We absolutely loved this school. We were immediately contacted after submitting our application and…read morethey made the process an easy one. My son, Alex was met with kindness and positivity from the staff and all the kids in his grade. He never had a problem with anyone. They have many activities for the kids and their families with plenty of volunteer opportunities. Super communication from Mrs Marsh and all of the teachers. They even have an app that the parents can use to communicate with one another. Holy Spirit is very much a family that we were proud to be apart of. We will definitely miss this school. Such a blessing!

Our kids went to this school for many years and under previous leadership it was great! The…read morePreschool was great & the school was wonderful. Then principals changed yearly sometimes mid year, the Preschool director changed, and the kindergarten teacher retired. My child didn't have a productive year in kindergarten. The teacher couldn't control the class and homework was taken from a Pinterest idea. For the money paid it was a waste. Preschool, my child had a traumatic experience and would refuse to go after a month. My child was so excited to start school and go and that all changed. My child started feeling petrified of the school director. What was once before a loving community gradually turned into an environment where the kids felt isolated and insecure. For a place that is teaching about the love, nonjudgmental acceptance and mercy of the Lord didn't set an exemplary environment.

I found this church through a web engine search, and when we started going we fell in love with it…read more Why? 1) The preaching! Faithful to the Word; unapologetic truth that points us to the compassion and mercy we have received. All sermons (from old and New Testament) show how Jesus' sufficient job on the cross is the a-z of the Bible (and really the core of life ). 2) The people! A group of people that know they are broken, don't pretend, and are there for you when you fall and are in the dumps. They eat with you, pray with you, cry with you, mourn with you, are goofy with you, admonish you, encourage you, and plainly walk through life with you. We left the church when we had to move to another country, but I wouldn't have left otherwise! Miss my New Life family!!! But the Lord is always faithful and I have a new church family in Canada now If you're on the fence about checking it out, don't be! Just go! Try it out a few times and then decide. You don't need to be a Christian. If you're a Muslim, a atheist, an agnostic, a Hindu, whatever you wanna call it, but you wanna find out more about Jesus or Christianity, you're welcome there!

Reposting my old review from 2012 since we've moved and had to create a new Yelp page. Since then…read morethe church has been growing rapidly under God's provision, and we are now at a new location with more space! We now also have an assistant pastor, Rich, who's been such a blessing to New Life. Since Rich's arrival, we've witnessed a huge growth in young adults ministry. - Though I'm sure people will only write good stuff about their own church, I want to first let you all know that I am going to be as unbiased as possible in the following review. I found New Life back in April through a pastor I'd met in Palo Alto. I had just moved back home from New York, and while looking for a church to settle in, the pastor suggested this church that is fairly new in my neighborhood. Since it was a pastor I trusted, I decided to give it a try. It couldn't hurt - it was only a few minutes from my house! Though I was at a very confusing stage in my life when I first started attending this church, I was able to settle in without feeling uncomfortable, thanks to the friendly, non-intimidating environment that is not too in-your-face. Seven months later, I am still attending the church. I have experienced a slow but visible growth in my faith, through the loving and supportive community, as well as Pastor Dave's sermons which are always on-point. The vibe of the community is very fun, friendly, yet intimate. Pastor Dave's sermons are intellectual and witty, but never straying away from the very core of the gospel. Though it is a fairly small church, there is an order that cannot be ignored. I believe this is a reflection of the gospel-centeredness of the church. This allows the church members to be accountable and supportive towards one another. What I love the most about NLMC is how welcoming and accepting everyone is towards newcomers who are still questioning their faith or have never even been to church. I have been to churches where there's the "inner circle" of people who grew up in that church their whole lives, but this church does not question or judge your faith; instead they provide you with some insights and guidance to understanding Christ. The congregation is mostly young married couples or young parents, but there still is a younger single crowd. The church vibe is still very young, and the church is very responsive to the younger crowd, so it'd be nice to see it grow more. Anyways, I suggest everyone to check out the church just for two weeks. I know that everyone feels differently about different churches, but I am pretty confident this one will make you feel safe as a place to grow in your faith.

