing their progress.
The judge can then dismiss criminal
charges and vacate fines, in effect,
“giving credit for time served” in approved
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A homeless person sleeps on the beach on Oceanside. Homeless individuals
often incur minor citations for loitering or jaywalking that can become serious
obstacles to getting back on their feet
After moving back to San Diego
and connecting with the Veterans
Administration, Grovner learned about
Interfaith. He was accepted into veterans
housing in Oceanside, then learned
about the Homeless Court program.
Grovner set up a program, assisted by
veterans advocate Guillermo Martinez
and Homeless Court advocate Tom
Christie. He worked with counselors
and therapists, followed up his disability
claim and worked to get into better
shape physically and mentally.
Having met those commitments for
several months, Grovner nervously faced
Judge Staven at Homeless Court, as
Peters and Christie reviewed his progress.
“You never know how the judge is going
to feel,” said Grovner. “He was feeling
good. I was feeling good, he told me the
ticket was done and I was really grateful.
It was like someone took 35 pounds off
my back I didn’t know I was carrying.”
That is one of the program’s benefits,
said Binder. The individual can move
forward without worrying about past
offenses. The court also saves time
by resolving hundreds of cases in an
afternoon, while positively recognizing
participants and the providers.
A 2001 study by the San Diego
Association of Governments found
a recidivism rate of 18 percent for
Homeless Court participants, said
Binder, “and I think we’ve become
more effective and stronger since.”
“We don’t want to fool ourselves.
People do relapse and fall back into
poverty,” he added. “The message
is that even if you get into hard times
again, you can get back into treatment.
There are avenues for success.”
Steve Binder, a San Diego
Couny public defender, started
homeless court as a part of the
annual homeless veterans event
known as Stand Down
“It was such a big relief. I didn’t realize
how much of a relief until it was gone.
North County Health Services
Launches Health Care Reform Hotline
If you have questions about healthcare reform, you’re not alone. With
changes constantly occurring, enrollment
counselors still waiting on certification,
and technology bumps in the road,
it’s no wonder the new health-care
changes seem hard to navigate.
North County Health Services (NCHS)
has responded with a new hotline to
help answer questions, to get free
enrollment and application assistance,
and to help access health services.
The hotline is manned by program and
resource specialists at North County
Health Services trained to help answer
questions, to review eligibility to see
what new options you may qualify for,
and to help community members to
fill out their insurance applications.
“We’ve received many questions from our
current patients wondering how Health
Care Reform will affect them. We’re
consistently hearing folks in the community
tell us they’re confused and wonder what
they may qualify for,” said Robin Bradley
Sr. director of programs at NCHS.
Bradley is leading the team overseeing
Health Care Reform implementation
at the 10 clinics in North County.
“We believe this hotline will be a great
free resource to so many people in the
community,” he explained. “We want
more people to be able to access
quality care, and that happens most
frequently when they’re covered
by some type of insurance.”
You don’t have to be a North
County Health Services patient
to use the hotline, which is
760-736-6734. All assistance is
free and open to the public.
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North County Nonprofit Directory
INFORMATION & REFERRAL
casadeamparo.org
211 San Diego
211SanDiego.org
or dial 211
New Haven Youth & Family Services
1126 North Melrose Dr., Vista
(760) 630-4035
EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
North County Lifeline
707 Oceanside Blvd, Oceanside
(760) 757-0118
nclifeline.org
Community Resource Center
650 Second St , Encinitas
(760) 753-1156
crcncc.org
200 Michigan Ave
Vista, CA 92084
(760) 726-4900
Interfaith Services
(760) 721-2117
North County Community Services
680 Rancheros Dr., 100, San
Marcos
(760) 761-1140
sdnccs.org
550 W. Washington, Escondido
(760) 489-6380
interfaithservices.org
The Salvation Army
1301 Las Villas Way, Escondido
(760) 745-8616
salvationarmy.org
Bread of Life Rescue Mission
1919 Apple St, Oceanside
(760) 722-0800
bolrescue.org
3935 Lake Blvd, Oceanside
(760) 631-8212
Brother Benno’s
3260 Production Ave, Oceanside
(760) 439-1244
brotherbenno.org
ADDICTION RECOVERY
Brother Benno’s
(760) 439-1244
brotherbenno.org
The Fellowship Center
737 E Grand Ave, Escondido
(888) 533-9555
thefellowshipcenter.org
The Salvation Army
(760) 745-8616
salvationarmy.org
(760) 631-8212
Interfaith Services
(760) 721-2117
(760) 489-6380
McAlister Institute
(760) 721-2781
mcallisterinc.org
Serenity House
1341 Escondido Blvd., Escondido
(760) 747-1015
CHILDREN & YOUTH
SERVICES
Boys & Girls Club
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760) 729-0207
Escondido CA, 92025
760-746-3315
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 720-2185
Vista CA, 92056
(760) 724-6606
Oceanside CA, 92054
(760) 433-8920
San Marcos CA, 92078
(760) 471-2490
bcga.org
Home Start Inc.
