View of First Church Berkeley's exterior from Dana Street

Men’s Group Holiday Gathering

Sat., Dec. 11, 9:30 am to 1 pmIn-Person, Loper Chapel All men, whether cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary, who’d like to participate in a retreat focused on male/masculine experience, are invited to attend an in-person holiday gathering on Sat., Dec. 11 from 9:30 am to 1 pm. New members and friends are welcome! Similar to our more recent virtual gatherings on Zoom, we’ll …

Sound Issues in Worship

The worship team is aware that the sound quality in worship has been very uneven—we also know what effort it took some of you to get to in-person worship, and how frustrating it is when you can’t hear! It is very frustrating for those of us who created offerings for worship as well. We are working on an action plan …

Hybrid Church Q & A

Where Is the “Order of Worship” for In-Person Church? If you’ve come back to our building for worship these past few weeks, you may have noticed that the ushers did not hand you an Order of Worship when you entered the sanctuary. We are doing our part for climate change! Using less paper saves trees, which helps to slow global …

Conspire to Do Christmas Gift-Giving Differently this Year

Tues., Nov. 23, 8 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89536136785?pwd=OVlaa1JHaTI1OVZGQzgyNjBDWVkzdz09ID: 895 3613 6785 Passcode: 522939 The Advent Conspiracy is a movement that started with a few pastors in 2006 who lamented that by the end of the Christmas season they were more exhausted than soulfully “filled up” by the season. In response, they came up with four tenets—Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, Love All—to …