Build Your Musicianship with Derek Tam

Whether you’re a shower singer or a committed chorister, these 30-minute Zoom sessions on Thursday nights in July and August will develop your skills and confidence! 6:30 to 7:00 pm: Basic Sight-Reading (8 classes, $100 for non-members) Learn the basics of reading music notation and translating it into singing! 7:00 to 7:30 pm: Your Body, Your Voice (FREE with registration) …

Born this Way Dance Party via Zoom

TODAY, Thursday, June 25, 5pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81890332955 Take part in a Zoom dance party (to Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way”), which will then be shown as the Closing Hymn this Sunday – for Pride Sunday! Wear rainbow colors or fun pride accessories if you like.

Ways to Help our Accompaniment Family, Melissa, Keysi and Ashley

The First Church Accompaniment Team is currently assisting a newly arrived immigrant family as they get settled in the Bay Area. There are lots of ways to help! The family’s biggest needs are stable housing and employment.  Do you know someone with a low-cost room or in-law unit near public transit?  Do you have a connection who hires monolingual Spanish speakers?  …

Open Chapel: Second Chances Story Slam

Wednesday July 1, 6-8PMhttps://zoom.us/j/906176831 For our second Story Slam (in the style of The Moth!), young adults are invited to prep a 5-min personal story inspired by the theme “Second Chances.” Maybe you have been given a second chance at life. Maybe you got a second chance to make the team the next year around. Maybe you have given someone a few too …

Learning Hour: Climate Reality Project Presentation

Sunday, June 28, 12:15 – 1:15 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967740143 Marta Black from FCCB’s Green Team was recently trained by former Vice President Al Gore and his Climate Reality Project, who work internationally to educate and motivate people to take action on the climate crisis we face. As a Climate Reality Leader, she will present a one-hour slide show with current data on our …

Virtual Taizé Service June 28

Sunday, June 28, 7pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85296975451Call-in: (669) 990-9128  ID: 889 6774 0143 Taizé, an ecumenical form of meditative prayer, originated in the French village of Taizé. During the prayer service, we sing short chants as a form of meditation. In addition to the chants, there are readings, prayer intercessions, and silence. A Taizé service is a peaceful, calming, and spiritually uplifting time of prayer. All …