Recently I went back to college so I can get a different degree from the one I have so I'll qualify…read morefor a government license which will allow me to open a particular type of non-profit. Without getting too complicated there are only certain degrees which qualify you for the license and they are in the areas of social science and education. At the time I knew I didn't want to to Psychology (because I believe it's mostly crap) or Sociology. So the choices left were Education or Anthropology and I took classes in both to decide between the two. While taking the Introductory Education class I had to tour different types of schools as part of the process. This was one of the places I toured, and to be honest had to be the WORST. The children weren't in physical danger or anything, and the place was clean enough but the standards are so low here I wouldn't even send the child of my worst enemy (if I had one) here! The program is below developmentally appropriate for children it's downright boring! Some places you can comment have to much push on children, this place has the opposite problem no push at all and what little art I saw was cookie cutter and didn't allow the children to learn basic data about colors and mixing. Parent's please please please don't send your children here. This place was so bad I think I'll even list is as one of the reasons I picked Anthropology instead.

Blacow YMCA has a preschool program, as well as a before & after school program. My son has been…read moregoing here for the last 3 years and I have only the most positive things to say about the teachers, counselors and the program itself. The kids in there are very close and supportive of each other, and the staff is wonderful. It feels more like extended family than a childcare center. I never worry at work because I know my child is in good hands. It's also really nice that the head of the site stays in close contact with the teachers and principal at the school. She is aware of all school functions and after school activities, and is very accommodating to the kids who participate in after school sports & programs. My son is in the talent show every year, something he loves and wouldn't be able to do if he wasn't accompanied to the after school rehearsal's by a YMCA counselor. There are also pot luck parties and such so that the parents have a chance to get to know staff and other children in the program. I love this Y center and feel so lucky that my child gets to spend time here.

I loved the school. It gave me the high-paying job that I otherwise wouldn't have had today. It was…read morethe first school I went to where I realized that coasting on pure talent wasn't enough (and I had plenty of that, but I only need to watch how my cousins were doing in school to figure out much of a difference the environment makes). If it weren't for the sheer amount of peer pressure to do well and excel, I would have never bothered to work hard to excel and would probably be competing with high school graduates for burger-flipping jobs. I learned a really important concept while in high school: academic learning is an abstraction for success. While other reviewers complain that the narrow focus on academic excellence was technically useless, it prepared me to minimize-maximize my priorities for success. By re-abstracting the real, working world as a bunch of test-taking and BSing, it's helped me on my race towards the top. Mission is a great example of a Tiger Mother school, and I'd say that beating the excellence out of me worked wonders. It's a trial by fire, and I've suffered more than my share of breakdowns during my low points here, but overall, no pressure, no diamonds (Thanks Mr. Greene for the quote). If I weren't here, I'd just be dinosaur poop. Highlights: -Academic Challenge club (Without it, I would never be indirectly mentioned in the #National_Olympiads section in the Mission San Jose High School wiki) -Teachers: Chaney-Aiello, Geers, Geschke, Lindsey, Greene, Richards, Jaeger, Ishimine, especially Payette and Howell, you have all been the best teachers I know. Hopefully one day I will be able to pass on the light that you all have passed onto me. -Peers. I'm not going to name names, but without people to chase, I would never have started running in the first place. Let's keep trying to outcompete each in greatness in the years to come. I love a good race.

