Showing off the beauty of City Heights. A

Somali Boy (left) and Latina Mother and child (right)

Just the other day, driving through the broken up asphalt, crowded and trashy streets of City Heights... it hit me. "Man, I've been at this for a long time."

Back when Hope in the City started, I was just an enthusiastic volunteer and donor as part of a group of college students that moved into the area to support the calling of a few of our friends. Most of that group has moved on now to wonderful new careers, overseas missions but by and large all working with people to some extent. Our family even tried to do this as I took a teaching/college pastor position at megachurch in Los Angeles only to realize a few months in that I definitely wasn't pastor material.

So we moved back to the house we kept out the outskirts of City Heights and after a few months it was clear that I should assume the leadership of this fantastic

Annual Letter 2010

~ President's Perspective

~ Partnerships Abound

~ Global Divine Intervention

~ The Grand Plan

~ Numbers and Stuff

~ Help Wanted

~ Talkin' to You

Hope in the City is an official 501(c)(3) founded in 1998 to develop leadership, raise quality of life and provide equitable access for the residents of City Heights, San Diego.  We're inspired and driven by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and work to effectively usher in God's justice and mercy to the community.  We're focused on addressing the systemic causes of hardships on the hard-working families of City Heights.  While you're here, please take a tour of our various programs and opportunities to get involved.