1320 Union Plaza Court,
Oceanside
(760) 439-7513
home-start.org
Interfaith Services
(760) 721-2117
(760) 489-6380
Casa de Amparo
3355 Mission Ave, Oceanside
(760) 754-5500
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YMCA
200 Saxony Rd, Encinitas
(760) 942-9622
ymca.org
4701 Mesa Dr, Oceanside
(760) 758-0808
1050 N. Broadway, Escondido
(760) 745-7490
DISABILITY SUPPORT
Canine Companions for
Independence
124 Rancho Del Oro Dr,
Oceanside
(760) 901-4300
cci.org
Community Interface Services
2621 Roosevelt St, Carlsbad
(760) 729-3886
communityinterfaceservices.org
Good Dog! Autism Companions
3915 Mission Ave. Suite D1-305,
Oceanside
(858) 245-0032
Gooddogautismcompanions.org
Partnerships with Industry
(760) 941-7534
Pwiworks.org
TERI, Inc
251 Airport Rd, Oceanside
(760) 721-1706
teriinc.org
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
650 Second St, Encinitas
(760) 753-1156
crcncc.org
Women’s Resource Center
(760) 757-3500
wrcsd.org
FOOD AND BASIC NEEDS
650 Second St, Encinitas
(760) 753-1156
crcncc.org
550 W. Washington Ave.,
Escondido
(760) 489-6380
(760) 721-2117
North County Community Services
680 Rancheros Dr., 100, San
Marcos
(760) 761-1140
sdnccs.org
Salvation Army
183 E Washington Ave, Escondido
(760) 746-8321
sandiego.satruck.org
HEALTH SERVICES
Elizabeth Hospice
150 W. Crest St, Escondido
(760) 737-2050
elizabethhospice.org
Neighborhood Healthcare
460 N. Elm St, Escondido
(760) 520-8100
605 Crouch St, Oceanside
(760) 757-4566
1295 Carlsbad Village Drive,
Suite 100, Carlsbad
(760) 720-7766
150 Valpreda Road
San Marcos
(760) 736-6767
Vista Community Clinic
1000 Vale Terrace, Vista
134 Grapevine Road, Vista
4700 N River Road, Oceanside
517 N. Horne Street, Oceanside
818 Pier View Way, Oceanside
(760) 631-5000
vistacommunityclinic.org
Palomar Medical Center
2185 Citricado Pkwy, Escondido
(442) 281-5000
palomarhealth.org
Scripps Hospital
354 Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas
1 (800) SCRIPPS
scripps.org
Tri-City Hospital
4002 Vista Way, Oceanside
(760) 724-8411
tricitymed.org
HUMANE SOCIETIES
Escondido Humane Society
3450 E. Valley Pkwy, Escondido
(760) 888-BARK
escondidohumanesociety.org
San Diego Humane Society
2905 San Luis Ray Rd, Oceanside
(760) 757-4357
Sdhumane.org
572 Airport Rd, Oceanside
(760) 681-5630
Rancho Coastal Humane Society
389 Requeza St, Encinitas
(760) 753-6413
rchumanesociety.org
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Home Start Inc.
