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Jubilee Centers

Jubilee work transforms local communities


“What could the reign of God look like in our midst?” Jubilee Centers help answer that question. From a free health clinic serving 60 patients weekly in a church basement in rural Michigan to a crime-ridden inner city neighborhood rehabilitated with a park, new housing and community center in Dallas, to a truck garden at a church in Syracuse for Burmese refugees. The smallest projects and the largest ministries all had several things in common. They involve Episcopal churches, are community-based and are bringing about transformation.

There are over 600 designated Jubilee Centers doing amazing things; 11 of them are doing this work in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. Almost all churches in our diocese reach out in some way to their surrounding communities; Jubilee Centers have simply been recognized by The Episcopal Church for their extraordinary transformational efforts.

Many of us know about the awesome, life-changing services Episcopal Community Services provides the least among us but may not be aware that St. Mark’s in City Heights provides housing for local teenagers who have aged out of the foster care system or that St. David’s in Clairemont hosts an annual homeless shelter, and prayer services and programs for the mentally ill and their families.

St. Paul’s Senior Homes and Services offers affordable assisted living facilities downtown but also provides in-home services to destitute seniors living alone. St. Dunstan’s raises thousands of dollars annually, which it donates along with tons of food for programs here and abroad. The Episcopal Refugee Network assists hundreds of Sudanese, Burmese and Iraqi refugees each month with food, clothing, tutoring and translation services. The Christian Community Services Agency, with the support of three Episcopal congregations and other area churches provides a multitude of services to 25,000 beach-area residents living in poverty.

Other Jubilee Centers making a difference locally are the Mission to Seafarers, which last year ministered to over 3,000 lonely foreign seamen docked in our harbor. St. Paul’s Cathedral does advocacy work on behalf of immigrants, hosts a bi-weekly mobile health clinic on-site and runs a foster home for children of incarcerated parents in Tijuana. Camp Stevens teaches hundreds of youngsters each year about the importance of creation care and how to be better stewards of our environment.

The Episcopal Church leadership offers uncompromising support for issues affecting domestic poverty. A resolution passed at the 2009 General Convention (A155) seeks to restore the balance between local and international needs and to encourage more Episcopalians to become engaged in charity and justice work at home. Mentioned here are just a few of the many programs and services provided by our own Jubilee Centers.

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Diocesan Jubilee Centers

These are the official diocesan jubilee centers. Please send additions and corrections to the Ven. Robert Nelson.

The Episcopal Church Center

2083 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92107
619-823-8998
Contact: Nancy Holland, director

RefugeeNet

4305 University Ave., #630
San Diego, CA
619-283-1337
Contact: Majur Malou

All Saints, Vista

651 Eucalyptus
Vista, CA
760-726-4280
Contact: the Rev. Michael Carr

St. Paul’s Cathedral

2728 Sixth Avenue
San Diego, CA
619-298-7261
Contact:

St. Marks, City Heights

4227 Fairmont Avenue
San Diego, CA
619-283-6242
Contact: the Rev. Kate Baird

St. David’s, Clairemont

5050 Milton Street
San Diego, CA
619-276-4567
Contact: Debby Park

Mission to Seafarers

Stella Maris Seafarers Centre
1760 Water Street, San Diego, CA
619-702-4703
Contact: the Rev. Robert Crafts, Capt., MC, USN, ret.

St. Dunstan’s, San Carlos

6556 Park Ridge Boulevard
San Diego, CA
619-460-6442
Contact: Dorothy Leonard

Community Christian Service Agency

4167 Rappahannock Ave.
San Diego, CA
858-274-2273
Contact: Carole Denton

Episcopal Community Services

4305 University Avenue, #400
San Diego, CA
619-228-2800
Contact: Alyssa Osian

St. Paul’s Senior Homes & Services

328 Maple St.
San Diego, CA
619-239-6900
Contact:  John Kaprielian

Camp Stevens

PO Box 2320
Julian, CA
760-765-0028
Contact: Kathy Wilder

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