A church on the Peninsula that has been helping families for decades as part of its mission faces an uncertain future, with a rent hike on the horizon.
Orlando Cardona is the pastor of Verbo church in Redwood City. He spent Monday night like he does most nights, watching teams face off in a game of indoor soccer in what on Sunday mornings is his church’s sanctuary.
“Right there is where people come through on Sundays. The front door right there. So that’s how. That’s the main stage over there,” said Cardona.
Verbo is much more than just a traditional church. They open their building every night from 6 p.m. to midnight for community league indoor soccer games.
On Wednesdays, they hand out thousands of meals from their community food bank.
“We don’t want to be a church that’s inside our four walls, coming just every Sunday then let’s just go home and that’s it. We want to be a church that serves our community,” Cardona told CBS News Bay Area.