1320 Union Plaza Court,
Oceanside
(760) 439-7513
home-start.org
728 E. Valley Pkwy, Escondido
(760)737-6900
North Coastal Mental Health Center
(760) 967-4475
1001 E. Grand Ave, Escondido
(760) 520-8200
SENIOR ASSISTANCE
425 N. Date St., Escondido
(760) 520-8300
nhcare.org
North County Health Services
3220 Mission Ave, #1, Oceanside
(760) 433-3155
nchs-health.org
El Corazon Senior Center
3302 Senior Center Drive,
Oceanside
(760) 435-5300
ci.oceanside.ca.us
Interfaith Services
(760) 721-2117
(760) 489-6380
Meals-on-Wheels
930 Boardwalk Street, San
Marcos
(760) 736-9900
meals-on-wheels.org
The Salvation Army
(760) 745-8616
(760) 631-8212
salvationarmy.org
SHELTERS & HOUSING
(760) 722-0800
bolrescue.org
Brother Benno’s
(760) 439-1244
brotherbenno.org
(760) 721-2117
(760) 489-6380
Operation Hope
123 West Orange St, Vista
(760) 536-3880
operation-hope.com
Solutions For Change
890 E Vista Way, Vista
(760) 940-1235
solutionsforchange.org
TRANSPORTATION
FACT, Inc.
600 Mission Avenue, Oceanside
(888) 924-3228
www.factsd.org
VETERANS ASSISTANCE
Disabled American Veterans
230 E Park Ave, Escondido
(760) 741-1746
DAV.org
(760) 721-2117
(760) 489-6380
VASD.org
Veterans Association of North
County
(760) 967-7254
vancnorthcounty.org
Faith Center Directory
Bonsall
Bonsall Community Church
(760) 945-1276
Riverview Evangelical Free Church
(760) 941-1430 | refc.org
Cardiff
Church of Jesus Christ
of LDS - Stake
(858) 259-9494 | lds.org
(760) 930-1270
holy-cross-church.org
(760) 753-2888 | yogananda-srf.
org
First Church of Christ, Scientist
(760) 745-4040
Iglesia Christiana de Carlsbad
(760) 729-4586
St Andrew’s Episcopal Church
760) 753-3017
standrewsepiscopal.org
First Congregational Church of
Escondido
(760) 745-3320 | fcceonline.org
St John’s Catholic Church
(760) 753-6254
saintjohnencinitas.org
First United Methodist Church of
Escondido
(760) 745-5100 | fumcesc.com
St Mark Lutheran Church
(760) 753-4776 | stmarkchurch.
net
Fundamental Baptist Church of
Escondido
(760) 743-1600 | fbc-escondido.
org
Escondido
Gateway Community Church
(760) 471-1500
gatewaycommunitychurch.net
Las Flores Church
(760) 729-0231
lasfloreschurch.com
North Coast Calvary Chapel
(760) 929-0029
northcoastcalvary.org
St Constantine & Helen Grk Ortdx
Church
(760) 942-0920
stsconstantinehelen.com
North Coast Christian Fellowship
(760) 591-9364
nccfsda.adventistfaith.org
Carlsbad
(760) 724-6700
northcoastchurch.com
Baha’is of Carlsbad
(760) 753-7136 | bahai-site.org
Beautiful Saviour Lutheran Church
(760) 729-6272
beautifulsaviour.net
Calvary Chapel
(760) 603-9777
calvarycarlsbad.com
Carlsbad Community Church
(760) 729-2331 | 3c.org
Center for Spiritual Living
(760) 434-9579
carlsbadcenterforpositiveliving.
com
Chabad at La Costa
(760) 943-8891 | la-costa.org
Charismatic Episcopal Church
(760) 431-8485 | adventcec.com
Christ Presbyterian Church
(760) 753-3290 | cpclacosta.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 1st Ward
(760) 434-4461 | lds.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 2nd Ward
(760) 729-3624 | lds.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 3rd Ward
(760) 434-6226 | lds.org
of LDS - Stake
(760) 729-2937 | lds.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
(760) 419-9949 | lds.org/locations
Church of the Earth & Sky
PO Box 2260 | (760) 583-8700
Coastline Community Church
2215 Calle Barcelona
760)753-0886
coastlinechurch.org
Crossroads New Thought
Spiritual Center
(760) 431-1831 | crossroadsntc.
org
Daybreak Church
(760) 931-7773
daybreakchurch.org
Faith Community Church
(760) 930-0400 | faithcommunity.
