God Loves the Details
"God showed up that day." That's the overwhelming feeling of the Serve Day that just took place at Aliso Meadows, a low income housing area with about 400 units, in Laguna Niguel. Every detail fell...
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Camp Pendleton Baby Shower
Through Project City Hope, Saddleback San Clemente put on their first baby shower for expectant moms at Camp Pendleton, and the people who participated saw relationships and true community begin to be...
View Article"Aloha!" Love, PCH
The scene in the dining area at Vintage Senior Living Center on June 25th looked different than it does on a typical day. The Hawaiian leis around the residents' necks and the umbrellas in their...
View ArticleProviding More than Just Food at the Saddleback Food Pantry
The Saddleback Food Pantry is an unbelievably vital resource to so many people in our community. Orange County - and specifically the Lake Forest/Mission Viejo/ Rancho Santa Margarita area - is not...
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Tea and Stories
Antique hats, teacups, and centerpieces made of creatively decorated cupcakes filled the dining area of Vintage Senior Living Center last week. The event was a tea for the ladies at Vintage Senior...
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Breakfast with Project City Hope
This past Saturday, 200 to 250 people were served a full breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage and pastries, while meeting and connecting with volunteers from Project City Hope. The individuals,...
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Summer Success
For four weeks this summer, 90 elementary-age kids came to Saddleback's campus to participate in Project City Hope's first ever Summer Skills Camp. And by the response we got from both the parents and...
View ArticleA First Time for Everything
Bishop Manor, an apartment complex in Santa Ana, was far from looking like your average apartment complex last week. Instead, Bishop Manor took on the appearance of a packed community Kids' Zone! It...
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More than Just Paint and Weeds
As far as total transformations go, Kimberly Gardens in Lake Forest fits the bill. PCH made a visit to the Mobile Home Estates recently in order to do a home and yard makeover, and to show the...
View ArticleExtreme Church Makeover
More than 70 people were at Fullerton Calvary's serve day last Saturday. Mark, one of the volunteers in charge of the project summed up the experience by saying, "It was quite an amazing day to see the...
View ArticleWisdom Passed Down
Senior citizens across south Orange County were blessed on August 21st when about 80 Project City Hope volunteers visited 30 board and care facilities, bringing with them PCH Care Boxes filled with...
View ArticleService or Significance. How About Both?
God's plan for us to bring hope to people comes through, one, telling them about Jesus' grace and salvation, and two, through serving others. Pastor Rick Warren, in his book The Purpose Driven Life,...
View ArticleGetting a Grip on Things
Here's a shocking fact for us all: The prime targets of gang recruitment are 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Children who should still be eating Lucky Charms while watching cartoons on a Saturday morning,...
View ArticleActs of Service and Significance
This past weekend, Project City Hope's military outreach, Acts of Appreciation, held a dinner for the volunteers that serve with the outreach. It was a way for the ministry leaders to let the...
View ArticleHope for the Holidays
This coming holiday season, countless families across California are going to be reminded of something. They won't be reminded of one tradition in particular that most of us know and hold tightly to...
View ArticleBe on the Lookout
"This may be the day God gives me a great opportunity to serve someone who needs help from me." -Bill Grosz We've all heard the saying, "Live everyday like it's your last." And for most of us, that...
View ArticleWhat Hope for the Holidays is All About
Check out this short video in which Saddleback's Community PEACE Pastor, Brian Uyeda, explains what the Albertson's Hope for the Holidays opportunity is all about. This will definitely get you more...
View ArticlePaying it Forward
The Breakfast Together outreach (previously called Motel Ministry) is known to have a lasting impact on the families and individuals who are blessed by the outreach. But recently, a man who at one time...
View ArticleWith Thanks and Appreciation
The leader of Acts of Appreciation, our Military outreach, recently received an e-mail from the Lieutenant Colonel of the USMC Battalion 5, Jeff Jarosz. Jeff was compelled to send his thanks after...
View ArticleDelivering Hope
About one hundred volunteers had a unique and extremely uplifting experience a few days before Thanksgiving. And a few hundred families were blessed with a full Thanksgiving meal at the same time....
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