San Francisco Seminar

May 9-16, 2005

Sponsored by the Millsaps Faith & Work Initiative

and the Campus Ministry Team

Millsaps College

Jackson, Mississippi

 

Schedule

 

Monday, May

Travel & Orientation

11:30 a.m.

Meet at the Air Tran Airways check-in at the Memphis airport

1:24 p.m.                         

Depart Memphis for AtlantaAir Tran Airways

Flight 530

3:42 p.m.

Arrive in Atlanta

Dinner

On your own in the airport

5:30 p.m.

Depart for San Francisco – Flight 53

7:55 p.m.                         

Arrive at San Francisco International Airport          

8:30

Bay Area Rapid Transit to Powell Station

9:00                                 

Check into Hostel, 312 Mason Street, (415) 788-5604

 

 

Tuesday, May 10

Free or Group Sightseeing

9:00 a.m.

Orientation at the Hostel

                                           

All day free for sightseeing

Lunch and Dinner

On your own

 

 

Wednesday, May 11

Educational

9:00

St. Anthony’s Foundation, 121 Golden Gate Avenue,

John J. Fitzgerald (415) 592-2728

Chris Broderick (415) 592-2704

·        Orientation by a member of the Justice Education staff

10:00

Walking tour of Tenderloin neighborhood

11:00

Learning exercise about economic inequities

12:00

Food and conversation in St. Anthony’s dining room

1:00

·        A speaker about addiction and recovery from the Fr. Alfred Center

·        Reflection on the day’s experiences

6:00

Dinner at Gold Mountain in Chinatown, 644 Broadway, (415) 296-7733

 

 

Thursday, May 12

Service

7:00

Service with Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, 330 Ellis St., (415) 771-6300

·        Assistance with breakfast (20 people)

10:00

Orientation to Glide UMC and its programs

10:30

Assistance with lunch with the senior citizens program (15 volunteers)

3:00

Assistance with dinner (20 volunteers)

7:00 p.m.                           

Dinner at Luna in the Castro area, 558 Castro Street, 415-621-2566

9:00

Group reflection at hostel  

 

 

Friday, May 13

Service

9:00 a.m.

Service at St. Anthony’s Foundation

·        Orientation focusing on human rights in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco

10:00 a.m.

A.     10 volunteers help serve lunch in St. Anthony’s Dining Room.

B.     4 volunteers help sort donations at St. Anthony’s free clothing store.

C.    4 volunteers assist with hospitality at the The Living Room, a daytime drop-in for seniors.

D.    6 volunteers socialize with seniors at The Salvation Army’s daytime drop-in and then help Meals that Heal volunteers deliver carry-out meals to shut-in seniors in the neighborhood.

 

Note: Dining Room workers should wear comfortable clothes, but please, no sleeveless shirts, open-toed shoes, short shorts or short skirts.

12:00

The groups not serving have lunch and conversation in the Dining Room.

1:00

Afternoon reflection centering around the video “Affluenza”

6:00                                   

Dinner at Puccini and Pinetti, 129 Ellis St., (415) 392-5500 

 

 

Saturday, May 14        

Free or Group Sightseeing

All day

Free for sightseeing; lunch and dinner on your own

Optional

Day trips to Napa Valley ($20) and Muir Woods/Presidio ($15).

Evening                             

You may wish to make arrangements for the theatre, a concert, or a performance.

 

 

Sunday, May 15

Sabbath day and Group Sightseeing

 

Free for church attendance

·        Glide Memorial Methodist Church, 330 Ellis St., (415) 771-6300, 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

·        St. Boniface Church (Affiliated with St. Anthony’s Foundation – Franciscans), 133 Golden Gate Ave., (415) 863-2395, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 (Espanol) a.m.

·        A list of other churches with directions is available (/faithwrk/ChurchDirections.htm).

1:45-6:00                        

Group visit to Alcatraz island

6:30

Dinner at Pier Market, Fisherman’s Wharf Pier 39, (415) 989-7437

8:30

Concluding Reflection

 

 

Monday, May 16          

Depart

9:00 a.m.                         

Check out of hostel

9:30 a.m.

Bay Area Rapid Transit – Powell Station to Airport

10:00 a.m.

Arrive at airport

Lunch          

On your own at the airport or take-out from hostel

12:30 p.m.

Depart – Air Tran Airways Flight 44          

8:07

Arrive in Atlanta

9:05

Departing Atlanta – Flight 1719

9:28 p.m.                         

Arrive Memphis