ws
Holy Cross Episcopal Church
Interfaith’s Member Network
North Coast Church
Pacific Breeze Baptist Church
(760) 729-3081
carlsbadbaptist.com
Pilgrim United Church of Christ
(760) 729-6311 | pilgrimucc.org
St Elizabeth Seton Catholic
Church
(760) 438-3393 | ses-church.org
St Michael’s by the Sea Episcopal
Church
(760) 729-890 |
stmichaelsbythesea.org
St Patrick Catholic Church
(760) 729-2866
stpatrickcarlsbad.com
The Fields
(760) 602-0722
thefieldschurch.org
The Master’s Hand
(760) 434-6935
Unity of Carlsbad
(760) 237-8172
unitycarlsbad.org
Encinitas
Baha’is of Encinitas
(760) 753-8899| bahai-site.org
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
(760) 753-1026 | blcenc.org
of LDS - Ward
(760) 753-7631 | lds.org
Coastal Christian Center
(760) 753-2209 | coastalcc.org
Encinitas Beach Chapel
(760)942-6208
encinitasbeachchapel.org
North Coast
Presbyterian Church
(760) 753-2535 | ncpcinfo.com
Pacific View Baptist Church
(760) 753-4937
pacificviewbaptist.com
San Dieguito United
Methodist Church
(760) 753-6582
encinitaschurch.com
Seacoast Community Church
(760) 753-3003
seacoast-church.org
Self-Realization Fellowship
46:10 Community Fellowship
674 W Via Rancho Pkwy
Ascension Lutheran Church
(760) 747-4276 | myascension.org
Baha’i Faith of Escondido
(760) 317-1451 | bahai-site.org
Bethel Baptist Church
(760) 745-4995 | bbcesc.org
Broadway Baptist Church
(760) 746-0421
broadwayescondido.org
Chalice Unitarian Universalist
Congregation
(760) 737-0393
chaliceuucongregation.org
Church of Christ
(760) 747-4815
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS Felicita Ward
(760) 745-4569 | lds.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS Palomar YSA
(760) 745-9995 | lds.org
Church of the Resurrection
(760) 747-2322
resurrectionchurch.org
Community Lutheran Church
(760) 739-1650 | clcesc.org
Community of Christ
(760) 746-8541 | cofchrist.org
Cornerstone Church of Escondido
(760) 746-4540
cornerstonechurch-escondido.org
Creative Center
for Spiritual Living
(760) 471-2315
escondidocenter.org
Cross Connection
(760) 489-6255 | ccesco.com
Emmanuel Faith Community
Church
(760) 745-2541 | efcc.org
Escondido Christian Center - Four
Square
(760) 745-0505
escondidochristiancenter.com
Escondido Community Church
(760) 746-4140
escondidochurch.org
Escondido First Church of the
Nazarene
(760) 745-7061 | efcn.com
Escondido United Reformed
Church
(760) 745-1679 | escondidourc.
org
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
(760) 743-2478 | oyeoflittlefaith.
org
Grace Bible Church
(760) 747-9252 | grcbible.org
Grace Lutheran Church
(760) 745-0831
gracelutheranescondido.org
stmaryescondido.com
St Paul Lutheran Church
(760) 743-4440 | ourchurch.com
Church of St Timothy
(760) 489-1200
sttimothychurch.com
Thai Buddhist Temple of
Escondido
(760) 741-3459
The Foundry at Escondido
(442) 777-2081
thefoundryescondido.com
Tibetan Meditation Center
(760) 738-0089
tibetanmeditationcenter.com
Trinity Episcopal Church
(760) 743-1629
trinityescondido.org
Unified Buddhist Church
(760)291-1003
deerparkmonastery.org
Victory Outreach Church
(760) 745-9727 | vosandiego.org
His Hands & Feet Christian
Ministries
(760) 707-6681 | hhfministries.
com
Westminster Presbyterian Church
(760) 745-3225 | wpcescondido.
net
House of Prayer Lutheran Church
(760) 745-3738 | hoplutheran.com
Fallbrook
Infusion Church
(760) 746-1322 | infusionchurch.tv
Intercession Church of
God in Christ
(760) 741-6331
LIFE Church - Assemblies
of God
(760) 741-7881
escolifechurch.com
My Father’s House Casa de Mi Padre
(760) 741-6914 | eapostolic.org
New Hope Community Church
(760) 745-4924
New Life Presbyterian Church
(760) 489-5714 | newlifepca.com
New Vintage Church
243 S Escondido
858-385-7800 | newvintagesd.org
North Coast Church
(760) 473-2653
northcoastchurch.com
North County Church of Christ
(760) 745-7732 | nccofc.org
North Point Worship Center
(760) 743-2671 | thepointchurch.
