Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Jesus Christ:
8601 Church St., 842-7251.
Gilroy
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Jesus Christ:
8601 Church St., 842-7251.
Baha’i Community:
• The Baha’i community of Gilroy is holding a Devotional Gathering on every first Monday of the month at Ruth and Hamilton Breton’s residence. Please call 848-8549 for details. For more information, please visit www.bahai.org
• The Baha’i community of Gilroy is holding a Devotional Gathering every Wednesday at Gira and Mike Etemadi’s residence. Please call 710-0239 for details. For more information, please visit www.bahai.org.
Bethany Community Church of God In Christ:
8095 Kelton Drive, 842-9445.
• Everyone welcomed at Sunday worship service at 1 p.m. with Pastor Gerald E. Harris. First and third Sunday evening at 6 p.m. and Wednesday evening Bible Study is at 7 p.m.
Calvary Chapel Gilroy:
8531 Church St., 848-1218.
• Calvary Chapel Gilroy is a church body that loves the Lord and demonstrates this through prayer, the study of God’s word, heartfelt worship, ministry to God’s people and outreach to the community.
• Sunday service is at 10 a.m. Bible Study is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The youth group meets at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Women’s Bible Study is at 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Choose Life Ministries, Prayer & Deliverance Center:
8531 Church St. (across from the health club), 846-4898.
• Non-denominational Christian Bible teaching ministry specializing in delivering the sick and spiritually afflicted through the prayer of faith. Learn how to perform deliverance through the power of the Holy Spirit from 5 to 7 p.m. Sundays.
Christian Science Society:
283 Fifth St., 842-4234.
Church of God Seventh Day, American Legion:
8955 Monterey Road., 848-6484.
• Worship services and Bible Studies are 10 a.m. to noon and 3 to 5 p.m.Saturday.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
7999 Miller Ave., 842-5081.
Congregation Emeth, a Refrom Jewish Congregation:
www.emeth.net or 847-4111.
• Congregation Emeth is a reform congregation welcoming interfaith couples.
• Rabbinic leadership provided by Yitzhak Miller.
• Shabbat and holiday services
• Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation
• Hebrew and religious school
• Youth and camp program
• Adult education
• Torah study
First Baptist Church:
8455 Wren Ave., 847-6000, www.fbcgilroy.org.
• Bible Study for all ages at 9:30 a.m. Sundays; Estudio Biblico at 9:30 a.m; new believer’s class is at 9:30 a.m. and fellowship time is at 10:30 a.m.; Worship/Children’s Worship/Spanish Worship meets at 10:45 a.m.; nursery care provided. Spanish worship is at 5:30 p.m.
• Youth (ages 3 through sixth grade) meets from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sundays.
• Youth (seventh to 12th grades) meet in the fellowship hall from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays.
Foothills Foursquare Church:
8335 Church St., 848-3100 (one block north of DMV).
• Services are Saturday 6 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and excellent child care provided. Adult Bible Study, youth group and kids unlimited at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Full Gospel Prayer Tabernacle Church:
7250 Forest St., 847-3213.
Gilroy Bible:
651 Broadway, 847-7729.
• Sunday services are at 10 a.m. A children’s program for ages 3 years to 12th grade and adult study groups meet at 10 a.m. Sundays.
Gilroy Christian Church:
464-4920.
• Worship services are held at 10 a.m. Sunday at Gavilan College in Art Lecture Hall, room 101.
Gilroy Presbyterian Church:
6000 Miller Ave., 842-3000.
• Join us for contemporary worship service at 9 a.m. and a blended worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 8, the sermon title is “Compassion: One Person at a Time” the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Continuing for the month of June, the series will be on “Stories Jesus Told”, Pastor Stephanie will be preaching this series. Join us for coffee, juice and treats following each service. Sunday School classes for all ages and quality childcare is provided at both our 9 and 10:30 am services.
Beginning Sunday, June 15, we will be going to one service at 9:00 am. This will go through Sept. 14.
Communion is offered the first Sunday of every month.
Gilroy United Methodist Church:
7600 Church St., 842-4021.
• Worship and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Child care is available during both services as well as Sunday School for students. Large print hymnals and bulletins are available.
• ESL (English as a Second Language) at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in Wesley’s.
• Serendipity Bible Study at 9 a.m. Wednesdays.
