Stewardship Year-End Update

The Stewardship, Finance & Administration (SF&A) Ministry wishes to thank everyone who has committed to being a sustaining giver for the coming year. We are so grateful to you for sustaining First Church Berkeley’s mission and work as the Body of Christ in the world. As of December 9th, the church has received 151 commitments totaling $615,500 in sustaining giving …

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Motley Few

Fridays at 10:30 amhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/722634340 Just a chance to get together with a few church folks for coffee and conversation. Contact Helen, 510-504-2140.

Young Adult Epiphany Happy Hour

Thursday, January 7, 2021, 8 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83465197048?pwd=VytqeER1QW55T2szcmZZeHpMc0ZVdz09 Gather round for a post-holidaze happy hour (or unhappy hour, or so-so hour, all emotions and any kind of beverages/snacks very welcome)! Chat, catch up, play some game type things, reconnect with Rev. Kit after maternity leave, help us do some thinking about future young adult ministry stuff (ie., Open Chapel: to continue via …

Gift Your Stimulus

The new stimulus package Congress will pass soon includes a $600 check for those who filed tax returns last year, and fall into a certain income bracket.  With hunger, homelessness and housing insecurity in the Bay Area at historic levels, our siblings at First Congregational Church in Oakland have offered to redistribute wealth in a way our current federal government …

Love Notes Needed

We need LOVE NOTES (at least one!) for each of the bags for the unhoused. Often what unhoused people crave as much as having their physical needs cared for is being acknowledged with dignity and compassion. Can you write some love notes and either drop them off at the church office by Sunday, December 20, or mail them to the …

Mozart Requiem—Lecture, Analysis and Sing-Along

Resonance @ First Church Berkeley Saturdays, January 23 & 30, 10 am-11:30 amRegistration for church members is free—contact Derek at [email protected] to do so! Every year in January, we’ve had a Festival Chorus featuring our church choirs and singers from our wider community! In this special year, Director of Music Derek Tam is taking the Festival Chorus online with a two-session …

Love Across Walls

Inside / Outside Prison Bible Study Feb 2021-July 2021  Join members of First Congregational Church of Berkeley and incarcerated people in building relationships across prison walls through scripture study. Participants will have the opportunity to correspond with a currently incarcerated individual as we grapple with the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves in a country that incarcerates more people …