us
Revive
(760) 747-9293 | reviveesco.com
Salvation Army
(760) 745-8616
escondidosalvationarmy.org
Self Realization Fellowship
(760) 749-3399 | hvashram.org
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(760) 740-8600
escondidosda.adventistfaith.org
St Mary Catholic Church
(760) 745-1611
Baha’is of Fallbrook
(760) 728-8846 | bahai-site.org
Christ the King Lutheran Church
(760) 728-3256 | ctklc-fallbrook.
org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS6th Ward
(760) 726-6556 | lds.org
of LDS - Vista
(760) 451-9440 | lds.org
Community Baptist Church
(760) 728-2966
community-baptist.org
Fallbrook United Methodist Church
(760) 728-1472 | fallbrookumc.org
First Baptist Church
(760) 728-7771 | fallbrookfbc.com
Grace Presbyterian Church
(760) 724-0077 | gracefallbrook.
org
Hilltop Center for Spiritual Living
(760) 723-8291 | thehilltopcenter.
org
Living Waters Christian Fellowship
(760) 728-1685 | lwcfchurch.com
Presbyterian Church USA
(760) 728-5804 | fallbrookpres.org
Rainbow Community Church
(760)728-2051
rainbowcommunitychurch.com
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(760) 723-7733
fallbrookadventist.org
St John’s Episcopal Church
(760) 728-2908
stjohnsfallbrook.com
St Peter’s Catholic Church
(760) 728-7034 | stpeterscc.org
St Stephen Lutheran Church
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(760) 728-6814
ststephenlutheran.info
Zion Lutheran Church
(760) 728-8288 | zlcs.org
Oceanside
immanuellutheranoceanside.com
Jehovah’s Witnesses
(760) 945-5690 | watchtower.org
King of Kings Lutheran Church
(760) 757-2525 | kingofkingslc.org
Apostolic Assembly of Oceanside
(760) 722-1365
Lamb of God Inspirational
Church of Truth
(619) 251-6964 | logicoftruth.org
Baha’is of Oceanside
(760) 757-8980 | bahai-site.org
Lighthouse Christian Church
(760) 726-0590 | lightcc.org
(760) 722-0800 | bolrescue.org
Calvary Baptist Church
(760) 433-6454 | cbcoceanside.
com
Calvary Chapel Living Hope
(760) 967-6869 | cclivinghope.org
Central Church of Christ
(760) 722-1668
Chabad Jewish Center Oceanside
(760) 806-7765
jewishoceanside.com
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 1st Ward
(760) 231-5760 | lds.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 2nd Ward
(760) 696-3664 | lds.org
Mission San Luis Rey Parish
(760) 757-3250 | sanluisreyparish.
org
New Song Community Church
(760) 560-5000
newsongchurch.com
New Venture Christian Fellowship
(760) 721-7777 | newventure.org
North Coast United
Methodist Church
(760) 439-4099 | northcoastumc.
org
North County Christian Life Center
(760) 445-0244 | ncclc.com
Oceanside United
Reformed Church
(760) 803-0981 | oceansideurc.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 3rd Ward
(760) 529-4991 | lds.org
Rising Star Missionary
Baptist Church
(760)439-6302
therisingstarmbc.org
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 4th Ward
(760) 433-1423 | lds.org
Rosicrucian Fellowship
(760) 757-6600
rosicrucianfellowship.org
Community Lutheran Church
(760) 722-3337 | cloceanside.com
San Luis Rey Valley
United Methodist
(760) 758-9817 | slrvumc.org
Crystal Baptist Church
(760) 271-0165
Faith Temple Christian Center
(760) 945-7990
Family Fellowship Church
(760) 439-1971
familyfellowshipchurch.org
First Christian Church of
Oceanside
(760) 722-8522 | fccoside.org
(760)745-4040
sdchristianscience.org
First Presbyterian Church of
Oceanside
(760) 757-3560 | fpcoceanside.org
Friendly Church of God in Christ
(760) 433-2513 | friendlycogic.com
Generation Church
(760) 583-0069
gotogeneration.com
Grace Anglican Church
(760) 295-9729
graceanglicanchurch.com
Grace Chapel of the Coast
(760) 754-2974
gracechapelofthecoast.com
Grace Church
(760) 433-9922
gracenorthcounty.com
Hope Chapel
(760) 575-4254 | hopechapel.net
Immanuel Lutheran Church
(760) 433-2770
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Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran
(760) 433-9250 | svlchurch.org
St Anne’s Episcopal Church
(760) 966-2950
stannesoceanside.org
St John Missionary Baptist Church
(760) 757-6864
St Margaret’s Catholic Church
(760) 941-5560
oceanside4christ.com
Church of St Thomas More
(760 )758-4100 | stmoside.org
Walker Chapel A.M.E Church
(760) 757-6633 | wcame.com
Pala/Pauma Valley
Native Aglow Organization - Pala
(760) 742-2292
Pauma Valley Community Church
(760) 742-3551
paumavalleychurch.com
St Francis Episcopal Church
(760) 742-1738 | oursaintfrancis.