Global Harvest Bible Church:
7432 Monterey St., 842-5880, www.globalfmi.org.
• Non-denominational/word-of-faith church with worship services held at 10 a.m. Sunday. Youth group, Plus One, meets at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and regular Bible Study and fellowship is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Pastor Tony Fleege.
• International Bible Training Center – a bible school for anybody over 16 that meets from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through April. The center is meant to equip anybody who is hearing the calling of God.
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd:
1735 Hecker Pass Hwy., 842-2713.
• Sunday service is at 9:30 a.m. Adult Christian education is at 11 a.m. Sundays. Sunday School at 11 a.m. (toddlers through junior high school).
New Hope Community Church:
7401 Hanna St., 842-4857, www.nhcc-gilroy.org.
• Sunday services – 10:45 a.m.: Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 a.m., worship service and K.I.D.S. church nursery available.
• Wednesday services are held at 7 p.m., Family Ministries Night: Royal Rangers for boys and Missionettes for girls. Adult Bible Study. Nursery available. Meeting on Thursdays, The Quest Youth Ministries (junior high school through college age) from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Power In Praise Ministries:
Worshiping at The Grange Hall, 8191 Swanston Lane, 425-2490.
• Sunday School for all ages begins at 10:15 a.m. Sunday worship service begins at 11 a.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Primera Iglesia Bautista:
370 Tompkins Court, 842-6792.
The Salvation Army:
200 West Fifth St., 848-5373.
Seventh-Day Adventist Church:
1575 Mantelli Drive, 842-8564.
• English Bible class is from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Worship service is from11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
• Spanish worship service is from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Bible class is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
• Prayer meeting in Spanish meets from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays.
Spanish Assemblies of God:
160 Fifth St., 848-4444.
St. Mary Catholic Parish:
11 First St., 847-5151.
• Sunday service at 7, 8:15 and 11:30 a.m. in English, or 9:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. in Spanish.
• Weekday masses at 7:15 a.m. Monday through Friday and 12:10 p.m. Wednesday in Spanish.
• Saturday vigil masses at 5 p.m. in English and 6:30 p.m. in Spanish.
• No Limit Youth Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sundays in the Common Room at St. Francis Center in the church.
• Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Convert classes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday evenings Details: 847-2652.
• Spanish youth group meets on Sundays following the 9:30 a.m. mass.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church:
651 Broadway, 842-4415.
• Sunday service of Holy Communion is at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday School classes for children and a nursery are available during the 10 a.m. service.
• Adult education meets between the services starting at 9 a.m. Holy Communion and healing service is at noon Wednesdays. Sunday evening Home Group meets at 7 p.m. for dessert and study. Call 847-1153 to find out the weekly location.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a non-profit weight loss support group. It meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the church in room #1. Contact Josie (current leader) at 848-4371 or Vicky (current co-leader) at 847-0761.
South Valley Community Church:
8095 Kelton Drive, 848-2363.
• Eric Smith, senior pastor.
• Services are at 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The Sunday schedule includes a full compliment of children’s classes at both services.
• Singles Bible Study meets at 7 p.m. Fridays.
South Valley Islamic Community:
782-9142, www.svic.org.
• The South Valley Islamic Community conducts prayer every Friday at 1:20 p.m. For more information and other activities call 782-9142.
Temple Bethel Del Cladic:
350 West Eighth St., 842-8655.
Trinity Bible Church:
370-A Tomkins Court, 842-1220.
• Sunday School classes for all ages meet at 9 a.m. Worship service begins at 10:30 a.m. and the evening service begins at 6 p.m.
• The youth group meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Victory Outreach Gilroy Church:
8505 Church St., 848-6715.
• Worship services are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Sunday at Gavilan College in parking lot C.
San Martin
Church of Eternal Life
13360 Llagas Ave., 842-9574.
• Worship services from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays.
• Pastor Fredrick Roberts.
Church of the Valley:
13380 Depot St., 683-2829.
• Worship service begins at 10 a.m. Sundays. Youth services at 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays. Nursery care is provided at all services. Home Bible studies and men’s prayer meetings also available.
Family Worship Center:
Church of God, 14660 Llagas Ave., 779-8169.
• Pastor Drake Fenn and wife Grace.
• Sunday morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening service begins at 6 p.m. Bible Study and Youth/Family Night is at 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays.
