Less than a week into , several Fontana pastors gathered at Loveland Church and unanimously supported establishing a clergy group not unlike the one San Bernardino pastors formed four years prior. Fontana Pastors United, a local clergy group recently formed in the likeness of San Bernardino Pastors United, hosts its first community block party at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, providing free food, groceries and activities for guests, on Saturday, November 16, Photo by Frank Perez, Contributing Photographer.
Manuel Concepcion, 38, of Rancho Cucamonga, performs a faith based rap. Volunteer Ray Hernandez helps load groceries, as Fontana Pastors United, a local clergy group recently formed in the likeness of San Bernardino Pastors United, hosts its first community block party at St.
Volunteers prepare to take away bags with groceries to those in need. On Saturday, Nov. Nicholas Catholic Church. With more than a dozen local churches represented, the clergy group provided guests free food, groceries, job resources, health checks, housing information and entertainment.
Inspired by their San Bernardino brethren , Fontana pastors hope to develop safer communities by strengthening relationships between residents, the church and city government, school and police officials. Still in its infancy, Fontana Pastors United has teams for crisis response, civic and community engagement and a goal to impact the economic, social and spiritual condition of Fontana through healing, change and progress.
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