Neighborhood Center

We are in the process of building a new 4,700 square foot neighborhood center to better reach our community. Will you partner with us?

REACHING THE GOAL

We need your support!

Our small facilities currently limit our ability to serve you. To meet the increasing need of the community, we are building a new 4,700 square foot Neighborhood Center that will house a community room, youth room and children’s classrooms. These new facilities will provide us better space for our existing programs while also allowing us to expand into new areas of ministry. The Neighborhood Center will be completely handicap accessible and will enable us to start ministries and groups for special needs adults and children in our area. We will also be able to enlarge our children’s summer camp program, provide an assembly space for community gatherings and become a regional polling place for elections. The Neighborhood Center will serve as a safe place for teenagers to come for our weekly youth groups as they form community and find purpose in a healthy atmosphere. We are also excited to be able to use these fully accessible new facilities to reach out to special needs children, young adults and their families to provide a welcoming place to love and equip them.

We believe that God has given us this incredible goal of building this building, but we cannot do it alone! Already, the congregation of Almaden Neighborhood Church has raised the majority of the funds. It will take an additional $350,000 for us to be able to finish the interior of the building and receive permits to start utilizing it for the community. Would you consider partnering in prayer and giving financially?

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Outside-In
Outside-In

Praise God! The exterior of the Neighborhood Center is complete! Walls, doors, windows and roof are all installed. It looks great on the outside, but it’s still empty on the inside. The next step is to raise the funds so that we can complete the interior plumbing, electrical and other necessities so that we can get the certificate of occupancy and start using this building for the community

Bless this Place
Bless this Place

Last Sunday we had a powerful time of walking through the construction site and getting a sense of what the new Neighborhood Center is going to feel like. This will be a space where children, teens, families and all of the people of our community will be able to gather and grow! We prayed over each of the rooms and dedicated this space for God’s glory and His life-transforming work. Thank you for all who have been giving to this project and please keep it up! The roof trusses go up next!

The walls are going up!
The walls are going up!

It is finally happening! After over 12 years of planning and raising funds, the walls to the new Neighborhood Center are being built and raised this week! By the grace of God, we have raised over $1.8 million over this period of time and are able to move forward with the next phase of building without having to take out any loans or put the church in any debt. This phase of construction will take about three months and will include installing the walls, doors, windows, roof and completely finishing the exterior of the building. This will set us up for the final phase of the project which will include doing all of the interior utilities, walls and finishes. We will need to raise the funds for the final phase of the project, but God has been providing and we trust that He will continue.

Year End Update

In 2020, we completed Phase I of the project! The first stage of this project included paying all of the city permits and fees, trenching for utilities, running utility lines to the building site, upgrading water meter, changing from septic system to sewer, installing fire hydrant on site, improving driveway and sidewalks, excavating and grading foundation site and pouring concrete pad for the foundation of the building. All of this is done and paid for.

The next phase starts soon! This Spring, we hope to begin construction on Phase II of the Neighborhood Center. This includes erecting the wood frame structure for the building, installing all doors and windows, installing shingle roof, installing all exterior siding and stucco and pouring concrete sidewalks around the building. At the end of this phase we will have a weatherproof shell for our building!

From the Desk of Pastor Jordan Wong

An Urgent Plea

For the past 60 years, Almaden Neighborhood Church has been honoring God through our mission of love God, love others, and make disciples – the pursuit of serving our community and making it a better place. This is what we are about!

Our small facilities can no longer serve the need of our community. This summer, we taught and cared for 90 children at our free community summer camp. However, there were many children who wanted to attend the camp that we had to turn away because we did not have the space to accommodate them.

We have more teenagers in our youth program than we can fit in our one building. Our rooms are filled every day by community groups, scout troops, adult English conversation class, and other ministries. We must expand our facilities to continue to serve the increasing needs of our neighborhood.

The City of San Jose has already approved and permitted our 4700 square foot Neighborhood Center expansion. This new building will allow us to serve more people who seek positive change in their lives.

Will you partner with us to positively impact our community beyond the current space and financial limitation? We are better together. Please consider joining us in prayer, and giving financially to fill the spiritual, social, and educational needs of the community. Your taxable donation will help to meet the current community need and ensure the wellbeing of future generations – Your gift will keep giving!

Join us to reach beyond the limit. Nothing is impossible with God!

“With man, this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible.”
– Matthew 16:26