org
Poway
All Faith Center
(858) 487-8885 | allfaithcenter.org
Baha’is of Poway
(858)748-1939 | bahai-site.org
Bread of Life Church
(858) 486-2222
Calvary Chapel
(858) 243-7729 | calvarypoway.org
of LDS - Ward
(858) 676-1000 | lds.org
of LDS
(858) 679-8630 | lds.org
Community Church of Poway
(858) 748-3304 | ccpucc.com
(858) 487-4007
sdchristianscience.org
Gathering Place
Christian Fellowship
(858) 486-7171
gatheringplacechurch.org
Incarnation Lutheran Church
(858) 487-2226 | godamong.us
Living Way Church
(858) 486-144 | lwcpoway.com
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
(858) 748-3871 | mtolivepoway.
com
Mount Zion Fellowship
(760) 747-8325 | mount-zion.org
Ner Tamid Synagogue
(858) 513-8330 | nertamidsd.org
North City Presbyterian Church
(858) 748-4642
northcitychurch.com
Pomerado Christian Church
(858) 487-7312 | pomerado.com
SD Central Seventh-Day Adventist
(858) 748-012
powaysdachurch.com
Sikh Gurdwara
(858) 405-9528 | sdsikhs.org
St Bartholomew’s
Episcopal Church
(858 )487-2159 | stbartschurch.
org
St Gabriel Catholic Church
(858) 748-5348
saintgabrielschurch.com
St Michael’s Catholic Church
(858) 487-4755
stmichaelschurch-poway.org
First Congregational
Church of Ramona
(760) 789-3348 | fccramona.org
Hope Vineyard Christian
Fellowship
(760) 789-7775 | hopevcf.org
Ramona Lutheran Church
(760) 789-1367
ramonalutheran.com
Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church
(760) 788-7456 | sojchurch.com
St Mary’s in the Valley Episcopal
(760) 789-0890
stmarysinthevalley.org
The Way Church - Ramona
(760) 789-2732 | nbcramona.org
San Diego
Horizon Christian Fellowship
(858) 756-5599 | horizon.org
Village Church - Rancho Santa Fe
(858) 756-2441 | villagechurch.org
Chabad Jewish Center of Carmel
Valley (858) 755-1886
chabadcv.com
of LDS - Stake
(858) 487-4377 | lds.org
Calvary Chapel
(760) 789-6031
calvarychapelramona.com
of LDS - Ward
(760) 788-5908 | lds.org
Congregation Etz Chaim
(760) 789-7393
etzchaimramona.org
Nimatullahi Sufi Center
(760) 489-7834 | nimatullahi.org
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
(858)566-3550 | olmc-sandiego.
org
Penasquitos Lutheran Church
(858) 672-3466 | plc-church.org
Petra Pentecostal Church
(858) 722-1123
petrapentecostal.com
Rancho Bernardo
Community Presbyterian
(858) 487-0811 | rbcpc.org
San Rafael Catholic Paris
(858) 487-4314
sanrafael-sandiego.myownparish.
com
St Timothy’s Episcopal Church
(858) 538-1267 | st-tims-church.
org
Community Church of God’s Word
(858) 549-8868 | ccgw.org
The Church at Rancho Bernardo
(858)592-2434 | thechurchatrb.org
Community of Christ
(858) 736-5781 | cofchrist.org
Tifereth Israel Synagogue
(619) 697-6001 | tiferethisrael.com
Congregation Beth Am
(858)481-8454 | betham.com
San Marcos
Congregation Kehillas Torah
(858) 829-9648 | kehillastorah.org
GC2 Church
11251 Rancho Carmel Dr,
(858) 412-0422 | gc2church.org
Green Valley Church
(858) 487-0100
greenvalleychurch.com
Hope United Methodist Church
(858)485-5840 | hopeumc.com
(760) 789-6207
atouchfromabove.org
New Hope Church of Penasquitos
(858) 538-0888
newhopechurch.com
Cloudbreak Church - 4S Ranch
(858) 335-8667 | cloudbreaksd.
