Sunday, November 15, 12:15 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967740143?pwd=M1pqRE92SnZBbjZKNmpvelBKVTNRdz09 Our November 15th Learning Hour will focus on how the Trinity Center in Walnut Creek is addressing homelessness. The Trinity Center’s new location incorporates both a drop-in center for those who are homeless as well as permanent housing. Leslie Gleason, the Trinity Center’s Executive Director will speak about the mission of the center, how it …

First Church recently received a commemorative plaque (pictured) from the Berkeley Historical Plaque Project (https://berkeleyplaques.org/e-plaque/japanese-internment/) recognizing the church’s role in providing space (Pilgrim Hall) for local Japanese Americans to assemble before being transported to concentration camps in April 1942. Anti-Asian racism, fear, and anger after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in Dec. 7, 1941 prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to …