Sunday Open Table Breakfast | Church of the Incarnation

Every Sunday morning, our church's doors open at 6:00 a.m. to welcome more than a hundred of our neighbors in for a fresh-cooked breakfast. Most of our guests are from Santa Rosa's street community. At 6:00 all are invited in for hot coffee, oatmeal, and cereals. A full hot breakfast is served buffet-style at 7:00. As our guests finish breakfast they are offered a brown-bag lunch to take away for later in the day.

We do not just offer food. We sit and drink coffee with our guests. We recognize them as our siblings in Christ.

Volunteers involved in this ministry have gained personal insight into hunger and homelessness in our community and have been overwhelmed by the graciousness of our guests.

There are many ways to participate in this ministry, regularly or occasionally. Many don’t require getting up before sunrise on Sunday! You can be a shopper for food and supplies, prepare food at home or on Saturday mornings in our kitchen, help clean up after breakfast, donate money, lead a song on Sunday, help fundraise, write thank you notes to donors, help sort clothing.

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In addition to volunteering, you can help support Open Table by donating needed items:

City and county bus tickets
Lightweight vinyl ponchos
Vinyl tarps, personal size
Jeans, gently used
Jackets and parkas for cold weather
Socks, new or gently used, especially white
Tee shirts
Underwear, new or gently used
Gloves
Caps, baseball or ski

These donations can be left at the church’s Welcome Center, 636 Cherry Street (off Mendocino Avenue), Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-noon. Please do not leave donations at other times.

Tax deductible donations by check or cash are gratefully received. If donating in person, please identify your donation for Sunday Open Table by attaching a note or writing “Open Table” in a check's memo line. To donate online, simply select "Give to Open Table Donations."

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People decide to visit a church for lots of different reasons, often because they're at some sort of transition point in their lives. Maybe you're a longtime Episcopalian; maybe you have experience in another faith tradition; or maybe you've never been to a faith community at all.

Whoever you are, and wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you enrich us with your presence, and there's a place for you here.

Learn more about visiting Incarnation.

Incarnation is located at 550 Mendocino Avenue in downtown Santa Rosa, just south of the corner with Cherry Street.

Our church parking lot is located around the corner at 636 Cherry Street. The lot often fills up for our Sunday morning services. Additional free church parking is available in the small gravel lot at the corner of Mendocino and Cherry, or in the city garage at 521 7th Street (free on Sundays), which is a two-minute walk from the church. Finally, street parking is also free on Sundays.

We're also located close to several bus lines, and we have a bike rack in the central courtyard.

Children aren't just the church's future—they're an essential part of our faith community right now. At Incarnation we strive to serve our kids' growing faith, and we know they have much to teach adults, too. Children are always welcome in worship: any age, any time.

Learn more about our children's ministries.

Episcopal worship follows an ancient pattern that dates to the earliest days of the Christian church. The first half of the Eucharist is the Liturgy of the Word the second half is the Liturgy of the Table, also called Holy Communion. If you've spent time in Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, or Eastern Orthodox churches, much of our liturgy will seem familiar. If you're unfamiliar with liturgical Christian worship, don't worry. You're welcome to participate as fully as is right for you, or to just relax into the liturgy and let the rest of the congregation carry you in worship.

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Giving is one of the most powerful spiritual practices in existence. It's a statement of gratitude and trust in God.

At Incarnation we encourage all our members and friends to prayerfully choose a percentage of their income to give toward causes that serve God's mission. We ask that part of that intentional giving be a pledge of financial support to the parish, both so our leadership can plan ahead in making a budget, and as a tangible commitment to what God is doing here at Incarnation. For more on the practice of proportional giving, see this FAQ.

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