com
The Connection
(858) 748-1875
theconnectionsd.com
A Touch from Above
Mt. Carmel Church of the
Nazarene
(858) 484-2003 | mcnazarene.com
City Church at 4S Ranch
(858) 613-5263 | thecitysd.org
His Dwelling Place
(858) 618-5463
hisdwellingplace.com
Ramona
Mira Mesa Presbyterian Church
(858) 578-2150 | mmpcusa.com
St Gregory the Great
Catholic Parish
(858) 653-3540
saintgregorythegreat.org
Temple Adat Shalom
(858) 451-1200 | adatshalom.com
Trinity Baptist Church
(858) 748-3683
trinitybaptistpoway.com
(858) 610-0113 | mmcbc.org
Kahal Am: Humanistic Jewish
(858) 549-3088 | kahalam.org
Korean United Presbyterian
Church
(619) 223-9999 | kupcsd.org
LifeBridge Church
(858) 487-7676 | lifebridgesd.org
Living Water Lutheran Church
3525 Del Mar (858) 792-7691
livingwatersd.org
Lord’s Grace-Chinese Bible
Church
(858) 598-4689 | lordsgracesd.
org
Maranatha Chapel
(858) 613-7800
maranathachapel.org
Mira Mesa Chinese Baptist Church
Anglican Church of the
Resurrection
(760) 471-5205
resurrectionsanmarcos.org
Baha’is of San Marcos
(760) 738-7078 | bahai-site.org
Christward Ministry, Inc
(760) 744-1500 | questhaven.org
of LDS - Ward
(760) 727-8138 | lds.org
Crossroads Christian Church
(760) 744-4673
crossroadscrc.com
Grace Episcopal Church
(760) 744-7667
gracesanmarcos.org
Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian
(760) 731-4949 | hopc.org
Hidden Valley Zen Center
(760) 591-9893 | hvzc.org
Meadowlark Community Church
(760) 591-3636 | meadowlarkcc.
org
Mission Hills Church
(760) 759-2233
missionhillschurch.org
Mission United Methodist Church
(760) 744-0170
sanmarcoschurch.com
New Creation Christian Assembly
(760) 741-2124
faithfamilyjesus.com
North County Baptist Church
(760) 489-1080
northcountybaptist.com
Oaks Christian Church
(760) 744-6673 | theoakscc.org
Palomar Heights Church
(760) 752-7895
palomarheights.com
Priority Christian Challenge
(760) 591-4237
San Marcos Lutheran Church
(760) 727-1509
sanmarcoslutheran.org
St Mark’s Roman Catholic Church
(760) 744-1540
stmarkscatholicchurch.org
Summit Christian Church
(760) 471-6267
summitsanmarcos.com
The Father’s House
(760) 798-9418
buildingsolidlives.org
(760) 749-0881
essene-american-universalist.org
Baha’is of Valley Center
(760) 749-6750 | bahai-site.org
The Movement Church
(760) 510-1160 | themovement.
org
Church of Jesus Christ of
LDS - Stake
(760) 751-1491 | lds.org
United Church of Lake San
Marcos
(760) 471-3802 | ucc.org
Light of the Valley Lutheran
Church
(760) 749-9733 | lovlutheran.com
Unitarian Universalist of San
Dieguito
(858) 755-9225 | uufsd.org
Ridgeview Church
(760) 751-9890
ridgeviewchurch.org
Temecula
St Stephen’s Catholic Church
(760) 749-3324 | ststephenvc.org
Rancho Community Church
(951) 303-6789 | rcc.tv
Valley Center Community Church
(760) 749-5151 | vccc.org
Valley Center
Vista
American Universalist Temple
All Saints American
Catholic Church
(760) 271-1812
allsaintsamericancatholicchurch.
com
All Saints Episcopal Church
(760) 726-4280 | allsaintsvista.org
B’nai Tikvah Congregation
(760) 941-9858 | bnaitikvahsd.