HA AH! you can yelp high schools now, amazing…read more Anyways I went to Mission San Jose High School since my freshmen year and graduated year of 06, this school is constantly known as one of the top high schools and ...it is true if you look at test results etc.. after all after the new SATs were out the first time it was given 3 out of the 4 people who got full score were from our school. This school is mainly composed of ... you guessed it! asians!! and no just like the famous Russel Peters said asians are not just Chinese, there are many koreas and indians as well. I had a great experience at this school but there are a few down falls. First the administration does not very closely monitor how teachers work, but then again I don't think other schools do as well, but some teachers are just ... I want to say F****** Retarded, no names now but my junior year English teacher Mr. _____(his last name was a color so take a wild guess) was a fruit basket with bananas on top, he thought he was the smartest man ever and his grading was extremely unfair. Also my sophomore year English teacher was the weirdest man ever, he spent one class telling the whole class how we're stupid and not going to succeed in life, interesting to say the least.. Also many other English teachers I didn't have I also heard some pretty bad things about. Actually now that I think about it only the English department had some issues, so MSJ needs to up their game in that area. Secondly, the cafeteria staff wasn't friendly at all, the asian lady who works there seems like she always has her pants pulled up too high or something, always rude to everyone and never said you're welcome when we said thank you. But I had some very good experiences as well, the leadership teacher/ activities coordinator was very good and fun to work with Mr. B! and our principal was pretty cool as well. The majority of the teachers were good but there are a few bad eggs that ruin the basket. It's too bad. FINALLY, I must finish saying, that the cupertino high schools yes LYNBOOK, Monta Vista, etc.. you guys need an update on test scores, I'm so sick of those chinese parents over there telling their kids that they high school is the best etc etc.. that was 10 years ago, check the scores now we're on a whole other level ahead of you guys, I'm so sick of being in college and having those cupertino kids think they are so much smarter than us, REALITY CHECK TIME!!!

I love this church because there is something for everyone here. There's traditional and…read morecontemporary worship hours on Sundays and so many ways to get plugged in and learn more about God and become part of this very loving community. Bible studies with Pastor Zelt are the best! Probably the main reason why I decided to join this church. I had grown up in the church and didn't realize how little I actually knew about my Christian faith until I joined Pastor Zelt's studies. They are so informative, engaging, inclusive, enlightening and fun. Prince of Peace VBS is one of the best in town as well. They usually draw over 500 children that return each year.

My family started attending church here since my son was a student there. We fell in love Pastor…read moreZelt and are proud members of the church now. We were both raised Catholic so coming here was a stretch for us, but we are glad we did. There is a more traditional service as well as a Modern/Contemperary service and that service also has a kid program called Kids Kount. One of the things we love is that Pastor will call all the kids down to the front and have a lambs message, (a bible topic in a way this kids can understand,) and the the children head of to Kids Kount giving us parents time to worhsip without the kids. I am proud to call this my church home and love the entire family there!

I was at this church for 7 yrs. It was good for a short period of time when they recruit you into…read morethis cult. People here aren't really there for you and they're not friends. I felt like the entire time they behaved as if they're marketing their church and that's it. I was pushed out by certain people and literally harassed by some of the adults. One of them stalked me a bit. There were people who literally have some issue in their life and they shut those people out specifically. Why have a church at all when you act like you're in a clique? When I left, they did not seem to care at all. After 7 years and all that wasted time being here, it's infuriating to see none of them had even reached out to their members at all. Do not come to this church.

This is the church that my parents grew up with and I have fond memories of sunday school at the…read moreold location at the little farm off Grimmer Rd. They've grown a lot bigger since and their congregation is much larger now. They have several services and a pretty awesome youth group. They organize lots of events and for the most part, the community is pretty united and they look out for each other. They have several locations throughout the bay area, I believe this is home of christ #3. The congregation is primarily Chinese, Mandarin speaking, and they have services in both English and Mandarin. They also provide translations as necessary.

We went to the Trunk or Treat at the school parking lot. Very crowded very hard to park. There was…read morea lot of fun. The candy and happiness were both generous. They also provided hot chocolate which was very nice at the chilly nighttime.

I Love this Church it is very welcoming and they have ministry for everything.word of God is…read morepreached in a way that it's easy to understand and the Bible studies they offer Sunday mornings and during the week or so informative.I started visiting Harbor Light at Celebrate Recovery in 2019 and I continue to come to the events and Sunday service.Thank you to all the pastoral staff and the body of Christ.The worship team is so anointed with the Holy Spirit.Lord thank you for how you are using this ministry to reach a lost and hurting world.Amen