Book Club: Pictures of a Gone City

Urban Sanctuary 80 S. 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Join us for our book club starting March 24, in the Recovery Cafe, at 11:30 am, for a community discussion of this work led by our very own Kevin Haley! You don’t need to be caught up to join in the discussion, and copies of the book are available for $15 in the front office. See you […]

White Ally Toolkit Training

160 N. 3rd Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Sunday, April 7, 2-5 PM USSJ is partnering with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) at Sacred Heart, to bring you a very special event! “Encouraging, Empowering, and Equipping Allies: Using the White Ally Toolkit to Help Dismantle Racism, One Conversation at a Time,” with Dr. David Campt, will be held on April 7, from 2-5 PM, at 160 N. […]

The Prison Industrial Complex: the Church’s Response

Urban Sanctuary 80 S. 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 10 AM – 3 PM In conjunction with the Joint Youth Ministry, Cambrian Park UMC, Los Gatos UMC, Willow Glen UMC, and SURJ at Sacred Heart, Urban Sanctuary will be participating in a workshop led by Rev. Sophia Jackson entitled “Introduction to Racial Injustice, the Prison Industrial Complex & Mass […]

The Light Inside the Fire Arts and Spirituality Mini-Retreat

Urban Sanctuary 80 S. 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

This Sunday, December 1, during worship time–that is, 10am-12:30pm–and with the help of the Coalition of Artists and Creatives for Compassionate Communities, we’re holding an “Arts, Spirituality and Activism Mini-Retreat!” This will be jointly led by local artists and activists and Urban Sanctuary, giving us all a great opportunity to build relationships and connect with the divine […]

Sunday Gathering: February 16

Urban Sanctuary 80 S. 5th Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Our current message series is Questions about the Bible. Most of us have lots of questions about the Bible that we have parked somewhere and left to collect dust. Is the Bible the Word of God? Does it promote violence? I am expected to literally believe that people passed through a sea that parted, or […]