About Us

What we believe - PC(USA) Brief Statement of Faith

In life and in death we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.

We trust in Jesus Christ,
Fully human, fully God.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor
and release to the captives,
teaching by word and deed
and blessing the children,
healing the sick
and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating with outcasts,
forgiving sinners,
and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition,
Jesus was crucified,
suffering the depths of human pain
and giving his life for the sins of the world.
God raised this Jesus from the dead,
vindicating his sinless life,
breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.

We trust in God,
whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
In sovereign love God created the world good
and makes everyone equally in God’s image
male and female, of every race and people,
to live as one community.
But we rebel against God; we hide from our Creator.
Ignoring God’s commandments,
we violate the image of God in others and ourselves,
accept lies as truth,
exploit neighbor and nature,
and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care.
We deserve God’s condemnation.
Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.
In everlasting love,
the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people
to bless all families of the earth.
Hearing their cry,
God delivered the children of Israel
from the house of bondage.
Loving us still,
God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant.
Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child,
like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home,
God is faithful still.

We trust in God the Holy Spirit,
everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith,
sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor,
and binds us together with all believers
in the one body of Christ, the Church.
The same Spirit
who inspired the prophets and apostles
rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture,
engages us through the Word proclaimed,
claims us in the waters of baptism,
feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation,
and calls women and men to all ministries of the church.
In a broken and fearful world
the Spirit gives us courage
to pray without ceasing,
to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior,
to unmask idolatries in Church and culture,
to hear the voices of peoples long silenced,
and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace.
In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit,
we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks
and to live holy and joyful lives,
even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth,
praying, “Come, Lord Jesus!”

With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our vision is to be Salt and Light in the world. (Matthew 15:13-16)

Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as yourself” and so we feel called by God to serve our neighborhood and our city by addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual needs in our community as well as advocating for equal education and fighting systemic injustice.

We invite you to join us in worship, fellowship, and service. Join us and see who we are, what we’re about, and how God might be calling us together.

We are a member of Presbyterian Church USA, PC(USA).

PC(USA) is a national body of over 30,000 congregations and 5 million people. We support PC(USA)’s work in a wide variety of missions including worldwide disaster relief, environmental stewardship, local and international missionary sponsorship, and justice advocacy in all levels of government.

For more information see presbyterian-mission.org.

We are and have always been a community church.

Though a Presbyterian Church [Foothill Community Presbyterian Church] is at the same time a community church. We invite those who have church loyalties elsewhere to feel free to participate in as much of this work as they may choose. This is the church of your community, and we want you to feel that is your church. It needs your interest and prayers and support.
-taken from a 1940’s Foothill Community Presbyterian Church newsletter

We are called as a Christian community to fellowship with each other.

We are grateful for the technology that allowed us to be Together-Apart during the Covid-19 pandemic. Streaming worship services and video meetings have become part of our fellowship culture, connecting us with those who worship from home or are outside the city of San Jose. Through worship service, fellowship meals, prayer meetings, and bible study we share life together and remember that relationships, not programs, are the building blocks of our faith community.

Meet our pastors.

Rev. Lindsay Woods Wong

Rev. Lindsay Woods Wong has been a pastor in the PC(USA) for over seventeen years, previously serving a congregation in Fort Worth Texas.  She was a physics major at Penn State and a young adult volunteer for a year in Ghana before attending seminary and becoming a pastor.  Lindsay is a cradle Presbyterian and was an ordained deacon in high school.

Lindsay loves to garden and practice yoga and is fluent in four languages. This call is Lindsay and Andy's first time to minister together. She and Andy have been married for sixteen years and love their three children and two shih-tzus.

Rev. Andy Wong

Rev. Andrew "Andy" Wong has been a  PC(USA) pastor for over fifteen years. He also teaches at a high school for students with learning differences on a part time basis. Andy got his degree from MIT in computer science where he converted to Christianity and heard God's calling to ministry.

Andy loves all things Disney, ultimate frisbee, board games, and U2.  He relishes the opportunity to work with Lindsay both at church and at home. He loves his three children and two puppies.