We now have a Zoom account! This easy videoconferencing tool will allow us to meet virtually while observing healthy distancing protocols during the pandemic. If you are a church member who would like to host a meeting or social gathering online, email Ben McKnight at [email protected] to schedule your time and receive further instructions.
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 pm, Online As Barbara Brown Taylor writes so beautifully in our all-church read “An Altar in the World”, “What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from the bodily experiences of human life on earth. My life depends on engaging the most ordinary physical activities …
Following the City of Berkeley recommendations, we are limiting mass gatherings and large community events until we see the direction of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to slow transmission of the virus. Global precedent suggests that we are at a critical time for containment, to slow or “flatten” the curve of community spread and hopefully avoid a healthcare system overload. The way …
So many sweet kids during the Blue Fire meeting in our sweet pop-up Sunday school classroom.
It has been a blessing to practice what I preach in the realm of sacred rest and renewal these past two months. Our church has a generous policy of offering ordained pastors several months of sabbatical leave after 5 years of consecutive service, which I had been planning to divide in two parts, first in January and February, followed by …
Because of the health and safety concerns around the ongoing and dynamic spread of the coronavirus, this weekend’s (March 13-14) Women’s Voices Retreat at the Ralston White Retreat Center in Mill Valley has been postponed. If you’re interested in attending the retreat (July 3-4 or July 10-11), please participate in a Doodle poll (here’s the link: https://doodle.com/poll/ggk5k5gyvn33bcq2) to let us know your availability. …
A summit of the keyboard literature, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations have become infamous for their breadth of invention, monumental structure, and technical demands. Celebrate Bach’s 335th birthday with a performance of the Goldberg Variations, which start and end with the same simple aria but showcase the emotional depth and intellectual breadth of the composer in the thirty variations between. 6pm meet …
Are you interested in stepping more deeply into leadership at church, or already in the midst of it and crave more grounding? Do you feel awkward praying at the beginning or end of church meetings? Or need more ideas for intimacy-building icebreakers? Do you hate church conflict and want to learn better and healthier ways of managing difficult conversations, or …
