Amazing church and amazing stuff. I've been coming to awakening for about a year and half, but I…read morebounced around many churches (7+) before landing on Awakening and calling it home. This church is a wonderful place for young people and anyone older looking to mentor people. This is not an in and out kind of church, this is a church that wants to involve everyone and make everyone feel known. This church is known for the outreach they do in the community, truly practicing what they preach. This is the church you're looking for if you're looking for raw, messy, true faith. It's not a feel good place, but one will talk about the real issues that we all relate to and need grace for. Everyone here will make you feel welcomed no matter what background you come from.

It's been 8 years since my wife and I joined Awakening church and we're so proud to call it home…read more Our church is focused on Jesus in every aspect of life, from Sunday service to serving our Bay Area community throughout the week. All are welcome here, you are loved and if you are reading this we'd love to meet you!

Greatest of all Catholic Churches to have confession during every mass. I love the confessions on…read morethe grounds. I travel from SSF, Burlingame, now Foster City for confession & mass. In the choir, there is a rare voice that brings me to the gates of heaven. Listen very carefully and you will hear him. Very few are blessed with an angelic grace. It's as though he is a vessel used by our Lord. I often wonder what kind of religious practice he has, does he pray a lot, has he done reparation for his sins, has he gone through a purification? I wonder a lot about how he above all was chosen. Is he a Saint? I'm so happy he is blessed. He showers your gifts upon us all. Thank you Lord.

I love this church, there is a lot of space to walk and explore the beautiful church. There are…read moreseveral masses throughout the day, there is always several priests doing confession times. This church is beautiful with a big Virgin Mary, and a lot of beautiful flowers. There is a huge walk path that has the stations of the cross outside. It has a huge spacious gift shop which is open Wednesday~Saturday from 12:30-6:30. I would recommend this church to everyone looking for a good church. I love that there is a mass in Spanish on Sunday evening at 6:00. All of the priests are religious sisters are fantastic. There is also 24 adoration which is a huge plus. There also sell blessed candles for 5.00. There are usually great talks and fantastic events.

The English Sunday Service normally starts with a group of female members singing and some guys…read moreplaying very loud so-called "Christian Music". They let the audience stand and tolerate their terrible voices and LOUD music for a long period of time. We come to church to worship God, not to tolerate their loud noise of so called music. It appears that the same group of female singers lead the group most of the time. Their voices are terrible and also very annoying. If these ladies like to perform, please go to find some other places to do it. Please don't do it in church and make the audience suffer from their terrible voices.

great people well natured and generous! God Bless you all. Located off Laurelwood and coming from…read more101 it's on my way home from work. Thank you all for everything you do.

I've been to over 30 churches and hands down best place I've been. I was raised in SC and attended…read moreTein lakes church for 12yrs then Liberty baptist for 5 years, then Harbor light for 2yrs. Went to SJ checked out a few then found redemption Here I am able to apply the preaching to my life. I truly learned and understood the meaning of the holly spirt how it lives in me and teaches me. I also learned understand speaking in tongues. When I was going through the hardest time of my Life in and out of the hospital with anxiety the sermons were on point and help guide me with using the keys of the kingdom. I understood what it's is being "yoked" and family curses. I can easily go back and listen to the sermons.

First of all I don't know how exactly I am going to start my review. Well, I would say 16 years ago…read morewe came to this church as "Jubille" Pastor Bernal was the pastor, & We loved it! In 2015 we moved out from the bay area, but everytime we visit bay area my family always come to this church now called "Redemption" I see few concerns with the reviews are about volume of instruments were so loud. We noticed that also, sometimes it's hard to hear the lyrics of the song. My concern is like this, Growing up as a child going to Pentecostal church "speaking in tongue" is not new to me. My first experienced speaking in tongue when I was 12years old it was during a revival night in our church. I also witness pastor Ron speaking in tongue during his sermon. In two sundays not consecutive when I genuinely worship and praised God I was moved with the "holy spirit" and received the gift and started speaking in tongue. Suddenly, I was distracted from my concentrated worship when someone was holding my hands! When I opened my eyes there were like 4-5 people grabbing me and want to bring me somewhere in a small room. I was like, what is going on? I was totally distracted and surprised. One of them keep asking me are you okay? Over and over! Are you scared of the music because it was loud? I was like are these people know what they are doing? I was totally disappointed, my genuine worship to God was stopped. Do these people experience receiving the holy spirit through speaking in tongue? The young pastor keeps talking about holy spirit! But my question is are those people that grabbing me and bring me somewhere are knowledgeable about speaking in tongue and holy spirit? In our church where my family moved to this is normal. The assembly of God, because everyone new and totally understood what the holy spirit can do! I am not doing it on my own, it was the power of God that touched me. This happened last Sunday July 19, 2026. After the serviced my husband was really disappointed of what he was witnessed. Now I am worried, when I come back to this church do I have to hold my prayer, my tears during worship because I am sure those people are going to grab me again! I pray to God that those people will not be ignorant to God's power. They should know the word of God in Acts 2:4, I Corinthians 14:2, and Jude 1:20 Experiencing and receiving the power of the holy spirit is not from my own knowledge, it's God's power that touched me. Hoping and praying that everyone can experience the power of the holy spirit. I pray that they welcome holy spirit in their lives.