com
Center for Spiritual Living
(760) 724-9170 | cslvista.org
Christian Resting Place Ministries
(760) 727-3999 | crpministries.org
Church of Christ of Vista
(760)726-3600
vistachurchofchrist.com
Emmanuel Baptist Church
(760) 639-4322
ebcvistachurch.org
Faith Lutheran Church
(760) 724-7700 | faithvista.org
First Christian Church
(760) 724-3777
First Church of Christ Scientist
(760) 724-3383
First Lutheran Church of Vista
(760) 724-5440
firstlutheranvista.org
Grace Covenant Church
760) 726-2617 | gccvista.org
Compass Community Church
(760) 724-2281 | compassvista.
org
Cornerstone Christian Church
(760) 940-9494 | wesleyanpsw.org
November Events
November 3
November 13
November 19
November 23
Holiday Basket Music Festival, 3:00pm
Free Legal Aid Clinic, 12:30pm
CalFresh Sign Up, 8:30am - 11am
“Through The Storm” chorus, a gospel
and spiritual choir, is comprised of
Southern California musicians from diverse
backgrounds. Proceeds benefit the
Holiday baskets Program at Community
Resource Center in Encinitas. Come to be
inspired by this inspirational group! Bring
a $10 donation and one nonperishable
food item. For more information
contact mailto:[email protected].
Can assist with child support/custody,
immigration, divorce, CA ID, landlord/
tenant, small claims court, consumer
issues, medical and medicare, SSI
and social security, identity theft.
550 W. Washington Ave, Escondido
Affordable Licensing, Vaccination,
& Microchip Event, 10am-12pm
Seaside Center for Spiritual Living
1613 Lake Drive, Encinitas
Medicare Information Seminar, 10:45 am
The Health and Wellness Ministry at St.
Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church presents
a Medicare Information Seminar on the
Medicare changes for this year. If you are
new to Medicare, come and have your
questions and concerns addressed. This
seminar is only for educational purposes.
Join us for coffee and sweets plus a bit
of new information about Medicare.
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
16275 Pomerado Road, Poway
November 6
issues, Medical and Medicare, SSI
November 9
Meet Our Adoptable Dogs
and Cats, 10am -1pm
Meet these adorable adoptable
pets at the Escondido Petco.
Petco 1000 W.Valley Parkway, Escondido
November 13
My Therapist Sez “Practicing an
Attitude of Gratitude”, 6:45pm
Come enjoy this presentation by
Christian therapists, pastors and other
professionals on relevant topics, including
an interactive panel discussion. This is
an informative and fun way to learn and
spend an evening. Open to everyone in
the community. Contact Mike McElroy
for more information (760) 721-6052
or email [email protected].
Carlsbad Community Church 3175
Harding St Carlsbad, CA 92008
November 13
Caregiving and the Holidays
Workshop Series, 5:30 – 7:30pm
The Elizabeth Hospice’s Center for
Compassionate Care is hosting a free
workshop to help those caring family
member or friend navigate the holidays
without becoming overwhelmed.
RSVPs required - to register please
call the Community Education
Coordinator at 760-737-2050.
5938 Priestly Dr.
Carlsbad, CA
November 15
Meet Our Adoptable Dogs, 10am-1pm
Meet adorable dogs at
PetSmart Escondido.
PetSmart 415 N. Escondido
Blvd, Escondido
November 19
15373 Innovation Dr., Suite 235
San Diego, CA
November 20
25th Annual Candlelight Walk for
Human Rights, 10am -12pm
VetBus will be providing affordable
vaccines and microchips.
Wildwood Park 651 Vista Way, Vista
November 25
930 Canterbury Place
Escondido, CA
November 26
Join us for Amnesty International’s
25th Annual Candlelight Walk for
Human Rights. There will be live music,
Refreshments & Speakers followed by
brief, symbolic Candlelight Walk on Pier.
CalFresh Sign Up, 8:30am - 11:00am
Oceanside Amphitheater & Pier
November 20
Free Flu Shots, 10:00am
Interfaith will be offering free flu shots,
courtesy of Palomar Health, in our Coastal
Service Center at 2195 Oceanside Blvd.,
Oceanside, on November 20th, from 10am
to 12pm. All who are in need of a flu shot
this season are encouraged to come.
November 27
November 30
Cathy Carey Studio Tour, 10am-4pm
Come to the open studio and garden
tour of artist Cathy Carey. Suggested
donations of $10 will go directly
to Escondido Human Society.
2048 Ridgecrest Place, Escondido
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