The Auto Repair Ministry provides limited auto services and minor repairs for those whose financial situation would otherwise prevent them from obtaining needed automotive care.

Limited Auto Service & Minor Repairs

The Auto Repair Ministry provides limited auto services and minor repairs for those whose financial situation would otherwise prevent them from obtaining needed automotive care.

• Ways to be Involved
• Requirements to Receive Service
• Dates and Time
• Training Weekends
• Contact
• About the Ministry

 Take a look at the guy in the purple shirt, do you recognize him? See almost anybody can be involved...

Ways to be Involved in this Ministry

• Mechanics and Mechanic Trainees
• Parts Runners
• Ministry Team Members
• Administrative Assistant to help with Bookkeeping
• Prayer Partners

 Requirements to Receive Service:

• Completely fill out Auto Repair Request Form by the last Sunday of the month previous to the Auto Repair Ministry date.
• Pay for parts (payments can be made over a couple of months with prior arrangements).
• Limited scholarships are available.

Tentative Dates

• January 10, 2009
•  March 14, 2009 Rescheduled 
• March 21,2009
• May 9, 2009
• June 13,2009
• July 11, 2009
• September 12, 2009
• November 14, 2009 

Time:

• From 10:30a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m.
• The 2nd Saturday of the scheduled months
• After the Men's Breakfast

 Training Weekends

• Learn how to check Tires, Fluid Levels, Belts, Hoses
• Dates: to be announced

Contact:

• Pat Virgin
• Phone: (510) 782-7669
• Email: autorepair@icgrace.org
   

About the Ministry:

The Auto Repair Ministry was started in March of 1998. Since that time we have ministered to almost two hundred people.

The Ministry even went international in October of 2000 when I took my skills, tools and Rodney's tool box to minister in Bangalore India, now there I worked under shade tree's in te dirt with a language barrier between me and the parts runners. Veryy awesome place to visit, not sure if I could live there or not but it was fun.

I started after hearing God's prompting to get out of my comfort zone. Wow, did He ever move me! It has been a blast being able to serve people and being able to help them.

We limit repairs to basic services — oil changes tune-ups and similar type repairs. We are able to pass on the discount prices of high quality parts to the people needing service. And we also give away our labor for free. We perform this service on the second Saturday of the month apx. every other month, weather permitting. We don't even have a tree to work under, so we are not shade-tree mechanices by any means. The tentative schedule is posted on the church calendar. It may be cancelled if a scheduling conflict arises. Any cancellations will be posted in advance.

When you fill out the request form please fill it out completely, think of it as a medical questionaire, the more information you can give me the more accurate my diagnosis and I need to know everything about the car to get the correct parts. This saves us and the Auto Parts house time and money oredering the correct parts the first time. I know it seems crazy to need your engine size for a brake job but it does. If you need help finding the information for your vehicle send me an email or give me a call.