Gavilan Hills Church:
13085 Monterey Hwy., 686-0335, www.ghchurch.org.
• Gavilan Hills Church, a community of loving, accepting individuals, invites those open to diverse spiritual practices to join in awakening the “I am” within, a deep knowing that God is Love.
• Services are at 10 a.m. Sunday. Child care provided on request. A Course in Miracles is at 11 a.m. Thursdays, 842-1556. Prayer Circle meets at 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays.
• Yoga at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at church sanctuary. Led by Julie Franco. Cost is $8/session or $25/month.
Presbyterian Church:
13200 Lincoln Ave., 683-2908.
• Pastor Edd Breeden.
• Nursery care provided. Worship service is at 10:30 a.m. Fellowship coffee after the morning service. Choir is at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. Sunday. Adult Bible Study is Wednesdays with a potluck at 6 p.m. and the study begins at 6:30 p.m. Lord’s Table is served every other month on the third Sunday.
South County Church of Christ:
13485 Colony Ave., 683-2950.
• Sunday worship is at 10:45 a.m. Discovery classes are at 9:30 a.m. Sundays. After-school assistance programs are offered on Tuesdays – call for details.
Morgan Hill
Advent Lutheran Church:
16870 Murphy Ave., www.advent-lutheran.org or 779-3551.
• Pastor Anita Warner.
• Sunday worship is at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Child care available at both services, music with ‘Gather Musicians,’ puppets on the first Sunday of the month and ‘Prayer for Healing on the second Sunday.
• Sunday School for all ages is at 9:30 a.m. ‘Caring for the Caregiver’ adult class on third Sunday.
• Junior High confirmation is at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. High school youth group meets at 7 p.m. Thursday. Pacem Children’s Choir meets at 5 p.m. Thursday. Adult Chancel Choir, for seventh grade through adult, meets 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. ‘Gather Music’ (Instrumental) is at 9 a.m. Saturday. Women’s Bible Study is at 10:30 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month; Men’s Bible Study meets at 7:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
• All groups are open to the community.
Baha’i Faith of Morgan Hill:
www.us.bahai.org or 499-2055 or 1-800-22-UNITE.
• Baha’i’s believe in One God, the Oneness of mankind, the common foundation of all religions, the essential harmony of science and religion, equality of men and women, elimination of prejudice of all kinds. Universal compulsory education.
Christ Our King Lutheran Church:
40 East Fourth St., www.christourkinglutheran.org, 850-5852.
• The South Valley Lutheran Mission Congregation is a new, Bible-based congregation associated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Worship is at 9 a.m. Sunday. Sunday School is at 10:15 a.m.
Church on the Rock, Morgan Hill Foursquare Church:
700-F East Dunne Ave., 776-9122.
• Sunday services begin at 10 a.m. Nursery, pre-school and children’s church available as well as a nursing mother’s room. Wednesday Nights Networks Bible Study meets at various homes. The Rock Youth Group service at 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
1790 East Dunne Ave., 778-1020.
• Meets Sundays:
Morgan Hill Second Ward: Sacrament at 1:30 p.m.; Sunday School and primary at 2:50 p.m.; auxiliary and youth group classes at 3:40 p.m.
Morgan Hill Third Ward: Sacrament at 9 p.m.; Sunday School and primary at 10:20 a.m.; auxiliary and youth group classes at 11:10 a.m.
Morgan Hill First Ward: Sacrament at 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School and primary at 12:10 p.m.; auxiliary and youth group classes at 1 p.m.
Ensign Young Adult Ward (reverse schedule): auxiliary meetings at 10:20 a.m.; Sunday School at 11:10 a.m.; Sacrament at noon.
Crossroads Christian Center:
145 Wright Ave., 779-2925.
• Sunday Christian Education Hour for all ages is at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning worship, Sonshine Station Preschool service, Adventure Bay Children’s service is at 10:45 a.m. Sunday Evening Celebration of Worship, Youth Alive jr. high youth group meets at 6 p.m. Nursery care provided. Wednesdays – Women’s Bible Study is at 10 a.m., family night at 7 p.m., which includes Adult Bible Studies, The Other Side Youth Group, Missionettes for girls and Royal Rangers for boys. Prayer meetings at 7 p.m. Thursdays.
