Faith Build

     380 Johnson Street site
Sebastopol

The work of Habitat for Humanity is driven by the desire to give tangible expression to the love of God through the work of eliminating poverty housing. Habitat's mission and methods are predominantly derived from a few key theological concepts: the necessity of putting faith into action, the "economics of Jesus" and the "theology of the hammer."

Habitat has an open-door policy: All who desire to be a part of this work are welcome, regardless of religious preference or background. Habitat for Humanity has always had a policy of building with people in need regardless of race or religion, and we welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds.

Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County Awarded $25,000 Challenge Grant For Work With Faith Organizations

Did you know that these organizations in the West County came together to raise $25,000 for our next Youth/Family and Faith Build?  In addition, we received a matching $25,000 through an anonymous donor Open Door Challenge Grant via the HfH headquarters in Americus, Georgia.  

† Church of the Incarnation Episcopal              Santa Rosa
† Community Church of Sebastopol                 Sebastopol
† Forestville Methodist                                    Forestville
† Mt. Olive Lutheran                                       Sebastopol
† Oakmont Community Church                       Santa Rosa
† St. Stephen’s Episcopal                                Sebastopol
† United Methodist                                          Sebastopol
† United Methodist                                          Santa Rosa

Our thanks to these generous faith communities for raising $50,000 for our new home at 380 Johnson Street, Sebastopol.

Raising the money is the initial step, and once the build begins, our work with one another will continue.    It will be necessary to support the construction with volunteers and support the volunteers as they work.  The family chosen to buy this house will need the help of the community as they learn to be homeowners.  Our prayers for their safety, good health, and success in life will be etched into our daily prayers, so that our spiritual lives will be linked.  

Covenant Partners

Through our Covenant relationship, these partners, as God’s servants and workers in the world, express with our time, energy, resources and prayer our belief that all people are entitled to a clean, dry, safe place to call home. To view our Covenant agreement, click here to load an MS Word version.

Here are our current Covenant Partners:

  

Partner	City	Contact
‡ Bethlehem Lutheran Church	Santa Rosa	blc-bcc.com
‡ Christ Church United Methodist	Santa Rosa	www.ccum.us
‡ Church of the Incarnation Episcopal	Santa Rosa	www.incarnation-sr.org
‡ Center for Spiritual Living	Santa Rosa	www.cslsr.org
‡ Community Church of Sebastopol	Sebastopol	www.uccseb.org
‡ Congregation Shomrei Torah	Santa Rosa	www.shomreitorah.org
‡ First Presbyterian	Santa Rosa	www.fpcsantarosa.org
‡ First Congregational United Church of Christ	Santa Rosa	www.fccsr.org
‡ First United Methodist Church	Santa Rosa	www.fumcsantarosa.org
‡ Forestville United Methodist	Forestville	www.forestvilleumc.org
‡ Knox Presbyterian	Santa Rosa	www.knoxchurchatwest3rd.org
‡ New Hope Metropolitan Community Church	Santa Rosa	www.newhopemcc.org
‡ Petaluma United Methodist Church	Petaluma	www.umc.org
‡ Presbyterian Church of the Roses	Santa Rosa	www.churchoftheroses.org
‡ Sebastopol United Methodist Church	Sebastopol	www.sonic.net/~sebumc/
‡ Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i’s	Santa Rosa
‡ St. John's United Methodist Church	Rohnert Park	www.stjohnsunitedmethodist.org
‡ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church	Healdsburg	www.stpauls-healdsburg.org
‡ Thanksgiving Lutheran Church	Santa Rosa	www.thanksgivinglutheran.org

Previous Faith Build Accomplishments

The following organizations raised $60,000 among the Sonoma County community for our Kali Subdivision project in Santa Rosa’s Roseland neighborhood:

• Christ Church United Methodist                         Santa Rosa
• First Congregational United Church of Christ      Santa Rosa
• First Presbyterian                                              Santa Rosa
• First United Methodist Church                            Santa Rosa
• Thanksgiving Lutheran Church                           Santa Rosa
• St. John’s Lutheran
• Forestville United Methodist                               Forestville
• Knox Presbyterian                                             Santa Rosa
• New Hope Metropolitan Community Church       Santa Rosa

How Can You Participate?

We’d like more members from our community to get involved.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all of our faith communities in Sonoma County came together to help build this home?  Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat of Humanity had a hope that 50% of all faith communities in the U.S. would become involved in eliminating substandard housing worldwide.  Some ways your community can get involved:

* Working on the build site in Sonoma County – click here to volunteer

* Hurricane Katrina Recovery Zones – click here for information

* Habitat sponsored Global Village 1-2 week trips worldwide- click here for information

* Preparing lunch for build volunteers one day - Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday contact Volunteer Coordinator Isabelle Millot at: [ email ]

* Donating unused building materials and used appliances to our ReStore for sale to the public (click here for information about ReStore)

* Helping at fundraising events – like our Green Build Dog House contest, Golf Tournament, or other events (click here for information)

* Offering a devotional study to your community about Habitat’s faith roots such as Theology of the Hammer Study (click here=>) theology_of_the_hammer_study_guide.pdf which is based on HFH founder Millard Fuller’s book The Theology of the Hammer

* Having a special event or service to recognize the International Day of Prayer and Action for Human Habitatin Sept each year (click here for more information)

If you are a church and want to find out more about how to get connected, please contact Jan Slaby at [ email ]