I discovered this church after a classmate from high school brought me to one of the outreaches and…read moreI have been so blessed to be part of the Thomas English small group during my commuter college experience. I grew up in another church and even though I went there since I was a baby to high school, I never felt like I knew the people around me and that it was hard to form deep friendships. What I appreciate and love about SVCA is the fact that everyone is so welcoming and caring and the English ministry interacts with the Chinese ministry. In most Asian churches I feel like the English ministry is completely separate, but at SVCA the youth and young adults also have Sundays that they combine with the Chinese congregation which is such an awesome way to promote church unity! SVCA also does such an amazing job sending out the young adult group to Missions. The church's heart, vision, and support through finances and prayer is refreshing and also has allowed me to truly experience what it is like to have an entire church actively supporting and praying for you! Although most church services may only be 1-1.5 hrs long where you pop in and pop out in convenience and be late and think it doesn't really matter anyways since you don't know anyone, you may be surprised on your first Sunday service visit which runs longer (9:30am-12pm). BUT, if you want to experience a church where you definitely can have the time to meet and talk to people AND eat lunch together, then definitely check SVCA out :)

A church which is full of God's love and Holly Spirit. Also, SVCA has Chinese and English Mix…read moreLanguage worship and sermons. Really recommended to come by and seek God's words and love.

Transparent preaching, real and Godly. Westgate kids is safe, amazing and newly renovated w great…read morechanges. Great youth program as well as Lifegroups for every age young adult, to 100 age, if ur there Seek Him in the Word, this church has this

First time we visited was this past summer and I really connected to the way that Pastor Jay spoke…read more One thing became evident to me, though churches across this country spoke regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and yet not a word was said that following Sunday morning at church. Since then we've picked up other little tidbits in which direction this church tends to lean politically, which we have found to off putting and ultimately after today's service we have decided we just do not belong here.

"Feels like family" is the best way to describe our experience here. From the moment we walked in,…read morewe felt a deep sense of belonging that's rare to find. The staff made us feel genuinely loved and appreciated, creating not just a church but a community we're truly grateful to be part of. My younger kids LOVE kids church (Echo Kids) and the welcoming atmosphere, and my teenager never wants to miss youth group. Seeing each of them connect in their own way has been such a blessing for us as parents. The worship and sermons are both engaging and rooted in scripture, touching on real, everyday issues in a way that stays with us through the week. And whenever we've invited friends, the staff has been so intentional about making them feel that same warmth we experienced. If you're looking for a place that's more than just a church--a place that truly feels like family--this is it. We're so thankful to have found a home here

Great ushers, very friendly. Great music, great sermons. Would go there if it was closer to meread more

I was looking for an intimate friendly church and I found it here. Very multigenerational and…read moremulticultural. FPC is very friendly.

I've been going to this church for 14 yrs. In fact my friend, Kathy from the pool at Santa Clara…read moreSenior Center turned into the parking lot at the same time that Sunday morning. That 1st Sunday I was greeted with God's Love and care from the people. God's Love lives here. Pastor Dennis has a beautiful gift of preaching Holy Spirit inspired. He reads my mail alot! Music is Spirit filled, we sing both old hymns as well as contemporary. Hope you come!

Nothing but love for this church and community!! They are my family! We finally got our own…read morebuilding after years of renting different venues! It is amazing!!!It looks modern inside, there are separate rooms for children's Ministry, there are rooms used for the youth Ministry or campus activities. Big congrats to all the doing-good projects that have been making waves in the local community and are continuing to do so. My family and I personally love the family and faith that we have built over the years, it's life changing and I am looking forward to more memories in our new building!

We've been part of this church for many years and are fortunate to have met some of our closest…read morefriends here. The church focuses on the Bible, personal relationship with God, deep friendships, and doing good in the community. There's a wide age range, from young children to mature adults. It's awesome to have many other families with young children like ours. We love the new building! The building has been thoughtfully renovated and is bright, open, and inviting, with an awesome park next door. It's so refreshing getting together in person again and we're grateful for the children's classes that have resumed on Sundays!

We tried to visit Mission Santa Clara de Asís during our road trip, but it was very hard to find…read moreinside Santa Clara University, and parking was nearly impossible. Even after asking for directions, we couldn't locate it, and with limited time we eventually had to move on. Disappointing stop on an otherwise great trip.

Just a nice place to stroll around. Peaceful. School was not in session so it made it even more…read morespecial.