Family First Baptist Church:
305 West Main Ave., 779-4914.
• Bible Studies for all ages at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Sunday worship begins at 10:30 a.m. Children’s Church and nursery is provided. Community prayer from 7 to 8 p.m. on the first Monday of each month. A community of faith event.
• Pastor Rod Murcray.
Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Silicon Valley:
271 West Edmundson Ave., 227-8417.
First United Pentecostal Church:
271 West Edmundson Ave., 779-2954.
• Sunday morning prayer is at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School (all ages) meets at 10 a.m. Sunday evening prayer is at 5:30 p.m. Evening worship meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer begins at 7 p.m.
Morgan Hill Bible Church:
15055 Monterey Road, 778-5083, www.MHBible.org.
• Services are Sunday at 9 or 10:45 a.m. Awana children ministry will resume meeting in the fall.
• Our CrossRoads Ministry, which is designed to help people recover from a hurt, habit or hang-up and become spiritually and emotionally healthy meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays. Other weekly ministries include: Men’s and Women’s Bible Study, Mothers in Training, Small Groups, Singles Bible Study and Youth ministries. Call the church for further details and locations or check out the Web site at www.MHBible.org.
Morgan Hill Buddhist Annex:
16450 Murphy Ave., 779-9313.
• Adult Buddhist Services (in English and Japanese) begins at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month. Dharma (Sunday School) is at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Details: 779-3408.
Morgan Hill Presbyterian Church:
16970 DeWitt and West Dunne avenues, 779-2820.
• Pastor Mark Inouye
• Sunday morning worship service is at 10 a.m. Audio/visual aides are available. Nursery care and Children’s Church are provided. Sunday School for all ages begins at 8:45 a.m. The ECHO (contemporary worship for high school and college age) meets at 6 p.m. Sunday evening College/Career Bible Study meets at 7:30 p.m. Mondays (meets off campus). RAD Nite (grades six to eight) meets at 6:30 p.m. Fridays. Men’s Bible Study is at 7 a.m. Wednesdays. Women’s Bible Studies meet at 7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
St. Catherine’s Catholic Church:
17400 Peak Ave., 779-3959.
• Mass is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 7:15, 8:45,10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Sunday in the church. The last Mass is in Spanish.
• Pastor Eugene O’Donnell.
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church and preschool:
17740 Peak Ave., 779-9510.
• Services are at 8 and 10 a.m. Sundays with child care and church school. Holy Eucharist is at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Church office hours are 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Saturday.
• Preschool phone number: 782-9994.
• There will be an open house July 12 and Aug. 16. School will have summer camp and fall program.
• Fr. Philip R. Cooke.
Shadow Mountain Baptist Church:
280 Llagas Road at the corner of Hale Ave., www.smbc.net, 782-7806.
• Services are at 8:30, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Sunday School and Adult Bible Study begins at 10 a.m. Children’s church is at 11 a.m. A mid-week adult Bible Study is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
• Pastor Max Hudson.
South Valley Christian Church:
16695 DeWitt Ave., 779-0697. www.svccmh.org
• The church is an independent, non-denominational fellowship of believers in Christ. Sunday services are at 9 and 10:45 a.m. Nursery and toddler childcare provided. Sunday School classes for children 2 to 12 years old are available at 9 and 10:45 a.m.ALIVE meets at 10:45 a.m. for both junior and high school students. AWANA resumes in September on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. for children 5 to 12 years old. Bible Study for 6th to 12th grades meets from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesdays. Women’s Bible Study resumes in September Wednesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. Childcare is provided.
South Valley Church of Christ:
Meets at Grange Hall, 40 East Fourth St., 776-9266.
• Sunday service is at 5 p.m. and Sunday Bible classes are at 4 p.m. Thursday Bible Study meets at 7:30 p.m.
South Valley Unitarian Fellowship:
Shadowbrook Townhouse Clubhouse, 160 Warren Ave., 847-3870.
• Fellowship meetings Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Temple Emmanuel Apostolic Church:
(YMCA) 17666 Crest Ave., 778-9947.
• Friday service is at 7:30 p.m. Sunday service begins at 1 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study is at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
• Rev. George Gillespie is pastor.
United Methodist Church:
17175 Monterey St., 779-4044.
• Adult Sunday School begins at 9 a.m. Sunday worship and Sunday School for children is at 9:30 a.m. Church office hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
• The Rev. Ted Pecot is pastor.
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