why ucc connected with that. >> why did i move from mcc to ucc? >> right. >> actually i hold my ministerial standing in both denominations and am also part of the fellowship. >> right. >> and that is because i believe the realm of god is everywhere it is true in my body to be part of all these organizations and after i left mcc san francisco in 2006, end of 2006, i wasn't sure what i would do next so i began to pray and journal and just take some time off s i looked back i was doing writing every morning and i looked back after 3 months just threw my journal pages and i could see what i was saying almost every other day i miss pastoring. so i said okay well, there we go. so i began the look and we needed to stay in the bay area, begin to look for churches that might be open and i saw the foundation church of san mateo. i went to their website saw their guiding principles and said to myself that is a church i could pastor. i didn't tell anybody for a month and then i called up the head of the ucc in this region and said i would like to have a chat

we are a ucc church. united church of christ, and our donations will go through them to did dispursed in japan. >> reporter: the relief mission is spearheaded by the red cross. in san francisco the red cross is still early in its planning stages but says there's a huge stash of supplies in the area on stand by. >> the japanese red cross went in and have sent in a number of teams to determine the needs in the effected areas and to provide initial assistance. we are in close contact with them in determining how we may be able to support them. >> reporter: the folks here are watching newscasts for japan streaming on the internet currently. the sanctuary is open until 10:00 tonight for anyone who wants to come and find solace, and it will be open for a good deal of the weekend. if you want to help donate to the red cross, you can give a look at our website. ktvu.com. there's a link there. channel 2 news. >>> the oakland a's will also help the victims. they will add a fund raising component to the japanese- he

so we are a ucc church, united church of christ. so our donations will go through them to be dispersed in japan. >> reporter: the mission is being efforted by the red cross. >> the japanese red cross has gone in. they've sent in a number of teams to really determine what the needs will be in the affected areas. we are in close contact with them in determining how we may be able to support them. >> reporter: and back here live pastor shehada is online. he's been looking all day really at the latest news from japan on this disaster. you can imagine he's been paying very, very close attention. as have many of the congregants here. if you want to know how you can donate to the red cross go to our website ktvu.com. live in el cerrito, john sasaki. >>> there's much more news coming up, we have the latest pictures for you and the newest information coming in from japan. also we'll show you what's happening here in the bay area as the situation along our coast is drawing a lot of spectators. >>> plus -- >> reporter: assessing the damage in

and then he tries to turn around the wave ucc coming and he's got to get out of there. >> it literally homes, the forcec was so huge. spontaneous fires broke out. the at the fire withincc1: water itself. it just happened so quickly and fast. we talked about the warning we got here. look how it literally swallowed up cars and homes and unfortunately so many lives as well. i do have information while we were on the japanese pictures. nuclear about thecc1: power plant, they say the pressure continues to rise and they may have to reduce the pressure by reducing slightly radio active vapor in the air. they need water to cool it down and the water flow is cut off. >> where do the people go? >> that will be an issue to watch. continuing to watch everything that's happening in : now.cc1:d right how the bay area is affected as well. live pictures from santa cruz taking1: a look at the upper harbor and seeing the kind of undertoe of the tsunami hitting that area and it's been the most visual because there's boats docked at the harbor. and you see how they've been torn from the dock and capsized