Here to Stay: If WestGate Burned Down

WestGate Church Teaching

One of the most famous stories that Jesus ever told is called the story of the Good Samaritan. It’s a story about activated compassion, about helping people who are hurt, even if it’s risky and even if it costs you. This is the way of Jesus. Over the past 16 years, WestGate Church has been haunted by the question “If WestGate Church burned down, would anyone care?” And we’ve tried to answer that with radical generosity, giving to partner organizations and non-profits to build wells, provide families in need right here in the Bay Area with good, and to care for refugees from Syria, Ukraine and Afghanistan. In the end, the Here to Stay Campaign is also about the fact that we want to be good neighbors, to act like the Good Samaritan, and to show the world that Jesus is Compassion Embodied. SPEAKERS: Steve Clifford (Saratoga), Jay Kim (South Hills) Bible Passage(s): Isaiah 53:4, Luke 10:25-35